Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Hey, the imbedding worked last time I did one of these.
I'd appreciate some help from someone with editing privileges :-)
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Tonight's 60 Minutes article had me wanting to seek these out.
More ads - even more out there - available from the Montana Meth Project
Things to do with your software billions, eh?
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PS: Oddly enough, Parore got snotty when people insisted on pronouncing his name correctly ...
I'd have gone with Parore's name being pronounced however Parore wants it pronounced. If Stephen O'Regan thinks Stephen is pronounced Tipene, or Steven Colbert wants to be French I'm not going to stand in either's way.
That said, I've wondered a number of times how my surname is correctly pronounced. Now some of the pronunciations I've gotten I know are wrong, but I've never even figured out how many syllables may name has, let alone where they split!
Any suggestions?
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On the plus side - I can't imagine it being legal.
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That's your problem with it?
What bugged me was the stereotypical Englishmen - Hilary was on a British expedition, and flew the Union Flag!
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Thanks for the They Work for You link Russell.
A couple of clicks and it took me to this gem of a speech from Peter Dunne (on the motion confirming the membership of the Security and Intelligence Committee):
I have three very brief comments on the actual motion: firstly, United Future will be supporting it; secondly, we have, that notwithstanding, absolutely no confidence whatsoever in the ability of Mr Hide to make a contribution to anything constructive, let alone to the work of this committee; and, thirdly, we note with sadness and disappointment the bad judgment of Dr Brash in nominating him.
I didn't know he had it in him!
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Now I don't know what Dr Who said, but it's the Union Flag alright.
It's illegal to fly it as a jack (except on Royal Navy ships).
Shouldn't be too surprised about England using their own flag, however.
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My view?
The New Zealand Flag is the symbol of the realm government and people of New Zealand. Its royal blue background is reminiscent of the blue sea and clear sky surrounding us. The stars of the Southern Cross emphasise this country's location in the South Pacific Ocean.
Courtesy of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Ooh, and which of Britain and Liechtenstein should change their anthem?
Or South Africa, Tanzania, or Zambia?
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The Hawai'i one at least was about the fact there's a Union Jack in the first quarter.
On the similarity point there are a couple of great stories. Among the best is this one, from Jim Bolger's memoirs:
As part of the VE-Day celebrations in 1995 there was a large gathering of Heads of State, Primes Ministers and Ambassadors in Hyde Park in London. We were all seated in a special covered area. Her Majesty addressed the vast crowd and her message was carried around the world live on television. When the Queen had finished speaking, the plan was the national representatives and their spouses would walk down a long set of steps to the point where a group of children were standing, each holding a different national flag. We would then collect our country's enblem and move to where a globe of the world stood and place our flag on it.
Joan and I were not the first to get off the stage and by the time we reached the point where the children were, there was no sign of our flag anywhere. There was, however, a young girl standing forlornly with an Australian flag, virtually begging someone to take it. I realised instantly what had happened and relieved her of her burden. Somewhere out in the crowd was our New Zealand flag, proudly borne by the Australian High Commissioner.
I also remember the opening ceremony of the Victoria (Canada) Commonwealth games. The ceremony involved a bit where a bunch of kids were carrying the flags of the countries of the Commonwealth - something like five of each flag. Five New Zealand flags in the place they were supposed to be, but the Australians got four Australian flags and one flag with four white-bordered red stars on it...
Now some more silliness ... Austria/Australia - one of them should change their name, right?
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There are many good reasons to change the NZ flag, but so many of the reasons advanced (not necessarily here, but advanced nonetheless) are really poor reasons.
Should Hawai'i change its flag?
Which of Ireland or Italy should change?
Or Cote d'Ivoire or Ireland?
Should Suriname remove the Vietnamese flag from the middle of its?
Is Mexico's flag just a defaced Italian flag?
Jordan, Palestine, or the Western Sahara?
Santa Cruz do Mompox or Switzerland?
etc.