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Juha Saarinen

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:11:58 +1300

Teh Intarweb is my enemy.
Bonzi Buddy is my only friend.
And he's PURPLE!

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:59:48 +1300

I will – tried to RSVP but the web form said the event was full... no doubt because it knew it was me and HATES ME! :P

It's not the form, Juha. It's the web that hates you ...

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:58:48 +1300

Oh, and Morgan – saw your blog comment about maybe texting in questions to the panel. The same thing occurred to me afterwards – I might investigate that. It could be fun.

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:39:21 +1300

I didn't want to pull strings... must admit I was late to RSVP, and well, my fault really.

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:29:11 +1300

Perhaps the webmaster could consider putting up a cancellation service on the site for those who have to pull out at the last minute? – Russ?

A few people did that by email, but the problem is that the barrier is a lot lower for a free event – people…

Mark Graham

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:22:51 +1300

tried to RSVP but the web form said the event was full

Juha – that's when you pull strings and ask Russ to swing you in anyway. There's always a couple of no shows (like me).

Perhaps the webmaster could consider putting up a cancellation service on the site for…

Juha Saarinen

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:15:17 +1300

My god, when blutters quaff and revel... it's legendary.

I will – tried to RSVP but the web form said the event was full... no doubt because it knew it was me and HATES ME! :P

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:57:13 +1300

It wasn't me who brought up the baby oil.
Who did then? Robyn? Must've been one hell of a wall-to-wall vomiting party, that Blend.

Well, we were all looking forward to your presence, Juha*, but when you didn't show up, we were forced to make our own fun. I squeegeed…

Che Tibby

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:57:01 +1300

"tips for calming oneself when speechmaking,

1. imagine everyone in the room is in their undies.
2. ...."

Juha Saarinen

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:55:43 +1300

"Naked Blogger in Speech Spam Scandal"

There's a story in there, I can tell...

andrew llewellyn

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:51:57 +1300

"but... all i can see when i go to read it is a half-naked 46 year old."

WTF? He's sending naked pictures of himself which he purports are tips on speechmaking?

Che Tibby

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:06:31 +1300

damnit... there it is again.

everytime i go near the paper a little voice says;

cheeeeee

chhhheeeeeeee

chhheeeeee, you like daaaaaavid....

yoooouuu liiiiiikkkkeeeee daaaaavvid.....

you like daaaaviiiid..... won't be in the public service foooooorrrreeever....

Juha Saarinen

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:31:49 +1300

It wasn't me who brought up the baby oil.

Who did then? Robyn? Must've been one hell of a wall-to-wall vomiting party, that Blend.

Che Tibby

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:30:12 +1300

well, sitting at my desk and a paper pops up in the email, with a note to pay attention for tips on good speech writing.

and what do you know, it's written by david slack.

but... all i can see when i go to read it is a half-naked 46…

David Slack

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:28:59 +1300

Damian, ask for some of the Lasik money back.

Robyn, you're being coy. It wasn't me who brought up the baby oil.

Don, you're still in your youth, aren't you?

Paul, I belatedly apologise, and now grasp how thoughtless these words were

Mark, no really. I think he's bloody good.…

Mark Graham

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:17:13 +1300

Don't worry, David. I couldn't get past the nose. And you were joking when you said "respect" for Paul Henry, didn't you?

Paul Brislen

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:41:18 +1300

That picture's been Photoshopped...

You can't tell me there's an Oxford Dictionary in that office.

Oh, wait. That's not right.

Don Christie

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:30:44 +1300

X-Air

Just the excuse I was looking for. Seems namesakes attended in force.

I want a BMX, I want a skateboard and I want to misspend my youth. Properly this time round.

Jeremy Andrew

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:28:49 +1300

I for one, did read the article, and as a result found myself having a meal consisting of fresh fish and lightly stir-fried veges followed by some very nice, very dark chocolate. I've never felt healthier...

Juha Saarinen

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:53:52 +1300

While I appreciate that the majority of the esteemed Public Address audience reads The Listener for the pictures only, could I perhaps recommend the text of the article as well? It's actually quite good.

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:45:08 +1300

Mr Slack is letting this topless model business go to his head. Last night at the Great Blend, I brought the subject up and he asked "Do you want a preview?" and began to lift up his T-shirt. As a polite, well-mannered lady, I found this highly inappropriate and fainted,…

Damian Christie

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:17:24 +1300

No, no... don't call the ALF. That's just mean.

I honestly misread this as saying "No, don't call him ALF..." Which, if you squint...

David Slack

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:11:16 +1300

No, no... don't call the ALF. That's just mean.

I can see your house from here, bro.

Juha Saarinen

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:08:15 +1300

David wasn't topless though. The picture clearly shows him wearing some sort of chest accoutrement made out of the finest possum fur. No, no... don't call the ALF. That's just mean.

David Slack

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:54:36 +1300

Or both: A la recherche des principles perdu.

I have perdu more than most people have ever had.

Damian Christie

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:54:29 +1300

I'm just going to assume that Damian was publicly naked at some point during the weekend, so that's three out of eight...

Spooky. Is that like some kinda ancient mystic spidey sense you Asians are imbued with?

But no, it was the X-Air in Wellington this weekend. All the naked…

Nat Torkington

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:51:36 +1300

Or both: A la recherche des principles perdu.

Jolisa

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:49:13 +1300

Mmm, Proust... Abs to die for. Bring it on!

Russell Brown

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:48:48 +1300

Nat, I will not be surprised to get an email shortly from Russell along the lines of: "See? See?"

See? See?

Russell Brown

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:48:09 +1300

Topless bloggers in tawdry cheesecake photoshoots, it's all a bit ... common, don't you think?

Unless it's Suicide Girls. I totally make an exception for them.

David Slack

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:44:00 +1300

Nat, I will not be surprised to get an email shortly from Russell along the lines of: "See? See?"

I promise solemnly to atone, possibly with something later in the week about John Key. Or Proust.

Nat Torkington

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:35:46 +1300

Russell, I wish to go on record deploring this ghastly mainstreaming of Public Address. Topless bloggers in tawdry cheesecake photoshoots, it's all a bit ... common, don't you think? Now you've got the plebeian masses, undoubtedly hepped up on Viagra-BZT-Prozac goofballs, baying for the bared flesh of your female bloggers.…

andrew llewellyn

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:27:26 +1300

That was you? I only riffed through quickly & assumed they were doing a puff piece on Fabio.

Moz

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:50:24 +1300

Jolisa, I'm sure that Tze Ming and you would totally make the calendar worthwhile. Without you two it would be unbalanced, surely?

Keith Ng

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:34:09 +1300

Well, I got naked on Thursday, but that was just because god told me to. I'm not quite sure which god it was, but he was 20m tall, armed and very angry, so I thought it best to just do it.

I'm just going to assume that Damian was publicly…

Juha Saarinen

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:32:07 +1300

You know, an edit button for those of us with screen dyslexia would be really useful...

Juha Saarinen

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:24:32 +1300

It was a fugging cool journey into the heartland of Rodney, as dreamt up by a Swiss Gnome and navigated by the naked and the blogged. Chased by mad loggers without a bee to their monikers, the rash gravel rumbled underneath the car, leaving behind a toxic dust plume that…

Robyn Gallagher

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:17:13 +1300

Of all the topics in PA System since its inception, I do believe that this is the one that has got the biggest response for the laydeez.

Phwoar.

David Slack

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:19:21 +1300

Juha, you also recommended the Intrepid Journeys route to Warkworth.

Kate, I have a Look Better Naked class on Thursdays.

Jolisa, a review of yours appears in the same issue. I regret any diminished flow of traffic past the cover story.

Martha, Russell’s right. It would appear they don’t.

Rob…

Rob Hosking

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:56:07 +1300

Think about this conceptually for a minute:

NAKED BLOGGERS.

These are two words you do not want to see together, let alone see the concept made, umm, flesh.

Sue

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:42:08 +1300

Fabulous idea with the calender Jolisa, I'd buy at least 1.

I'd pay for it not to happen

Jolisa

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:17:52 +1300

[seriously though: good article, even though it went on a bit]

Like any good burlesque act... It's no fun if you whip it all off in the first paragraph :-)

Russell Brown

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:44:05 +1300

The stuff dreams are made of. Everyone wants to see their friends naked.

I don't.

Rob Hosking

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:39:42 +1300

No, no:

Topless male year LAST YEAR.

That was when Hide, Harry Potter et al did it.

Let's nip this one in the bud right now...

[seriously though: good article, even though it went on a bit]

Martha Craig

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:30:07 +1300

The stuff dreams are made of. Everyone wants to see their friends naked.

Fabulous idea with the calender Jolisa, I'd buy at least 1.

Jolisa

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:30:14 +1300

Oh, you brute! I frantically paged down through your blog to discover... no gallery for this post??

It got me thinking though. Public Address calendar? If the firemen can do it, surely you guys can do it? (Tze Ming and I will sit this one out...)

Cactus Kate

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:10:55 +1300

David,

Free Thursday week?

Muriel Lockheed

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:58:58 +1300

I can barely wait!

Juha Saarinen

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:36:29 +1300

Umm... look, we talked about this, and while it was entirely up to you to blog about it, I wouldn't have done it.

Public Address

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:36:29 +1300

Discussion from blog post.