Paula King wonders: "Is Woolworths Massey trying to start my kid's sex ed early? Standing at the checkout last night and very bored, I looked at the shelves next to me. Top row - Durex Play etc. Second row - jam packed with condoms. Third row - Girlfriend
magazine. Next rows - Disney and Kmag, which I'd normally buy for my 5 year old!"
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Kiwi expat Rebecca Millar's letter to the Sydney Morning Herald (which praised New Zealand for training her so she could contribute to Australia's economy) drew this response from Dan: "It's thanks to people like her that my generation has to pay for everything she got for free, as people her age bailed on their responsibilities in favour of bigger bucks." And from TJ Bowden: "Are we meant to be happy for her with her life in Australia or should the New Zealand taxpayer who paid for her 'growing up' expenses ask for a refund?"
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Cardiff International Airport in Wales could be renamed the Gavin and Stacey Airport after the popular British sitcom, reports the Daily Mirror. The paper reckons airport bosses are envious of Liverpool's success in renaming the city's Speke Airport after John Lennon and are striving for a similar pop culture breakthrough. It says Zeta-Jones International and The Dame Shirley Bassey Gateway are also under consideration.
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Joanne Selby writes: "To the man in the white car who nearly ran me over while leaving Greenlane Clinical Centre in a hurry, here is a road rule lesson. Even though your red arrow had gone, you still give way to pedestrians on the crossing while the little red man is flashing on the crossing lights. Also, the abuse you hurled at me for your mistake was a bit over the top. Next time, drive a bit slower and take notice of all the lights before abusing someone you could have killed."
