Posts by Craig Ranapia
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For a bit of light relief, was this (h/t 3410) meant to veer between lame and outright offensive, or am I just more hip replacement than hip nowadays?
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to giovanni tiso,
If the two of you are so adamant there’s some sort of analogy here, start a campaign. I’ll be interested to see how many people agree with you.
And another desk goes to furniture heaven...
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to giovanni tiso,
One of your usual acrobatic equivalences, I assume?
You know, Gio -- I'll stop agreeing with you or making jokes at my own expense, m'kay? Shitty coffee-like beverages are one of those things I get cranky (and more than a little boring) about. Most people, I suspect, don't give a rodent's rectum either way.
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to giovanni tiso,
Being a petty bourgeois twit, I was bemused (and horrified) that Starbucks opened their first New Zealand offence against good taste on Lambton Quay -- almost literally a stone's throw from a dozen or more superlative cafes. I'm not so sure that reflects badly on anyone or anything other than Restaurant Brands and their customers.
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Now, perfectly serious questions for you public policy nerds and legal beagles out there.
One thing that doesn't sit well with me, on principle, is that the resource consent for this was non-notifiable.
Question with two follow ups -
1) How difficult would it be to change the law so every resource consent application has to be notifiable?
2) Is there any party out there whose policy supports such a change?
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to BenWilson,
Or getting to the point where you start screaming “do SOMETHING, ANYTHING” – which is rapidly where I’m getting with the Saint James up here. It’s not exactly the foundation of good decision making, but I have to wonder if we’ve learned anything from the near-death experience of the Civic. Stalling with another round of reports stating the bleeding obvious one more time isn't going to make a massive job any easier, cheaper or politically risky.
(I do hope someone is going to be outraged that I’ve been rude about Auckland. You Wellywooders can just hold your tongues. ;)
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to Paul Campbell,
Wellington has that wonderful wild windblown coast you see as you fly in, with scrubby stuff just hanging on the last thing it needs is the tattered remains of a giant sign
I will bottle the first person who mentions wind farms. You have been warned.
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Well it certainly will convey that message for visiting dignitaries, tourists even Monarchy and suchlike as they enter the Capital via aeroplane :)
Anyone who can survive the traditional APEC silly shirt perp walk is not going to be terribly traumatised by that. Unless there's a headwind, in which case, I hope Lizzie Windsor doesn't have a corgi in her lap.
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Hard News: Some Lines for Labour, in reply to 3410,
Your thoughts?
Let’s act like we’re a serious alternative government.
Let’s not.
(I’m almost tempted to e-mail the ever-so-slightly litigious Lucasfilm and ask if Labour got clearance to use that picture of Pouty Luke & Slave Leia, but that would be mean. I also believe Ridley Scott expects to be paid when he does political campaigns.)
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Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!), in reply to Sacha,
It also didn’t have writing on it saying “Paris, the city of cheese” or suchlike.
No, for nine years the tallest building on Earth was a giant billboard for Citroën -- even my sense of laissez faire would baulk at the Sky Tower being turned into a giant JumboTron . :)
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