Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: A Rat At My Table

andrew llewellyn

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:08:43 +1200

So no hunting knives or eager pig dogs then?

I must admit, that there was a moment when, if I'd had a gun or machete handy....

Riddley Walker

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:43:50 +1200

cold rice and rat meat is yummo, don't knock it til you've tried it. victory is nice too.

Tony Kennedy

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:36:03 +1200

Would that be Capt. Willard?

I was thinking more of the movie Willard (1971, remade in 2003 ish) mind you there is a tenuous connection...

" Charlie is dug in too deep, or moving too fast. His idea of R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only…

Riddley Walker

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:23:08 +1200

Flies With Bullets? Sounds like it may even rival everyone's favourite musical extravaganza Springtime With Hitler...

merc

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:08:21 +1200

Would that be Capt. Willard?

hunting Lords and flies with bullets is totally a waste

Why so? Flies With Bullets will be the greatest musical ever, afterall, Charlie's going to be a napalm star.

Tony Kennedy

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:38:03 +1200

You would have loved my house a year ago .....

Willard, the Musical, for AK09, just an idea !

Riddley Walker

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:44:08 +1200

hunting Lords and flies with bullets is totally a waste.

merc

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:19:23 +1200

If you've ever been blooded, and half part Hun and have Geman short haired pointers as family pets and hunting dogs, and only hunt pigs with a knife because, hell, that's a waste of a bullet, you'll understand.

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:09 +1200

Depends... are we talking about Huns using Englischer pig-dogs or the local variety?

merc

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:06:04 +1200

This threads not going to go all Lord of the Flies now is it?

Ben Austin

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:57:49 +1200

So no hunting knives or eager pig dogs then?

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:56:33 +1200

I'd pay money to see you do that, as long as it's for real and you won't ham it.

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:31:29 +1200

I must admit, having counted the livestock & found them all present, it was a bit disconcerting when some other large animal that shouldn't be there suddenly reared its head...

Those pigs are pretty stubborn beasts to push back through a fence though.

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:56:11 +1200

That's a very lively lifestyle property you've got, llew. I like it.

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:53:21 +1200

That's nuthin I tell ya!

I found a pig on the property this weekend! A PIG!

Not to mention I found, for the first time ever, rabbit holes.

And pukekoes.

Juha Saarinen

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:20:08 +1200

Kiore kia ora!

Muriel Lockheed

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:41:50 +1200

shudder

Jackie Clark

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:15:05 +1200

You would have loved my house a year ago, Muriel. We were under siege from bush rats that decided our garden was a great place to build a nest (well, okay, the garden is less of a garden and more of a jungle, but still, they only came because the…

Muriel Lockheed

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:06:25 +1200

I, once, confronted a rat in my kitchen. Paralysed with fear I rang for my BIL to get his butt round here now, unfortunately he was not home so my sister came instead. She found me on the table, cowering, then announced that she didn't know what to do. In…

Moz

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:16:24 +1200

Maybe if the Labour party actually had a legislative agenda people wouldn't be spending so much time on a private members bill. But as things stand this is a most excellent diversion from the complete lack of anything to do in parliament. {looks nonchalant and whistles}

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:54:45 +1200

hehehe... nice one.

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:59:59 +1200

Ah, no... the headhunter misunderstood the directions from Ireland. "Get a t'urd from Farefucks," were the orders, obeyed to a fault.

reece palmer

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:56:05 +1200

The HoS headhunted about a third of their staff from fairfax, they obviously didn't get the right third.

Sam F

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:14:36 +1200

Stevie has an Oldfriends profile. Hmm.

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:54:55 +1200

a ghost, a bearded man and a young fella who died

come on, i just saw that on Shortland St

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:49:43 +1200

"Our friends' cat solved this problem by simply ripping the cat door off"

Heh, our dog ate the cat door. Luckily she grew out of that behaviour (or possibly it was not to her taste) because subsequent cat doors have survived.

merc

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:47:55 +1200

It takes a special kind of person to believe that your true salvation lies with a ghost, a bearded man and a young fella who died to save you because you are all born in sin, but more especially, The Ghost, who is mysterious and cannot be questioned, ever, mmmkay?

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:43:07 +1200

i can promise to be thick if it helps my chances of salvation. i've seen clues that it might

merc

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:38:30 +1200

Damn you Master Riddley (you are correct), you will not be taken up with the precious few...

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:27:29 +1200

like Oscar Wilde

that sounds more like Quentin Crisp

Marcus Neiman

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:27:29 +1200

Jonty: The interesting thing though is that the Right's wedge doesn't seem to be working in this case.

Sure they've managed to mobilise their usual fellow-travellers, and maybe I don't know enough socially conservative Labour-voters, but I don't think that this will be a long-term problem for Labour vis-a-vis its…

Emma Hart

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:21:30 +1200

I really start to worry when they eye up the neighbour's dog to see if it fits through the cat flap...

Our friends' cat solved this problem by simply ripping the cat door off. Resultant hole was then big enough for rabbits to fit through.

merc

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:17:54 +1200

Marcus, like Oscar Wilde, if I want to read something really interesting, I read my diary. I can't skim read anyway, I'm too retentive.

Jonty

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:17:45 +1200

'My impression is that the greens haven't really been tagged with it much, that many more people have complained about 'the government' and Labour than about any Greens beyond Sue Bradford.'

The right never miss an opportunity to kick shit out of the government – and the Bradford bill was…

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:56:25 +1200

Instead they are cashing their chips in over a bill that may or may not change a hell of a lot and is just a small part of what should be a co-ordinated and well thought out strategy about child abuse in this country.

Somewhat. But it's also a private…

Marcus Neiman

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:45:31 +1200

Merce, have you been skim reading Deleuze recently?

merc

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:35:24 +1200

Humans are Machine Dogs.

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:16:56 +1200

"After a session of play he'd often bring the grass in and we'd pat him and make a fuss of him and generally reward him for the "kill". Dead animals were greeted with silence."

So you didn't see fit to smack him?

heh – sorry, was just reminded of some…

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:09:40 +1200

I don't like it when they bring in skinks and geckos, or birds for that matter (have paid my dues several times over to Sylvia the Bird Lady up in Mairangi Bay) but I really start to worry when they eye up the neighbour's dog to see if it fits…

Bart Janssen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:01:44 +1200

After numerous lizards and birds and finally one night waking up to because the cat was playing with something furry (and dead) on the bed, we finally figured out how to stop the cats showing their love with animals.

We taught our cat to hunt, kill, and bring in --…

Marcus Neiman

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:50:39 +1200

Don: The Greens know that they are not in a position to force Labour to take on all the other parties in parliament, the business community, and most NZers habits and aspirations to own bigger cars, houses, have cheap holidays overseas.

They also know that Labour, National, and the business…

Don Christie

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:37:31 +1200

Marcus

Don: I do think it is a bit of a stretch to imply that Labour has made climate change a major area of substantive policy change as opposed to rhetoric.

Yes, and therein lies the Green's opportunity and obligation. They should be forcing the Government to stick to the…

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:26:08 +1200

"Dawter" indeed. Could've forgiven Cook for a story about slipping standards of English amongst Taka Grammar students, but...

Marcus Neiman

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:21:43 +1200

Don: I do think it is a bit of a stretch to imply that Labour has made climate change a major area of substantive policy change as opposed to rhetoric.

Furthermore, the odds are so stacked against a substantive policy change it might make more strategic sense to go after…

merc

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:17:17 +1200

NZ Herald,
Never complain, never explain. (Henry Ford)

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:15:08 +1200

oh i see what you mean Juha abouot the ratemyteacher and scandal

xactly if the cook reporter hates her so much why is his dawter still in the class

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:12:30 +1200

oh that classic marketing motto hyper-blunder

The New Zealand Herald – there's a lot more to it!

they should've just stuck with The New Zealand Herald – do as we say, not as we do!

any other suggestions?

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:09:50 +1200

Oh oh... just spotted this response on ratemyteachers.

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:06:02 +1200

Those stories and accusing a Takapuna Grammar teacher of being a history revisionist along the lines of David Irving. Funny thing is, her students don't agree that she is a revisionist or a conspiracy theorist at all, as Cook's story says. (Yes, I know, ratemyteachers.co.nz isn't particularly authoritative or anything,…

Russell Brown

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:12:46 +1200

I recall that dumb-assed story about your book, but I hadn't made the connection. That and the Mark Burton story. What a piece of work he is.

I'm now wondering exactly what Cook said to the Auckland Zoo management when he called them ....

The Herald does a lot of…

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:01:02 +1200

No prize for guessing the most common topic of Cook's stories...

Wonder how this will end? Sharon Shipton says quite unequivocally that she didn't speak to Cook. However, Cook's story says the HoS received a statement from Shipton, and it has direct quotes from her.

I think the HoS needs…

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:16:18 +1200

One of our cats brings them in & leaves them alive, the young one found a rat curling up in the jersey she'd casually tossed beside her on the couch – her squeal disturbed it & I came up the stairs to find an indignant rat descending to the cat door & freedom.…

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:08:36 +1200

__ironic given Clark has made GW the main policy plank of this Government that it is the Greens of all people who have managed to side track the vision.

There is a certain self-indulgence and lack of strategic discipline about the Green Party that must really get under the skin…

Riddley Walker

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:04:09 +1200

I wonder if Sue Bradford will be getting a call?

any day now i'm sure. i expect best she could hope for from the msm would be slighly fewer dead rats

Don Christie

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:56:27 +1200

No doubt Mr. Cook will find an opening waiting for him at "Investigate".

I wonder if Helen Clark harbours similar feelings of mixed emotion towards Sue Bradford and her little gift of socially progressive legislation.

It is ironic given Clark has made GW the main policy plank of this Government…

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:49:57 +1200

Spare a thought for the rats of Raglan (and my mum). One of my parents' cats not only brings the gift of rats inside, but thoughtfully disembowels them, saving my mum the trouble.

I'm sure there's a political metaphor in there somewhere.

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Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:49:57 +1200

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