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David Slack is BYO
February 2010
Everyone loves a quiz. (Feb 24)
Anyone can do design. (Feb 19)
So, what do you think of New Zealand so far? (Feb 19)
What I saw at the step change. (Feb 09)
November 2009
The World Is Full of Cu*ts (Nov 02)
September 2009
I Am Drinking Again (Sep 02)
August 2009
On the waterfront (Aug 14)
There is no alternative (Aug 03)
July 2009
Good on ya, Paula (Jul 28)
The Guilt of Clayton Weatherston (Jul 22)
The Prime Minister Has Spoken (Jul 17)
Tune in, turn on, score some Vogels. (Jul 15)
Adventures in English (Jul 11)
I'm Henry. Fly Me. (Jul 06)
June 2009
Bye, bye, you peculiar guy. (Jun 29)
Driving around Mt Eden, looking for a bed. (Jun 22)
I am curious. Yellow? (Jun 19)
Bring Out Your Dad (Jun 15)
She Will Try Not To Sing Out Of Key (Jun 12)
Big Little City, Big Little News Service (Jun 08)
A week in the life of that nice Mr Key (Jun 05)
The resignation of Captain Worth (Jun 03)
Creative Accounting (Jun 02)
May 2009
Don't need no steenkin' lockup (May 26)
Credit where it's due (May 25)
Burn fat, not oil (May 25)
Symptoms persist (May 21)
Effective Immediately (May 13)
Dairy dairy me. (May 05)
Q+A. Fill in the blanks. (May 01)
April 2009
Take A Chance on Me (Apr 29)
You both get sprayed with twits (Apr 28)
March 2009
The Prime Minister will see you now (Mar 11)
February 2009
There is no depression in the spa pool (Feb 25)
Go hard or go home (Feb 09)
January 2009
Vendor says sell! (Jan 30)
Backbone (Jan 27)
December 2008
Keynote speaker: Paula Bennett. MC: Jim Hopkins. BYO sandwiches. (Dec 11)
November 2008
And some with a fountain pen (Nov 17)
Unaccustomed as I am (Nov 17)
The Art of the Deal (Nov 13)
Key and the 'nesians (Nov 12)
Let's be Frank (Nov 11)
What I saw at the product launch (Nov 09)
See Waiheke before you die. (Nov 06)
Difficult to swallow (Nov 03)
October 2008
Pregnant Calamity (Oct 31)
A 'music buff' is a stereo type (Oct 23)
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a Brasher future. (Oct 22)
Around the campaigns (Oct 21)
Nats to the rescue (Oct 13)
We are all Chinese now (Oct 10)
No soup for you (Oct 02)
September 2008
I can see clearly now (Sep 22)
Sundays Are For Activists (Sep 20)
We have ways of making you torque (Sep 15)
Waiting For Roddo (Sep 15)
Too True To Be Good (Sep 10)
Off the top of my head. (Sep 08)
Still not over it (Sep 03)
More billboards (Sep 03)
Serving suggestion only (Sep 02)
Cruel and kind of, like, random. (Sep 01)
August 2008
He lied to us all (Aug 27)
Who else is here for the punishment? (Aug 20)
Tear down this wall. (Aug 19)
Vote BSOD (Aug 13)
A boycott would do nothing (Aug 11)
The Grouse is done to a turn, my Lord. (Aug 06)
Let's learn English, with John Key. (Aug 06)
And later on, a bit of a sort out (Aug 05)
The hide of a politician (Aug 04)
July 2008
Staring into space (Jul 31)
Who Was That Masked Bag Man? (Jul 21)
What it don't get, I can't use. (Jul 17)
Abusage (Jul 16)
Courtroom 15 (Jul 10)
John Key: ambitious enough for web designers? (Jul 04)
Speaking boisterously to no-one in particular (Jul 02)
Freshly hacked from the server (Jul 02)
June 2008
Hunting Squirrels (Jun 26)
Oliver's Army (Jun 24)
The longest last time (Jun 18)
BP-Fuelled Rage (Jun 16)
I am not a quitter (Jun 13)
An imperfect use of a newspaper (Jun 12)
Helen who? (Jun 11)
And I just have to look away (Jun 10)
Songs in the life of Key (Jun 06)
Once is never enough (Jun 04)
May 2008
Your new career (May 29)
Good luck, Jim. (May 29)
Ice-cold rabble rousing (May 27)
Gassed Up (May 26)
The Budget of All Mothers (May 23)
A pig this good you don't eat all at once (May 20)
As seen on TV (May 14)
A simple 'your lordship' will do (May 08)
Supertooth (May 05)
April 2008
Drinking is easy, comedy is hard. (Apr 24)
Suits YOU sir (Apr 23)
The worst that could happen (Apr 16)
What I've done with Julie Christie is my own business (Apr 15)
Top ten surprises in Wishart's 'explosive' new Helen Clark biography (Apr 14)
49 Chinese to Replace John Campbell (Apr 09)
Rage against the machines (Apr 03)
Ask her now (Apr 01)
March 2008
Get over it (Mar 07)
Know your current events (Mar 04)
February 2008
Feeding the hens (Feb 28)
National Landslide, or Key-Fuelled Rage? (Feb 25)
The Honorary Donor (Feb 19)
More time with the family (Feb 14)
Verdict: Not proven (Feb 11)
It's the way you tell them (Feb 05)
January 2008
In another league (Jan 31)
Won't Somebody Think Of The Children (Jan 30)
What's the frequency, Helen? (Jan 16)
November 2007
The doctor will see you now (Nov 27)
Advance, etc (Nov 26)
Wake up and smell the burning raid array (Nov 17)
October 2007
A bar of two halves (Oct 08)
Couldn't hit it sideways (Oct 02)
September 2007
A tale of two Audreys (Sep 18)
Unfettered and alive (Sep 05)
August 2007
December 17 and all that (Aug 19)
A devious and dangerous political operative (Aug 17)
Bad Lieutenants (Aug 03)
July 2007
Hard to swallow (Jul 31)
Just Say No (Jul 23)
Go hard or go home (Jul 23)
The Evasive Mr Key Has 2 Million Friends (Jul 19)
Books are our friends (Jul 13)
Save the Doco Maker (Jul 06)
Something for the kids (Jul 03)
This just in: incumbent President worst in history of the union (Jul 03)
June 2007
A therapeutic dose (Jun 24)
Are you old enough? (Jun 22)
White and bright (Jun 21)
An appetite for scandal (Jun 19)
Child's play (Jun 14)
Take that, evil scammers! (Jun 13)
Sound as the pound (Jun 12)
Deliver us from Alan (Jun 08)
My image consultant is very nervous (Jun 06)
Snapped! (Jun 05)
LOLnats (Jun 01)
Bless this House (Jun 01)
May 2007
RIP Doddery (May 31)
What kind of monster? (May 31)
Now roll over and beg (May 30)
More Crime, More Punishment (May 29)
Fear and greed, son, fear and greed. (May 28)
Show that white girl a good time (May 28)
Sorted for E's and Votes (May 03)
April 2007
One sleep to go (Apr 26)
Green Acres (Apr 24)
A Pylon In My Back Yard (Apr 05)
A Rat At My Table (Apr 03)
March 2007
Who's laughing? (Mar 28)
Good Bastards (Mar 20)
Ring Gina (Mar 19)
A Special Public Address Message (Mar 08)
Internet the way you want it (Mar 01)
February 2007
Browned to perfection (Feb 27)
Presidents Day (Feb 21)
I'll cry if I want to (Feb 20)
He cooks that crystal meth cuz his shine don't sell (Feb 16)
Shopping Report (Feb 15)
Page 3 Boy (Feb 10)
Mint Condition (Feb 07)
January 2007
My way or the highway (Jan 30)
Dick Headley: noun or adverb? (Jan 24)
All those in favour, raise your hands (Jan 18)
Impeccably Groomed (Jan 17)
December 2006
Staring into space (Dec 20)
Losing the billboard plot (Dec 19)
He's Left (Dec 15)
Certifiably Ill (Dec 11)
Drunk By Noon (Dec 05)
Stop Making Cents (Dec 05)
How to smoke an MP (Dec 04)
November 2006
Citizen Key With A Vengeance (Nov 30)
I have aspirations going forward (Nov 28)
Re Joyce! (Nov 27)
Citizen Key (Nov 23)
Publishers in crisis! (Nov 21)
All stadium, all the time (Nov 20)
Supply-sider moves into deficit (Nov 17)
The One Minute Stadium (Nov 14)
One word (Nov 09)
Mother, We've Been Goosed (Nov 07)
Twenty for Scarlett (Nov 03)
Phoning Fiji (Nov 02)
October 2006
Sunday Sports Report (Oct 29)
Your all loosers (Oct 27)
The promise of sex (Oct 26)
Take a seat, Bryan (Oct 24)
Tonight I spend my bread (Oct 20)
Yes, we have none today (Oct 18)
Fallout (Oct 17)
I Heart You, Man (Oct 16)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? (Oct 11)
But don't attach a file (Oct 09)
Road food (Oct 06)
September 2006
Christchurch girls are easy (Sep 25)
Yes Eugenia, there is a Racial Clause (Sep 25)
Rectitude (Sep 19)
Staying on the porch (Sep 14)
Put down the vibrator slowly, sir (Sep 07)
You Scratch Mine (Sep 04)
August 2006
Another Man's Poisson (Aug 24)
Extremely Small and Incredibly Nice (Aug 21)
However Philip will just sign the card (Aug 15)
Ron explains how they found the spider (Aug 03)
July 2006
Ngaio in Winter (Jul 31)
The possibility of death (Jul 08)
June 2006
Vital Signs (Jun 23)
This just in (Jun 21)
Think of the children (Jun 19)
Maybe she found an island (Jun 15)
And as for the coffee... (Jun 14)
4 Votes for Krystal, 28 for Farrar (Jun 13)
May 2006
Risky Business (May 16)
Priceless (May 15)
One Last Try (May 05)
April 2006
Daily routine: do backup, iron underpants (Apr 27)
March 2006
How low can you go? (Mar 29)
Celebrity Skin, Gossip, Espionage (Mar 23)
More Dagg, more Trevs, more War (Mar 17)
Kick her in the guts, Trev. (Mar 16)
High and Mighty (Mar 06)
February 2006
The long goodbye (Feb 28)
You can quote me on that (Feb 24)
All you can eat, assuming you're not very hungry (Feb 23)
Tomorrow Is Another Scarlett (Feb 20)
But thank you for calling (Feb 19)
Stop your sobbing (Feb 17)
Send A Gorilla (Feb 15)
In the flesh (Feb 09)
Lost For Words (Feb 02)
January 2006
The views of some philosophers (Jan 27)
December 2005
Also works in Powerpoint (Dec 22)
But Turkey's Fine (Dec 20)
His master's voice (Dec 08)
A one night stand with Ronald (Dec 07)
Outside, It's Auckland (Dec 05)
Another Hanging (Dec 02)
November 2005
The Call of the Wild (Nov 28)
Reading Between The Lines (Nov 23)
Orwell That Ends Well (Nov 21)
And sealed with a kiss (Nov 18)
Three Score and Ten (Nov 11)
Only while stocks last (Nov 02)
Nagged To Death (Nov 01)
October 2005
I have a statue and I'm not afraid to use it (Oct 28)
But the light bulb has to want to change (Oct 20)
Are you with me? (Oct 18)
And their eyes are too close together (Oct 17)
And I get on my knees and pray (Oct 14)
Blurred vision (Oct 12)
What's on the other channel? (Oct 06)
Thinking like an ad man (Oct 06)
The Long Goodbye (Oct 04)
Scrubbing Up Well (Oct 02)
September 2005
Where everyone gets a bourbon. (Sep 27)
Be nice to your cats (Sep 26)
Take a load off (Sep 23)
Don't know where, don't know when (Sep 21)
All The Pretty Voters (Sep 20)
All your seat are belong to National (Sep 15)
Touching up the poll (Sep 13)
You wouldn't read about it (Sep 12)
Who can you trust? (Sep 10)
Haiku Too (Sep 08)
More questions than answers (II) (Sep 07)
Be careful what you wish for (Sep 05)
August 2005
A bunch of girls (Aug 30)
One law for all New Zealanders (Aug 29)
Whaddya mean you didn't get the memo? (Aug 24)
Deflowered At Last! (Aug 22)
A Don Never Wears Shorts (Aug 19)
Against All Odds (Aug 12)
Drivergate: It's Far Worse Than You Thought (Aug 04)
Don Brash Eats Belgian Babies (Aug 02)
July 2005
Hold the front page! (Jul 26)
June 2005
A virgin's guide to tax cuts (Jun 30)
How will Sir be paying for this? (Jun 27)
Go Russ, Go! (Jun 12)
Envelope Opening (Jun 02)
May 2005
Farrar-length post (May 12)
Want a bet? (May 09)
Winston plays his cards right (May 06)
Click here for jokes (May 04)
April 2005
The Happiest Place on Earth (Apr 29)
One for the road (Apr 13)
And you should hear what he called them when I turned the tape off (Apr 12)
No more hedgehog jokes (Apr 05)
March 2005
More questions than answers (Mar 23)
February 2005
Get a grip (Feb 23)
Don't bet on it (Feb 19)
January 2005
Anything will do (Jan 25)
More than they can handle (Jan 18)
A silence closely resembling stupidity (Jan 13)
December 2004
A date with Rachel (Dec 16)
Don't Look Back (Dec 09)
And I'd put Lange ahead of Kirk (Dec 06)
November 2004
Be Very Afraid (Nov 29)
If you see just one movie this year.... (Nov 11)
Semi-detached Liability (Nov 08)
The Long Run (Nov 04)
October 2004
Parking Tickets and Other Crimes (Oct 29)
It'd Look Good on Eva Too (Oct 19)
What Would Denzel Do? (Oct 06)
September 2004
If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll Be Me (Sep 24)
Straight Off The Autocue (Sep 22)
What About the Workers? (Sep 21)
More Work for Mr Mcskasy (Sep 20)
The Peters Principle (Sep 01)
August 2004
The Meat Raffle (Aug 24)
Duck! It's A Pig! (Aug 20)
I Want John Banks To Be My Mayor (Aug 04)
July 2004
But They Did Get The Name Right (Jul 27)
Palm Reading (Jul 13)
June 2004
This Is Not London Calling (Jun 30)
So Long, Spot (Jun 25)
But No Jellybeans (Jun 17)
May 2004
No Fidgeting (May 29)
Running on Empty (May 14)
March 2004
Cock and Bull Story (Mar 29)
If It Quacks Like A Duck (Mar 22)
You Gotta Sin To Get Saved (Mar 16)
Know Your Place (Mar 09)
February 2004
Otherwise Fine (Feb 26)
An Elephant Is Soft and Mushy (Feb 18)
A Sense of Proportion (Feb 13)
Priceless (Feb 03)
January 2004
Promise You A Miracle (Jan 28)
You Won't Get This On Food In A Mnute (Jan 24)
Send No Money Now (Jan 17)
Morbid Tourism (Jan 10)