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Sideswipe: January 29: A Little similar?

Ana Samways
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28 Jan, 2015 04:00 PM3 mins to read

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Lookalikes: Labour leader Andrew Little and Gromit's owner, Wallace.

Mercedes-owning kayaker does a runner
"Our family were enjoying the Auckland Anniversary weekend in Leigh and after a day at Mathesons Bay we returned to find a huge gouge up the side of my car, right down to the metal," writes Josie. "Witnesses told us that a kayaker had returned from spear fishing and accidentally discharged his loaded weapon into the side of our car. He quickly picked up the spear, bundled it into his car and made a fast getaway. So, to the driver of the silver Mercedes with the purple and white kayak - what makes you think you are exempt from taking responsibility for your actions?"

"Spotted on my driveway by my son, 5, who declared the tree was waving at him," writes a reader.

Jetstar seating shock
A reader writes: "I booked two tickets for my wife and daughter to fly to Melbourne and Jetstar promptly allocated them two randomly chosen seats. When I inquired the operator said it was Jetstar's policy to allocate seats randomly and if I wanted them to sit together then I would have to shell out an extra $7."

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Illnesses you can come down with only in German
1. "Putzen" means "to clean" and "fimmel" is an obsession. Putzfimmel is an obsession with cleaning.
2. "Fernweh" is the opposite of homesickness. It is the longing for travel.
3. "Weltschmerz" or "world pain" is a sadness brought on by a realisation that the world cannot be the way you wish it would be.
4. "Torschlusspanik" or "gate-closing panic" is the anxiety inducing awareness that, as time goes on, life's opportunities keep getting fewer and there's no way to know which ones you should be taking before they close forever.
5. Parents in Germany started coming down with "Kevinismus" - a strange propensity to give their kids wholly American-sounding names like Justin, Mandy, Dennis, Cindy, and Kevin. Kids with these names tend to be less successful and have more behaviour problems in school. Studies of the phenomenon attribute this to teachers' prejudices toward the names, and the lower social status of parents who choose such names. (Source: theweek.com)

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Good read: Ever since Anita Sarkeesian looked at representations of women in video games with her Tropes vs Women in Video Games web series two and a half years ago, she has been harassed. It's difficult to comprehend the scale of the abuse, so she collected tweets sent to her @femfreq Twitter account for one week...Be warned; it's vicious...

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