It’s a quirky wee language, English. We steal and bastardise from pretty much every other language, and take words that contain exactly the same letters in exactly the same order and pronounce them differently (for example, polish and Polish). And then there are the weird phrases we adopt. Such as “I slept like a baby.” […]
Why do we say it: slept like a baby? Read Post »
Sometimes a news story brings out both the best and worst in Kiwis, and the sad news of the death of Paddles did just that, with kind words from many and an epic and ill-timed rant from Gareth “I Hate Cats” Morgan.
RIP Paddles…and up yours, Gareth Morgan Read Post »
This is why the life expectancy of the average bloke is shorter than that of a woman.
It all began with an iPhone … Read Post »
It seems that the are of receiving a gift has been lost in recent years, as we hear more and more often about people making crazy and often unreasonable demands for gift expectations. There was a time, when a gift was something awesome, and often a surprise. As all good gifts should be. Note:
Great expectations Read Post »
So apparently teenage girls aren’t interested in makeup, selfie sticks or sunglasses. Er, I might be getting on in years, but if I dust off my memories of those halcyon days of my youth, I was quite interested in at least two of those things (I’m old as fuck, so selfie sticks weren’t a thing
Sexism? Not really Read Post »
Spotify’s favourite cockwomble strikes again, this time having a crack at the haka specifically, but Māori culture in general. Joe Rogan (ex-TV host, professional conspiracy theorist, Covid denier and all-round irrelevant twat) took it upon himself to slam the New Zealand basketball team for performing a haka before a game. Apparently he thinks the haka is
Joe Rogan shows his lack of class, culture and clues Read Post »
As a born-and-bred Southlander and a proud Invercargillite, I’m not sure if I’m most pissed off at the whinging couple from Hamilton who didn’t like their Air New Zealand Mystery Break, or at the idiotic, pandering media for giving them their five minutes of fame.
Hold the front page: entitled brats have a whinge Read Post »
