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An Act hoarding in Penrose. (Picture not supplied by Mr Hide or Act.)
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A Swiss chemist is so fed up with motorists asking him for parking meter change that he makes them sing for it. Rene Jenni said he used to get scores of people
every day walking into his pharmacy in Zurich asking to change notes for coins to feed the meter outside. But when he started to run out of change he came up with the idea of making drivers perform. "I didn't want to be rude and just tell people to get lost so I thought up the idea of getting them to do something if they really wanted the money," he said. "It was a good move because many people are too embarrassed to start singing. But anyone who actually sings gets the coins for free. We had an opera singer in here the other day who sang a whole aria." (Source: Ananova)
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David writes: "It is great to see how our large corporate 'citizens' help to keep downtown Auckland clean and attractive. Like the SkyCity-sponsored racehorse being walked along the footpaths on Tuesday. It was bad enough that we pedestrians had to make way for a nag, but then it stopped and unloaded what must have been several litres of urine right in front of one of the small cafes on lower Victoria St - while the silly woman walking it just stood there and grinned. And there she was a half-hour later, right on Queen St, presumably looking for another shop front to use as a toilet."
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A reader has found the reason the mail may not be getting through in Rodney. "I went into New Zealand Post with some pre-paid parcels, all labelled and ready to go with correct postcodes. One parcel was destined for and labelled Rodney District. Looking me straight in the eye, the woman at the North Shore post office branch told me that there was no such thing as Rodney District. What? Rodney's just up the road!"
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Annette from Huia felt sad reading of Tara's disappointments with Pacific Blue but also a touch of deja vu. Annette said she took Pacific Blue to the Disputes Tribunal this year "due to the most shabby series of events imaginable". An agreement was reached with a Pacific Blue representative who, weeks later, couldn't recall exactly what had been agreed to. "Recently the bailiffs turned up at the Pacific Blue Christchurch office demanding our agreed money, although we had toyed with thoughts of the bailiffs impounding a plane and maybe preventing another poor soul suffering similar indignities such as we have," Annette said.
Today's Webpick: Seem timely to watch Monty Pythons Election Night Special. Watch it here.
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