First glance of this Kiwibank brochure; a lovely couple away camping enjoying a roll in the hay after been accepted for a credit card/vehicle loan/personal loan. Second glance; the lovely couple under the sheets appear to have a friend (three sets of feet). What's that all about?
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Sideswipe reader Nick writes: "'Keep his eyes open and his mouth closed' was the instruction to my wife today whilst attempting to get a photo taken of our 4-month-old child for a passport application. Unfortunately, the only time he keeps his mouth closed is when he is asleep. We were told if we photograph him at home with a big piece of plain cardboard behind him, this might be acceptable. It's going to be a long evening. Why does a child have to have their mouth closed for a passport photo?"
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Real-life Cheers bartender is laid off: The 66-year-old Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody's name. But after tending bar for 35 years at the Boston tavern that inspired the television show Cheers, Doyle has been laid off. The bar's owner says the economy is to blame. Doyle was a fixture at the pub known as the Bull & Finch long before the TV show, and after Cheers began in 1982, he started serving 5000 people a day and used the bar's fame to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. (Source: The Associated Press)
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"Waitakere must be the only place I know where the signposts on all the traffic islands are on the exits," says Ray Green. "But this picture also shows that they are even happy to sanction the obstruction of the existing motorway road signs."
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Kids today: British schoolchildren believe Auschwitz is the name of a beer, religious festival or type of bread instead of the infamous Nazi death camp, a survey has revealed. More than 1000 students aged between 11 and 16 were asked what they knew about Auschwitz, where about 1.3 million people died during World War II. It estimated that among Britain's 4.5 million 11 to 16-year-olds, 90,000 believed Auschwitz was a drink and 45,000 thought it was a type of bread. However, 97 per cent were able to identify Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler from a photograph. (Source: News.com.au)
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Reader tip: "Good news for all those pregnant women who are missing their wine. Mt Albert Pak'n Save now stocks Edenvale alcohol-removed "wine". You can almost kid yourself it's the real thing. Better than anything else I've tried. It's made in Australia and only $9 a bottle."
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Just one more odd name, begs another reader. "I used to work for an Italian company supplying Jaguar cars. The guy in charge of quality control was of course Mark Goodenough."
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Today's Webpick: An educational clip from the 1950s about the family meal. “Pleasant unemotional conversation helps digestion”. Click here. Plus, CEO of budget Irish airline Ryanair Michael O’Leary is thinking about charging passengers to take a leak. Check them out here.
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