Posts by Ian Dalziel

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  • Hard News: Moving targets,

    Fly my petties...

    ...we, as taxpayers, will cover 75% of the cost of her business class travel anywhere in the world for the rest of her life.

    This, I'm assuming, is on top of whatever pension, superannuation / kiwi saver scheme they may be part of...

    The only ceiling or limitation I can find in that linked document is:

    **6.17** Limitations on rebates for former members’ international air travel
    (1) The total amount paid to a former member by way of rebates for international air travel in each year must not exceed the amount of rebate to which the former member would have been entitled if he or she had flown between Auckland and London using an Air New Zealand Online Business Class return air fare as at 1 July in the relevant year.

    an esoteric benchmark, and a moveable figure perhaps, but does seem to indicate that they can't just travel all year, but they can do it
    every year!

    It does seem a ludicrous perk on the face of it.

    Not to forget rebates on 12 domestic flights
    and travel on ferries and trains - why not just give them a Gold Card and leave it at that?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    The streets of Christchurch – indeed, the world – must be littered with earnest chaps, all toppled by a rush of blood from the brain.

    …hence stum-bled?

    Though it does leave room for some
    entrepreneur to create a whole range of
    quiet understated personal adornment,
    aka Schtum Bling

    …the Diamante range is known as Sham Bling

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    Shout yourself horse...

    Emma, I’ll go you halves in that pony for Lucy, kay?
    -----------------
    I’ll pitch in.

    so that's like ponying up for a pony, which is what - twenty-five pounds sterling?
    quids in or quid pro quo

    ...or is that now 3 people in a pony suit?
    front, back and ...
    ...centaur ?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Trons in pictures,

    Bad Motor-Finger!

    Maybe I shoulda titled it
    - Once Were Wirers...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    The little buggers...

    Will nobody think about the dirty old gay men!

    Why can’t we be honest about the fact that some boys dress to attract the male gays?
    : - )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    kneed to knowing...
    There does appear to be a lot of
    hemming and whoring here...
    (he thighed)

    ...the upshot seems to be the
    borderline proposal that
    "if you turn it up, sewn, the seeds are..."
    as Yoda might say (if you forced him)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Do you like what we've done…,

    I have just heard that Sufan Stevens will be touring NZ in Feb 2011. Things are just getting better….

    Thank heavens we don't have to be a state of America by then, then!
    Anyway, I guess the US won't want to engage with us in the TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) after our new Free Trade agreement with Russia ...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Trons in pictures,

    I'm totally wired, ohm, ohm on the range...
    Ham was a professional, broadcasting his current status, no time for ammeters here, the smoking power cords put up little resistance, as well. "It's just a phase he's going through" thought Swamp, his arms pistoning conductively - "an electric man outstanding in his field". "Yes, but his constant volte-face can polarise fans" chimed in Fiona Farfisa. "Wi fi fi, dearest transistor, I believe you are switching the subject" intoned Wiggolowski Motor-Finger, adding "Now get out in the kitchen and fry me some chips!". "Such impedance, and he makes me solenoid, too!" fumed the keyed up circuits performer.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Up Front: That's Inappropriate!,

    it’s not OK for a woman to be sexually available, whereas for a male it’s often
    a matter for pride.

    and men, of course, now have Mantrol ©TM*
    that'll straighten them up and slow them down, yeah right...

    ...can anyone explain the reasoning in these new, expensive looking, TV ads - that have the same mindless, Jackass quality as the current
    beer ads, and this makes lunkheads slow down,
    how precisely?
    And how much did they spend on them?

    *not to be confused with MANTROL the sexual performance enhancer... of course!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Southerly: When Otters Get Famous,

    In case you missed your weekend edition of
    The Press here is a link to Philip Matthews' story
    on The Talented Mr Haywood and his rippley, underwater Lutrine protagonist...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

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