Treasury thinks of everything
May 15th, 2010 at 2:23 pm by David FarrarTreasury have just sent the conditions of the budget lockup. I loved this one:
In the unlikely event that the building has to be evacuated because of a fire alarm or some other emergency prior to 2.00pm, the embargo will be lifted immediately. However please note that in such a situation it would be expected that you evacuate without delay for your own safety, rather than attempting to file from within the building.
I’ve got a wonderful visual image of media and analysts fleeing a burning Beehive while trying to file their stories.
Tags: Budget, Treasury
May 15th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Or media and analysts filing their stories in a burning Beehive.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I have a visual image of a media analyst starting a false alarm.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I have an appalling mental image of media analysts evacuating themselves.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Any good journalist would file their story before being burnt to death. Some of those at the Herald might just pick up the government’s press release and head for the pub.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Adolf: I LOLed.
It’s Blinglish delivering it, remember. I have a mental image of Treasury boffins lighting small fires under sleeping journalists to provoke any interest.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I still advocate a ‘lock em in’ strategy for media and analysts, and the politicians now I think about it.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Hmmm, that really isn’t a very good use of language, because to “file” also means to walk or march in a line, eg, “to file from the building in an orderly manner”.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I’ve got a wonderful visual image of the scene from the end of Perfume.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Ha… where is Guy Fawkes when you need him.
I’ve got a wonderful visual image of ridding media analysts and MPs.
Fire! Fire! .. Bonfire Night at parliament on budget day.
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
All those MSM ‘journalists’ locked in.. Hmmmm.. I see one match achieving what years of declining ad revenues has failed to deliver us
Vote:May 15th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Just thinking of the media and analysts plus MPs all in one room.. brings out the average kiwi blokes rage to consonplate arson.. It would be like a the cure for the common cold.
Vote:May 16th, 2010 at 6:58 am
that you evacuate without delay for your own safety,
I always thought that to ‘evacuate’ meant the emptying of one’s bowels …
Vote:May 16th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Treasury thinks of everything
Vote:exsept how we are going to pay for it all without borrowing more now that the cupboard is bare.
May 16th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
The fiscal consolidation in this budget will be the largest in this term of Parliament. But the process has not stopped. The Labour Party seem to oppose all this and will keep up the spending until our credit rating collapses and no-one will lend to us. The Labour Party seems to like to spend recklessly and let the Tories clean up the mess, ready to come into office again and spend spend spend again.
Vote:May 16th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
This fire-warning shit you receive at any meeting or conference one attends is just a crock. For god’s sake what ever happened to common-sense sans lecture?
If we ever have a war in this country then Health and Safety will be an assured place to get a job so as to avoid being conscripted.
Vote:May 17th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
sounds more sensible today, though, doesn’t it?…
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