Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category
Old cellphone? Oh the stigma!
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Vicarious Viral Video
Slapstick. (Some blue language and much laughter.) I bet you watch it more than once! – P Vicarious: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
Must read: Sympathy for the Plutocrat
Wonderful! Sympathy for the Plutocrat By Nick Hanauer Reuters It’s great to be what you people are now calling a plutocrat. I know. I am one. We plutocrats live incredible lives, surrounded by luxury and insulated from risk and discomfort. Things have gone very well for us over the last several years. Since George Bush […]
Seinfeld makes a good point …
Jerry Seinfeld responds to criticism of people who use (or overuse?) “Really?” … Your Critic’s Notebook column about the overuse of the term “Really?” was so deeply vacuous that I couldn’t help but feel that you have stepped into my area of expertise. The best part is where he expresses disdain for the ‘wrap your […]
I guess it’s too late for Mr Key to complain to the Advertising Standards Authority …
Sorting out some pix from the General Election campaign this afternoon, and found … remember this?: “A vote for me helps John Key” Oh boy. – P
Ye-ouch! Emmerson on Dotcom debacle
Crikey! That’s strong … Well, fair enough I guess. In A farce upon farce reaching to the highest level — John Armstrong of the NZ Herald offers a passable imitation of an apologist’s defensive spin for the Key government, ending with this: [Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bill] English’s behaviour is inexplicable. But the […]
Ruby Sparks. A nice story, beautifully told.
I loved this movie. It’s deft. Trust me, see it. – P
Nick Clegg autotuned apology
Fabulous! More importantly is this take from Linda Jack… As a Lib Dem party member who has called for Nick Clegg to apologise for us breaking our pledge on tuition fees, my first reaction last night was to welcome his public mea culpa. But listening carefully to what he had actually said, it became clear […]
Stumbling across a meme
I’ve been cleaning up files and stumbled across this photo someone sent me to enjoy in February 2011. Wow! I think it’s a flea. Or a bedbug? (Is it?) And I thought, I must put that on the Paepae. As is my habit, I wanted to credit the source, if possible. So I put the […]
Yes we can! (Had to happen, I guess.)
Spotted this at the top of Howick today. Bwahahaha… Pfft! -P
Pink! I knew this would happen while Rob Fyfe was Air NZ’s CEO and an All Blacks sponsor. I just knew it.
Look at this: So what part of ‘ALL BLACKS’ wasn’t clear? Read the background in Daniel Richardson’s article at the NZ Herald and you’ll see Israel Dagg’s wounds are self-inflicted. I still blame Rob Fyfe. – P
Satiric comment on Apple patents
Of course it’s exaggerated but … a wee bit funny …