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  • Angus Robertson,

    Carpet in a pub should be of the thick, highly absorbent variety.

    And for bonus points, it should have an unfeasibly busy design on it so that it...

    ...hides the puke stains, preferably feature random specks of orange and yellow.

    Auckland • Since May 2007 • 984 posts Report Reply

  • andin,

    but by taking their pleasures away. Humanity at it's finest, puritanical, and sad.

    And we have many many centuries and an underlying hypocrisy ( we are all sinners) to perfect this pathetic state of affairs.

    raglan • Since Mar 2007 • 1891 posts Report Reply

  • Kong,

    Indeed, it's hard to get particularly bitter about the poor illegal weed. As someone said, the illegality doesn't really stop people who like it from having it. What stops them is their own subjective evaluation of the harm/pleasure equation, which is pretty much how it should be for most things. The popularity of the 'free the weed' crusade, compared to any number of other substances banned on exactly the same fucked reasoning, is probably, as with piss, on account of how widespread the use of weed really is, particularly amongst the older and more powerful sections of the population. It's really easy to think of other people as weak criminals, but when you've done it yourself and no harm came of it, and you had a good time, then the cognitive dissonance involved in condemning it gets to you, even if you don't have the courage to say so in public.

    Since Jul 2009 • 89 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Parks,

    Carpet in a pub should be of the thick, highly absorbent variety.

    I keep thinking of pubs as having wooden or other bare floors, but you could be right. Okay, I'll go do some ...er, research...

    Wellington • Since May 2007 • 1165 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Parks,

    on whether there's a good pub with carpet, not on whether its absorbent...

    Wellington • Since May 2007 • 1165 posts Report Reply

  • LegBreak,

    SP; I’m thinking of older pubs. Especially the ones with multiple bars.

    So they need corridors, and there must have been a law in the 60s that Corridors in Pubs Must Be Lush.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Parks,

    Related to the 'sex' part of the topic: India overturns gay sex ban

    Wellington • Since May 2007 • 1165 posts Report Reply

  • Roger,

    I watched Media 7 for the first time last night (now it is on Sky) and the bits I heard (through crying baby) were really good.

    So did I... and I enjoyed the 3/4 that I saw. The MySky record function cut off the last 1/4

    Hamilton • Since Jun 2007 • 179 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Parks,

    SP; I’m thinking of older pubs. Especially the ones with multiple bars.

    So they need corridors, and there must have been a law in the 60s that Corridors in Pubs Must Be Lush.</quote>

    I'm just looking for an excuse to go to the pub early.

    Wellington • Since May 2007 • 1165 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    I bet the "ladies bar" was originally carpeted, and maybe the corridor used to keep that out of sight too ...

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    Tables and carpet

    Tables are an important feature of Dunedin pubs. After all, when you come back from the bar you need some where to rest the 3 jugs you're not currently drinking. Kyle also noted the importance of tables for the purpose of table-sucking. To be fair. This is not usually because a person has spilt their drink, but because some lightweight from up north couldn't handle their liquor and bumped into the table.
    Carpet also has multiple benefits. In addition to its absorbency, it also has led to a marked reduction in Traumatic Brain Injuries.

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • LegBreak,

    I guess tables can also double up as a bed later in the evening?

    Re Media7; I enjoyed it so much I almost went out and bought a Gardening Magazine.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    Speed of action and the patient's ability to control dose would be the benefit -- although you'd also get that from an aerosol.

    It is active more quickly, but it's relatively unusual to try to provide that speed outside of hospitals (where it's usually achieved by IV). The only other non-respiratory drug administered respiratorily is Relenza, the parent drug to Tamiflu, which is because it is virtually not absorbed at all through the digestive route. Quick action has dependency-enhancing properties as well. The quicker the hit, the stronger the behavioural learning tendency (like pokies).

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    After all, when you come back from the bar you need some where to rest the 3 jugs you're not currently drinking.

    There's a reason that 'last drinks!' is plural.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    Tables are a relatively recent innovation - only provided since the end of the 6 o'clock swill - 'last drinks' used to be at 5:50 ....

    The inter-tidal zone between the dance floor and table space provides endless entertainment - from afar ....

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • LegBreak,

    I’m starting to sense this PAS get-together in Dunedin this evening will be a good one.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    Sounds like we're in for a hell of a night tonight! Although I don't know that Ironic serves jugs, has carpet, or a dance floor. Perhaps we should adjourns to the Re-Bowler tonight...

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    Interesting bit in Paul Campbell's link late breaking news on p. 5:

    /Still, most of the genetic contribution to schizophrenia, which is estimated to be at least 70 percent heritable, remains unknown.

    70% heritable is much higher than I thought.

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    This discussion actually touches on the real reason why Carisbrook must be replaced. The only reason why people throw bottles etc. from the terraces is because of the lack of tables. Also, if the terrace were carpeted, it would also absorb a lot of the pee.

    However, I heard a rumour just today that due to further cost over-runs, the latest thing to be cut from the new stadium design is in fact the the tables. However, there is still an assurance that the new stadium will have leaners. I am starting to get a bit worried that if they lose any more piles into the mud, they may have to cut the carpet. And if there's no carpet, what's the point of the roof?

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Green co-leader Tariana Turia ... I guess all those Maoris look the same.....and their funny little names all look the same too. Turei/Turia, it's sooooo confusing

    Well, I guess it would be when you've outsourced your subs and fact-checking has gone the way of debutante balls.

    Enjoyed that article in the handmirror, damn shame it''s blocked here, it's exactly what people need. I just hope her son doesn't turn out to be a devout catholic.

    I'd have a WTF moment, but I'm afraid you'd answer.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    70% heritable is much higher than I thought.

    The accepted wisdom was about 25%. Would be interesting to look at the new evidence and see if the heritability is being compounded by environmental issues, similar to Jim Flynn's argument that genetic predispositions attract a certain type of environment, inflating heritability estimates.

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    Interesting discussion re Turei Bill and motivations for voting on it from Trevor M at Red Alert and Grant Robertson on his blog

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Interesting discussion re Turei Bill and motivations for voting on it from Trevor M at Red Alert

    So, here's what Mallard has to say:

    I’m not opposed to having a debate on the issue but my view is that any debate would have been diverted towards the obvious faults in the draft rather than the principal of how medicinal marijuana can be prescribed now and whether that should be extended.

    Um, yes... Isn't a select committee stage meant to work on "faults' in the legislation under consideration? Sorry for being a bitch on a Friday avo, but its not as if Mallard's had any problem voting to advance poorly drafted legislation before. (Grant Robertson gets a qualified pass because, well, he's barely been in the place for six months.)

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    I wouldn't have minded Mallard's argument if, as other people have pointed out, he applied it consistently to Labour's legislation as well.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Grant Robertson gets a qualified pass because, well, he's barely been in the place for six months.

    And also because he says he voted for it on the assumption that it could be rewritten by the committee. He's consistent there.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

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