2/ Let it happen.

3/ Less likely to bite me.

4/ The organic ones, duh.

5/ Jonky. Funnier than when they sat Brash next to Tama Iti.

6/ Bankers are out this summer.…

There are a few Redhead Maori out there as well, not sure if that's the Celts influence or what.

Yes, yes it is.

All your foreshore & seabeds are belong to us.

...every old lady who said "oooh, what lovely hair, who does he get that from?"...

I bet you struggled not to reply "The milkman".

Well, if he were salmon, maybe...

Well, I always thought there was something fishy about him...

Oddly, that's the conclusion my partner and I came to discussing this – on the assumption that smoke-and-whiskey flavour would age really nicely.

Well, if he were salmon, maybe...

On that basis, you leave Winston Peters for last.

Oddly, that's the conclusion my partner and I came to discussing this – on the assumption that smoke-and-whiskey flavour would age really nicely.

That said, I'm not entirely sure how to judge that (not being especially carnivorous). Are we to make a judgment based on who is closest to a ready-made confit? Or on who is closest to a stick of jerky?

On that basis, you leave Winston Peters for last.

He's already…

4/ All the current leaders of New Zealand's political parties are on a plane. It crashes into the Andes with no hope of rescue for weeks. Whose delicious corpse do you save for last?

I think this question is worth discussing in its own right, because I think your…

Now I just know that won't be work-safe.

don't fret, nary a curtain or carpet in site.

Are you lot aware of ginga.co.nz?

Now I just know that won't be work-safe.

(disclaimer, one of my colleagues is behind it)

you'll be getting a visit when the anti-ginga revolution finally comes.

At last, a revolution I can identify with. It’s tough on here though Che

Because they can’t really go outside much, I guess that gingas are always going to be over-represented on forums and online message-boards etc..

Especially now…

We will reduce the permissible door height

http://www.scene-stealers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/being_john_malkovich-1.jpg

One day, ONE DAY, they'll come for the tall ones and I shall say "try the posh end of Cuba st"

Us tall people stick out too. Very worrying being different in this way.

And doorways too.

add-ress? know-n, tick.

Yeah you keep writing Che. One day, ONE DAY, they'll come for the tall ones and I shall say "try the posh end of Cuba st"

Anyone remember Redhead King Pin – the Afro-American Hip Hop star whos Mom was a Cop,or Chemical Ali – The Iraqis have/had
a few and Afghanistan too.

There are a few Redhead Maori out there as well, not sure if that's the Celts…

you'll be getting a visit when the anti-ginga revolution finally comes.

Bring it on Tibby, I'm not scared of you.

...Scuttles off to dye her roots.

When I had hair, it used to go reddy-auburn in summer. Does that make me a partial ginga?

jesus... you're all going to have to slow down a little people... i'm having trouble getting all these names down in, you know, "the book".

you'll be getting a visit when the…

17 of 41 American Presidents had Scottish Ulster ancestry. New Zealand also has ulster culture, in it's Governmental history.

I think Massey and Muldoon are the only PMs with major Ulster ancestry. (Massey was born there: Muldoon's grandparents were from there)

We have a lot of Celts in general. As…

My daughters name is Goldie, its an old english name that means " The child with the golden locks."

Would it be unfair stereotyping to assume that she's fond of porridge?

If I had a buck for every old lady who said "oooh, what lovely hair, who does he get that from?"...

Got to say I don't think gingas have much to worry about in real terms – doubt their employment, income, life expectancy, etc is blighted by stigma (although I…

Agree about energy and acknowledge the overwhelmingly civil space here. Found it somewhat ironic that Stephen blithely used the term while complaining about Jews being maligned. Not going to…

And yet "retards" is perfectly acceptable usage, even here.

No – I wince at that. But there's only so much energy I have for calling things like that out. I participate enthusiastically in the PAS Women's XV, and I try to call racism and homophobia when I see it, but…

I hope folks didn't think all the fuss over Tropic Thunder or that Black Eyed Peas song was over nothing.

Stormfront.org doesn't sound very SFW

Rule of thumb: Any website with 'storm', 'honor/honour', 'blood', 'shield' or similar in the title should be avoided in the same way that any political party with 'family' in the title should be avoided.

DRAT

Oh well, I was beaten to a Twin Peaks reference today at the Dimpost.

Oddly enough, Aunt Julia doesn't hold up on a 2nd viewing (IMO), first time I found it hilarious "You're driving like a one-armed Albanian with crabs!"

OK, who else can we bag – Albanians?

DRAT

Beat me to it...

Holy crap, Che, some warning?

whoops. i just googled, whacked that shi+ out then disappeared to a couple of hours of meetings.

apologies to all involved.

So, for what it's worth, I think Hadyn's reply to Q2 should have been:

"The gingers. They must be exterminated from the face of the Earth".

Or more correctly:
"Everyone but the gingers. That way all the women are hot and the guys can finally pick up."

And yet the general consensus seems to be that it's 'okay'

Probably because it would be drawing a really, really long bow to suggest that gingers are currently disadvantaged or discriminated against in any serious way. Whereas there is still ample evidence of anti-semitism, racism, etc.

It's all about the…

the only reasonably funny joke i've heard recently is:
...

So not the Palin mouth/vagina one then?

Saw one today – Palin: The only beauty queen who doesn't want world peace.

OK, who else can we bag – Albanians?

the only reasonably funny joke i've heard recently is:
...

So not the Palin mouth/vagina one then?

but answers question via google

Holy crap, Che, some warning? Thank the cybergods for interclue.

Usually towards Tibby

it's nice when this sort of native try to speak real good.

Haydn, you don't fancy brining Che with you to Auckland do you? Cause I'd love to experience this show with…

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There was a doco recently about the Nazis trying to recruit the Irish against the British (and how that idea failed)

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Serious Question:

Were gingas considered part of Hitler’s master Aryan race?

How did this conversation go from Jews to Hitler?

(yes, I am pushing my luck)

Were gingas considered part of Hitler’s master Aryan race?

Usually towards Tibby

it's nice when this sort of native try to speak real good.

/manly handshake.

manningly accepted

Ginga-bashing has its origins in genuine racism: that of the English against the Irish.

Yeah the ginga thing is quite annoying, but I just shrug it off make a few jokes (and then cry myself to sleep). I find the best defence is to say in…

that slagging off blondes mostly applies to women.

you know, when i first read that, it said "shagging off bondes"?

the only reasonably funny joke i've heard recently is:
Q. why did palin take her gun to new york?
A. she heard it was a bear market.

When Mick Hucknell complained it was because he was genuinely offended. Ginga-bashing has its origins in genuine racism: that of the English against the Irish.

I’d never thought of that angle, but lets face it; Hucknall was a whining git.

Instead I always felt that Ginga jokes was a nice…

WWI & the Depression G/Grandads Dairy farm operated under the name "Sweeny". German Bay , the Bay before French Bay reverted back to its original Maori name (Takamatua I think) during this time.

/manly handshake.

Ah, I go away for an hour's yoga (cue hippy jokes) and I come back to a man-love moment. What a nice warm-up for next week, when I shall be making some gay jokes. Only I shall be super-funny and not all offensive, just like the most recent…

Hadyn: I love pulling jokes apart too.

/manly handshake.

That's funny. He doesn't look Jewish...

See, I laughed at that! (it was a joke right? with complex layers?)

Oh and I just love pulling jokes to pieces (seriously). It's what I do if/when I write comedy.

So it doesn't count if the people doing it are retards? Wow.

Not to kill a funny thread, but, no it doesn't, not in comedy. First of all though, I never did actually apologise for the offense: Stephen, I'm sorry

Now, it seems as though you believe I think there…

Stephen, what of Vogel and his immigration policy that let many (my family) Prussians/Germans/Poles in to NZ. I think Blumsky claims…

a kind of "my nigger" license.

I'm not going to get into who has permission to say what.

I'm just pointing out why I don't join in the laughter.

Maybe Hadyn could out himself as being Jewish?

That's funny. He doesn't look Jewish...

Well, you lost that game of audience roulette and here is your spanking.

Well said. I must say, I didn't "get" the question either. Was it supposed to be funny or ironic?

they are not the target of extreme racism (at least in this country*).
...
*other than skinhead retards, but no one here is one of those.

So it doesn't count if the people doing it are retards? Wow.

Just in the last five years or so the retards have been…

i still say we lynch the fast-talkin' ginga.

Have to catch me first Tibby! fast-talkin' and fast-runnin'

Emma, the debate is on at the moment and not one of your questions has been asked so far.

Pff, do I have to do everything myself?

No wonder so much stuff doesn't get done.

Now I will say that if you find yourself laughing at the joke for hours and saying things like "yeah, take that Jews" then you maybe missed the joke and should rethink your position.

i still say we lynch the fast-talkin' ginga.

Points to Haydn too for his hilarious ironic post-modern anti-Semitism.

Do excuse me for not joining in the laughter, won't you.

I'm not seeing the funnies either.

Comedy can come from many places. Some of the more common situations are juxtaposition, irony, awkwardness, obvious (blunt tool), and shock.

It is…

Points to Haydn too for his hilarious ironic post-modern anti-Semitism.

Do excuse me for not joining in the laughter, won't you.

I'm not seeing the funnies either.

17/ How much did a one kilo block of Anchor cheese cost at Pak 'n' Save Moorhouse Ave last Tuesday?

This is, of course, a trick question. They dropped their blocks to 900g and hoped nobody would notice.

depends. how important is morality to pygmies, anyhow?

They're the only race I could raise any kind of objection to – after all, they're hardly likely to speak up when the gingas cop it. BTW, My next door neighbour is an intellectual pygmy. As he's not sure what the internet…

One guy came close when he basically asked "which candidate has the balls to deny climate change?"

Do moral pygmies outnumber gingas, then?

depends. how important is morality to pygmies, anyhow?

2/ If you were secretly an Arab terrorist, what would be the first policy you'd enact on taking office?

Y'know that's a good question... no seriously, what would be United Future's first policy?

Che: when they came for the gingas, i was silent...

LegBreak: Ah yes gingas; the world’s only true minority.

Do moral pygmies outnumber gingas, then?

1/ Should stupid people be allowed to vote? If so, who should they vote for?

Peter Dunne.

2/ If you were secretly an Arab terrorist, what would be the first policy you'd enact on taking office?

Send paramilitary cops against some of NZ's nuttier Maori and other agitators, abolish Maori…

2/ If you were secretly an Arab terrorist, what would be the first policy you’d enact on taking office?

The same as a tibetan one – who's asking ?

But I would put both of them on the Andes-bound plane, rather than the dinner party.

2/ If you were secretly an Arab terrorist, what would be the first policy you’d enact on taking office?

I think the key word here is 'secretly'. If a sort of Levantine Manchurian Candidate – a Syrian Candidate?? – did get elected to office and immediately banned lending at interest;…

Only your men. Your women remain highly prized.

this emma, she speaks the truth.

a) When you've got a bottle of really great wine and a bottle of crap wine, you drink the good one first so that you're a little bit drunk by the time you get to the other one and it therefore tastes better

Which raises a very important question I'm…

Ah yes gingas; the world’s only true minority.

Haven't my people suffered enough?

Only your men. Your women remain highly prized.

Ah yes gingas; the world’s only true minority.

Haven't my people suffered enough?

Do excuse me for not joining in the laughter, won't you.

@stephen come now, you missed a great opening there.

7/ If you had to ban one race from entering New Zealand, which one would it be and why?

when they came for the gingas, i was silent...

7/ If you had to ban one race from entering New Zealand, which one would it be and why?

Already done

@hadyn: well, duuuuh :-)

I figured when I was turned away last election, it was because of the "no joke votes" rule.

but it's an "ought" question, not an "is" question...though your observation does raise the more important question:

1a/ Should stupid people be allowed to run for office?
...which potentially has far more impact on yer typical voter(as the optimal outcome "only for comedic value" seems quite…

1/ Should stupid people be allowed to vote? If so, who should they vote for?

They already are (See: Bush, George W)

1/ Should stupid people be allowed to vote? If so, who should they vote for?

Their peers?

I'd start on one of the Greens; the younger one

Ain't it a shame Nandor retired...

What if the meat starts to rot over the course of the weeks, and you end up wasting the most tasty person of all because you have to throw it away?

Well, I was going to pack 'em in snow, or hang them in the fuselage…

12/ Whose vote are you most interested in buying? Why isn't it mine?,

Hu Jintao – cos we all chinese now……

10/ On taking power, which bureaucrats would you sack? Please provide names and addresses.

Hadyn.

Hey I was gonna answer that!

10/ On taking power, which bureaucrats would you sack? Please provide names and addresses.

Hadyn.

5/ You are holding a dinner party for famous New Zealand political and historical personages. Who do you seat next to Graham Capill?

Clint Rickards.

8/ Which gay MP would you least like to have babysit your children?

The one they call "Spanky".

Sports race – the NASCARS.
Human race – the Westboro Baptists.

I know that many people will eat their broccoli first at dinner so that they can finish on the good thing, but I think in this case two things should be considered:

3. you might get rescued and then you'll look like an idiot if you started off with Rodney…

4/ All the current leaders of New Zealand's political parties are on a plane. It crashes into the Andes with no hope of rescue for weeks. Whose delicious corspe do you save for last?

I think this question is worth discussing in its own right, because I think your logic…

5/ You are holding a dinner party for famous New Zealand political and historical personages. Who do you seat next to Graham Capill?

The Ingham twins?

Points to Haydn too for his hilarious ironic post-modern anti-Semitism.

Do excuse me for not joining in the laughter, won't you.

11/ What was the dumbest thing you’ve said in the last six months and what the hell were you thinking?

See Q7

8/ Which gay MP would you least like to have babysit your children?

Lockwood Smith

But FletcherB wins.

well that was my forth choice, after V8s, Jews, the English (starting with Barrymore).

7. the Jews.
.
(cough)

Aw man, I knew someone woiuld have the guts that I lacked.

I don't think that qualifies as a race any more. Maybe in the 80s...

Didn't that kind of evolve into a never ending court case?

But FletcherB wins. Not only is it America's Cup Lawyer Racing, but in the true spirit of the season, he betrayed…

Surely we hate The America's Cup more than V8's ?

I don't think that qualifies as a race any more. Maybe in the 80s...

(I actually love sailing, but I'm playing to the crowd)

Geez, what have you guys got against petrol-heads? Or is it just the Tron that you hate?

I'm stoked it's in the Tron! And not in my front lawn (Victoria Park)

7: The Amazing Race. After 13 seasons, it's just not that amazing.

Oo, Jake, nearly made me change my mind there. But no.

And never mind Hobbes, how many houses are on Maryan Street? (stole that concept from someone that I can't quite recall, earlier today).