Posts by Josh Addison

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  • Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys,

    Frankly, I'm completely lost - I've read back a couple of pages, and I honestly can't get straight who's responding to whose response to what. Possibly an indication that things are getting too personal?

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The Public Address Word of…,

    I probably should have included a link, shouldn't I?

    Here we go...

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to HORansome,

    Re: Pike River Conspiracies, this from a comment at Ian Wishart's site:

    There indeed is a cover up.I believe that a certain technological artifact has been discovered, and the resulting death toll was to silence any potential witnesses.The time delay by the government is to ensure that a retrieval team is removing any evidence and making it appear as an accident.

    I'm honestly not sure if they're taking the piss or not.

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Random Play: Alt.Republic: The rolling mall,

    At the moment, I prefer St Lukes over Sylvia Park (I'm in Onehunga, and probably actually closer to Sylvia Park) because Sylvia Park is just too damn big - walking from one end to the other feels way too much like exercise.

    St. Lukes became noticably less crowded when the Sylvia Park and Albany megamalls opened - I guess if it gets bigger, everywhere is going to be equally crap.

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Unreasonable people vote,

    It's good to know that the Culture Warriors of the US have identified the real problem with the country: bears.

    Truly beyond parody.

    And yet, wasn't that in an episode of the Simpsons years ago? (Not going to hunt it down on YouTube while at work...)

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • The end of the road West,

    Aaron Spiller has become the most interesting character--a drongo with real heart.

    Possibly the most likeable, too - when everyone else is acting out of pride or spite or self-interest, he always just does what he thinks is right. Of course, "what he thinks is right" is often something bloody stupid...

    [Edit: Likeable? Maybe "genuine" is a better word.]

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Unreasonable people vote,

    (The idea of stopping talking doesn't seem to have occured to Jeremy)

    If that doesn't meet the definition of "silencing and patronising" (a tone Jeremy was accused of just one page ago) I don't know what does.

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    When we got Civil Unionerised, my wife* and I kept our respective surnames, but our son has my surname, because A) we both like the sound of it better and B) her brother will doubtless carry on her family name when he sprogs up.

    * Yeah, I just use "wife", on the grounds that I'm too lazy and unimaginative to think up and advocate an alternative.

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: Sintax,

    My favourite would have to be Fur Patrol's:

    You are the best thing that's happened to me
    Since I fell on my face on Tuesday

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: No Smoke,

    all three Die Hard movies (yes, I said three)

    Damn straight - Die Hard 2 is a piece of crap.

    Onehunga, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 298 posts Report Reply

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