Posts by Kyle Matthews
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I watch as much street performance (jugglers, magicians etc) as I can (unfortunately, almost never in Dunedin). They tend to repeat the actual content of their show (death-defying juggling of three razor sharp knives while on top of the world's largest unicycle! I am the only person in the world stupid enough to do this!).
However their banter and interaction with the audience changes if they're any good, and the best bits of the show are inevitably when they find some audience member who brings the whole show to life. I watched this (German?) chap in Chch once who was making rolled up bits of toilet paper disappear in front of this kid, by throwing them over his shoulder. For everyone in the audience it was very obvious, but he was distracting the kid to look at his other hand brilliantly, so the kid never saw it. The look on the kids face as things kept 'disappearing' in front of him was wonderful. After going through several (increasingly large) lots of toilet paper, he did it with a whole roll of toilet paper, and then pulled his shoe off to do it again before the kid looked around and realised what where everything had been going. Tremendously entertaining.
Personally I'd feel a bit ripped if I went to see a comedian do two different shows, with different names, to find out the material is largely the same. If I want to hear comedy repeated, I'll buy the tape. If it's the same material, surely it should have the same name so people know they've seen it before?
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Maurice Williamson, who had been regaling me beforehand with tales of how he uses his DVD recorder (he pays his nine year old son $5 for every programme he goes through and edits out the ads from!), certainly seemed to take the point.
What's he going to be minister of when the govt changes next? If he gives out that much money to his son for that, then I might look for a job in his department.
"Yes Maurice, I removed all the tabs from that memo you sent me, and used margin and para indents instead. $50 please."
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From http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10438901
Police have dropped a theft charge against a Dunedin Subway worker who was sacked for sharing a drink with a friend during a break.
At a status hearing in Dunedin District Court this morning, police used their discretion and withdrew the theft charge against Jackie Lang.
Yay for police discretion, though a question should be asked of why the charge was ever laid.
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For those who think web petitions are useful (I suspect in most cases, they're not, but there's always an exception): http://www.rehirejackie.com/
(If that works, I'll be starting my own one, http://www.paykylemore.com/ in the near future)
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I bet the Subway people in head office are probably looking very hard at their franchise contracts to try and find a way to make the George St branch stop being so stupid. Talk about an astounding PR gaffe. I think when everyone has first heard it they've done a double-take to make sure that they've heard the facts right.
Just one point Russell, you say Jackie is a teenage employee. I'm not sure where you got that from, but I first met her some ten years ago at a friends 21st party, and she was certainly late teens at a minimum then. Ten years later, teenage wouldn't be accurate at all.
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i wasn't part of this thread (ie not reading) early in the piece. did craig and deb sort this one out already?
I thought we'd had the rather fake group hug and moved on thoroughly. Apparently it just won't die however.
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This is when misunderstandings could have been so easily avoided by use of Che's excellent RLML (Real Life Markup Language) tags.
<ironic>What DO they teach in schools these days <Desc = "Comment related to the frequent misconception of linguists as grammarians (see Frank Haden, Max Cryer, etc.)"></ironic>
See, it works OK online, but I have real trouble portraying the tags in person.
I've resorted to sticking my hands on my hips and saying them out load, but people keep thinking that I'm starting the teapot song. And the closing tags - man that hurts my wrist.
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I think the ship has already sailed on the existence of a Jon Stewart cult. I am such a dorky fangirl about him.
I spent a little time in North America last year, and perhaps half of Americans 'get him' and his humour and the format. About half of them are lefties. That 25% or so, really seemed think he's the best thing since sliced bread.
His methods remind me of something not very American - Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder (not Mr Bean!). The way a facial expression of disbelief or a raised eyebrow can say everything that needs to be said about a video clip that's just been shown. It's got a subtlety about it that you normally wouldn't associate with American humour stereotypes.
As a NZer it's my four times a week reminder that not everything the American political system is corruption and deceit, that while there might not be a lot going on there that I'd consider to be good, at least a whole heap of Americans can see that as well - they really are fellow travellers!
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Or Bishop. I suspect in the Destiny Church, just Bishop. But when you meet him, feel free to go with "My Lord".
That's convenient, because normally my reaction to him is "My lord... what is that idiot on about now?". Or other "biblical" words.
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this means we should be called her Dr Clark.
Umm, Helen Clark doesn't have a doctorate. She started a PhD at Auckland, but never finished it, at least according to wikipedia. Her correct 'prefix' is 'Rt. Hon' (Helen Clark).
And Craig, no need to get titchy because Deborah pointed out your error. Mrs Peter Davies clearly isn't her legitimate name, and we can all safely bet that she never gets invites to dinner addressed to Dr and Mrs Peter Davies either. Huffing now that you don't care what she calls herself makes your earlier post look a little silly.