It's our time, just you and me together, It's time to say hello, g'day! Ke te pehia koe! (Via Reddit NZ)?
It's our time, just you and me together, It's time to say hello, g'day! Ke te pehia koe! (Via Reddit NZ)?
Hair today, gone tomorrow
A reader writes: "My mother tells the story of a barber in Hamilton in the 1970s whose surname was Ferkin. He put a notice outside the shop which said, 'Come in and have a Ferkin haircut'. The council made him take it down."
Rehab will makeyou sick
Thailand's "Last Resort Rehab" at the Wat Thamkrabok Temple, about 160km north of Bangkok, resembles a traditional drug-detox facility (work, relaxation, meditation) - except for the vomiting. At the "Vomit Temple", Buddhist priests mix a concoction of 120 herbal ingredients that are nasty, according to methamphetamine addicts interviewed for a recent Australian TV documentary. Said one, of the rehab agenda, "Vomiting is at 3pm every day. Foreigners must vomit for the first five days. The vomiting is intense." (News of the Weird)
"The automatic tap signage is a little overdone in the Women's toilets at New Plymouth Airport. Is it the same in the mens?" wonders Kimberley.?
"The automatic tap signage is a little overdone in the Women's toilets at New Plymouth Airport. Is it the same in the mens?" wonders Kimberley.
Sideswipe Community Service
1. "I'm looking for the owner of a radio-controlled plane that crashed into my hedge on Sunday afternoon," writes a reader. "I grabbed a screenshot from the onboard video a minute after takeoff from Waikaraka Park in Onehunga. No one was hurt but the cat got a hell of a fright!" Email Jeff at lostrcplaneauckland@gmail. No fakers, you'll have to describe the plane.
2. Liz found a red iPod in Stanley St, Auckland. "It is engraved with 'Daidai I love you', and I'm sure its owner would like it returned."Please contact Sideswipe if you can help.
Spagetti hair
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New Zealand artist Kristina Webb (above) uses real objects in her illustrations. She hit the big time on Instagram and now has a book out. You can buy
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