Posts by Emma Hart
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I guess Wikipedia's got a problem with people using it for satire, though? Especially since the satire is more about Wikipedia than it is about Russell.
Actually, Ben, I think it's a classic example of how well Wikipedia heals 'damage'. That version lasted twelve days before it was replaced by the boringly factual. Nevertheless, the history preserves all the 'Russell is a Ralstonite pirate from Timaru' glory for posterity. The more people care about the topic, the faster it gets reverted.
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Wikipedia now says you were born in Lower Hutt.
My favourite version is this one:
Initial reports indicate that the success of Hard News was partially predicated on Brown's alarming ability to sound exactly like Bill Ralston, a then-popular TV show host.
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Better not be. $1400 is the average annual income down here and we need any spare change for new banjo strings :)
Pff, pay for your banjo strings by selling P, that's what we do.
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From my experience in situations where I could die, my thoughts in these situations is usually some variant on "Well, this is going to hurt." Sometimes bulked out with "Hey, that sky is really blue today"
You guys are so articulate with your near-death experiences. Any time Death has clearly been in the room with me the closest my brain could have got to vocables would have been 'you're fucking kidding me', and more honestly, something with no vowels.
Billy Graham Jr was in these parts a couple of years ago
Again, reflexive 'gnrgghh'ing. A few years ago, we had a massed family reunion. The organisers seemed to feel it necessary to have some kind of religious service. Okay, I thought, I'll be able to duck out with the kids before they start. But no, there was no chance for anyone to leave, and we stood and listened in gathering horror as a cousin of my mother's proceeded to talk about when Billy Graham was here and how great he was, and how the country had totally gone to pot since the fifties. Only the knowledge of how much it would embarrass my mother stopped me gathering up my children and storming out.
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However one of the commentators (not sure which one) correctly identified Cumulonimbus clouds and knew the abbreviation was Cb.
Mark Richardson. But I think it was his mate Andrew Mulligan who summed it all up for me when he said that normally when "our team" is getting this badly spanked you get a bit cranky. But with India, you find yourself sitting back and thinking 'bugger me, that was beautiful'.
As a mainlander, I care about as much about the Rugby World Cup as the NZRFU apparently intended me to. Fair enough.
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I can see how that would resonate.
Very slightly more on topic, I also giggle every time I see Alan Bollard these days.
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the manatees on David Attenborough's Life of Mammals on Prime last night
Saw that and recalled your earlier mention, Hilary.
We nearly lost it giggling. Manatees always remind me of this.
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Sacha, actually you're right but it's not Hayden who's the devotee, it's Emma.
Yes, but Hadyn makes the sports threads where you can just dump only-just-relevant stuff like this.
Isn't Amy Satterthwaite having a hell of a summer?
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I think some sort of military honorific - Field Commander Christie, or possibly Rear Admiral Christie - is more probable.
Vice Admiral, as is traditional for dangers to shipping.
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Isnt it funny that most of the people who turned up to comment profess no religion. I guess it says something about the readership of Public address.
Well there was the one catholic, the resident PA supposed contrarian the dear luv, he was out of here quick.From the tone portions of this conversation have taken, even the most reasonable, patient, tolerant religious person would have required a great deal of courage to participate. Far more courage than it took for me to write this, which was pretty much 'none'.
And yet it was still more patient and reasonable than most internet discussions on religion.
I'm still a big fat hippy incense burner, though.