Contact details sold down the river
Questions: (1) "Since subscribing to the Mighty River Power share offer, I'm now inundated daily with Spam adverts to invest in a variety of stock market offers," writes Alan. "Who sold my details to the spammers?" (2) Ben writes: "David Cunliffe's campaign motto, 'Ready now' ... Is he running for Labour leadership or just keen to taxi downtown for a kebab after a few jars?"
Gimme some skin, bro
Shaun Manderson saw this in Siem Reap, Cambodia. "You sit on the seat around the fish tank and the little fish nibble the dead skin off your feet, just what you need after a long day looking at Angkor Wat apparently. Nice to know you get your toes back."
Desperately seeking surfers: John Clark has taken these great action shots of surfers at sunset at Orewa on Tuesday 9th September. A father and son, and older guy, and this paddle boarder. "They were all a good few hundred metres North of the Orewa surf club. I would really like to make contact with these guys so I can give these photos to them. I'm sure they'd love to get these! I can be contacted on 021 1095920."
Picture this: Flipping a photo of bats hanging upside down and they look like they're having a wicked dance-battle.
Local: "Auckland just made #10 in the Independent's list of the top 10 cities in the world," writes Graeme Ramsay. " But, as they're calling Auckland the capital of the North Island you've got to wonder how much care they've taken with creating the list."
Video: What would the trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail look like if it was released in 2013? Like every other epic blockbuster that's made in the sausage factory...
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