Nick Phillips

What I mean is "grrrrrrr, how very dare they..."

"Yes, let's look to the future. How are you going to make sure this can never happen again?"

Tighter rules needed to stem the tide of shit bills rushed through under so-called urgency more like.

Argh. Now I need to remember what I've done with the installer.

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Big announcement!!! My video on how Chicken Run is communist is now part of Britain's media history

Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived

If you've never seen a hornet, you might think "oooh, is that a hornet" when you see a German wasp queen. However, if you actually saw a hornet you'd think "now *that* is a fucking hornet". You would not be in any doubt.

The menus were not printed until 2003, so we cannot be sure of the all-time record for the most expensive lunch. It may have been achieved when Spivey met the 79-year-old poet Gavin Ewart at the Café Royal in October 1995. The exact cost is lost somewhere in the bowels of the FT accounts department. But the bill was somewhat overshadowed by the aftermath. The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there. “We departed the Café Royal in a moderately straight line,” Spivey said in the article. He put Ewart on a bus home then lurched off himself. The following day he received a call from Mrs Ewart. “There are two things you need to know,” she said. “The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning.”

Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵

Ha, now I have to listen to it.

This World may never change...

Merlot?

Speaking at his post-Cabinet press conference, Luxon claimed Labour’s policy document was primarily “pictures, buzz words and jargon” and was critical of a lack of detail. “If we had done that, we would have been crucified.”

Another example from, err, right now.

Chris you did do that, and it won you the election.

"move'" => "mobs'"

Why can I never notice the wrongness before I post it?

This seems rather typical of the current move' approach to things. Comforting to know that they're "sorted" though, isn't it... Isn't it? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

YouTube video by Rich Mullinax Debbie Harry & Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection

Debbie Harry knows... youtu.be/h0Hd3uWKFKY?...

Kindly tell her to stick her disingenuous claptrap where the sun don't shine.

Talking about himself when accusing others, as usual.

Damn, forgot Amoco Cadiz...

Pretty sure it's a choice from Torrey Canyon, Exxon Valdez.

I think I prefer Machen. Never quite sure exactly why...

"nice juicy Subaru wipers and windscreen trim..."

"oooh yeah I'll have me some of that, where is it?"

Govt to make it harder for some abuse survivors to get redress The same week the Government announces the Solicitor-General is leaving the role, the coalition has introduced legislation that will further shield the state from taking responsibility for the horrifi...

MFers:

"Govt plans to pass a law making it harder for state abuse survivors with a history of violent or serious offending to access redress [this is] unjust, discriminatory, and contrary to the principles of trauma-informed, survivor-focused redress”.

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Starbucks began developing the pumpkin spice latte in January 2003, following the success of winter beverages such as the peppermint mocha and eggnog latte. Peter Dukes, the company's Director of Espresso for the Americas, explained that developers recognized the appeal of pumpkin flavor, noting, "there wasn't anything around pumpkin at the time."[5] During development, Starbucks' team collaborated with food scientists to create four potential seasonal beverages...

Add for Stellar Coffee in Portland, published in The Oregonian, Dec. 13, 2001. Celebrate the Holidays with one of our specialty drinks $1 OFF 16 or 20 oz. Egg Nog Lattes, Pumpkin Spice Lattes or Hot Buttered Rum Lattes Mention this ad. Expires 12/31/01

So uhh...I just impulsively decided to fact-check the official origin story for the pumpkin spice latte and it is A LIE or at least incorrect.

Starbucks claims to have invented it in 2003

But a coffee shop in Portland was selling them in 2001 (the earliest mention I can find)

Actually I'm probably confusing WY-50 with VT-52?

Termcap much friendlier to the curious than terminfo... Just page through /etc/termcap to discover why the designers of the Wyse-52 "deserve to be flayed and boiled in oil"...

Critic’s Oldest Living Editor: Paul Oestreicher Long before he was a peace campaigner, a priest, or a friend of Desmond Tutu, Paul Oestreicher was an enemy alien. His family had fled fascism, seeking refuge in Dunedin – a city that offered safety, ...

For its centenary year's final issue, NZ's oldest student magazine profiles its oldest living editor, the inspirational Paul Oestreicher. Originally meant for the centenary issue, the story was held over because it 'deserved the time to write it properly'. They did. www.critic.co.nz/features/art...

I guess if you never play them in company you'll never know...

I remember my mind boggling at its entry in the UK album top 50 - "weeks in chart: 350" or something like that. But yeah, '70s *everyone* had the S&G somewhere in their record collection, and '80s it was that.

That album is our generation's "Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits"

Love it. Always like a bit of melancholy. And by now it gets nostalgia too...

How about if I start with Lou Reed, "Disco Mystic"...