Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: Off the top of my head. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68690#post68690 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68690#post68690 A diarist called "The Australian" on dKos shows us how it's done with the best Palin moniker I've heard yet: Sarah: Duchess of Pork.

Respect.

]]> Wed, 10 Sept 2008 09:07:07 +1200 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68622#post68622 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68622#post68622 Tue, 09 Sept 2008 16:40:17 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68612#post68612 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68612#post68612 And, it was the plot point blog, not the worrier one.

I knew that, (somewhere in my head):)

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 16:01:09 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68610#post68610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68610#post68610 Um ...repetitive

I knew that.

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:52:00 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68607#post68607 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68607#post68607

Um... Sofie.

I knew that.

Well at least you made me laugh Andrew :) I forget that people around here seem to have lots of telly/computer time. But now I'm looking at the hairstyles thanks to RB's worrier blog. Often this debate stuff is so repetative. O No! it's the…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:38:25 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68602#post68602 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68602#post68602 Um... Sofie.

I knew that.

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:25:44 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68601#post68601 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68601#post68601 Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:25:30 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68595#post68595 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68595#post68595 I think they keep 300ml bottles of anything well away from Mallard these days. Heh, the bottle's sitting facing Nats and Trevor has just, started:) Oh.. here comes Rodney followed by Winston. ]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:12:58 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68592#post68592 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68592#post68592 And to be honest, I think this sort of thing makes Labour look petty.

What Mallard should have done was not mention a leak at all & simply release National's policy as Labour's. :)

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:08:09 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68591#post68591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68591#post68591

Here's vivid:) Pete Hodgson sought leave to table a 300ml bottle of stop leak.

I think they keep 300ml bottles of anything well away from Mallard these days.

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:06:36 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68590#post68590 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68590#post68590

am intrigued as to what Damien Christie's pic was

From memory, it was from his eye surgery. Wish I'd had someone take pictures of mine (the whites of my eyes crimson – people looked away as I walked around, children looked scared. Livesatock bolted. It was cool).

Probably in the…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 15:05:35 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68587#post68587 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68587#post68587 Tue, 09 Sept 2008 14:57:23 +1200 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68580#post68580 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68580#post68580

my dad made me a necklace with the staples that were removed from my head

Somehow it's not quite as gross when it's your own body parts.

About a decade ago I had all four wisdom teeth removed. I was going to thread them into a necklace, but I misplaced…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 14:39:40 +1200 Mark Graham https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68578#post68578 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68578#post68578 I did like the hairy bits. I had one that felt about five times that size removed from the back of my head (no jokes, please). Was never given the opportunity to see it.

The most nauseating medical procedure I had, amongst a number, was the insertion of a large…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 14:28:28 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68573#post68573 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68573#post68573

Mark, out of hand sounds fun. You email them, I'll upload them.

Was considering this, then Paul William's lament about "back to politics" made me realise Parliament was on shortly so thought I would see if I could watch and hear any vivid language.
However just a wee quick note. I…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 13:59:00 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68553#post68553 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68553#post68553 everyone love kittens with ribbons
and if they don't they have no place being on the internets

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 13:11:50 +1200 Sara Bee https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68534#post68534 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68534#post68534 ...and big thick bunches [of nerves] that feel impact. The big ones keep transmitting under a local. And now, imagine that the cyst is a baby... This is a very weird thing when one is having a caesarean. Not exactly pain (other than a dull sort of ache) but odd… ]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 12:33:25 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68485#post68485 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68485#post68485

I can also offer kittens with ribbons.

Love cats, but can never manage to eat a whole one in one sitting.

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 10:46:22 +1200 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68484#post68484 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68484#post68484

Mark, out of hand sounds fun. You email them, I'll upload them

I went home and had a rummage around for a photo I took of a mate when he ripped his shorts/rump mountain biking, but I couldn't find it. Probably just as well.
If anyone's really bored, they could…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 10:45:46 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68482#post68482 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68482#post68482 Bart,
What I hope for is substance, made more engaging with vivid language. Am I too ambitious for New Zealand?

Vaughn,
Nokia N95. Even a chump like me can get good shots with 5 megapixels.

For anyone with aching eyeballs, here is a salve. This is what I mostly use…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 10:24:25 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68477#post68477 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68477#post68477 Tue, 09 Sept 2008 09:57:43 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68475#post68475 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68475#post68475 Why do I have this compulsion to click on links?

Gross David, just gross.

The doctor offered me a look at my knee cartilage and I was still too woozy from the anesthetic to say no. Yet another reason to work on plants.

And why do you want flowery language…

]]> Tue, 09 Sept 2008 09:37:34 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68447#post68447 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68447#post68447 now the stitches don't phase me
perhaps i'm so used to dad having stitches from skin cancers that it's just mundane.

but kudos to your photographer,

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 21:19:16 +1200 Rob Hosking https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68444#post68444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68444#post68444 Ahh, a thread about Aussie politicos and malignant growths. How could I resist?

One thing though – the 'stirring up apathy' is an old old parliamentary line. Back to at least the 60s.

When Hawke became PM they had to remotely switch off the microphone in front of him in…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 20:45:28 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68439#post68439 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68439#post68439 Whitlam: "That was a good speech. You should go back comrade, and get yourself an honours degree."

Keating: "What for ? Then I'd be like you."

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 18:54:15 +1200 Michael Stevens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68438#post68438 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68438#post68438 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 18:33:20 +1200 Vaughn Davis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68437#post68437 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68437#post68437 Dude, I think I speak for all of us when I ask: what kind of phone do you have? Those are some pretty sweet pics.

My own cyst story (so many of us seem to have them) involves a nameless as-seen-on-TV dermatologist (hi, Liz!) who, after checking out my cheeky…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:58:25 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68434#post68434 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68434#post68434 Paul, look away. Sue, here are two stitches pics as requested. The hand belongs to by my not-at-all-fazed-by-this 9 year old PhotoBooth assistant.

From my point of view the most disturbing part is the alopecia.

Jackie – three words. Naked mole rat.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:43:28 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68433#post68433 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68433#post68433

Is there a way this thread can be steered back towards any political angle that doesn't involve pictures of flesh?

Wimp!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FGQ3G2hyKE

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:39:18 +1200 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68432#post68432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68432#post68432 Is there a way this thread can be steered back towards any political angle that doesn't involve pictures of flesh?

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:26:34 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68431#post68431 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68431#post68431 If it were a lymphoma, I wouldn't be breezily posting medi-porn. Quite. And I'm very surprised that no-one has commented on the hairs sticking out of your very wobbly lumpy bit. You know what it looks like to me? A hairy yam, or alternatively, one of those growths that were… ]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:26:14 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68429#post68429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68429#post68429 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:23:51 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68428#post68428 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68428#post68428 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:19:47 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68427#post68427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68427#post68427 yeah looking at the soy sauce in there – my thoughts too were "mmmm sashimi" – there go my hopes for running for higher office .....

Many many years ago I lived in a little hippy conclave north of Dunedin – one of our neighbours worked in the pathology dept…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:18:13 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68425#post68425 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68425#post68425

I did take a picture of the top of my head with the stitches

I have my cell phone right here if y'all want to see... Russell?

Can we have some dimensions on that lymphoma please? It looks huge.

Different spelling – no 'h'.
If it were a lymphoma, I…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:16:24 +1200 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68424#post68424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68424#post68424 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:10:32 +1200 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68423#post68423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68423#post68423 The second photo was well labelled – i swear it looks like the pickled ginger and soy sauce leftovers from a bento box.

Can we have some dimensions on that lymphoma please? It looks huge.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:09:26 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68422#post68422 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68422#post68422 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:09:18 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68421#post68421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68421#post68421 i tried to resist
but i couldn't
so i clicked

3 whiskeys later and i'm totally ok with the the whole thing

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:09:07 +1200 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68420#post68420 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68420#post68420 exactly like chickpeas. It's uncanny. I didn't get to keep mine – there were enough to make a reasonable amount of hummus – but I did take a picture of the top of my head with the stitches and I used it… ]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:07:14 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68417#post68417 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68417#post68417

Craig, you're getting soft.

Old, more like. I'm grossed out quite enough by the extraneous bits of my own body. Let alone ending up with a most inappropriate appetite for dumplings — don't ask.

Then again none of us are having a bad a day as this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDGb7vBIew&feature=related


And…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 17:00:15 +1200 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68416#post68416 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68416#post68416

"He's gone around the country stirring up apathy." (about Bolger)

Indeed a great line.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:56:46 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68415#post68415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68415#post68415

The past is another country. I was thinking of NZ, this election. However, perhaps the same holds here and now, and I haven't registered its extent.

I think you can make a fairly strong argument for the past influencing the present. "Body politic" etc.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:56:12 +1200 dc_red https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68414#post68414 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68414#post68414 Muldoon's "It doethn't leath my opponenths muth time, doeth it?" was memorable less for its rhetorical power than the manner in which it was pronounced.

Lange was the best though (and unlike any of the current mob, occasionally spoke his mind about the idiocy of the United States). But my…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:44:56 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68411#post68411 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68411#post68411 creepy old bastard after I posted an innocent story about what I did in my holidays. ]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:37:08 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68409#post68409 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68409#post68409 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:33:50 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68407#post68407 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68407#post68407

I've been lying down, thanks.

Oh, well, perhaps we should be thankful that the David here is Slack not Lynch. Who cheerfully admits a friend who, after having a a hysterectomy, thought he'd like her uterus in a bottle. I'd really love to see the Police report and insurance claim…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:33:13 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68406#post68406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68406#post68406

medieval period mostly

The past is another country. I was thinking of NZ, this election. However, perhaps the same holds here and now, and I haven't registered its extent.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:28:13 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68405#post68405 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68405#post68405

With one good medical term you can step in and put the paddles to the most lifeless of sentences. How strange, then, that our political discourse is so vapid; so devoid of the doctors' vivid words.

An academic in my department is doing – well done really – on the…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:24:13 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68403#post68403 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68403#post68403

Ask Russell. Oh no, he's gone.

I've been lying down, thanks.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:20:19 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68399#post68399 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68399#post68399

Can we get a hypnotist for this year's PA/Wgtista party? I suspect they could get you to do some really funny things...

I would so come up for that.

then i think we must make it so

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 16:01:03 +1200 Angus Robertson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68396#post68396 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68396#post68396

If Labour are wondering how to compound their restoration in the polls, they could do worse than consider putting some real spine and spirit and imagery in their language.

As long as they do not make a habit of lunching at Iguana's that is.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:56:13 +1200 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68394#post68394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68394#post68394

And after reading (OK, browsing through) Latham's poisonousDiaries, perhaps we should be thankful that we never got a chance to see what Prime Minister Latham would have done to the "suckholes" in his own caucus he obviously regarded with total contempt.

Totally agree. Latho was nuts, probably still is.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:52:31 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68393#post68393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68393#post68393

My favourite political rhetoric of recent years: Mark Latham's likening of Howard's government to "a conga line of suckholes."

And after reading (OK, browsing through) Latham's poisonousDiaries, perhaps we should be thankful that we never got a chance to see what Prime Minister Latham would have done to the "suckholes"…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:50:25 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68392#post68392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68392#post68392 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:47:24 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68391#post68391 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68391#post68391 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:45:39 +1200 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68389#post68389 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68389#post68389 Ack, now I've wasted a good hour chuckling at Keating quotes... how's this for size:

He's a pre-Copernican obscurantist.

About former head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peter Hendy – the comment was made just after the Coalition bought in Workchoices, comparable to NZ ECA in 1991.…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:43:30 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68387#post68387 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68387#post68387

What this post needs is a recipe

Ask Russell. Oh no, he's gone.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:30:03 +1200 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68386#post68386 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68386#post68386 Mr Slack, there was no way I was going to look at your photos. None whatsoever. I'm too easily given squemishness; this includes not coping through an entire episode of CSI:wherever.

On the issue of the vibrancy of writing however, I'm with you in thinking too much is too bland.…

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:29:10 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68385#post68385 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68385#post68385 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:27:44 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68384#post68384 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68384#post68384 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:27:16 +1200 dc_red https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68383#post68383 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68383#post68383 likening of Howard's government to "a conga line of suckholes." ]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:26:49 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68382#post68382 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68382#post68382

Can we get a hypnotist for this year's PA/Wgtista party? I suspect they could get you to do some really funny things...

I would so come up for that.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:23:10 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68381#post68381 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68381#post68381 Or how about:

My sebaceous cyst popped right out & lay quivering?

Or maybe not.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:19:34 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68380#post68380 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68380#post68380

If Labour are wondering how to compound their restoration in the polls, they could do worse than consider putting some real spine and spirit and imagery in their language. It would stand in the very sharpest contrast to Mr Beige of Success Court, Omaha.

Well, as long as you're not…

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my scalp began aching.

Can we get a hypnotist for this year's PA/Wgtista party? I suspect they could get you to do some really funny things...

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:09:47 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68371#post68371 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68371#post68371 While I was reading this (I forced myself to do so AND click the picture link!) my scalp began aching.

Similarly I was thinking about getting another tattoo and my current one began hurting. Stupid empathy.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:07:36 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68369#post68369 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68369#post68369 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:04:38 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68367#post68367 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68367#post68367

Why did you make me do that?

I think it really was a scallop. And the slightly chewed rubber from the end of a pencil.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:01:48 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68366#post68366 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68366#post68366 Three warnings, my friend, three warnings.

You still haven't got over that Listener photo, either, have you?

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 15:00:21 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68365#post68365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68365#post68365 Mon, 08 Sept 2008 14:58:07 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68361#post68361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68361#post68361

I would totally read that.

Really?

A part time effort, anyway.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 14:46:10 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68359#post68359 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68359#post68359

how long before that big one stopped moving?

It had plenty of wobble.

The most fascinating thing was that I could feel every cut of the scalpel

Same. He explained that nerves come in two sorts – tiny ones that rely the sense of pain, and big thick bunches that…

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I would totally read that.

That's a good idea too. Somebody should totally do it.

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they could do worse than consider putting some real spine and spirit and imagery in their language

Some spleen perhaps?

Most excellent growths there. Most, most excellent.

]]> Mon, 08 Sept 2008 14:31:20 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68347#post68347 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-off-the-top-of-my-head/?p=68347#post68347 Discussion from blog post.

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