Video: Fishing season is upon us
Kiwibank backtracks on brothel ban
Judgy old Kiwibank has rethought its stance on who will be allowed to use its banking services after a bit of backlash over the responsible banking policy it published this week. The policy excludes a bunch of undesirables that cause…
Covid response bumbling, bungling and silenced
As much as the conspiracy theorists and general idiots are whining about us locking down here, we should all be thankful we’ve avoided the chaos of the northern hemisphere. Coronavirus is still spreading there like wildfire, and despite the…
Weddings: Do we need to document everything?
Once upon a time, people got married in front of their family and friends, inviting them along to witness the event as they were supported by a best man and bridesmaid or matron of honour, and maybe if they were…
A shitty act of revenge
I don’t watch any of those Married At First Sight/Love Island/Random People Trying to Shag Other Random People on Reality TV shows, but it has become just about impossible to avoid them. Sadly, our news websites have decided trashy TV…
A prickly superstar
A pair of Germany-based hedgies have been wowing the interwebs with their antics and travels, and one of them is fast becoming what has been dubbed a “petfluencer”. Herbee, aka “the world’s happiest hedgehog” is jetsetting his way around the…
Wine appreciation
The correct way to treat a good wine: Open the bottle to let it breathe If it doesn’t look as if it’s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Appreciating a tough old bird
Oh dear. A youngster working as a paramedic managed to raise the ire of international acting treasure, Dame Judi Dench. It seems the teenager didn’t recognise the 83-year-old actress when treating her for a hornet sting, She told The Sun:…
SeaWorld: Don’t support cruelty
Just a wee reminder about why, if you’re ever in the United States, you shouldn’t spend any of your hard-earned cash at SeaWorld. And interestingly, in a weird pre-emptive letter SeaWorld’s lawyers sent to movie reviewers before the release…