Cast breaks $3,000 mark
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:44 am by David FarrarBidding for the cast, with a week to go, has already broken the $3,000 mark after settling at $1,300 overnight.
Great to see so many people willing to donate to charity.
Some of the questions to date have been amusing, such as whether one can use Winston’s car to pick the cast up.
Related posts:
- Arm Cast Auction now at $10,200
- Bid for John Key’s cast
- Another cast auction
- Open cast mining at Pike River
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
covering the ‘important’ stuff..?..eh dpf..?
so..you’d be supporting keys’ impending decision (this morning) not to raise the minimum wage..?
..eh..?
..on purely ideological/class grounds..?
..not logical/rational/economic-stimulus ones..?
..eh..?
http://whoar.co.nz/2009/comment-whoartoday-is-minimum-wage-daybut-our-mainstream-media-have-chosen-to-ignore-the-factand-that-suits-john-key-right-down-to-the-groundeh/
phil(whoar.co.nz)
[DPF: Use the general debate for this sort of off topic stuff]
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
If this was my blog I’d delete that off topic post and ban that worthless fucker indefinitely for constant link whoring.
Get this loser- forget about your damn links- nobody wants to read the rambling and worthless shit of someone who is such a shameless bludger. If they did, you wouldn’t have to abuse this site with your constant unpaid advertisments.
You can tell people how to distribute the cake when you start contributing to its making.
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
“If this was my blog I’d delete that off topic post and ban that worthless fucker indefinitely for constant link whoring.”
He’s a good example of the excesses of the welfare state, and how totally detached from reality socialists are. Most of his adult life has been spent leeching off the education and welfare system that capitalism affords.
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
If I remember correctly recently Prime Ministers of New Zealand have a habit of selling things for charity that they sign.
Of course if Helen were selling a cast I imaging she would have gotten someone else to break their arm for her …
Isn’t it great to have a refreshing new Prime Minister with integrity to lead us through these challenging times.
I love that Whoar blog, post after post have no comments, no comments, no comments, no comments no comments. He’s like that uncool kid at school who no one wanted to hang out with. In fact I bet he was that kid!
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
Why is Philip Ure worrying about the minimum wage. It’s not like he earns one or anything
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Don King probably still had integrity after 72-ish days on the job..
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm
On the 10:00 news on the radio, they said the bid was only up to $1400. That’s RadioWorks for you, right up to date with the news.
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
7000 top bid at present.
Great idea by JK’s staff. Some of the questions are classics, but I think the staff are taking it a bit too seriously.
Given that the Beehive is public property, I wonder why they won’t allow pick ups? what a great photo opportunity for Key and some great free PR it would be.
A bloody good cause too. Top effort by all concerned.
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Question: If Key breaks another arm, will this cast lose half its value?
Vote:Suggestion: If this cast sells for a good price, Key should consider doing what is necessary to qualify for a far more saleable and valuable full-body cast.
All the best with the auction John.
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Greenfly- you should put this as a possible fundraiser to the Greens. I for one would bid a huge amount for Keith Lockes neck brace
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
redbaiter..!
..did you get that (post-dated) memo yet..?
..y’know..!..
..about the fall of the berlin wall/downfall of communism..?
(redbaiter..another who really ‘dosen’t get it’..eh..?
..in fact he is locked into an early fifties/mccarthyite-period..
..endlessly re-fighting the battles of the past..
..bless him..!
..eh..?
..phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
“..[DPF: Use the general debate for this sort of off topic stuff]..”
this is not ‘off-topic’..
..not only have you studiously ignored 2/12 years of warnings/evidence of this economic meltdown..
..but now..when even the herald is glibly tossing the ‘d’/depression word around..
..you just parrot yhe usual rightwing garbage for why the poorest workers should still be screwed the most..
..(are you unaware of the ‘stimulus-arguments’ around this..?..
..you persist with these irrelevancies/distractions..
..yet you aspire to be thought of as a ‘serious’ commentator..?
..go figure..!
..eh..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
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February 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
Why is Philip Ure worrying about the minimum wage. It’s not like he earns one or anything
..”
oh look..!
..the ‘lawyer’ has crawled out of it’s incubus-shell..
..gee..!..we’re gonna need lots of them during the ‘troubled-times’..lawyers…eh..?
..better learn how to plant spuds/do something useful..
..eh lawyer-incubus..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Philu – the minimum wage may not be going up, but I dare say mine won’t be going up this year either.
I’m no right-wing cheerleader, but I work in a small-enough company to see that money has to be made to pay wages, and if there’s less money around to be made, the workers are just as out of luck as the bosses are!
PS: Good on Key for doing this. Again, I voted for the other side but I like Key so far. And it’s interesting to see there are still people around willing to drop $3,000 on something like this – I don’t know if buying a charity item off TradeMe would be tax-deductible?
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
phool has just picked and eaten his magic mushrooms. phool, have you smoked 12 joints today? You must have CAST iron lungs?
Vote:February 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Phil – is it hard work being a prat, or does it come naturally to you?
WTF do your irrelevant ramblings and dreadful grammar have to do with John Key raising money for a very good cause?
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