Posts by George Darroch
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Raceing, Beach raceing
A sport popular among many New Zealanders. Involves flogging a dead horse, usually on the foreshore. See also trotting carnival, a regular event at Bowalley Rd.
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Can we not turn this into a fat fight?
I happen to have a strong opinion, but I think that there are plenty of other issues that deserve attention from this article, and the debates about fat/obesity/weight are more heat than light in the great majority of places, including here.
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Hone soit qui mal y pense.
Hone is that which is bad and thoughtful?
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Dunno about Word of the Year, but my vote for Post of the Year goes to the guy who took time out in his 2nd-ever PAS post to give Craig a few tips on netiquette...
I vote for this one by BenWilson as by far the best this year.
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I vote: InTimeForTheWorldCup.
Will I have made dinner InTimeForTheWorldCup?
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strail - verb. to trail behind the 'stralians. Also strailer - noun. someone who advocates more of these policies.
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New Zealand is one of the most unequal of all developed nations. I think that a good number of poor people actually resent being told to celebrate rich people. I know I do.
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My suggestion: reinstate compulsory penal rates.
If we want productivity, then it makes sense to have workplaces try and squeeze more of it out of less hours. If they can't do it in 40, then they're not trying hard enough.
Of course, Brash's mob was the lot that got rid of them, and "Labour" showed no inclination to reinstate them in 9 long years.
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My suggestion: reinstate compulsory penal rates.
If we want productivity, then it makes sense to have workplaces try and squeeze more of it out of less hours. If they can't do it in 40, then they're not trying hard enough.
Of course, Brash's mob was the lot that got rid of them, and "Labour" showed no inclination to reinstate them in 9 long years.
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Also, it's not as if wanting to build an empire always ends terribly well. It's right there in the metaphor!
John Hayes has the ambition. The head of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee wants to start by reclaiming the Pacific.