Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: The Ultimate Flip-Flop

Steve Barnes

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:23:13 +1200

Totally off topic but I had to

A drunk driver who killed a woman has been spared prison after a judge said her agoraphobia would cause her "difficulties" if she was locked up.

What? So as a punishment are they going to make her stand in a shopping mall?

Sacha

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:02:30 +1200

Thanks, Suze – it just made sense at the time, so I'm glad to hear it resonates for others too. Please do spread it around and we'll see where it finds a home.

Suze Vermeer

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:15:57 +1200

Simon P
A cutting wit. Made my morning.

Sacha
Love rofflenui. Request permission to use it , and variations (lolnui) henceforth.

Judy Spencer

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:27:55 +1200

Actually, Sofie, I had a mouthful of tea when I started reading this thread and had to rush outside.

Go to the top of the class ya all.

Laugh Out Loud funny.

Key could keep his nose on standby if he changes his mind.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:09:35 +1200

It is quite a turnaround for Mr Key, who has previously not been known to favour becoming a woman,

With Lyndsay Soper in General Debate in Parliament today, her last sentence should make it into Hansaard. This suggested that she had been reading here at some time this morning and…

Sacha

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:08:51 +1200

Welcome-nui :)

Jonty

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:05:31 +1200

Halliburton did that in Iraq (though without the contestability) — quite profitable I believe?

George Darroch

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:55:09 +1200

Rofflenui

Lolnui, that is a great coinage!

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:44:19 +1200

Expletive deleted, Craig.
And a good day to you.
Lovely post, Simon.

Yes Lovely funny, although I see it's brought the friendliest comments out already.Goes down well with the coffee.And, I do like Simon G's one:)

giovanni tiso

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:32:30 +1200

Oh, come on, Giovanni. That's, you know, disingenuous.
Expletive deleted, Craig.
And a good day to you.
Lovely post, Simon.

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:29:27 +1200

and that's, you know, dishonest.

Oh, come on, Giovanni. That's, you know, disingenuous.

Sacha

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:10:35 +1200

Whatever the outcome, it will be communicated by staging a very long walk.

Rofflenui

giovanni tiso

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:55:05 +1200

Everyone in entitled to their own opinions

Laudable position except that you reduce everyone's opinion but yours to the following:

you (and many others around these parts) think it's a kid's show made up of Tory sock puppets. The wingnuts on the right are equally convinced it's a coven of…

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:49:41 +1200

Giovanni:

My (oft' and loudly expressed) position on The Herald isn't that it is politically biased, but that it's thick as the muck in the Augean stables and nowhere near as useful. Myself, I think that's a perfectly good reason not to renew the household sub when it expires in…

giovanni tiso

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:34:08 +1200

Well, giovanni, I wish I could reciprocate but that would be ever so slightly dishonest.

Not sure where you're going there. But I find your litany of "look, you idiots, this proves that the Herald is unbiased", as if any of us had ever claimed that the paper was actively…

Kyle Matthews

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:21:06 +1200

"Where does money for this procedure come from? Either you've got to borrow for the cut – which we've always said is crazy – or you are heavily pruning existing Labour Government spending."

lol. Mr Pound brought the funny.

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:50:16 +1200

Now that part 2 of the Herald's unauthorised hand job is over and done with, and yes it was just as embarassing as the first, it's good to see that you're sticking to your guns.

Well, giovanni, I wish I could reciprocate but that would be ever so slightly dishonest.…

Stanley Pointen

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:19 +1200

Georgina Beyer mark two? They were both 'hookers' before entering Parliament, remember. JK did say"'whatever it takes"! Problem is JK changes his mind so often, the surgeons would need to be on permanent stand-by.

giovanni tiso

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:36:43 +1200

Wait a mo', you mean The Herald isn't the propaganda arm of the National Socialists after all? Bugger.

Now that part 2 of the Herald's unauthorised hand job is over and done with, and yes it was just as embarassing as the first, it's good to see that you're sticking…

Paul Campbell

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:16:24 +1200

actually I think it will be January, and a bit like "The Crying Game" ....

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:57:56 +1200

Quite spooky really.

Wait a mo', you mean The Herald isn't the propaganda arm of the National Socialists after all? Bugger. Meanwhile, I thought Fran O'Sullivan was some hag-ridden Rogernome whose columns were worth using as bum-wipe in your favourite long drop...

John Key has announced the adoption of yet…

simon g

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:46:46 +1200

What does John Key stand for?

Having a piss.

Paul Campbell

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:40:22 +1200

"When questioned later Mr Key pointed out that his party had always supported cuts in government, and that Bill would be next ...."

David Cormack

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:33:00 +1200

Won't John have to wait for David Cameron to do this first before he can?

Stephen

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25:19 +1200

*ahem* BA-haha!

Don Christie

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:22:00 +1200

I see Fran has taken to announcing National policy

There are a number of areas ripe for the plucking: for instance the delivery of NZ Trade and Enterprise programmes offshore could be made contestable so that private sector operators could bid.

Say what!!?

Russell Brown

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:12:38 +1200

The first paragraph of Fran O'Sullivan's column today:

The list of National's economic policy flip-flops has now grown so big that it's tempting to wonder if John Key is auditioning to be Helen Clark in drag

Quite spooky really.

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Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:12:38 +1200

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