Posts by Dave Patrick

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  • Hard News: A news site where you can…,

    The Press has picked up where the Herald may have remained silent - a few choice quotes from their editorial this morning if anyone was evr in any doubt as to where their sympathies lie:

    Some of its rapid action is partly motivated by a desire to try to make up for what it rightly called in the Speech from the Throne Labour's "decade of missed opportunities".

    ...the sea of red ink in the Government accounts that Labour has left for the new administration to cope with.

    And the rest of it is basically a puff-piece for the 90-day "trial period" as it calls it. Apparently it will encourage employers to hire those at the bottom of the employment heap, rather than those who can, you know, actually do the job?

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Hellfire's a Promise Away,

    Do I win?

    You win today's star prize, the blow on the head.

    And attractive and intelligent women dating dickheads wasn't unique to university, I used to think most women were dating dickheads (was primarily because they weren't dating me). The thought that quite possibly I was a dickhead at that age didn't occur to me until much later......

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Hellfire's a Promise Away,

    “Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
    Riding thorough the glen,

    I see your Robin Hood and raise you a Dennis Moore
    "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore,
    Riding through the sward
    Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore,
    With his horse Concord
    he steals from the poor and gives to the rich
    Silly bitch, silly bitch"

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The smart thing to do,

    "ACT - a whole extra layer of stupidity". 2011's election slogan perhaps?

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Field Theory: One Girl, Tin Cup,

    New Zealand 1-0 up over England after 30 minutes - if this continues, they're through to the quarter finals

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: And meanwhile ...,

    John Key's comment that the elevation of Goff is hardly a sign of renewal

    Unless Key appoints some of his bright new things to cabinet then his own team will smell about as fresh the proverbial week old snapper.

    Indeed - anyone who's thinking of putting Tony Ryall, the Smiths Lockwood and Nick, Murray McCully and Maurice Williamson on his front bench can't be too snippy about "renewal"

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: Let's be Frank,

    You beat me to it, Simon - Bill and Ben seemed particularly popular in the City booths, in Grey Lynn and on Waiheke Island. They got no votes on Great Barrier

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: Let's be Frank,

    Also the Bill and Ben party could have been the 10,000 votes in central Auckland that Judith was missing. How do we find out where those votes came from?

    The Electoral Commission website has a breakdown by booth for every electorate in the country - makes for an easy way to waste a LOT of time, looking at votes and patterns booth by booth.

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: A Halloween story too cute not…,

    We've tried various "go away" measures in the past, ranging from having the sprinkler going beside the front path (kept most away, but one group of kids just walked through it) to a sign on the door and a sign on the letter box (ignored by most).

    Parents who don't let their kids walk to school and would be horrified if you suggested their kids should walk to the other side of town to play in a strange park seem quite happy with sending their same small children out to bang on strange doors and ask for lollies. Must confuse the heck out of the kids, what with the "stranger danger" and "don't take sweets from strangers" message they get the rest of the year....

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: A Halloween story too cute not…,

    This year was the quietest for quite a few years in the Halloween-door-knocking department. We had one group of 4 14-15 year girls who between them had managed to muster up a beret, a set of fairy wings and (I think) some bunny ears. I told them to go away [/humbug]

    Rangiora, Te Wai Pounamu • Since Nov 2006 • 261 posts Report Reply

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