Posts by Joe Wylie
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Sorry to be this curmudgeonly, but am I the only person on earth who finds Pinter a misogynistic bore?t
Broaden that to misanthropic and I'll sign up.
. . . bringing the rats in the suburban walls out to dance . . .
Ha! (applause).
While Pinter's later political pronouncements came across as surprisingly heartfelt, his "body of work" seemed to cater to some awful small-l liberal appetite for self-abasement.
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Awww
Awwwww!
Least favourite. Excuse the shonky Squigglevision. -
Peter Plumley-Walker who became permanently identified with his part-time hobby.
I remember. The guy who inspired the taunt "See you at the bottom of Huka Falls" when some oick disagreed with a cricket umpire's decision. To be fair, it wasn't cricket umpiring that seems to have lead to the poor guy's downfall. I presume you're referring to his other hobby.
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How on earth does that work? In what city are you cabbing?
I heard the "Warehouse guy" line from a driver in Auckland in 1997. To be honest, I've only tried the cousin line in Sydney. Delivered in a slightly "medicated" tone, it's a sure-fire conversation killer.
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I thought that in NZ a tall poppy was whoever a certain kind of taxi driver thought would make a better job of running the country than elected politicians. In the 90s I was told that it was the "Warehouse guy" - presumably Stephen Tindall. A decade later it was the "TradeMe guy".
I've found that the best way to deal with taxi drivers who use their passengers as a captive audience to spruik the virtues of an appointed dictatorship of the elite is to point down a street that you happen to be passing and say something like "My cousin used to live down there." After that they usually leave you alone.
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But 'awesome' is kinda gay.
True. Can't think of another word that encapsulates "kinda gay" and slack-jawed so succinctly, both at once. Example: I love at a Crusaders game how the Black Knight comes out and prances around. He's awesome.
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Xmas 2008 - the definitive Catwoman has left the building.
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Not intended as anything particularly insightful, more an interesting pattern - a high proportion of the great childrens' authors - Dodgson, Anderson, Potter, Nesbit, Farjeon, Lewis, Jansson, as a few examples - were childless.
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Screeching is characteristic of otter sex. They are supposed to do it in the water.
Far below him, Albert could see the Princess struggling on the lake bottom -- weighed down by her heavy skates. He dived, screeching, towards her.
Too dark, too dark. Now you've spoilt it for me. -
Poor Albert, growing up "out of species", unable to participate in that single mass thing that young otters do. A bit like some species of sawfly larvae.