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		<title>Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: The Sevens: Part 0</title>
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				<title>recordari</title>
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						<blockquote><p>Never mind beer, I just got assaulted by some blue-smeared dude who'd been huffing nitrous all afternoon.<br />If you know Dickhead Smurf</p></blockquote><p>Man, your 3D session of Avatar must have been more realistic than mine.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:04:49 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Stephen Judd</title>
				<link>https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-sevens-part-0/?p=151959#post151959</link>
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						<a href="http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/uuabz9GRp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">No one should be a cock to a stranger</a>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:59:57 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Stephen Judd</title>
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						<p>Never mind beer, I just got assaulted by some blue-smeared dude who'd been huffing nitrous all afternoon.</p><p>If you know Dickhead Smurf, who is a burly chap who likes to steal your hat and then then try and step you out for it, tell him from me he's a cock.…</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:53:46 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						Unaccustomed as they are
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:23:13 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Lucy Stewart</title>
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						<blockquote><p>So how do they manage?</p></blockquote><p>Some of the ones Campbell Live talked to had quite ingenious pockets hidden in the costumes. As for the sunscreen &ndash; well, judging by the number of seats unfilled during lots of the rugby footage, they were just all staying inside out of the sun!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						That be where the beer comes in &ndash; anaesthetic.  Oh, and money cards.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:00:28 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hilary Stace</title>
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						Most people going to the 7s are wearing minimal clothing with bare feet or jandals, and don't seem to be carrying anything like bags, sunscreen or money, as it would spoil the effect of the costume. So how do they manage?
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:48:46 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>LegBreak</title>
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						<blockquote><p>A festival honouring the gods of costume hire and weak beer</p></blockquote><p>Not so much of the weak beer.  Sacha, <strong>no-one</strong> arrives at the stadium sober.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:48:59 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hilary Stace</title>
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						I hear there is a group of 101 dalmatians but haven't seen them yet.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:58:49 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hilary Stace</title>
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						The 7s are a great Wellington cultural event when some people can forget their inner inhibitions for a big boozy and noisy summer party, and startle the occasional tourist. Some Brunos I saw earlier might later regret their choice of costume. Outside my window at the moment I can see…
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:51:21 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						A festival honouring the gods of costume hire and weak beer
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:50:21 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Rich of Observationz</title>
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						Is there some kind of event on in Wellington this weekend? There seem to be a lot of very drunk people. Lower Hutt Anniversary?
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:29:45 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						Boom
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:49:00 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Geoff Lealand</title>
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						<blockquote><p>This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants<br />And with this Your Honour, the prosecution rests.</p></blockquote><p>Or is that <em>petard</em>?</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:59:25 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Sacha</title>
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						The persecution rests
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:38:42 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hadyn Green</title>
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						<blockquote><p>The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.</p></blockquote><p>Update: I'm an idiot.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:21:20 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Gareth Davidson</title>
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						<blockquote><p>This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants</p></blockquote><p>And with this Your Honour, the prosecution rests.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:15:02 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Megan Wegan</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I wrote "Sneddon" twice. The second time I put it past the media person and the reply was "yep, oh wait, 'Snedden', 'don', 'den', I don't know, I think that's right"</p></blockquote><p>So what you are saying is that the downfall of the press is not so much the fault of…</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:14:24 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hadyn Green</title>
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						<blockquote><p>The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.</p></blockquote><p>I wrote "Sneddon" twice. The second time I put it past the media person and the reply was "yep, oh wait, 'Snedden', 'don', 'den', I don't know, I think that's right"</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:09:45 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>LegBreak</title>
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						Having a night on the town in Wellington and <strong>not</strong> seeing Murray Mexted would be more of a rarity.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:52:31 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I'm going to assume that was a great joke rather than a suggestion for journalists to wear more jewellery.</p></blockquote><p>It's a longstanding Public Address joke.</p><p>The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:51:23 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Megan Wegan</title>
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						And I'm going to assume Jed is right, because he is a photographer, and hence of higher standing.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:50:44 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Jed Soane</title>
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						<blockquote><p>This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants.</p></blockquote><p>I'm going to assume that was a great joke rather than a suggestion for journalists to wear more jewellery.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:46:29 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Megan Wegan</title>
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						<blockquote><p>Later that evening we saw Murray Mexted in Hooch. It was one of those celebrity sightings that make you think something special is in the air.</p></blockquote><p>If that special something was eau de ugly Hawaiian shirt and too much cologne and hair product.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:34:27 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Public Address</title>
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						<p>Discussion from blog post.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:34:27 +1300</pubDate>
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