Didn't Martin Phillipps write a song about it?

I'm sure he's written several on that theme, but "Don't Be ... Memory" off Submarine Bells is the one that immediately springs to mind.

And if you can't remember the launch party it must have been a good one :-)

The social unacceptability of ain't

Oh, bring back…

Jolisa, aren't I right in thinking you were ...

Am I right in thinking ...?

Earlier this week I had exactly this same discussion with my son when he came across the word "amn't" in a sentence like "I'm right, amn't I ?". We both agreed that…

Russell kicked it off on November 14, and I suspect Chad and Debra were there that first week, too

Yeah and this is what I was trying to remember. I could see from the archives that you were there a couple of weeks later, what I was trying (and failing)…

Jolisa, aren't I right I thinking you were there JUST after the founding?

Yes, you aren't :-) Well, I suppose it depends how pedanty we get about dates and locations. My first post came 2 weeks after yours, you wildly punctual creature. But I was posting from the other side…

Perplexed 81st not gettin this at all...

Oh. Maybe I should have just stuck with Welcome back, Damian too. My humour is obscure. Very. Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Maybe it's Mortgage Rage?

I'm just stepping out for some cigarettes. I may be some time.

Perplexed 81st not gettin this at all...

Welcome back...I know that feeling about half finished ideas...

"It's been a while since my last blog......"

Makes me feel almost confessional.

"Am" works if I'm genuinely asking a question. "Aren't" suggests I already know the answer... ;)

Well in that case you can display true smugness (as I often do) by using long sentences with superfluous wordage and double negatives:

Jolisa, am I not wrong in thinking that you didn't join PAS…

i believe the correct in-joke is

Jolisa, are I not wrong in thinking you were...

Jolisa, aren't I right in thinking you were ...

Nah. They just have lower standards.

I think it's just that everyone is drunk, all the time, trying to forget about the fact they live in Wellington. At least in winter, cos I have to admit this summer did rock.

[Clears throat significantly]. Although I guess my ninja-like stealth posting…

Fun fact: Google for "it's been a while since my last post" gives over 36,000 hits.

What's more, you linguists and apostrophe fiends will be pleased to note, if you remove the apostrophe and use "its" instead of "it's"... the count is lower, not higher (less than 1000, in fact)....…

And to be fair, it's been six years.

Five and a half? Feels like ten, but.

I am, if memory serves, the only remaining founding member of Public Address other than Russell.

[Clears throat significantly]. Although I guess my ninja-like stealth posting gives me that cloak of invisibility. I did…

Nah. They just have lower standards.

That's for damn sure. That's why we can write posts about wanting to sleep with Damian Christie and even our closest friends can't tell if we're kidding or not.

Nah. They just have lower standards

i think it's more that wellington is an urban jungle.

some like to use the vines to get about.

personally, i'm a little more pedestrian.

Nah. They just have lower standards.

And double, but hey, at least we have standards.

Martin Phillips

Phillipps with three ps for the 13, 373rd time...

I've always had a vague impression that Wellingtonians in general are always "gettin' some". There's something in the air, perhaps.

Nah. They just have lower standards.

Also, wouldn't it be cool to run a blog where every single post was an apology for not updating more frequently?

only if it was farrar.

As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of living in Wellington, I have to say the opportunities in Auckland are such that the streets are paved, if not with gold (especially not at current prices), then pork bellies, or milk powder, or some tangible commodity.

Meanwhile, I'm moving to Wellington…

but i don't have any togs.

OK, I'm withdrawing my vote for PAS for that best blog thinger. TMI.

but i don't have any togs.

This thread is giving me the impression that you might not need any...

We'll be in the hot tub.

but i don't have any togs.

It will be a different proposition by July, no doubt.

We'll be in the hot tub.

@d. glad to hear you're settling back in. i think we can now refer to you as a public address/blogger "lifer". there at the beginning, there at the end. :)

And to be fair, it's been six years.

What? SInce you got a babe? You should've joined the Wellingtonista. We get lots.