Posts by giovanni tiso

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  • Hard News: Yet More Hobbit,

    The Elves have left the building...

    You I've missed most of all, scarecrow.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Voting Local 2010,

    I live in Christchurch and choose to so do

    Vote Yoda.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    Well it looked like you were saying "it resolves itself because there aren't really children in NZ to be adopted". Hence my question. Feel free to, y'know, clarify.

    I thought it was pretty clear: we should equalise things at our end (and it looks like we basically have, according to Graeme), but it's not going to do much to change the realities of adopting until the countries that the children come from follow suit. Although I'm actually unsure how adoptions work in NZ, there are nations that don't always rely on the legal framework of the countries of origin.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    In our case we have relatives who do this very deliberately.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    But did it pass the Bechdel test?

    I don't think there is a single scene in Young Frankenstein without any males in it.

    (I'm being coy - of course I remember them all by heart and know with certainty that this is the case.)

    However it still crushes Love Actually on every plane.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    until I pointed out to her that to me it was like devoting my secret mountain of gold stashed on Jupiter to the Catholic Church.

    You did what?!

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Busytown: Front, man,

    Why is it 99% of the time “PC gone mad”??

    Have you tried quitting and restarting?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Staying Civil,

    When I was a young man people for Christmas watched Young Frankenstein. It was a better world.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Morning in Auckland,

    It turned down the heat on her.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Busytown: Front, man,

    I'm not sure what the children have done to deserve the visits however. Won't someone think of them?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

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