Posts by andrew llewellyn

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  • Island Life: What it don't get, I can't use.,

    A private jet? He didn't even pay lip service to the underprivileged peeps? Tut!

    they'll be proud that our PM has a racy private jet. It'll make them think they're part of the first world. Or something.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Island Life: What it don't get, I can't use.,

    spend his money on a private jet and of course we have the right to decide for ourselves whether we would like that in a Prime Minister.

    New Zealand 1 anyone? I think we should have a flying vehicle of some sort to transport our PM & other dignitaries, so that they do not have to speed at 167 kph (or whatever it was) to the rugby (because I think it IS important they attend the rugby - but maybe they should leave a little earlier on their trip... on NZ 1! - WHich probably should be a Jetranger helicopter or something.)

    But can someone please followup next time on whether Mr Key intends to purchase carbon credits to run his private jet?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Island Life: Abusage,

    "and so, without further adieu"

    when the speaker is clearly unaware this is supposed to be a joke...

    at risk of taking something too literally... (feel free to label me a petard) isn't it "ado"?

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    (Oh dear. I þink þat looks like 'porn'.)

    Who'd have thunk rose was that kind of girl?

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    Oh, I remember that one well - I was moved to comment at the time...

    Did you eventually define a dangling participle Josh? Lessee, Jesus had 12 participles, and one of them ended up hanging himself - it's a reference to Judas?

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    My fave euphemism for poor is from cricket, when a slog is described as "agricultural". No idea where it came from or what it is supposed to mean.

    Without looking it up, I have always assumed it had something to do with the stroke looking like the batsman is scything corn or something.

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    And, ha, you're right,'pseudo-archaic form of 'the'

    Yeah, we used to have another letter in the alphabet that looked like a cross between a Y & P, and was called a "thorn" and pronounced "th" So Ye, is really just the humble old "the" after all. Not sure why the urge to add a "e" to any word, but especially "shoppe".

    We should've kept that letter.

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    OK, I read the editorial, it's not that Team NZ were tossing bombs at the opposition. </disappointed>

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    Maori have reminded the bridge managers that they readily hoisted the Team NZ petard during the America's Cup

    WTF?

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    Well, I have to admit it's the non existent word "ye" that really steams my pudding.

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