Posts by Simon Poole
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He was National Party candidate for Wairarapa in 1999.
And now it appears that he is trying to compensate for the self-imagined loss of masculinity brought about by losing that particular race to Georgina Beyer.
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Likewise, I never expected to win (and if I did, would have donated the tickets to a friend in Auckland, kudos to you Stuart) but if anything does come up as a runner up, I will graciously accept as my pregnant partner has been demanding baubles.
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How long until this
Becomes a meme? Stacey in
Haiku, immortal. -
Little General
Napoleon he is not,
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I'm sure that John Key has plenty of opportunity to fish from his Omaha and Hawaiian dachas, should he be of a mind to.
Anyone else find it a tad annoying when Mr Key appears on the news exhorting his fellow countrymen not to travel overseas for their holidays (the time for which our employers will buy back shortly anyway) so that precious tourism dollars flow into the local economy, not too long after he returns from his well-publicised holiday in Hawaii?
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Yeah, I was just thinking that compared to the first 5 minutes of our innings, the last hour of theirs was positively delightful.
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Richard: You can't have been reading Granny online yesterday, which had this gem:
Rugby: Heyman staying put
World-class prop Carl Hayman says he won't return to New Zealand early and will see out his contract with English club Newcastle until May next year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10561890
Of course, we all know that Granny is a special case. I do agree that literate writers can put out some very good sporting material.
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Bleargh, feel free to substitute nerd for geek throughout my post.
Agree with Peters analysis of Clarkson. Amusing at times, but trying way too hard. Oh, and avid climate-change denier (I suspect he's not, but it's good for the ratings with munters, and lets him drive amazing cars like a dick).
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Thank you, Hadyn.
I endure endless mocking from my partner who insists that I only watch/follow sport so I have something to talk to 'manly' men about. Who cares that I didn't really follow cricket three years ago? I'm finding the SA/Australia power-struggle absorbing, check Cricinfo daily for general cricket-happenings around the world, and will pop down to the pub to catch a T20I/ODI if I have the time. I lament that the Black Caps don't seems to be able to translate their ODI success (3-1 thrashings by India aside) into the Test Arena. Except I can't, because although cricket is apparently a geeks game, I'm not allowed to like it because I'm too geeky. Or not geeky enough. God, I don't know.
Likewise, I've enjoyed rugby for longer than I've been with my partner (bless her) but she still doesn't believe that I actually like it, because I never played in highschool (Height: 6'2". Weight when fit: 80kg. A fair bit lighter in school. Not optimal for contact sport.) - and she holds the same view of my interest in League (Is it just me, or is the NRL beautiful? Wooden-spooners the Bulldogs beating runaway Premiers Manly in the opening round? Perfect! So much better than the tripe the Super 14 is dishing up at the moment). Additionally, because I've never played Union, apparently I'm not qualified to discuss the breakdown, let alone kicking tactics under the ELV's or the rush defense that we're starting to see more often - thank you Mr Gatland.
Argh. But I'm a geek that likes politics and follows the economy, so I'm not allowed to indulge in any of these things, apparently.
And don't get me started on the fucktards that decided Murray Mexted was a suitable commentator for a live Sky broadcast. I actually prefer watching the Australian broadcast whenever possible. Mexted: Great player, horrible commentator.
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... and beaten to it, my penalty for abusing the 'Preview' button.