General Debate 26 December 2011

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adaman

First for once!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYY 🙂
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December 26, 2011 8:23am
Nick K

I take the Silver medal.

Off with the sheeple today to Rebel Sports for (hopefully) Boxing Day sales. New pair of Asics 2160 Gel, running shorts and Speedo swimming goggles coming my way. If the price is right.
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December 26, 2011 8:29am
DavidC

Pavlova for breaky 🙂

SWMBO is doing the shops, I am going to sea for a spot of crayfishing.
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December 26, 2011 8:36am
Rufus

Islam – the Religion of Peace – spreading Christmas cheer .
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December 26, 2011 8:42am
iMP

Yes Rufus, Boko Haram, the Islamic sharia law group in Nigeria who hate the West and murder Christians. They have been systematically attacking Christian villages and towns for over a year now, seeking spiritual cleansing of Nigeria. This of course is also happening in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Sudan. And where are the UN?
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December 26, 2011 9:15am
flipper

This is surely NOT true of little NZ, is it?

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) n.

A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or to succeed are rewarded for not trying with goods and services paid for by confiscating the residual wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

Happy Boxing Day!
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December 26, 2011 9:26am
Scott Chris

Interesting article in the Herald this morning about the Higgs boson. Not so much for its description of the search for that particle, but for a rather and extraordinary speculation, made by the author of the article Associate Professor of Physic at Auckland University, Phillip Yock:

➡ “A speculative alternative to the experiments being conducted at CERN would be to listen for radio signals from a more advanced civilization, in the hope they might beam us a blueprint of their findings.”

Oh come on! Really? What are the chances? More likely a singularity will spontaneously form owing to the overwhelming gravity of the Christmas food I ate yesterday….

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10775272
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December 26, 2011 9:41am
nasska

Hmmm. The Holy Grail of pure science revealed or the phenomenon of the exit of Scott Chris’ Xmas dinner.

2012 promises much.
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December 26, 2011 9:52am
Other_Andy

Chinese Army Hand Grenade Fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDpuNrA55-A&feature=player_embedded
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December 26, 2011 10:00am
XChequer

@ Other_Andy (968) Says:
December 26th, 2011 at 10:00 am

Boxing Day funnies. Love it.
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December 26, 2011 10:48am
Other_Andy

In the UK

Why has the proportion of families where no one has ever worked doubled?

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/neilobrien1/100125885/why-has-the-proportion-of-families-where-no-one-has-ever-worked-doubled/

An interesting fact in the middle of the story
68% say they don’t want work.
A further 16% say they would like work, but are not actively looking for it at the moment.
13% are unemployed but looking for work.
Yep, 68% say they don’t want work.

Another interesting fact…
They are almost all single: just 9% are couples, with 48% lone parents, and 35% other singles.
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December 26, 2011 10:56am
Dave Mann

Somewhat connected to Andy’s comment above, I found this article in the Herald today “Mission’s festive meal draws huge crowd” really depressing. These people at the Auckland City Mission obviously are encouraging people’s attitudes of helplessness and uselessness in order to boost their own sense of self-worth. In a country that has already destroyed its work ethic with welfarism it is disgusting to read of this event set up and reported on like a celebration of success. If someone is too lazy or too drugged or too drunk to feed themselves or their kids on Christmas Day then not only will the government take over the responsibility but there will be hoardes of do-gooders all having orgasms over you in their attempt to justify themselves. And some of these people have been taking advantage of this event for years….

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775294
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December 26, 2011 10:59am
plebe

Decided to not go to the holiday home in Hawaii with the family this year but decided NZ needed my holiday dollars more.
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December 26, 2011 11:03am
Scott Chris

nasska, I can predict with confidence that when the black hole forms, it will exit via a brown hole. Too much info?

Other_Andy says:- “Chinese Army Hand Grenade Fail

Excellent clip. Not a ‘fail’ imo. Shows humanity at its finest. Great work by the instructor, who pulls the young soldier to safety at the last split second. The guy’s a hero. And at the end of it all, he tells the kid to run along. Brilliant.
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December 26, 2011 11:45am
XChequer

Scott

Was lip reading the Chinese instructor who actually said “get outta here before I kill you myself. Someone pass me a whisky and a new pair of pants”.
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December 26, 2011 12:03pm
wat dabney

http://badlipreading.tumblr.com/
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December 26, 2011 12:41pm
wat dabney

Xmas present for everyone

A beautiful gay man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYcKNqQoJo
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December 26, 2011 2:36pm
Megatron

What a fucking hypocrite!

http://nzh.tw/10775241
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December 26, 2011 2:45pm
Don the Kiwi

Um…where’s the hypocricy Megatron?
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December 26, 2011 3:02pm
wat dabney

A twofer!

Two very loving gay fathers:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2078585/Elton-Juniors-album-A-year-life-musicians-pampered-son.html
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December 26, 2011 3:52pm
tristanb

Um…where’s the hypocricy Megatron?

I imagine the headline: Pope: Look beyond ‘superficial glitter’ with a picture of the Pope dressed in fine garb behind four gilded cherubs is a start.
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December 26, 2011 4:22pm
TimG_Oz

OK, back in NZ for the summer holidays. I really like visiting because the shop owners are all so friendly to Australians when they visit.

I must say, so many vacant shops at the moment. Lots of Tattoo parlours though, must be doing a rip-roaring trade. Tramp stamps are still strangely popular here. And all those White people with these Maori Arm tattoos. Must like Kevin Pietersen heaps.

It’d be really interesting to do a study to see if the brain drain has affected popular society by forcing intermingling of Bogan culture with the mainstream.

OK enough of my erudite/pertinacious observations. Back to the cricket.
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December 26, 2011 4:39pm
wat dabney

Mike Garson. He played the discordant piano on Bowie’s Aladdin Sane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOlllOp-bxs

This is the pinnacle of humanity
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December 26, 2011 5:01pm
Paul Rain

So apparently Women’s Refuge is running out of money. Don’t they have a Rugby World Cup Loss contingency fund that they can run down for the next four years?
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December 26, 2011 5:10pm
nasska

TimG_Oz

How does the ‘Urban Dictionary’ definition of a ‘bogan’ gel with your observations?

……..”A fascinating beast. The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each new baby.
Their habitat consists of a weatherboard or brick-veneer dwelling and is characterised by an early-model Holden or Ford in the driveway surrounded by a group of males discussing why the carby is stuffed and the results of last night’s footy (a primitive gladiator-like spectator sport enjoyed by most bogans).
The female of the species, while smaller in stature, is far more loud and aggressive than the male. While the males tend to be very friendly and congregate with other males, the females spend most of their time in supermarkets and shopping malls, using a shrill high-pitched call to discipline their children and contact other females.
Males and females rarely interact socially except during breeding season, which is otherwise known as Friday night. During this time, females are allowed to enter the male-dominated area known as “the pub” and display their impressive coloured plumage to a prospective mate.
Herein lies an intersting phenomenon. Males will often fight over a particularly attractive female and she will mate with only one male, while some less attractive females have been known to have several partners simultaneously.

Ahhhh. The wonders of nature. “………
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December 26, 2011 5:20pm
wat dabney

Okay, there is no Father Christmas. But there is the U.S. Marine Corps:

http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2011/12/23/demotivational-posters-curbs/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget

[DPF: Sadly an urban legend]
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December 26, 2011 6:23pm
Other_Andy

@WD

Semper Fidelis!
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December 26, 2011 6:44pm
nasska

Lady rings her local hospital and this conversation follows:

Lady – Hello I’d like some information on a patient, Mrs Tiptree. She was admitted last week with chest pains and I just want to know if her condition has deteriorated, stabilised or improved?

Hospital – Do you know which ward she is in?

Lady – Yes, ward P, room 2B.

Hospital – I’ll just put you through to the nurse station.

Nurse – Hello ward P, how can I help?

Lady – I would just like some information on a patient, Mrs Tiptree, I was wondering if her condition had deteriorated, stabilised or improved?

Nurse – I’ll just check her notes. I’m pleased to say that Mrs Tiptree’s conditioned has improved. She has regained her appetite, her temperature has steadied and after some routine checks tonight, she should be well enough to go home tomorrow.

Lady – Oh that’s wonderful news, I’m so happy, thank you ever so much!

Nurse – You seem very relieved, are you a close friend or relative?

Lady – No, I’m Mrs Tiptree in room 2b. Nobody tells you fuck all in here…
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December 26, 2011 8:00pm
Brian Smaller

@Other Andy – I guess Private Wang just throws like a girl. The drill instructor did a fucking good job. (Chinese hand grenade fail).
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December 27, 2011 7:00am
travellerev

I’m in very good company meet associate professor emeritus Niels Harrit: http://youtu.be/IT-pFzOo5YM
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December 27, 2011 7:35am
Steve

nasska 8pm yesterday

Mrs Tiptree.
Sounds like North Shore Hospital. The Nursing Staff, Doctors, Specialists, Cleaners, Orderys etc are fantastic, but once Administration gets hold of your paperwork it all turns to shit
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December 27, 2011 7:41am
Megatron

tristanb (703) Says:
December 26th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Um…where’s the hypocricy Megatron?

I imagine the headline: Pope: Look beyond ‘superficial glitter’ with a picture of the Pope dressed in fine garb behind four gilded cherubs is a start.

Thanks Tristan I thought it was obvious but perhaps Don the Kiwi was unable see the subtly of the caption.
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December 27, 2011 7:52am
Keeping Stock

@ Plebe; I doubt that Maryan Street will be running the “rich prick Key and his Hawaiian holiday mansion” line, given that she was tweeting on Christmas Day about her holiday in northern Italy…
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December 27, 2011 8:10am

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