Bespoke Swears

I hope they always look like that - like she's just been told to pay attention 💛

Those are excellent ears!

Black hoody with illustration of the brilliant Georgina Beyer, and the slogan "Women's Day of Action Saturday 20th September"

Blue sky, an old grey shed and a ngutukākā (kākā beak) in full flower.

Today's queer agenda included:
- getting a trailer load of dirt for the garden
- going to the local Women's Day of Action event in my amazing new hoodie
- grocery shopping
- admiring my ngutukākā

Busy day!

Facebook generic message asking why I want to snooze the NZ National Party for 30 days: - doesn't match my interests - spam - sexual - insult - I don't like the creator - other

I'm facing a tough decision over on Facebook... #nzpol

Thank goodness he's said this during voting and not after. Talk about showing your true colours.

From a Facebook post, by a current local councillor: I know that may didn’t like him [Charlie Kirk] or his views, but I admired him and the open debate platform he created for many years. I admired his tenacity in pursuing challenging and sometimes uncomfortable open discourse and in defending freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is the one thing I would march in the streets for." What a cunt.

Jesus H Christ. One of our local councillors has posted on Facebook that he is sad and angry at the murder of Charlie Kirk. Nzpol

Here's a snippet:

The 3-tear-old is staying the night and my partner was putting her to bed. All I could hear was "I'm gonna marry [muffled]! I'm gonna marry [muffled]!". Then D said "Well, you've got plenty of time to decide."

It was BURGERS. She wants to marry burgers. 😂

I saw an Australian news item about these floods - entirely focused on how they impacted on Aussie tourists and expats. Not one mention of the local people or deaths. Fucking ghouls, man.

Screenshot of a quote from David Fucking Seymour: "We ask the people who are regulated, 'What's getting up your nose?'" he told RNZ. "They tell us, then we go back and we sort of smash those rules up against the principles of good lawmaking."

This is ... a terrible way to make laws. So of course it's David fucking Seymour. #nzpol

It was so unexpected!

Photo of kererū on a narrow kōwhai branch, against a blue sky

Spring has reached our wee house, with 12-15 tūī feeding and flapping and fighting in every kōwhai tree. One even tried to bully this chonky bugger but they were having none of it.

This has McPhail and Gadsby vibes 😂 #nzpol

Bea, the black lab cross, in classic 'bugger' pose. Lying on her belly, front legs askew, chin on the ground.

Our British dog trainer was most confused/bemused when we told her that our dog knew how to do 'bugger'.

Our defense starts on Wednesday, so let us know if you can come along!

Not the point, I know, but it's hilarious to me that OneRoof got the scoop on this.

How am I supposed to work when there's a dog chasing rabbits in my office?

Screenshot of Adidas listing for a white t-shirt with rainbow detailing. It "champions the LGBTQ+ community". It is listed as a White Pride Tee.

Um, Adidas, I do know what you're trying to say here, but... those two words mean something else entirely 😬

Oh gods, someone on a local Facebook page is doing a survey to help inform the local government elections:

Do you think we pay too much/not enough/about the right amount in rates?

That’s going to be really, hugely informative and not at all skewed. 🙄🙄🙄

I know that when I was first on the scene at a train vs vehicle crash, the dying man's last words were definitely "I lose money if I stop for trains..." 😡

Join us this Monday night in Auckland!

Shaun Hendy on 'The Covid Response' with Siouxsie Wiles, chaired by Toby Manhire.

📅 Mon 25 Aug | ⏰ 5.30pm doors, 6pm start
📍 Old Government House, 24 Princes St, Auckland

Free public event, no RSVP. Nau mai, haere mai!

www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-cov...

Is she Myers Briggs coaching him every morning?! “You need to be an ESTJ today, Christopher! Get out there and lead!”

Photo of roxy jeans for sale on Designer Wardrobe. Marked as vintage, lol.

Saw a young person in a cafe wearing low rise, wide leg, Roxy-on-the-butt jeans... The clothes of my 20s are now vintage!

<screams in late-40s>

Poll from stuff website. Question was 'Do you think Christopher Luxon has had a good week or a bad week?'. 34% of respondents are deluded and think he's had a good week.

What are 34% of respondents seeing as 'good'? Is it just that he's still rich and sorted?!

a man wearing a white t-shirt that says me Alt: David Platt from Coronation Street, saying "Me?"

Same same but different...

And was it in the 2025 budget? I can't see it anywhere. It's like they're making it all up as they go along.

Photograph of then-MP Steven Joyce getting hit in the face with a dildo-shaped dog toy. Good times.

I just got an email from Foodstuffs about this, as part of their supplier update. Am thinking about replying with this picture, and just the question WHY THIS GUY?

I thought the Fox News logo was part of the painting and wasn't at all surprised.

Black lab in her best bugger pose - lying on her belly, front paws askew, chin on the ground. Is it only Kiwis that call this trick 'bugger'? 🇳🇿

Bea doing her best 'bugger' dog, while we wait for the vet to come back with test results. 🐕

Official Rachel Walker Prints — Rachel Walker Official Rachel Walker limited edition prints of colourful, splashy, watercolour and ink creatures.

Rachel Walker! I love the way she captures the vibrance and energy of birds (and bees) - www.walkerillo.com/prints

An advert from the 1980s for Crown forklifts: There is nothing like a Crown, for picking it up and putting it down.

I saw a branded truck today and now I'll have a certain song in my head for weeeeeeeeeeks