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Since: Nov 2006
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Field Theory: The Sevens: Part 0
Mike and I climbed the stairs to the private function room. At the top we were greeted by the media liaison.
Megan Wegan
From: Welly
Since: Jul 2008
Posts: 402
Later that evening we saw Murray Mexted in Hooch. It was one of those celebrity sightings that make you think something special is in the air.
If that special something was eau de ugly Hawaiian shirt and too much cologne and hair product.
Jed Soane
From: Wellington
Since: Feb 2009
Posts: 11
This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants.
I'm going to assume that was a great joke rather than a suggestion for journalists to wear more jewellery.
Megan Wegan
From: Welly
Since: Jul 2008
Posts: 402
And I'm going to assume Jed is right, because he is a photographer, and hence of higher standing.
Russell Brown
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 9068
Moderator
I'm going to assume that was a great joke rather than a suggestion for journalists to wear more jewellery.
It's a longstanding Public Address joke.
The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.
LegBreak
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1095
Having a night on the town in Wellington and not seeing Murray Mexted would be more of a rarity.
Hadyn Green
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1802
Moderator
The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.
I wrote "Sneddon" twice. The second time I put it past the media person and the reply was "yep, oh wait, 'Snedden', 'don', 'den', I don't know, I think that's right"
Megan Wegan
From: Welly
Since: Jul 2008
Posts: 402
I wrote "Sneddon" twice. The second time I put it past the media person and the reply was "yep, oh wait, 'Snedden', 'don', 'den', I don't know, I think that's right"
So what you are saying is that the downfall of the press is not so much the fault of journalists, but comms people?
Gareth Davidson
From: Sydney
Since: Mar 2007
Posts: 18
This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants
And with this Your Honour, the prosecution rests.
Hadyn Green
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1802
Moderator
The repeated misspelling of Snedden's name, though, I'm not sure about.
Update: I'm an idiot.
Sacha
From: Ak
Since: May 2008
Posts: 5335
The persecution rests
Geoff Lealand
From: Univ of Waikato
Since: Oct 2007
Posts: 833
This is why the press is dying, inadequate spelling skills and fewer pendants
And with this Your Honour, the prosecution rests.
Or is that petard?
Sacha
From: Ak
Since: May 2008
Posts: 5335
Boom
Rich of Observationz
From: Back in Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 2009
Is there some kind of event on in Wellington this weekend? There seem to be a lot of very drunk people. Lower Hutt Anniversary?
Sacha
From: Ak
Since: May 2008
Posts: 5335
A festival honouring the gods of costume hire and weak beer
Hilary Stace
From: Wgtn
Since: Jun 2008
Posts: 759
The 7s are a great Wellington cultural event when some people can forget their inner inhibitions for a big boozy and noisy summer party, and startle the occasional tourist. Some Brunos I saw earlier might later regret their choice of costume. Outside my window at the moment I can see a bunch of brides, some gladiators, several Fred Daggs and Billy T James (popular themes this year), fairies, insects, and lots of people in school uniforms (but I don't think those ones are in costume).
Hilary Stace
From: Wgtn
Since: Jun 2008
Posts: 759
I hear there is a group of 101 dalmatians but haven't seen them yet.
LegBreak
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1095
A festival honouring the gods of costume hire and weak beer
Not so much of the weak beer. Sacha, no-one arrives at the stadium sober.
Hilary Stace
From: Wgtn
Since: Jun 2008
Posts: 759
Most people going to the 7s are wearing minimal clothing with bare feet or jandals, and don't seem to be carrying anything like bags, sunscreen or money, as it would spoil the effect of the costume. So how do they manage?
Sacha
From: Ak
Since: May 2008
Posts: 5335
That be where the beer comes in - anaesthetic. Oh, and money cards.
Lucy Stewart
From: Christchurch, NZ
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 995
So how do they manage?
Some of the ones Campbell Live talked to had quite ingenious pockets hidden in the costumes. As for the sunscreen - well, judging by the number of seats unfilled during lots of the rugby footage, they were just all staying inside out of the sun!
Sacha
From: Ak
Since: May 2008
Posts: 5335
Unaccustomed as they are
Stephen Judd
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 2037
Never mind beer, I just got assaulted by some blue-smeared dude who'd been huffing nitrous all afternoon.
If you know Dickhead Smurf, who is a burly chap who likes to steal your hat and then then try and step you out for it, tell him from me he's a cock. And so are his mates, who were weaving in and out of parading musicians trying to steal their kit.
If you know the short stocky dude with a hieroglyph shaved into the back of his head who assisted in hat retrieval, he is a top bloke.
Gotta say that the vibe out there has some pretty ugly undertones. Why do we have so many people who can't have fun until they're shitfaced?
Stephen Judd
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 2037
recordari
From: THIS IS ORCWOOD.
Since: Dec 2009
Posts: 598
Never mind beer, I just got assaulted by some blue-smeared dude who'd been huffing nitrous all afternoon.
If you know Dickhead Smurf
Man, your 3D session of Avatar must have been more realistic than mine.
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