Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category
Monochrome. I knew it!
From Andrew Sullivan … Yep. Makes perfect sense. – P You might be interested in reading this: Tribalism.
Upskilling New Zealand’s spooks & spymasters
The New Zealand government is looking for ways to upskill its spies and those who supervise them. A recently-advertised pre-tender document calls for an innovative supplier of training services (which is how it got to me) to equip ‘senior officials’ and ‘executives’ within ‘the security sector’. According to a Notice of Information published by the […]
“Less apps, more apples.” What a lovely spoof.
Wonderful! “Single core, dual core” did it for me. via Gizmodo – P
Skincare secrets of the hard to live with
Well, if it’s good enough for my favourite right wing vixens (see My favourite right wing vixens branch out) … it’s good enough for me. Here’s a shot of my skin care products … still wet from their use just now this morning. The three speed motorised vibrating shaver might be something the girls wish […]
By an amazing coincidence
On the same day The National Business Review printed a retraction & apology: … the Waikato Times web team also made a startling confession:
A wonderful NZ short film ‘The Six Dollar Fifty Man’
I hadn’t seen this … The Six Dollar Fifty Man from NZ Shorts on Vimeo.
There’s a joke in this … somewhere
Hello new thing. This (below) is apparently a tractor slander shaft. Oh, boy. There’s got to be a joke in there … And then there’s the ASB Bank’s use of the wonderful Brian Blessed (immortal in Blackadder as Richard IV) in their ‘be proud/celebrate success’ advertising campaign. I don’t rilly get the joke (yet). Below […]
I would have thought Dana Perino would have learned about the risks of ambiguity
Bob Woodward’s credibility-eviscerating ‘I been threatened by the White House!’ (er, not really, actually) episode has seen a lot of ink and electrons spilt. I don’t need to add to it. But this short statement (above) from former GW Bush press secretary Dana Perino caught my eye because it wasn’t clear. Even my favourite right […]
Dodgy use of panorama effect = bent lighthouse
A friend, Mike, took this photo of the lighthouse on Tiritiri Matangi using his phone-camera’s panorama effect in vertical mode. Oops, he wasn’t quite straight in his ‘pan’…
Home-made hovercraft. Nice.
I showed this picture (from my Twitter buddy John Edwards) to my 12 year old — before I even had a chance to ask him wha— ‘Nice hovercraft!’ he said. Indeed. Well done John. – P PS The wonders of gaffer tape!
Addictions
I spotted this poster on a wall near my office in Epsom (John Banks country) and it reminded me of a time long ago in the omigod 1980s when I ran a street theatre company with a group of Christian friends. I wrote our scripts and acted in or narrated many of them. ‘Wholemeal Theatre […]
Can Bob Jones hear himself?
Relating to the controversial boxing match between Sonny Bill Williams and Francois Botha: “The whole performance was degrading to the sport of boxing. It was a joke.” Oh dear.
‘Don’t mention the war.’ Or Waitangi?
Of course John Cleeese’s ‘Don’t mention the war’ is regarded as classic comedy … … but when it comes to the Treaty of Waitangi, there are other, not nearly so satirical calls to avoid discussing contentious topics. Indeed, there are attempts to continually dismiss calls for redress — of genuine, documented, historic injustices (including large […]
