Sideswipe: August 24: Anticipation turns to deflation

Fruit salad and...?

A reader writes: "Was so looking forward to a scoop of French Vanilla a top of my fruit salad as a Friday night treat (thug life, right?) but was majorly bummed when I opened the lid and found vegetable soup! At least its not a placenta".

Car-parkers note: 2/47 does not mean 9-5

"Can any Sideswipe readers suggest a clearer alternative to 24/7 tow-away'?" writes a reader. "Every time there is a hockey tournament at the Rosedale hockey grounds, players and spectators seem to think that the car park signage is ambiguous and for some reason think that 24/7 means Monday to Friday 9-5. Some of us work weekends. We don't all work standard business hours and when we do have to work we would like to be able to park in our car parks."

Ashley Madison popular among penguins

"I was looking at the map published by the Herald on where Ashley Madison users live," writes Ben. "I noticed a small dot south of NZ. Macquarie Island has 12 users. Are you kidding me? According to Wikipedia, the island has a population of between 20 and 40 people - I guess watching penguins mate all day gives them ideas."

Parking up ok down south

"Those poor residents of Apihai and Tautari streets in Orakei getting ticketed at 2am for parking partially on the footpath while living in a narrow street," declares Michael from Dunedin. "Perhaps the AKL Council could get some advice from Otago on how they look after their residents on narrow streets."

Dunedin City knows how to compromise

A load about Bullrush

The origins of Bullrush: "There are various versions of the game, played in many countries under approximately 50 different names," explains Max Cryer. "In NZ the game was widely played in earlier years, and variously called Bullrush, Red Rover, Kinga Seeny (from old name King Ceasar), Bulldog, King Dick (as in King Dick Seddon), Barbadoo ... ( bar the door), Cock-a-rooster, Octopus or Seaweed. The most common version of the game was [when] a group of children would gather at one end of a field or space, and a centre line was established where one bold child would stand and guard (the 'bulldog'). He would call the name of one kid in the group who then had to rush forward past him to the other end, and the bulldog would attempt to catch him and tag him. If the bulldog succeeded, the beaten one had to remain in the middle and become another bulldog. They then called another name etc. If the person running did manage to get past the guard and make it to the other end, he then called out Bullrush, and the whole group would hurtle forward past the guard who would try and tag as many as possible ... In some NZ schools the game was banned - especially when only asphalt playgrounds were available, rather than grassed." (Source: Curious Kiwi Words by M.Cryer)

Clever bird

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