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  • Russell Brown,

    Anyway Paul, shouldn't you be answering phones in a bid to reduce the horrendous waiting times at your call centre? ;)

    You know how you can get past voice-prompt systems by repeatedly saying "operator"? I've taken to repeatedly barking "Brislen!" ...

    (Actually Paul, that is a joke ...)

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Kyle Matthews,

    the zoo should just put some golden labradors in a big pen.

    to be honest, i have trouble telling the two apart unless the labrador has gone to fat.

    Throw something on the ground which there's "no way a dog could eat". Y'know, 10 lb of butter, or a bag of spuds, or a catcher full of lawnmower clippings.

    Turn around for two seconds.

    If, when you turn back, the 'food' is gone, it's a labrador.

    If your niece is heading out of your tent in the animals mouth, work on your bad Australian accent and head for the nearest TV camera. "Dingo stole my baby!"

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Throw something on the ground which there's "no way a dog could eat". Y'know, 10 lb of butter, or a bag of spuds, or a catcher full of lawnmower clippings.

    I've found that labs will turn their noses up at citrus fruit - would a dingo?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Kyle Matthews,

    I've found that labs will turn their noses up at citrus fruit - would a dingo?

    Your labs are clearly broken in some way, or maybe crossbred. I've seen labs eat orange peel, and then beg for the orange inners.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report

  • Islander,

    Worse: I've seen my sister's lab/retriever eat an entire phuquing lemon! There were other witnesses. We all stared (o, except for the cat, a Russian black. It licked itself in a kind of self-contained yet smug way.)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    This is something I did not previously know about tortoises.

    Same. Although I am confident after that other thread that you will find more interesting uses for that knowledge than I ever could, Emma...

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    "Dingo stole my baby!"

    Aah, the Gary Larson cartoon of the daycare centre next to the dingo farm and the caption "Trouble Brewing".

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Jackie Clark,

    I love the zoo - and in my vast experience of small people, you may not think they've taken anything in, but you'd be surprised what takes a wee one's fancy. I'm with your niece. I could watch the sea lions all day. I was a bit worried that they'd be bored shitless going back and forth, but I was lucky enough to see them interact with their keepers in the early morning, and they're obviously kept interested.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    To my shame the last time I went t either the Auckalnd Zoo or Orana Park in Chch was for Company Piss ups.
    The people quickly reverted to all of the animal activities described above.
    I was even hospitalised afte the Auckland one.

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes,

    My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!

    How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Che Tibby,

    llew said:

    Um... look at the ears.

    what, you've never seen a depressed dingo?

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report

  • Kyle Matthews,

    what, you've never seen a depressed dingo?

    'Always, as soon as anyone sees me, it's always "Dingo stole my baby!" One "bad egg" and the rest of us have to live with it for life. Makes me depressed...'

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    That was a tragic story where arrogant Cops ignored aboriginal accounts of Dingo attacks on kids.
    A few years back Dingos were shot for banding together and attacking kids on one of the ozzie islands.

    That phrase is pretty much the reason I can't watch Meryl Streep, OK her 'acting' too. God she believes she has the nack of accents, grr.

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report

  • Che Tibby,

    A few years back Dingos were shot for banding together and attacking kids on one of the ozzie islands.

    it's better than that, they we harrassing tourists (afaik). what was interesting was that suddenly there was a slough of aussie media commentators saying, "you know i always believed that it could happen".

    freaking hypocrites.

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report

  • giovanni tiso,

    __My daughter saw the zebra and yelled "documentary!__

    How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

    At the cost of sounding like an overly-protective parent, I'm determined to shield her for as long as I can from knowing what a Phil Collins is.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Rob Hosking,

    How about pointing at the Gorilla and saying "Phil Collins" ;-)

    Phil Collins is not a gorilla.

    He's a singing Dalek.

    South Roseneath • Since Nov 2006 • 830 posts Report

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Worse: I've seen my sister's lab/retriever eat an entire phuquing lemon! There were other witnesses.

    Eww... mine would kill for avacadoes & apples, and broke two teeth cracking macadamia nuts. We crack the nuts for her nowadays.

    That phrase is pretty much the reason I can't watch Meryl Streep, OK her 'acting' too. God she believes she has the nack of accents, grr.

    Man, she wrecked The French Lieutenant's Woman. After seeing Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors (which is only marginal, but her English accent was impressive), I wondered about Streep's reputation. Hell, Angelina Jolie did it better in the Tomb Raider films.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • andrew llewellyn,

    He's a singing Dalek.

    Is there any truth to the story I heard that he is Lewis Collins' brother? (Bodie from The Professionals).

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

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