* Not all, there's a few that post here that get right up my nose, but the rest are so good I can let it pass

Classic Christmas toast in front of the whanau material. Takes me back.

there's a few that post here that get right up my nose,

Sorry dude. If it's any consolation, I'm retiring from the site in a couple of minutes. Merry Christmas.

Tis not the season to name names/pseudonyms. Goodwill to most.

* Not all, there's a few that post here that get right up my nose, but the rest are so good I can let it pass

I'll apologise if I am one. Merry cherry for you and small is good We like small, and herbs.:)

An especial…

The way I see it, we're a long way from Peak Sarcasm

I'm gonna need a symbol.

The way I see it, we're a long way from Peak Sarcasm

Gold

I was worried I might critically deplete the world's sarcasm supply.

Really? The way I see it, we're a long way from Peak Sarcasm.

I would not have picked the ministry in question, had I not been told

I was going to say, "Gosh, really?", but I was worried I might critically deplete the world's sarcasm supply.

Oi, you, shut it. We prefer to refer to the gentleman in question as "dear friend who works for the ministry of [redacted]."

And I feel bound to say, I would not have picked the ministry in question, had I not been told. He's certainly a bundle o' fun, though.

Do I get a prize for that? Surely I do?!

You got enlightened as to what the perverts think, surely that counts?

Bart's said exactly what I'd've liked to. PAS keeps me feeling somewhat connected to NZ,

Same, and despite stirring a bit, I love you all; inversely proportionally to the same time last year. Respect.

And a request for more gruel

Oi, you, shut it. We prefer to refer to the gentleman in question as "dear friend who works for the ministry of [redacted]."

"Olives hmmm they'd have to be pitted in order to fire Paul Holmes across the room."

Apologies – it has already been a very strange day.

Duuuude, shut uuuup...

Jack, you have no idea how close to the truth you just got.

Add in some whipped cream and a spanner, and you're almost there.

I got the top comment, and even better it just kept on giving!! Got to love that. Do I get a prize for that? Surely I do?!

Always interesting and enjoyable to interact with people of mostly different viewpoints.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all

Cheers for…

I was encouraged, by members of the Public Address Community*, to make up stories about Emma and a Certain Recent Night.

I must refute this most strongly. At no point did we encourage you to make things up. We encouraged you, in the spirit of therapeutic healing, to use the…

Always interesting and enjoyable to interact with people of mostly different viewpoints.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all

It is a testament to how much I like her, and how much I…

I'm just going to head out and bleach my brain of thoughts of Paul Holmes, kink AND olives. Maybe some waffles will be comforting...

And Mr Hayward's line about that c*nt Bollard staying off my turf flashed into my head last Thursday morning, when I was in the media lock up at the Reserve Bank.

Actually, I believe that line was from Our Russell.

What I've discovered is…

And one more to come, Jackie! /giggles with glee

I'm feeling a little gleeful, myself. Not only is it the holidays, not only do I get to meet YOU, and your lovely girls, but hopefully there will be a Wriggly Person there as well. Either way, the idea of nattering…

That's quite the dirty martini

rofflenui

Oh, stop that. Next on our list is buying a house, and I'm trying to be sensible and practical about my love for lead-lighting, wood panelling and high ceilings.

Repeat after me: "It's not worth the searing lower back pain required keeping it all clean." Thankfully the property porn I…

And Mr Hayward's line about that c*nt Bollard staying off my turf flashed into my head last Thursday morning, when I was in the media lock up at the Reserve Bank.

I…

Let us have more of this in 2010, for it is good.

I'LL DEMAND ANSWERS.

What is the collective noun for this community?

I always say PASer which is pronounced like Pasteur without the 't'

PAS-sisters? (A little exclusionary, maybe.)

What is the collective noun for this community?

It's been a very good PAS year for me personally, because I have got to meet so many of you

And one more to come, Jackie! /giggles with glee

Many thanks, PAS Systemistas. It has been a great year.

Aww shucks, it's fans like you that keep me olive year after year.

I don't even have to duck to miss that one. Bless my charming naivety.

Sounds like you want David's book with its washable cover.

Perfect for funny laundering?

In which orifice?

Olive them!

That's quite the dirty martini

Emma's book is actually my Christmas present to myself. I hope whoever gets it (I'll decide after I read it) doesn't notice that it's not virginal. Perhaps I should wear latex gloves whilst reading it. Or is that like taking a shower wearing a raincoat?

Sounds like you want David's…

Olive your comments, I do.

Aww shucks, it's fans like you that keep me olive year after year.

Olive them!

Olive your comments, I do.

I'll never read anything here again!

Of course it could be that I'm just not as funny as the rest of you wonderful people :).

As I write here every year I am truly thankful that…

Or is that like taking a shower wearing a raincoat?

You'd have to ask Bart, he's the one who likes to read it in the bathroom.

I just typed 'pubicaddress.net' into the URL field by accident (no, really!) and while there are photos of furry things, they are perfectly SFW.

That would be Br3nda's doing.

In which orifice?

Olive them!

Maybe that's old news, but it tickled my fancy...

And this is not a 'made you look' scenario. Trust me ;-)

Seriously though probably the best thing a previous owner did to our extended villa was to bring down the roof in the living space – makes it toasty warm a lot faster

I'm guessing olives might be involved.

In which orifice?

villa envy

I'm spending the Christmas holidays packing to move away from our carefully restored villa with polished matai floors, leadlights, heat pump, etc. It's a nice house, but it's just got a bit too small for us.

Though that villa…

Oh, stop that. Next on our list is buying a house, and I'm trying to be sensible and practical about my love for lead-lighting, wood panelling and high ceilings.

My mother has taken to window-shopping (well, internet window-shopping) for houses in other cities. All the wood panelling and lead-lights you…

high ceilings are all very well until you have to heat them .... 'Sunny Dalmore' huh – my wife used to live in a house across the road still referred to as just 'Pine Hill' (as in "when we used to live at pine hill")

That's enough of you and…

Since it is Christmas, I shall not say anything churlish about villas, although I am sorely tempted.

Next on our list is buying a house

You're going to need to be more aggressive with your book selling. Another five thousand copies and you'll have a decent deposit.

I'm not buying anything until after my partner and I move into our new home (for those who like restored villa porn)

Oh, stop that. Next on our list is buying a house, and I'm trying to be sensible and practical about my love for lead-lighting, wood panelling and high…

Thanks Emma for a year of top posts, including some that widened my eyes a little (mostly in the comments).

I'm not buying anything until after my partner and I move into our new home (for those who like restored villa porn) and…

So I don’t want to freak anyone out or anything, but I thought I should warn you of something I noticed just recently: it’s nearly Christmas.

This pretty much epitomises how I feel about Christmas every year, lately (lately being "since I left home and it started being my problem".)…

Now all I can think about is kinky sex with Paul Holmes. I'm guessing olives might be involved.

Please don't add details to 'flesh it out' – makes it harder to delete that picture from my brain.

And now, I'm off to scrub my brain.

Plentiful booze should help with that.

I am feeling completely scattered about Christmas – I think I've actually gotten a fair bit done but in such a haphazard way that I really don't know for sure.

So far, my Christmas planning consists of pondering what kind of booze to take to Megan's on Monday.

Oh honey, you know me well enough to know that as long as it is plentiful, I won't mind at all.

Now all I can think about is kinky sex with Paul…

I loved both the books I bought and Emma, your book has now been passed onto my teenage daughter so she too can grok the pithy wisdom contained within

Awesomely awesome. My teenage daughter was the one tucked away in a corner reading the book at the Chch launch.

oh…

from one cricket-loving ninja-geek…