Humourous John Banks story #1: John Banks goes public with his plans to wipe out boy racer culture. He is fierce and utters big, threatening words. Just a few days later he is caught speeding on a jet ski, something which is just annoying and just as dangerous to other harbour users as cars with loud sound systems in them are to road users. He is typically unrepentant and convinces the nation that it is, in fact, entirely reasonable to impose one law for the average city dweller and another for the sickenly rich. We apologise and vow to never question his royal cockliness again. Now, John Banks wants to close down Aucklands busiest streets and throw the city into self imposed traffic hell for weeks next year, all for the sake of a "street race" which is basically grown up boy racers. God help us all, this cock was elected.
A gigantic ezcma riddled castrated cock. Even though some of my best friends are black, I mean Aucklanders, you do have to question the sanity and logic of a town which chooses a gigantic ezcma riddled castrated cock as their leader.
In saying that Kerry 'pose on a skateboard even though you have banned skateboarding in the inner city' Prendegast is the female equivalent of Banks and although she has not yet mastered the art of offending all sectors of the community in one fowl swoop to the same level as Banks she is not far behind him in terms of "oooooooh, just wanna shove a sock down your throat you condescending prick"
One of my friends has arranged a marriage partner for me in New Plymouth. I met him once, he seems nice but perhaps you could meet up with him and report back to me Jess cos I really am a terrible judge of character and like any reasonable bride I like to have all the facts before I jump into matrimony. I would really appreaciate your input.
Warren Maxwell. The song "Passion" from the True album led me to give up the job I hated to pursue the career I wanted. In fact most of the tracks from that album inspired me.
I think everyone should go home... Maori, European, Asian, Pacific Islander, Americans especially, all of us should fuck off and go back to where we came from.
I will set the example and you guys follow ok? Since I am part Maori, part English and part Irish and my last name sounds like it could be French I will divide my body parts up into equal parts and ship them off to their respective homes, although I think I will keep my middle finger for a souvineer.
Sorry, this isn't helpful. Opinion, you should fuck off home.
Yeah but... Our fees are relatively low in comparison to many countries and in all fairness an individuals education is much more personally beneficial than socially. Higher education in many instances dictates how much a person will or can earn and therefore it seems reasonable that we should have to pay some sort of fee for making this "investment in our future". Personally, I feel that for the fees I paid for my education I got a pretty good deal, although I do understand what you are saying.
Thousands of 18-yr-olds having to borrow $150 per week at around 40 weeks per year for an average of 4 years however is completely unjustifiable. I would like the politicians to explain how it benefits anyone to have our educated young people leaving the country because they have debts that cannot be repaid on the average NZ wage.
About $40K I think, although I stopped opening the letters a while ago. Throughout my 5 years of study (1 certificate, 1 degree) I was not eligible for a student allowance at all because my parents earned about $2.50 more than fuck all. In my fifth year big H-dogg got in and very generously gave me about $23 per week student allowance but I still had to borrow the rest of my living expenses ($127 per week). For my first 4 years of study the interest rate was floating between about 7% and 8.6%, and there was no such thing as an interest write off resulting in over $1000 being added to my total bill during my first 12 months of student debt. So by age 18 I was already about $10K in debt and unable to get any assistance. It was comforting as my debt grew steadily however, to watch my 33 yr old flatmate who had been on the dole for 10 years sitting on the couch smoking pot every day while taking the government for everything he could get. Seems fair that one person could offer nothing to the country and be supported for it, while thousands of others can work their asses off to better themselves and be punished with crippling debt.
I have never had any problem with paying to learn, study is just another service that we should have to pay for. I do have a problem with their student allowance criteria though, which is just completely ridiculous. Most of us do not have parents who can support us throughout 4+ years of tertiary education or believe they should even be asked to. Surely they must see that this system is as stupid as a Don Brash speech?
Nasty little chipmunks.... These "thick-as-shit whiteboys" you speak so harshly of are actually some of Aotearoas most successful musicians at the moment who attract huge numbers whenever they play, whichever side-side-side project it may be. As far as I am aware it has nothing to do with topknots, dreadlocks or faux jamaican accents, but the audiences appreciation or quality sounds. Looking at most prevalent dub bands in Wgnt, many of whom are not thick and are not white, (BS, Trinity, Freddys) I see no dreads, no top knots and no fake accents, just quality music which is enjoying well deserved commercial success and international acclaim. Here in my world we like jazz, we like dub, and we don't feel the need to tear our hard working musicians down when they start getting recognised for their talent.
Well I have to say what an absolute and complete fuck head your ex sounds like... I hereby take back any comments claiming text msg dumping was humourous.
You have to admit though, the pain of being dumped is soon overtaken by the humour of being dumped via txt msg.
Smoking is a decision you make on your own but as is the case with addictions (& also the reason they are referred to as addictions) it is not just a simple case of saying "I don't wanna do this any more", but a decision which you must consciously make many times a day until while quitting as well as every time someone partakes of that particular habit in front of you. It doesn't really make a difference if the addiciton is psychological or physical, the nature of addiction is that it is fucking hard to lose.
... As for your comment about a fascist society if all people thought like me, huh? Fascist restrictions like how I can't light up a joint in public but munters can drink till they throw up all over the footpath? Or help my grandmother to die if she's terminally ill and in pain but then have to pay the finanical costs of the treatment noone wanted? Or be bombarded with advertising for xmas 4 months of the year even though its a religious holiday I don't believe in? There are plently of thought processes in this world I don't identify with but am forced to adhere to anyway. Really in the schemes of things I don't think my hatred (which is merely an opinion after all) of companies that produce and promote the inhalation of toxic chemicals really embraces the true meaning of fascism.
That's not the first time I've heard Gaz-dogs name brought up in the political arena and I definitely see the power of his charms... Me thinks his quirky humour, passion for bourbon and cheeky little boy smile is enough to win over even the most ardent Bush fan. If he can prove that he can pull hot movie star types or dizzy interns with the big wigs while still maintaining a sense of selfish arrogance then I will pledge my allegiance to him and jump on the campaign bandwagon immediately.
Bush is more than a moron, he is a fucking dangerous maniacal power hungry moron who scares the urban hippy ideals out of me...
Did anyone see Havoc last night? He made some interesting comparisons between the Roman empire and the American government. Yah for Mikey! The only person on tellly who actually openly expresses an opinion. Havo for president.
Bush is more than just a moron, he's a fucking dangerous maniacal power hungry moron...
Did anyone see Havoc last night? He made some interesting comparisons between the roman empire and the american government. Go Mikey. the only man in NZ media who actually expresses an opinion without manipulation.
Right my mistake... How paranoid of me to think cigarrettes are a modern day form of slavery and that anyones addiction to them just further fills the pockets of big business scum who don't give a fuck whether you live you die, who have in fact made their fortune not caring whether you live or die and who are arrogant enough in their power to still insist their is no proven link between smoking and deadly diseases... I apologise profusely and beg your forgiveness for my ignorance.
Try this...
I have never met a smoker that wants to be a smoker for life. A common phrase is "I'm gonna give up one of these days". Well then "one of these days" you have to give up. And logic dictates that one of these days "one of these days" is going to have to be today. So how about today being "one of these days".
You may find this confusing, you may find it useless, but it has worked as a motivation in the past. My advice is give up smoking, and take at least some of your personal power back from the corporate greed of multi-nationals. For all the initial effort & will power giving up smoking takes, its worth it for the amazing ego boost, health boost and sense of freedom it gives you.
I agree with you and wish to congratulate you on your passionate outburst... It sends shivers up my argumentative idealistic back.
BB makes my skin crawl... If I wanted to watch attention starved loud mouth lunatics parading their half naked bodies in some bizarre "any one will do" mating ritual I'd hang out in Courtney Place with the black g-string/white pants crew. Its a hideous social experiment that gives us all an valid excuse to practise voyerism without any accountability... I mean if you really want to watch peoples day to day lives go for the more honest approach and become a peeping tom... I can post my address if y'all want?
Oops, it is not a group shave as I previously stated (and which got all of you diiiirrrty bastards diiiirtty minds reeling) but a gentlemans shave.... which in one way makes it easy to cheat but if you get caught you must be willing to face severe, no hold barred public humiliation.
Wicked wicked wicked wicked (etc). Kora are absolutely stunning live, see them now before they blow up cos they surely surely will. Tell a friend to tell a friend.
Wellington Wellington Wellington, oh how I love my precious Wellington. Where the sun shines sometimes and the birds sing about $3 Indigo happy hour. Cuba street is alive with smiley look you in the eye types and you only need meet one person, for they tell a friend, and they tell a friend and soon you are popular in all walks of life.
Wellington (sigh)
Peter Dunne is so in touch with the average NZer. I think its a great idea to tighten the marijuanna laws and encourage even more police time and money go into policing a drug that causes less trouble in a year than alcohol does during the saturday nights of any given rugby season. I mean should that time & resources be spent elsewhere, say on curing NZ of the hideously out of control P epidemic, then there is no telling what kind of social revolutions might take place (which scares the christian ideals out of me). As for the silly smoking in bars law, right on Peter! There is nothing I love more as a non smoker than feeling like I smoked a pack of malboros after a night out or waking up with the smell of a hundred other peoples dirty habits oozing out of my pores (spoken like a true ex smoker)
Point is Peters a fucking joke as is just about anything he says.
It is a fine fine album. The first 30 seconds saw me throwing myself at the stereo and squealing "god I loooooove this soooong". I barely breathed throughout the entire first listen and when asked by a work mate why I was sitting in front of the speakers swaying with tears of disbelief in my eyes I replyed "When I grow up I'm gonna marry this album". Perhaps my reactions are a little OTT, but I love these guys and think this album proves once and for all that the are not just a live band. Heaps of space to let the music breath, more confident vocals, some great harmonies and god that Riki Gooch is a legend, his drumming has come a long way since the last album. All in all a phat soulful piece of art that deserves repeat listening. If I was king of the world I would make everyone buy it... And lets not forget the genius of Lee Prebble. He strikes again in what I think is some of his finest work to date.