Posts by giovanni tiso
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Here's a thought. If it's a decision that you're not directly affected by the consequences of, why not, say, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
Can a brother get a 'FUCKING' in there somewhere? Seriously, it seems I cannot leave you guys alone on Mondays... Last week it was Graeme with his heartfelt concern for the downtrodden human rights of Tory varsity kids, now this. For shit's sake.
On Mondays I'm a little busy, 'kay?
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David, meet Philip. Seriously, you should check this blogger out if you don't know him, I think the two of you might have been separated at birth.
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Meanwhile, for all those smack fans who said 'Neville Key" would suffer at the polls for ignoring the will of THE PEOPLE: ORLY?
These references to Paris' second airport are one of those bits of Internet parlance we could do without - it's far too crass. I suggest asking instead O, GARE D'ORSAY?
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Gio, from your post on This is New Zealand (Asian Edition), this image makes me very happy.
I can't get over integrating forestry and farming. Somebody just popped in to explain that it didn't quite work.
Giovanni, if your copy looks like it might have been stored in a garage, it might be the one we donated. Oscar's father was involved in the translation and production of it (he was a Mandarin speaker) through the then Wool Board.
Oh, that's a very special connection indeed. I'd very much like to think it's your copy except it's in mint condition. Although missing the dust jacket, so who knows, maybe it is...
I've had requests from Auckland, Dunedin and Sydney, I think the only solution is to get hold of an A3 scanner. Anybody in Wellington who has access to one?
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Do Wellingtonians need to be reminded that the DCM bookfair is on this weekend? Last year it was 60,000 books (plus magazines, puzzles, records of various kinds...) and Sue reports that this year it looks a dozen or so tabels-worth larger. Can't wait.
Dr Daniel Yu-Tang Lew, Chinese ambassador to New Zealand, touts Taiwan as as "the gateway to the China market of the future. Trade with Taiwan is investment in the freedom of China tomorrow while enjoying the fruits of commerce today."
Case in point: at the DCM fair last year I found the fantastically entitled This is New Zealand - Asian Edition, and I've been fielding requests for it since. I just don't tire of that shit.
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But I do wonder if we aren't all a lot more jaded about the possibilities for radical in society than people were in 1972.
You wonder? As I was discussing with a very learned friend over coffee no longer than 40 hours ago, even the idea of full employment now is considered outlandish.
Wait, it was you.
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There's nothing more gripping that following the adventures of Whale Oil and all the... I mean, you know... oh, sorry, I kind of drifted off there. What was I saying?
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Lester Freamon would be proud.
Let's not go nuts here.
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But they didn't include scarves, and now the women have taken over !
That article was excellent, I thought.
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If the problem with gangs is their antisocial behaviour, how is being pre-emptively extremely antisocial towards them - based only on what they are wearing, and not their behaviour - going to solve the problem ?
Oh, I don't know. We used to have a gang problem in Italy but since we told the mafiosi that they couldn't wear those hats the whole thing has just gone away. Just give the law time to work.