This is of course just shameless advertising of another website, but I'm going to disguise it by pretending this thread is all about what you think the best things in Wellington are. And while you discuss that, I'm going to encourage you to also go along to the Wellingtonista, and vote in their First Annual Wellingtonista Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.
The Wellingtonista have sweated and slaved over the categories, and now it is your turn for action. Why should you vote? Because your opinion counts. And so that you'll receive an invitation to the awards. And because you'll go in to the draw to win awesome prizes, including but not necessarily limited to goodies from Babylicious, signed copies of 101 Stories That I Want To Tell You, stunning tshirts, signed photos of The Dropkicks and lifelong Country Club membership.
Wahoo!
Now discuss.
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I wish I could vote on this, being a ...
I wish I could vote on this, being a lover of Wellington and all, but since it's been a good 26 years since I lived there, and I was a teenager, I'm not familiar with some of the places named in the categories.Good idea though. When I landed there in May for a weekend with friends, it was all so familiar and yet not. I love love love Wellington. I love the hills, I love the wind, I love the way that the Cuba St Mall has changed and yet it's still the same feel. I love what they've done with the waterfront - let's face it, Auckland could use some lessons in civic planning from the WCC. I love the compact feeling of town, and I love the wide open feel of it. Made me all nostalgic, and reminded me of the promise I made to my darling friends who live in Berhampore, that I would come down more often!
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of ...
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.
i'd have thought only about 3 people in the history of the world got that far.
Gaaaargh! Thanks Rope! I wrote about ...
Gaaaargh! Thanks Rope! I wrote about three messages for this thread about that yesterday, but never posted them 'cos I thought I might be a bit of a party-pooper. But man, I find "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence" to be shockingly bad language.
I assumed it was ironic/tongue in cheek?...
I assumed it was ironic/tongue in cheek?
Or perhaps* it was a Simpsons ...
Or perhaps* it was a Simpsons reference? If you read the awards list, you'd see there's one for "Most baddest wickedest evilest supervillan of the year", and you might have noticed that I wrote the post, and I'd like to think that generally if I'm sober my England is rool good, so the tongue in the cheek is most likely the case.
* well actually there's absolutely no 'perhaps' about it
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Ah, OK.... Oops, sorry, missed that one ...
Ah, OK.... Oops, sorry, missed that one completely (makes that "went way over my head" gesture).
Unfortunately, people write stuff like that in all seriousness these days. I just assumed that site/vote was another case in point.
Still, it goes without saying that yours is the best English on this board by far, Joanna. A rarity on an internet forum.
No worries, the name was just the ...
No worries, the name was just the result of a mailing list conversation because "Best of Wellington" sounded so generic.
i remember that Simpson's episode. ...
i remember that Simpson's episode. awesome. it had a great jingle to the phrase also.
results released just in time for me to find cheap feeds for my band, who are finally travelling over a body of water to play in Welly! need toast, mushrooms, hot grease and strong coffee.
Hang your head in shame at lack of ...
Hang your head in shame at lack of Simpsons knowledge, you lot! And it was from when The Simpsons was good, too ... not the lame garbage it is now.
having seen the episode a number of ...
having seen the episode a number of times, i'd like to make it clear that i was not attempting to poop any party, simply to mock joanna' lack of originality
16. Most baddest wickedest evilest ...
16. Most baddest wickedest evilest supervillan of the year:
Can't make up my mind for the Other option . . . .
(A) The fuckers that want the Hilton Hotel built on the waterfront
(B) The fuckers that want to destroy Te Raekaihau point
(C) The fuckers that are still holding up transmission gully and want to destroy the coastal road between Pukerua Bay & Paekakariki
(D) The fuckers who flattened the grassy knoll by the lagoon
(E) The fuckers who turned Chaffers Park into a concrete jungle
(F) The fucking cyclists on the Old Hutt Road who don't use the cycle lane
From your list I'd go for the fuckers ...
From your list I'd go for the fuckers who demolished the hump. Where are teenagers supposed to get drunk now?
Oh, and there are some in ...
Oh, and there are some in Wellingtonista who would totally disagree with both A and E. I love Waitangi Park.
// The fuckers that want to destroy Te ...
// The fuckers that want to destroy Te Raekaihau point
But it's a big gravel car-park. Why preserve that?
And it couldn't be any worse than the real travesty around that part of the coastline: the block of townhouses between Te Raekaihau point and Lyall Bar. Eyewateringly horrible.
(A) I think we should have a Hilton, ...
(A) I think we should have a Hilton, just not there, if the sports complex does get built down beside the stadium, then I think that the event centre would be a great site for a hotel
(E) I just think it would have been nice with a lot more green
(B) I love that gravel car park, one of my favourite places to go and chill out, watch the sunset & stuff
Probably the one that annoys me the most is F
maybe somewhere like Shelly Bay would ...
maybe somewhere like Shelly Bay would be a better site for an aquarium ??
//(B) I love that gravel car park, one ...
//(B) I love that gravel car park, one of my favourite places to go and chill out, watch the sunset & stuff
"& stuff" eh? This is a good opportunity for me to perpetuate the rumour that many of the people who are against the aquarium are so because they don't want to lose their favourite spot for dogging.
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heh, maybe?...
heh, maybe?
hmmm. my 1.5cents on these ...
hmmm.
my 1.5cents on these topics
(A) The fuckers that want the Hilton Hotel built on the waterfront
yeah. we should have another container depot, more unused railway lines, another shit warehouse venue.
(B) The fuckers that want to destroy Te Raekaihau point.
See noizy's response, alot of peoples houses out there are fucking derelict eyesores. Fuck em.
(C) The fuckers that are still holding up transmission gully and want to destroy the coastal road between Pukerua Bay & Paekakariki.
I agree here
(D) The fuckers who flattened the grassy knoll by the lagoon.
I also agree here it was a noise block for the "lagoon"
(E) The fuckers who turned Chaffers Park into a concrete jungle
As opposed to the wasteland that no one used, except for skaters and graf artists... oh wait they are still there
(F) The fucking cyclists on the Old Hutt Road who don't use the cycle lane.
Cyclists on any road in general.
//"& stuff" eh? This is a good ...
//"& stuff" eh? This is a good opportunity for me to perpetuate the rumour that many of the people who are against the aquarium are so because they don't want to lose their favourite spot for dogging.
This doesnt exclude http://murl.se/15592 I hope
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//I'm all for cyclists. But I want ...
//I'm all for cyclists. But I want them to have their own lanes because they freak me out.
but that's just it . . . when they've got cycle lanes they don't use them
//This doesnt exclude ...
//This doesnt exclude http://murl.se/15592 I hope
I don't know waht that links to so I am afraid to click it at work.
I'm all for cyclists. But I want them to have their own lanes because they freak me out.
it's clickable. yeah, i just wish ...
it's clickable.
yeah, i just wish that some cyclists would stick to the side of the road and not the middle.
And stop wobbling around you bastards.
If you are too weak to ride in a straight line, catch a bus.
Harsh Adrian, Harsh.