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Kyle Matthews

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:23:07 +1300

Off this thread but just a warning to all those adjacent countries like Mexico and Canada who think that George made a mistake by sending the bulk of his army and reserves overseas and that the US is ripe for the plucking........see http://www.armedamerica.org/index.html and beware!

Love the guy who says…

Russell Brown

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:23:03 +1300

The Mint Chicks – christ, every band in every pup and SU bar in my yoof played like these guys, for better or worse, usually worse. 30 minutes nostalgia was enough, not enough safety pins or phlegm around for the true flahback kick.

I know a 14 year-old girl who'd…

Che Tibby

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:03:53 +1300

yup. fantastic day. someone commented "i didn't know there even was this many people in wellington!"

the city can be proud of itself, great day, no louts, heaps of fun, heaps of laughs, heaps of good food.

even saw a cop joking around with a hippie who was drinking from…

Don Christie

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:46:52 +1300

Cuba Carnival – still rocking but I am home now.

Review of the early bands...

Kora – 2nd time seen in two weeks. Last time out was at X-Air. Putting the "whuk" back into Whackatane – I gather. Rocking good band.

Yoots – first time out, classic Ska. The best,…

Robyn Gallagher

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:16:41 +1300

most people are actually killed with this method, and should be outlawed and replaced with the "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"

Outlawed! I like the idea that after an earthquake, someone could end up doing jail time for not reacting in the correct position.

Here's Snopes' verdict on the Triangle of Life:…

John Quinn

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:25:01 +1300

Off this thread but just a warning to all those adjacent countries like Mexico and Canada who think that George made a mistake by sending the bulk of his army and reserves overseas and that the US is ripe for the plucking........see http://www.armedamerica.org/index.html and beware!

uroskin

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:13:58 +1300

The Pax is the Man!

Yamis

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:12:54 +1300

Felt the middle one but not the first and third.

We have a "pole" house and I thought somebody was trying to break in underneath by wrenching on the door to a downstair room. That, or the digging I'd been doing round the base had gone a bit further than…

merc

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:46:43 +1300

How wonderfully...feudal. God, I'm a wet, hope it goes off. We're looking forward to our local A&P Show. I have a confession, I'm in Rodney, no, not like that, Rodney District. John's land, run from Glorious Parnell. The only water we have out here mate is from the tank out the…

the E

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:17:57 +1300

ahem,

http://www.cubacarnival.org.nz/

the E

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:17:02 +1300

tin foil hats, feather fantails, sequined bosoms, shoes- with-the-curled-up-toes, & compulsory beltbag with assorted "emergency supplies", all compulsory for wellingtonians currently heading to cuba quarter.

(now isn't that a picture)

viva la carnival!

merc

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:48:06 +1300

I bet hardly any private companies bother with this sort of thing.

Actually (can I say that, being a JAFFA, though born at The Mount and part of the 60's diaspora and having lived...better stop there or I will start to sound like a compensating Weli-woodian).
Some Insurance companies have…

the E

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:39:41 +1300

OK, OK, it was my uncle. Traumatic for his family. It would have been meant with such light humour. We forget how hideous the 80s were for all that "sexual harassment in the office" PC stuff. So much unjust incrimination & finger pointing.

Shame on his Name!!

You are right merc…

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:58:04 +1300

Bah. I was looking forward to my Triangle of Life.

Your senior male friend (sounds dodgy that too) should blog about it.

merc

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:42:14 +1300

Better still, create the Bermuda Triangle Turtle Missionary position and ALL your bases are covered.
Duck and Cover, yeah right.

the E

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:09:59 +1300

I believe that commenter was referring to a hoax email that circulated a few years ok, that the EQC discredited.

A senior male friend of mine worked for – yep, a government department in Wellington – in the 80s, & was done for sexual harassment after jokingly asking during an exceptionally…

Che Tibby

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:07:56 +1300

Indons and Turks are a gregarious lot. You're looking at some lengthy and intensive pansy calling there

hmmm.. better get started sooner rather than later then. send me some email addresses to get me started. there's only what... 200+ million people to call?

this should be even riskier that the…

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:56:56 +1300

__"As a prevention to conventional methods of "duck and cover" or the "turtle" position that most of us are advised, most people are actually killed with this method, and should be outlawed and replaced with the "TRIANGLE OF LIFE" this could be a good time to make everyone aware to…

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:51:18 +1300

Merc++ !

And Che Dobermann... the Indons and Turks are a gregarious lot. You're looking at some lengthy and intensive pansy calling there.

Video imagery of typical JAFA panicking when the earthquake struck.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:06:04 +1300

and when you say 'the turks and indonesians' do you mean, *all* of them? or just a few at a time?

one of our Javanese friends rang us early last week and said she'd heard a rumour there would be a tsunami on Saturday ;)

Tony Kennedy

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:03:27 +1300

was there an earthquake in Auckland? I thought it was people jumping up and down at the cricket

the E

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:33:46 +1300

No-one panicked and took to the streets. That's all lies.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000DC78E-0345-15DC-A6DB83027AF1010F

hmmm...

Che Tibby

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:58:18 +1300

OI! YOU! JUHA! NOOOOO!!!

[in best harry enfield voice]

at least let us have our smugness for the remainder of today. after-all, jafa-baiting is a well-loved sport here in the provinces. at least we've given up sheep-racing and cousin-lovin'.

and when you say 'the turks and indonesians' do you mean,…

merc

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:53:54 +1300

The Wellington Cringe,
So where are you based?
Wellington
Oh, work for the Government then?
Oh no, consultant.
To the Government.
Well, yeah, but...we have great cafe's and bars!
Keep the receipts do ya?
Well yeah, but...
Nice suit bro.

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:22:46 +1300

The moaning in question only emanates from the feverish minds of some provincials as they wring out every little bit they can from a sad, self-induced inferiority complex.

No-one panicked and took to the streets. That's all lies. Nevertheless, a biggish earthquake in an area not known for them, but…

Neil Smart

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:04:55 +1300

Is the only thing worth talking about in Auckland an earthquake! Poor buggers life must be boring

Emma Hart

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:42:45 +1300

Well, I can't speak for Wellington (though it might be fun to try) but if every Auckland blogger on my rounds was going 'Oooooooo, a cruise ship! I saw a cruise ship! This is exactly what I was doing in graphic detail exactly when the cruise ship arrived!', I'd be…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:27:49 +1300

The Queen Mary 2 visited Auckland last weekend. It was an unusual, new thing and many Aucklanders got excited about it and went down to the wharfs to look at it and partied like it was 1959.

Why aren't Wellington media mocking Aucklanders for being excited about something as ordinary…

James Green

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:57:01 +1300

The barbecue I was enjoying (note to Wellingtonians – we have barbecues on summer nights in Auckland)

Just a pity it gets dark so freaking early. That, and the mosquitoes.

jon_knox

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:53:38 +1300

Feedburner have released a report about their view on RSS usage....might be kinda interesting to media geeks, news junkies and the like.

Gary Hutchings

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:48:31 +1300

You did sort of get the feeling that Radio NZ were laying it on a bit thick including a quote from a woman saying " well I was on the floor doing some yoga exercise and ......", well at least it wasn't pilates,

Although one of the others " I…

Paul Litterick

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:17:08 +1300

Moaning? I am disappointed that I didn't feel it. The barbecue I was enjoying (note to Wellingtonians – we have barbecues on summer nights in Auckland) was obviously too interesting for me to notice.

merc

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:15:48 +1300

And so, like all great creatures from The Deep...they killed it.

nic.wise

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:55:07 +1300

How many more days do you reckon the Wellington-based media can wring out of the tedious sooky-Aucklanders-can't-handle-an-earthquake narrative they've come up with? And are they overcompensating already?

I imagine they might keep it up until the aucklands harden up and stop moaning about a little shake up.

Che Tibby

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:51:13 +1300

heh. an aucklander sent me an email yesterday arvo with "EARTHQUAKE CAUSES HAVOC IN AUCKLAND" in the subject line.

it was a photo of two deck chairs. one had fallen over.

got a good giggle round here.

not that i'm parochial or nuttin'

Hadyn Green

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:43:31 +1300

We had a little chuckle about the whole "Auckland Earthquake" thing at work the day after and that was it. Then the paper the next morning kept going, talking about Ponsonby survivors sipping chardonays and lattes (like down here in Wellington we drink beer from gumboots or something).

I've never…

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