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  • Island Life: The resignation of Captain Worth,

    For the record, that's not the first time Slater's been a Close Up guest.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Up Front: Newsflash: Women Have Eyes,

    Apparently, disgust at the word "panties" is quite widespread.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Swine flu, terror and Susan Boyle,

    Seriously, what happened to my gravatar?

    Maybe it died of boredom.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Not many, if any ...,

    Just yesterday I came across 3(!) old mondegreens of mine and wondered whether I'd remember them long enough for the topic to surface again.

    A couple from Big Star: for a long time I heard "Wish we had / a joint so bad" as "Wish we had / a joy so bad" ( In The Street .) Not much of a difference structurally, but I was disapointed to discover the real lyric, since the misheard one is better.

    In When My Baby's Beside Me , I always heard "When my baby's beside me / I don't a-worry / When my..." as "When my baby's beside me / I go to work, and / When my..."

    Worst of all is from the BBs' Don't Worry, Baby : "She told me 'Baby, when you race today, just / take along my love with you'" always came out as "She told me 'Baby, when you're wasted / then just take along my love with you'."

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Not many, if any ...,

    The Specials without Jerry Dammers is like The Clash without Joe Strummer [or] The Attractions without EC.

    Reminds me of the time I saw the Beach Boys without Brian, Carl, Dennis, Al, Mike (who'd quit again, a few days previously) or Bruce (whose plane had been diverted due to bad weather, and arrived about 10 minutes after the show.)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Not many, if any ...,

    And don't forget, you can still email me your geek culture questions for the Geek-Off

    Would do, but can you narrow it down a bit?

    Copyright

    What we really need is Fair Use provisions. Is anything being done about this?

    ...

    And for Friday lulz: CD review fail.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    a quiz

    Topic(s)?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Stop the Enabling,

    You're innocent of a crime until proven guilty, surely you're also innocent if you've not even been charged?

    You are to be considered innocent until proven guilty. That doesn't mean you are innocent.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Two very different topics,

    For the record, I only chose Upper Hutt as an example since that was what came up from a Google search for "Zealand's smallest city."

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Hard News: Two very different topics,

    Yeah? Well, how do you know I didn't mean that? ;)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

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