Posts by David Slack
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and Mike Stevens reminds us that before Dave Dobbyn became a Republican his previous great single was . . . "Royal".
To Dobbyn's lasting regret, Kevin Roberts persuaded him to make a special version for the Bush family: Oyal
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Here you go Ben, just for you:
Another Christmas Day,
another disappointment.It was sunny
for three minutes,
but now it’s grey again.
Soon it will rain.My drunk uncle
has started his lame jokes.And couldn't they,
just once,
just once in their ridiculous lives,
have listened properly
when they asked
what I’d like
for Christmas?As if I would
ever
want anyone
to tickle me. -
he IS the spitting image of the guy who's been painting the neighbour's house for the last 3 years
Run Skippy, run!
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If you prefer your notorious murderers to look a little less like the neighbour, check out this interview with Charles Manson.
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It's not a matter of "stick" - its a matter of making people pay the full cost of their activites. Cutting down trees without planting replacements imposes a cost on the planet, and (thanks to Kyoto) on the government. This is a classic case of an externality, and the classic solution is to make the person responsible pay for it.
Okay, what about this: but for those existing plantations, the planet and Kyoto takes a bigger hit. What recognition do they get for the benefit they already contribute?
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Apologies to everyone who struck this problem. I've fixed it, and yes, ' bling' is now in there.
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I'm Leonardo de Caprio. I played that pilot you saw on TV last week.
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I don't know, Craig. Jim Bolger was in the cabinet of the Government that let the tour proceed, but it didn't seem to hang very heavily around his kneck. Certainly not when he was signing the Tainui settlement.
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10 credits to Kent as well, whose inadvertent "u" in flamboyant suggests a useful new word: if you can cheerfully ignore a stream of bitter and twisted postings, are you flamebuoyant?
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10 credits to DJ_Krysus, Achvd wth xcllnce