General Debate 12 June 2009

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Chthoniid

And this morning, we continue the ‘small’ theme

http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v8/p663896788-5.jpg

…a small respite from Worth, Bain et al.

Enjoy your morning coffees (I will!)
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June 12, 2009 8:23am
lofty

Ah well done Chthoniid..a friday morning photo of phil goof clutching at straws.
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June 12, 2009 8:26am
toad

At last – a Citizens Initiated Referendum petition I can support!
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June 12, 2009 8:29am
Whafe

Am thinking Philin Goof has no more straws to clutch onto…………. Time to fess up and clear the air Philin Goof, not in the genes of Philin nor Labour….
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June 12, 2009 8:32am
fredinthegrass

The straw is Worth(less) – you can see the blight on it.

What is the wee beastie Chthoniid?
Coffee with Andrew Felton at Sanson this morning
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June 12, 2009 8:57am
Ed Snack

Once again a greenie thinks we can legislate wealth. Increase the minimum wage to $15, why not $50, then we can ALL be rich. Once again, greens find it easy to be generous with other peoples money, never their own.
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June 12, 2009 8:57am
Murray

Aiming to raise unemployment again toad. Another demonstration that socialism is a mental disorder.
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June 12, 2009 9:07am
Buggerlugs

(Melissa Lee) replied to a question about how she would survive on the minimum wage of $12.50 an hour saying: “I think I am currently on $2 an hour.”

Had she said, “some weeks it feels like I’m working for $2 an hour” would this have been beaten up as much by the MSM? I think not. Another non-story makes the headlines.
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June 12, 2009 9:21am
Whafe

At times of crisis it is good to understand that not everyone displays the same reaction to the same set of circumstances. The following highlights this.

The British are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats in Islamabad and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross”. Brits have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to a “Bloody Nuisance”. The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was during the great fire of 1666.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide”. The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender”. The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France ‘s white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country’s military capability.

It’s not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Flamboyant Military Posturing”. Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides”.

The Germans also increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose”.

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case.

And at a local level…

New Zealand has also raised its security levels – from “baaa ” to “BAAAA!” Due to continuing defence cutbacks (the airforce being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister’s bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is “Shut, I hope Australia woll come end riscue es”. In the event of invasion, New Zealanders will be asked to gather together in a strategic defensive position called “Bondi”.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, mate”. Three more escalation levels remain: “Crikey!”, “I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend” and “The barbie is cancelled”. There has not been a situation in Australias’ history that has warranted the use of the final escalation level.
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June 12, 2009 9:23am
Inventory2

@ Ed Snack – 8.57am – agree wholeheartedly Ed – we’ve just hired an admin person, who we are paying well in excess of $15/hr – and that person is worth every cent. The hire was based on attitude, not skills – we reckon you can teach skills, but not attitude. However, if we were told that we HAD to pay AT LEAST $15/hr, we in all probability would not have made the hire, and would have contracted the work out to our accountant or some such person. Employers take punts every day – why burden them further with this kind of compulsive nonsence?
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June 12, 2009 9:30am
stephen

Had she said, “some weeks it feels like I’m working for $2 an hour” would this have been beaten up as much by the MSM? I think not. Another non-story makes the headlines.

I think if you read it again you’ll see their point is that Lee is really putting in the work for that 3rd place.
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June 12, 2009 9:36am
Don the Kiwi

Very good Whafe. 😆

Is it subject to copyright?
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June 12, 2009 9:40am
Murray

Hey Wharfe, at least the French have memory. Unlike us.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2489820/Kiwi-pilots-action-lives-on-in-France
http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/article.php3?id_article=466

Given the crap that the ill informed throw at them I wonder why they bother though.
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June 12, 2009 9:42am
Don the Kiwi

C’mon Murray.

Lighten up – even the French make those sort of jokes.
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June 12, 2009 9:53am
Chthoniid

fredinthegrass- the wee beastie is one of our weevil species, but this guy’s easily overlooked as he’s only 3mm long. You’ve got a view of his underbelly.
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June 12, 2009 9:56am
wreck1080

Slashs mum died. Very sad.
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June 12, 2009 10:07am
philu

here you go..!

….you can read all about yourselves..

http://whoar.co.nz/2009/the-paralyzing-fears-of-the-right/

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 10:17am
Brian Smaller

She died of lung cancer and the Stuff article has a nice pic of Slash smoking. Dumb fuck.
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June 12, 2009 10:17am
philu

and this is funny/well-written/non-ideological..

http://whoar.co.nz/2009/the-fiat-ization-of-the-american-male-can-a-nation-of-dudes-whose-sexual-self-image-was-built-on-macho-jeeps-survive-the-rise-of-the-little-mouse/

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 10:19am
philu

btw dpf..are you going to do a bye-election roundup..?

..telling us how well melissa has done..?

..you could also list her linguistic/crime-prevention contributions to the new zealand zeitgeist..?

..eh..?

..tho’..seriously..

..it has all turned a bit brown and runny in the mouth..eh..?

..phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 10:25am
Shunda barunda

Has anyone seen the scary washing machine on trademe? the description and answers to questions are hilerious!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Laundry/Washing-machines/Top-loader-6kg-under/auction-223309871.htm
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June 12, 2009 10:33am
Redbaiter

“here you go..!”

Philip Ure is a detestable yellow backed loser who shamelessly uses the popularity of Kiwiblog to try and draw readers to his own site, a completely unreadable load of infantile fifth rate communist crap that couldn’t get a hit in a light year.

There should be a demerits system for the abuse of Kiwiblog by nauseating communists so devoid of self respect and with so little shame they use a right wing pro freedom blog to try and attract hits to their own communist big government sites.

I suggest such an offence should attract a life time ban.
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June 12, 2009 10:47am
philu

and of course…

..those former national party voters in mt albert can/should..

..as a double-protest to the national hierachy..

..for their double-insult of spurning their well-liked/respected candidate..ravi..

..and foisting the hapless/unfortunate lee upon them..

(..and making them part and parcel of the laughingstock that has been the campaign from lee/national..)

(plus..as a spoiler-vote against shearer/labour..)

..they can/should vote for russel norman..

..they can voice their displeasure .. and give their party bosses the rebuke they need/deserve..

..with no fear of being ‘disloyal’..and bringing down a government..

..plus..i don’t share the view that all natty-supporters are necessarily environmental visigoths…

..so they too will be able to safely vote for russel..

..i think many will be surprised at how well norman will do tomorrow..

as there are equally valid reasons for green-leaning labour votors..

..to give norman the tick..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 10:52am
AG

reddy,
“There should be a demerits system for the abuse of Kiwiblog”

Would this not drastically curtail your everyday activities, reddy? Applied evenhandedly, how long do you think you’d last??
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June 12, 2009 10:53am
Manolo

“I suggest such an offence should attract a life time ban.”

I second the motion. The parasite Whoar should be banned to Siberia and forced to work for the rest of his useless life.
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June 12, 2009 10:57am
philu

reddy’s good today..!

isn’t he..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 10:57am
lofty

AG I reckon reddy will last longer here, than goof at bullys BBQ
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June 12, 2009 10:58am
Redbaiter

“Would this not drastically curtail your everyday activities, reddy?”

Agatha, it does not surprise me in the least to see you, so totally in the grip of socialism and its inherent lack of morality, adulterating other poster’s comments so as to alter their meaning. Despicable.
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June 12, 2009 11:00am
philu

oo..!..look..!..manolo has crawled out from underneath the other side of the (recently-lifted) rock..!

alas poor manolo..!

..he once had a brain..when younger..(so i’m told..)

..but many years/decades of daily excessive alcohol abuse ..

.. have rendered his brain to little more than a piece of gorgonzola cheese..

..this has severely restricted any linguistic/language abilities he may have once had..

..and in his dotage..

..he has been reduced to a few shouted slogans..

..(and even these..tire him..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:04am
Redbaiter

Ure, few communists have the ability to write in such a smug, narcissitic and despicable tone as you.

I hereby award you Redbaiter’s “Most Loathsome Leftist” award for today.

Even tho the day is only half over, and being as aware as I am of what stinking lows leftists can sink to, I feel pretty safe in my estimation that there’ll be no other worthy contenders. Unless perhaps Borker shows up.
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June 12, 2009 11:09am
Nookin

Shunda B
Brilliant.
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June 12, 2009 11:14am
Brian Smaller

Red – I just ignore him now. Try it – you will like it.
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June 12, 2009 11:16am
philu

heh-heh..!

glad to have made your day..reddy..!

..btw..i’m neither left..nor right..

..these are both arcane structures that must be swept away..

.. i don’t look to repeat the mistakes of the past..

..but to strike out on a new path..

..one that balances the needs of all..

..with the needs of our planet..

..it is as simple as that..

..eh..?

..why don’t you pack away yr stereotypes reddy..?

..and try thinking outside of your rut..?

..btw..you are in grave danger of becoming even more cartoonish..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:18am
big bruv

Phool, knocked over any Chemists in the last few weeks?
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June 12, 2009 11:22am
philu

nah bruv..!

..gave that up in ’76..

..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:27am
bearhunter

“… i don’t look to repeat the mistakes of the past..”

And yet you spout the same bilge day after day after day. One of these days your big bag of punctuation will be empty and the words on their own will show that you have absolutely nothing to contribute to either the blogosphere or real life*.

*Real life: The everyday world that the rest of us live in. I thought I should explain that for you, since you clearly haven’t a bull’s notion what it is.
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June 12, 2009 11:28am
Jeff83

Redbaiter in a rant again, now there is a surprise.

On a more random note stumbled across that Farrar Farrier interview with the Veronicas a while back. Was pretty classic.
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June 12, 2009 11:32am
philu

hello bearhunter..have we met before..?..if so..i don’t remember..

i’d be fascinated to hear your definitions of ‘real life’..

..i’m sure you are an intellectual giant amongst men..

..but i do have some paint drying..

..that i must go and watch..

..eh..?

maybe some other time..

eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:33am
big bruv

But you are still on drugs Phool….
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June 12, 2009 11:34am
Murray

phil doesn’t remember something… well theres a shocker.
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June 12, 2009 11:39am
philu

just the magic collie-herb..man..

..i have trimmed my pharmacological travelling show..

..down to the most benign of all the herbs..

..and i mean..if you want an object lesson in alcohol abuse/brain-damage..?

..(your ‘drug’ of choice..eh bruv..?..)

..you really need look no further than the unfortunate manolo..

..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:42am
Brian Smaller

Please – please – just ignore Philu. I know it is hard not responding but you are on a hiding to nowhere. It is like arguing with a two year old. Frustrating and pointless.
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June 12, 2009 11:42am
philu

oo..!..muzzas’ here..!

..break out the zig-zags..!

..it’s a party..!

(psst..!..muzza does dress-ups..eh..?..for fun..!

..nothing infantile about that..eh..?)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:45am
philu

brian..you are all the smaller for this..

(and thanks for ‘responding’..eh..?..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 11:48am
Redbaiter

“Please – please – just ignore Philu.”

You’re right and I will. (as I usually do)

Before I do that tho, I just felt it necessary to point out to him on his return how I regard him as one of the most loathsome and repugnant cowards and liars on the net.
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June 12, 2009 11:49am
MyNameIsJack

Unlike yourself, a simple liar on the net.
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June 12, 2009 11:58am
philu

aww..!

reddy..!

..was it something i said..?

(and hey..!..shouldn’t you be calling talkback radio..at this time of day…?..)

..(i’d ask reddy to table a ‘lie’..but..y’know..!..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:00pm
bearhunter

Philu, I make no claims to being an intellectual giant, except by comparison with yourself. I will now take Brian’s advice and ignore you, as it would be unsporting of me to enter a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent.
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June 12, 2009 12:02pm
Murray

I give tutorials on maths, science and history with catapults. While I do it I wear clothes. Usually jeans an a sweatshirt with a hardhat. Not sure how this qualifies as “dressing up” but apprently its a slur of some kind and warrants sniggering from an unemployed gibbering tool.

phool meanwhile is clearly a mentally impaired ilegal drug abuser bludging off the rest of us hence we should all rush off to his site to bask in the the glow of his obvious wisdom.

I contribute to society (wearing clothes) while this turd is a proud law breaker and publicly funded sponge and that apparently makes me bad. Interesting. I’d say the labout party probably doesn’t want your support… but given your namesakes affection for the another dodgey invidual of no visible merit I’d say you’re just their sort of person.

God help them.
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June 12, 2009 12:06pm
Rachael Rich

Who’s the little weevil that gave Chthoniids pic a thumbs down eh!… eh!. (…) (..)…?
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June 12, 2009 12:15pm
philu

i didn’t say you were ‘bad’..muzza..

i’ll defend your rights to do dressups..

..but do you think it is wise to go out..in public..?

..(ahem..!..)..in full costume..?

and hey..!

“..Usually jeans an a sweatshirt with a hardhat. ”

very village people..eh..?

that one..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:15pm
MyNameIsJack

Where the French lead, will NZ follow?

France’s EU defying “three strikes” law that was intended to pull internet connections of repeat copyright infringers has been severely criticised by the French Constitutional Council and now looks unlikely to proceed.

The French Constitutional Council ripped into the new law, stating that the principle of “Innocent until proven guilty” cannot be overturned by the creation a new non-judicial High Authority.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10577855
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June 12, 2009 12:21pm
philu

“..hence we should all rush off to his site to bask in the the glow of his obvious wisdom..”

muzza..!..

..i’m blushing..!

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:23pm
Murray

The hard hat is OSH regulations you stoner.

Apparently the sight of fully clothed men with protective head gear makes phool think of the village people.

What a sneering messed up little drug fucked freudian nightmare you are.

I believe at this point we’ll leave you to your drugs, 70’s record collection and fantasies. You have as much to offer as always.
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June 12, 2009 12:26pm
philu

but now that you mention it muzza..

..as on most days..

..there are 20+ new/fresh stories/links..over at whoar..

..and as i am a generalist..

..there are many of them appealing to readers of all ideological stripes/bents..

..eh..?

..all you need to bring..is a brain..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:30pm
philu

i still have some tapes muzza..

..i know..!..i know..!

but they have these wicked soul compilations on them..

..i can’t bring myself to shed them…

and..

“..Apparently the sight of fully clothed men with protective head gear makes phool think of the village people..”

not all men muzza..

..just you..

..it’s ‘cos of the/your penchant for dress-ups..eh..?..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:33pm
Manolo

“and as i am a generalist..”

Since when “generalist” became a euphemism for :
1. A useless person, lacking any skills whatsoever, who does not earn a living but relies on the welfare state to satisfy his miserable needs.
2. A deranged individual, whom, with ample time in his hands, spends his addled days baking goods for comsumption by other parasites like himself.
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June 12, 2009 12:36pm
philu

“..What a sneering messed up little drug fucked freudian nightmare you are..”

you’re getting warm….!

..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:38pm
Shunda barunda

Phool said:

“..this has severely restricted any linguistic/language abilities he may have once had..”

And to think he was talking about someone else!!

…..eh…?…
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June 12, 2009 12:40pm
philu

(psst..!..that is one of manolos’ demented-slogans..

..y’know..like i was talking about..?..)

..he figured out the ‘baking-allegation’ all by himself too..!

.(.his carers are encouraged. by this (rare) glimmer of mental activity…eh..?)

..and manolo..!

..how many ‘drinks’ have you had today..?

..darling..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:44pm
philu

muzza said..

“..I contribute to society (wearing clothes)..”

brilliant..!

..it should be on a t-shirt/bumper-sticker..

..eh..?

the involuntary humour of the truly demented/not very bright….

..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:57pm
philu

um..!

is that everyone done ‘n dusted..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 12:58pm
Ratbiter

Redbaiter Says:

“Philip Ure is a detestable yellow backed loser who shamelessly uses the popularity of Kiwiblog to try and draw readers to his own site, a completely unreadable load of infantile fifth rate communist crap that couldn’t get a hit in a light year.”

A LIE.

Any socialist-indoctrinated, half-educated commie halfwit knows that a light year is a unit of distance, not time.

Just lies and smears – that’s all you ever have, eh baiter?
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June 12, 2009 1:05pm
Shunda barunda

Phew loo,
Why so agressive today? Has a week of doing nothing made you stir crazy?
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June 12, 2009 1:10pm
Brian Smaller

I think Red means that philu’s blog couldn’t get a hit by any sentient being between Sol and somewhere beyond the Oort Cloud in interstellar space.
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June 12, 2009 1:10pm
Brian Smaller

Phew loo,
Why so agressive today? Has a week of doing nothing made you stir crazy?

Doing nothing is all he does. He may be grumpy from the fact that he had to get off the couch once or twice this week.
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June 12, 2009 1:11pm
Robert Black

The trouble with New Zealand (update).

This is what I wrote in my first novel The Fake Celebrity In China, published 2007:

“New Zealand was the same. Almost exactly the same. In fact, I wonder if there is some kind of invisible time warp line that surrounds the country. Something like the Bermuda Triangle.

They seem to be worshipping the same celebrities that they worshipped the last time I was there five years ago. There is talk that Judy Bailey will be made Queen. The All Blacks win, the All Blacks lose. The people are happy, the people are sad.

I just wish people hadn’t kept saying things to me like, “China eh? Now that must be weird? I bet those little guys are weird?”

There was just no polite way to tell them about my discovery. About the imaginary line. So I just agreed, went with the majority, the rest of the sheep, or the herd as Nietzsche described it.

“Yeah. But it’s fun,” was my usual response.

I missed the pace and abundant energy of China. I have previously observed that in Ireland there was a kind of magic in the air. Now I have observed that in New Zealand there is a certain kind of deadness in the air. Unless you travel you would never realize this as with the invisible time warp line. The people certainly seem oblivious to it all. Perhaps this is why Kiwis are naturally flightless. Maybe they are simply not meant to travel, yet so many do. Ignorance is bliss, trapped within that secure and cosy circumference, able to happily worship their celebrities and on most occasions themselves, with little or no disruption from outsiders.

I now see New Zealand as a beautiful green apple, with a rotten core. As long as you do not bite too deeply everything is just shiny and delicious. So it pays not to be hungry there, for anything found too deep.

I have a strong desire to shed New Zealand like a snake would a used-up skin. I know that sounds shallow. Did the good old days end with big Norm Kirk and Buck Shelford? It seems the old Kiwi sayings like, ‘Good on ya’ mate!’ and ‘She’ll be right!’ have disappeared forever. Perhaps Fred Dagg took them with him when he moved to Australia.

Now it seems everyone wants to see you fail and is judgmental. Australians are not like this at all in my experience. They are optimists. But New Zealand could never be Australia.Is it the weather? The bloody Maoris? The increased number of English immigrants?

It’s hard to say for certain. New Zealanders are conservative, in many ways. And one cannot help but wonder whether this is the English influence. Traditionally New Zealand was a farming country. Farming communities are conservative. Add to that the lack of diversity of races, compared to Australia and the USA and I suppose it should be of no surprise. Small towns, small minds.

Unfortunately for me conservative equals boring at this time in my life. Of course, this may change. I love New Zealand and will always call it my home and will no doubt return when I have a family.

But I feel the people could open their minds a little more . It would do the country good if the cities became a bit more cosmopolitan. And drop those fake snobby educated superior accents. Alas, the standard advice for someone daring to criticise our beloved country on most occasions goes something like this: “Well, if you don’t like it, fk off then!” And of course the standard reaction upon hearing that invaluable advice is to do exactly that, as evidenced by the population growth and brain drain figures. This does seem to be a general hindrance to positive change and of course adds to the insular conservative nature of the population. But who knows, perhaps an international influx will fix the problem. In this regard the current labour government appears to be helping.

With some relief and warmth I found Dave Dobbyn and Bic Runga were still creating beautiful music, holding some kind of artistic flag for the confused country. Thank God for the artists.”

I have to say returning for a short time now, I feel things have gotten worse.

Things that have observed more clearly this time:

New Zealand are a nation of sheep. It was interesting to note the tiny rate of people who would complain about restaurants face to face. To me, this reflects the follow the leader, just go with the flow, almost sheep-like mentality of the nation.

In this regard this helps the out of control, over sensational nature of the media, especially TV1. This Worth thing is a typical example of lack of professionalism and judgment in journalism. Investigative journalism? What investigations? Close-up? F up? More like it. All that build up music and crap. What was that crappy overly-sensational US programme, Hard Talk or something. Is that what they are copying? Twenty years or more behind the times.

They irresponsibly, take what they consider sensational news items which will be good for the ratings, and run their angle on it, with no checks and balances. In such a tiny sheep like population, such a lack of objectivity this is to the point of dangerous. Basically, it is like Oprah Winfrey, with her ex-parte audiences (what she says goes on her show, ever seen anyone disagree successfully on her show with any success?) and in crowds shaping the minds of the world.

In this case it is a small group of people doing the same to New Zealand.

This adds to the conservative, judgmental, confused nature of the people. Too PC? Of course we are. We are too scared to be anything else.

Another problem about the docile sheep-like nature of the people is that people from overseas come into the country, see how docile and conservative and sheepish the people are then launch themselves too easily into high positions in politics (list MP’s for example) and soon find themselves in the media where they become even more powerful, with little time and/or skills/integrity and/or qualifications.

Then when they get shot down, it all gets run in our head-lines. Tall poppynism.

So, what the f is up with this country?

How can any of it be fixed?

Is it in the air, like I feel, or in the water, or the over-priced milk, fish and meat and cheese?

As many people have said to me on previous occasions:

“If you don’t like it then fk off!”

OK, thanks for the advice. I will take it yet again and add a little to the brain drain figures.
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June 12, 2009 1:16pm
jarbury

Seriously Philu, if you wrote properly I may actually read some of the stuff you write. But all those full stops just give me a headache.
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June 12, 2009 1:32pm
philu

brian-the-smaller..

….my taut/fit body..

..and glowing good health..

..are down to a vegan diet..free of fats/flesh/blood/suffering..

..and an exercise regime involving walking dogs..

..an old sit-ups thingy..

..and a set of 5kg dumbells..

..simple..

..yet effective..

..my mental/intellectual workouts..

..i get from whoaring..

..eh..?

..and sometimes..for entertainment..

..i come here for blood-sports..

..it’s called ‘baiting the clowns’..

..as you can see..

..they/you are pavlovian in response..

..and guaranteed to ‘deliver’..

..on cue..

eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 1:38pm
philu

you go and have a wee lie-down there..

..eh jarbury..?

..wot with yr ellipses-phobia..?

..eh..?

(you know them as ‘dots’..)

..phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 1:40pm
Inventory2

phil u..

..said..

“..my mental/intellectual workouts..

..i get from whoaring..”

Good for you getting a job at last Phil – even if it is in the oldest profession 🙂
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June 12, 2009 2:34pm
dog_eat_dog

Oh my god, five kilo dumbells. You must be practically Rambo.
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June 12, 2009 2:34pm
Glutaemus Maximus

It would be good to have an ignore feature on here DPF.

Or just ban that prat for a sensible time that will allow the earth to turn still, and lets us continue with our happy lives!!
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June 12, 2009 2:35pm
jarbury

Hmmmm…. Redbaiter (6497 comments) and Philu (4195 comments) do seem to be the two most frequent commenters on Kiwiblog. Maybe we should just lock them in a room together and see what happens?
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June 12, 2009 2:37pm
philu

i know..i know..!

..’practically’..

whoar..!

eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 2:37pm
starboard

..phil(whoar.co.nz)

..apparently..Ive heard..that you sit down to take a piss philu..
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June 12, 2009 2:38pm
philu

“..Maybe we should just lock them in a room together and see what happens?..”

i demand a see-thru screen…he’s a foam-flecker/spittle-flyer…eh..?

..not to mention the drooling..

..when in repose..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 2:40pm
philu

“…that you sit down to take a piss philu..”

do you suffer from sit-o-phobia..there..starboard..?

..a mans right to shake ‘n spray..and all that..?

..(and wot’s with that name..?

..’starboard’..eh..?

whoar..!..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 2:44pm
dog_eat_dog

Phil.

Five kilos is nothing, the idea of lifting weights is to build strength. You will not build strength lifting things lighter than your arm, at least not in any meaningful way.
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June 12, 2009 2:47pm
starboard

..me thinking you lacking male genitalia thats all flu…
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June 12, 2009 2:48pm
shady

DPF – Get rid of PhilU!!! – the comments degenerate into a crap fight punctuated by ……. Totally destroys the enjoyment of reading Kiwiblog!
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June 12, 2009 2:54pm
philu

hang on..i’ll just check..

yep..!..slightly shrivelled with/from age..

but still there..

eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)

and i guess in yr mind there starboard..(from your own words/attempted-‘insult’..

..that you consider those with front-bums inferior..?

..to you .. with yr swinging appendages..?

eh..?

and all in yr own words..

..eh..?

(psst..!..i think you just lost half the audience..eh..?

..and it was all going so well for you..eh..?

..showing us/highlighting your rapier-like ‘wit’..

(however scatological..)

..and i do admire your wholehearted embrace of the classics..eh..?

..i haven’t heard..’nyah..!..nyah..!..you sit down to piss..!’

..in ..oh..!..eons..

..it almost gave me goosebumps..
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June 12, 2009 2:57pm
philu

dog eat dog..

..i’m going for more of a hugh grant..(minus the blow-job-giving-trans-sexual hooker) look..

..rather than having to hold my arms out from my sides..

..eh..?

..phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 3:03pm
Bok

I have yet to meet a vegan or even a vegetarian who is not constantly sick, have a flu, or some skin disease.
There is absolutely nothing healthy about being vegetarian.
No matter how long we jump up and down shouting that it is healthy, it simply is not.
In the now immortal words of Ron White:
” I did not get to the top of the food chain, to eat fucking carrots”
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June 12, 2009 3:14pm
Bok

I had a great conversation with a vegan the other day. She works with my wife, and has the worst record for taking sick leave. She was eating a vegan sausage!!!! And she was telling me how healthy it was. Except she was rotten with flu. When I mentioned the fact, she blamed the flu on others saying she caught it from the meat eaters in at work.
I was happy to point out that my body work so hard to process all that unhealthy dairy and meat products, that it kicked her flu germ’s arse when they tried to infect me. She did not find that funny.

Just goes to show that tofu really screws with the funny muscles.
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June 12, 2009 3:26pm
shady

“Seven months pregnant driver three times over limit. A seven months pregnant woman was found to be nearly three times over the alcohol limit after a car crash, a court was told. Defence counsel Julian Hannam told New Plymouth District Court yesterday Stewart gave birth on May 3.

He conceded she had a drinking problem, had two previous convictions, but asked Judge Alan Roberts whether the possibility of home detention could be explored.

The judge obliged, remanding her on bail for sentence on July 23.” http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10578086

Unbelievable – third conviction – and being given the green light for home detention. How about detox?!! With bars on the window. What chance do her kids have?
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June 12, 2009 3:40pm
Inventory2

Worth’s gone!

http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2009/06/worth-resigns.html
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June 12, 2009 4:08pm
Chthoniid

Aah Bok, I’ve been a vegetarian for over twenty-years and have had few health complaints. Generally I put that down to the regular glass of single-malt. It sets up a hostile environment for most diseases. (And I will eat fish or crocodile overseas, so I’m not religious about it).

But a western diet + sedentary life style remains a pretty good way to die early in many varied ways. Rectal-colonic cancers are escalating as a major killer in the West. And that’s pretty much a diet-lifestyle choice. I don’t really fancy some chap cutting away polyps ‘down there’ thankyou.

Now veganism I am skeptical about. Partly because the food is so damn bland. And partly because so many vegans are so humourless.

Plus I’m afraid that being around 4 to 5 metre crocs in the estuarine zone of the Northern Territory, does cause one to revise exactly where we sit on the food chain 🙂
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June 12, 2009 4:18pm
Don the Kiwi

shady.

“.what chance do her kids have?”

Ask Philu while he’s trolling here – that was his mum.
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June 12, 2009 4:18pm
Bok

Chthoniid
You would be the exception, but then you do eat fish and you do eat crock. I am very partial to skippy myself. Lean meat that melts when prepared correctly. Dont get me wrong. I totally understand where people come from that do not want to eat meat because they feel an empathy for the animal. Happy with that, as long as they also then never wear leather, or use soap or various other products including some plastics (read computers) that all include animal products.

I wont eat anything that I am not willing to kill myself, and I will not eat any meat that is not free range. (and not pretend free range either.) I also believe that if you kill something you must be prepared to eat every part of that animal.

What I dont agree with is the “health” benefits. Humans like big cats etc, were designed to eat meat. We are highly dependent on protein.

The thought of hawks and eagles eating fruit and berries, and lions and crocodiles eating grass and seaweed is stupid. So is suggesting that we were set up to survive on fruits and berries.

I realise that that’s not what you are saying.

The other thing that really gets me (once again not aimed at you) is the thought that somehow fish do not count for as much as say sheep of cows. I know the “I cant kill an animal for my food” types who will eat fish? What is with that?
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June 12, 2009 4:49pm
dog_eat_dog

Philu;

You won’t get big if you don’t eat big. First rule of weighlifting.
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June 12, 2009 5:25pm
philu

bok..

http://whoar.co.nz/2009/shattering-the-meat-myth-humans-are-natural-vegetarians/

now..how should i put this..?

um..!..i saw you once…

..and you had the bulk/form of a large(r) farrar..?

..and as such…

..were hardly an advertisment for your dietary choices..

..do you still look the same..?

..and if so..?

..shouldn’t you go and look in a mirror..

..and maybe..

..you could run a tape measure around your waist..?

..and give us the triple figures..?

..whoar..!

..talk about people in a glass house being ill-advised to use rocks as a weapon..!

..eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 6:07pm
starboard

phil(whoar.co.nz)

..me thinking your lift not going to top floor…me thinking light on but nobody home..
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June 12, 2009 6:23pm
philu

aah..!..starboard..!

..even more of your ‘clever’/incisive wit..!

..you are spoiling us..!

..eh..?

..b.t.w..you do know/remember the classic..eh..?

“yr mother wears gumboots..!’..?

(aand don’t forget the nyah..!..nyah..!..eh..?..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 12, 2009 6:28pm
Bok

Yep Phil and as I remember, at the time you had a gammy leg and the wind could blow you over, now why did you have to make it personal? I also remember that at the time you were wrapped up like a mummy and i was wearing shorts and short sleeves.
And to take it even a bit further the little puppy you had with you looked decidedly healthier.

I still do two and three day bush hikes, you?
I still do at least three to four dives a month, you?

Mate if you want a pissing contest, make sure you need a piss.
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June 12, 2009 6:41pm
Bok

And if you are going to claim bullshit as fact as speak to people who actually spent some time in
nature. Have a look at how many primates are omnivores.
Suggesting that because 10 000 years ago the theory is that we might have been vegos
is reaching so far. But it explains why the greens are such luddites. If you want to go back to how you were 10 000 years ago
, sweet. The rest of us have evolved.
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June 12, 2009 6:46pm
RightNow

Could the Green defense team explain this comment posted at http://www.salient.org.nz/features/fuck-off-sue-bradford/comment-page-1#comments
“When Sue was starting her life, working at the Auckland People’s Center (1992ish), she would often bring her kids into work. When they ran wild (as they often did) she would smack them really hard where-ever her hand would make contact, not just the smacking but yell at them (even though they were less than one foot from her mouth). ”

More hypocrisy from the Greens?
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June 12, 2009 6:47pm
philu

um..!..

“..now why did you have to make it personal? .”

..have you read this thread…?

..and my ‘gammy leg’..is just a monty python affectation..

(that i trot out occaisonally..)

“..and i was wearing shorts and short sleeves..”

i know..!..whoar..!..say no more..!

..and that ‘healthier puppy’..?

..that’s one of my vegan dogs..eh..?

..heh..!

..q.e.d..

and..

“..The rest of us have evolved..”

into what..?..exactly..?

into the planet-destroying monsters we are..?

..with our abuse of other living creatures being just the tip of our planet-abuse-iceberg..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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