Sideswipe: Feb 11: Pin the tail on the John Key

Party time in Grey Lynn.

Sealed with a kiss

Planning is always a good way to go - pfft to spontaneity - this is particularly true with dating, specifically when trying to work out when to go in for the first kiss. This first answer below will be useful for those without instinct or a gut and who want to kiss girls (NB this approach doesn't translate to males).

1. "To hit the right moment, make sure you're close to her and then observe her mouth and eyes carefully for one or both of the following signs: if she licks her lips or purses them, she is thinking about kissing you. If she looks down repeatedly at your mouth, she is thinking about kissing you. Once you have spotted this, let the conversation slow down and when there is a pause, crook your index finger slightly and use it to lift or guide her chin (assuming she is shorter than you or oriented slightly away), tilt your head, and then kiss her gently. Increase intensity [or tongue] depending on the degree of her response."

2. "Pause, smile, look him/her in the eyes. If he/she doesn't break eye contact kiss him/her. If she looks away and looks back, kiss him/her. If he/she stares at the floor, date's over."

3. Ask him/her.

4. When the right moment is there, it'll come naturally, with a little courage of course.

5. Look for the linger. Lingering eye contact. Lingering in your personal space. Lingering in the car/doorstep at the end of the date.

(Source: Quora.com)

Usually there is no I in team

One man team.

"I was in Auckland the other week and caught up with friends down at the local Glen Eden United Football Club," writes a reader. "I was reminiscing over old team photos on the walls and had to laugh at this one. Only one team member turned up for this team photo and not to be disheartened he still insisted on having it done. It shows his name underneath and then names every other team member as absent. Go the Over-35s Glen Eden Black Team!"

Qantas fare dinkum in 1973

"The coaster [Sideswipe, yesterday] will be from about 1973," writes David McLoughlin. "Fares dropped to those very low levels that year when Qantas introduced Boeing 747s to Auckland. The fares didn't stay that low because oil prices tripled later that year after the First Oil Shock which followed neighbours attacking Israel in October 1973. According to the Reserve Bank's inflation calculator, the coaster's $697 cost to London and back in 1973 is equal to $7926 now so air fares have actually fallen massively in real terms!"

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