Posts by Don Christie

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  • Hard News: This just in: Sky over Tasman…,

    Can we back the truck up for a moment:

    Air NZ did tell people - it was in their monthly magazine a couple of months ago.

    You mean to say the country's self acclaimed greatest investigative journalist eva got his story from his target's own publication?

    Wow, what skill, what a coup.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Hard News: More Wikipedia Scanning,

    The Tamihere & Banks show would be so much fun to watch from the south.

    Where's your ambition? I'd go for the trifecta, get Michael Laws to stand out west.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Hard News: Busted editors,

    Great, the wikiscanner site is down. Now what am I supposed to do all day?

    That's easy, I'm editing Danyl Mclauchlan's page.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Island Life: A devious and dangerous…,

    Speaking of agriculture, how damn rich did the dairy farmers get yesterday?

    Up to their eyeballs in white powder today :-) Scenes from Scarface flash up before me.

    Still, I don't begrudge farmers their time in the sun. As I have said before the lamb growers are having a tough time and it's a precarious way to make a living.

    Enlightened farmers aren't hard to find, BTW, I just wish thety had some more enlightened leadership as I fear for their European market presence.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Island Life: A devious and dangerous…,

    National has always been (with perhaps a small interregnum of the post-WW2 consensus under Holyaoke) the party primarily concerned with looking after its backers - farmers and the business elite.

    This may be true but behind that concern is surely a belief that those sectors drive wealth and wellbeing. You don't have to agree with that analysis to see that it is not a "villainous" position to hold.

    My politics may not have changed much over the years but my sense of righteousness has. I think Trotter and other are too convinced of being right and others being wrong to offer much new insight, IMvHO.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Southerly: In Praise of Arthur,

    It is said "a bad haircut is only a week away from being good."

    I live my life, from week to week, in hope.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Southerly: In Praise of Arthur,

    My ex-barber was a lady who was also a body builder. Sometimes I would scare myself by making mild criticisms of her styling skills. Then her muscles would flex, nostrils dilate and I swear my head started looking like a wine cork in her eyes.

    Lesser mortals dodge buses in the one lane Mount Vik tunnel.

    Last I heard she was selling food supplements to fellow builders in Brisbane.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Southerly: In Praise of Arthur,

    On my third visit he brushed his hand against my trousers in a manner such as to constitute sexual assault.

    Reminds me of a song I once knew. What happened on Sunday, after supper?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Hard News: The meaning of a Banana,

    No, more of an end state. The result of consuming something much darker in adequate quantities.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

  • Hard News: The meaning of a Banana,

    green-irish

    my favoured state of intoxication.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1645 posts Report

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