Posts by Rich Lock

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  • Hard News: The GST Punt,

    She's clearly been guzzling back the doubles at the self-help cabinet again.

    Debs, put down 'The Secret' and step away from the shelf. We've talked about this before. You know it's for your own good. We're only trying to help you.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Hard News: Hobbit Wars,

    The real phantom menace we should be up in arms about is Jar-Jar frigging Binks and Princess Alabama-Ding-Dong in 3-D --

    Craig, please. It's too early in the morning for my blood pressure to be rising so rapidly.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Legal Beagle: He is Henry the Eighth, he…,

    Magnificent post at Imperator Fish:

    If you liked that, you may also like the secret diary of
    Comte Gerry de Brownlee, duc d'Eglise de Christ

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Voting Local 2010,

    Anyone voting in the Waitaks?

    Bill Daly's rather anodyne campaign literature inexplicably leaves out rather a lot of his more...'colourful'...past exploits, as reading the maps points out.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Hard News: The GST Punt,

    the new owner of the Segway company
    has died driving one off a cliff...

    Can someone let me know when the 'too soon?' period is over?

    My first reaction on reading that story was not socially acceptable.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Hard News: Fighting On,

    I have always thought that if a fraction of the treasure expended trying to prove that MDMA gives you Parkinsons/manic depression/Altzhiemers/holes in your brain had been spent on making it a safer legal substance the world would be a better place for it. If Pfizer could make big dollars from MDM brand x being fun and harmless, wouldn't they push for it's legalisation??

    The evidence, she be somewhat contradictory.

    I recommend hunting down a copy of the Tim Lawrence documentary, if you haven't seen it. It's quite fascinating.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Busytown: Reading Room,

    Ideal home photospreads are occasionally good for a laugh, as when Bob Hawke and his then new squeeze Blanche D'Alpuget flaunted their sumptuous living arrangements back in the 90s. The beady-eyed pair posed in Japanese bathrobes next to a hideously oversized Mexican onyx chess set, with the pieces arranged as though for a game in progress. Closer examination showed that the arrangement of pieces couldn't possibly correspond to any known variety of chess.

    Ah, the all-powerful Curse of Hello! can never be escaped.

    Also known as the Egyptian Pharoh doorbell curse (toot-and-come-in).

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Busytown: Reading Room,

    This month’s fave How It Works feature: how to mod that Nerf gun that your mother can’t quite believe she bought for you at Wal-Mart.

    You bought the gatling gun, didn't you? :)

    Reassure yourself with the thought that your lad will be learning quite a lot of practical electronics as part of the mod process.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Voting Local 2010,

    Gotta say, if a candidate can't be bothered sticking up a decent profile/photo on the offical website, then why should I bother voting for them?

    and following this, it's probably worth noting that the profiles in the hardcopy booklet are considerably more extensive and focussed than those on the election2010 website.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

  • Voting Local 2010,

    Just having a wee troll, Craig.

    Like Sacha, claims of independence from all quarters make me thirsty for a well-known brand of Kiwi beer named after a native bird.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report

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