Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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and can we please use tongs to turn the steaks so we don't dribble out all the meat juice
That's vile, young lady!
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When did it become so necessary to eat (and drink) while travelling anyway?
I think it's cos a) otherwise even a 40-minute flight would be a bit boring without the distractiong of a cuppa, and b) there's the 1960s mystique of the jet age - even though air travel is now only slightly more glamorous than catching a bus, we still like reminders of the olden days, of martinis, San Tropez and trolly dollies.
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The second option please, people who write poetry to order have alot to answer for...
Ae, you're right. Writing poetry to order produces such abominations as the Poet Laureate's "rap" for Prince William's 21st birthday, which was hilariously reviewed in the Guardian.
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I think all of the disenfranchised should be eligible for the team, like gurly crybabies and poets and painters and stuff for instance...
We definitely need a poet on the team. Every game we play can have a specially written poem to mark the occasion.
And sometimes, the poetry can be the game itself. Whoa.
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The coffee on Air New Zealand is disgusting. I think it's probably instant.
Flying back from Nelson a couple of months ago on a Air New Zealand Dash 8, I saw the coffee being prepared, and indeed it involved a catering-size can of Nescafe and hot water.
What makes the Air New Zealand coffee so disappointing is that they now serve it in the same sort of paper cups that you'd expect to get a takeaway espresso coffee in. It sets up the expectation of a nice coffee, so the watery reality disappoints.
But if you want, you can bring your own coffee or tea bag and the flight attendantess will add hot water to it.
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If Liz Phair is going to be our musical inspiration, I think we will need cheerleaders.
I just found this live performance of Fuck and Run from 1995 on YewChoob and now I'm really really bummed out.
This is the blues for middle-class white girls.
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10. Ruck and run
Big lolz! I declare Exile in Guyville to be the official soundtrack of the PA System Women's XV.
We get away almost every day with what the boys call rugby.
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Robyn should so totally be our number nine. He's the lippy one who's allowed to backchat the ref and slap the forwards on the bottom.
I'm not sure about this bottom-slapping business. But I will be captain. Can I call myself cap'n and pretend to be a pirate? Cos that would be quite cool.
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A few years ago there was a Black Fern in my department at work. She'd regularly show up to work with all sorts of bruises, cuts, black eyes, grazes and the occasional broken bone. She never complained about it, though, and would happily get back on the field.
As for the PA System women's first XV, well, I don't know what any of the positions are called, but I'll knock you out, ow.
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Men in this country are not allowed to lecture women on childbirth
Male or female, lecturing someone on childbirth just sounds kind of rude. (I've seen women just shut down and go into grrr mode when another woman starts lecturing them on the proper way they should be doing whatever with their baby.)
But engaging in a conversation on such matters, well, if it were me, I'd welcome it.