Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Carol Stewart,
Or in response to the ghastly Have a nice day!
:I have other plans.or Maybe
See... laughter :) -
I think laughter is a great addition to any gathering. That's an ice breaker.
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Danielle,
That being said, I fucking hate the hairdresser
Yes, I recall an incident of threatening to sue Rodney Wayne once for getting the red completely wrong. It went all "and you call that red!
A year or so later I was at a Schwarzkopf function and dammit I was seated at a table next to the lad. Everyone sat with polite hellos. I sat next to Rodney, he smiled and said hello. My response " I've met you before, you dyed my hair, did an appalling job and I threatened to sue your ass" He roared with laughter.
As one may see, I have no problem meeting up with others however they probably have a problem with me.
disclaimer 1 : I was off my trolley at the time.
disclaimer 2 : I managed free hair dos for 15 years by being a model for Schwarzkopf hair shows. -
Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Yamis,
What would be some good ice breakers that aren't of the How are you?, What do you do variety?
Person 1"Gidday"
Person 2 "Yeah, Nah." (applies in many situations)For forgotten names get your friend to say to them, "Hi, Im .... and you are? (thus enabling you off the hook) helps to prewarn your friend.
As my man used in the loo t'other night
Stranger taking wee " How was that! (with regard AB's semi)
My man " Comme ce, comme ca."or look down in his direction and then "Comme ce, comme ca"
Thus saving all need for conversation with stranger.another response for Howareya? "Hard day, you really don't want to know" and or "I can't talk about it"
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Hard News: Winning the RWC: it's complicated, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
they’re all well paid professionals
Samoa? Tonga? Doubt it.
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Hard News: Winning the RWC: it's complicated, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
when I was a boy (he quavered) travelling teams were billeted amongst the populace – I’m sure many folk would be happy to take on a foreign rugby player for a week,
Also few years back I worked for a lady who billeted the Tennis pros in to NZ for their Tournament. Not as far back as when you was a boy though. Relatively recently.;)
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Field Theory: The Black Sand, in reply to Kumara Republic,
until lots of other people had the same idea.
Yes I often think of the ol' sayin' Take your sinuses to Arizona. that being of course before people moved there with their flowers.
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Hard News: Winning the RWC: it's complicated, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
It would be irresponsible when planning the tournament to have done that.
Well, I would rather some of our hospo ($10 mil +) go on actually being hospitable to the guests in the tournament rather that Prince Albert and his wife who frankly could afford to pay for their own accommodation and food if they actually wanted to watch the game. Up until now I didn't know they were ardent fans.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
I don’t think it’s at all alarmist to say that the 181 who perished in the CTV building would probably be with us today if the OPUS report had been heeded.
For the future,it is also worth remembering from the Herald article further up that Rolleston is up for the rebuild.
The worse possible case was directly under the city. Other possibilities were out in the southwest around Wigram, or Lincoln, and areas at Rolleston, and way out at Hororata.
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Hard News: Winning the RWC: it's complicated, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I’m not gonna get cut up about it…
That'd be kinda funny looking.