Posts by Geoff Lealand
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
It always strikes me that Garner, Espiner et al don't really know any more than yer average Joe/Josephine Bloggs but manage to persuade us that they do.
-
Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to James Butler,
Not even scoffing. You have one dangerous mother-in-law.
I recall queuing next to a sign at LAX, where someone had proof-read it (eg It is forbidden to carry knifes on the plane) and awarded it a C+ grade.
US customs officials must take anti-levity courses.
-
Hard News: The shaky ground of…, in reply to Dylan Reeve,
Those questions on the US immigration application? Draft as a coot! I always wonder if anyone ever answers 'yes' to any of them
Q. "Have you ever been involved in the illegal transportation of children?"
A. "Yes, but only last Saturday morning when I took them to soccer even though my WOF had expired" -
Oh no, what have I started....???
-
Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
But a red would , as may some other species if you aspen them nicely, (it’s catching!)
-
Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
That is what I thought. Perhaps they could be employed to make the trees grow faster, by threatening them with fiscal trimming.
-
Went to the contenders meeting in Hamilton last night (in the Centennial Lounge at the Te Rapa Raceourse, which smelt faintly of old fish). It was an enthusiastic and generally optimistic evening, and all three did bloody well. Not fully convinced about Jones but he did get the laugh of the evening, when he proposed that Govt ministries were too Wellington-centred and several could be moved out to the regions ... "and if Treasury don't like it, I will send them to Mangakino".
-
Hard News: Friday Music: Partners in Vacancy, in reply to Lilith __,
I have liked Marina since my daughter introduced me to her music. I will ask her about this.
Interesting last minute CU of a budgie (more like a small parrot) smuggler.
-
Southerly: Continuing After A Short Interruption, in reply to Hebe,
... and no butter? With those lovely new butter makers, such as Lewis Road?
-
Hard News: In the red zone, in reply to Russell Brown,
There is a proposal to fence off areas of downtown, residential Detroit and return it to the state of a living, urban jungle.