Max Cryer's international bestseller Cat Miscellany features a line of advice which Gareth Morgan could perhaps take into account: "A small bell around a cat's neck has been a traditional way of warning birds that doom might be nigh. But - animal experts advise that a smart puss can learn to control a single bell ... so anyone wanting to protect their garden birds should put two bells on the collar." Photo / Supplied
Tomato sauce sugar mystery
The Diver family of Paremoremo is curious about their tomato sauce ... "After buying a new bottle of tomato sauce we noticed it seemed a lot sweeter than the refills from the cans. A quick look at the nutritional information panel and it was clear that
there was a significant amount more of sugar in the sauce when you buy it in a bottle (31.5g per 100g serving) compared to a refill tin (21.3g per 100g). They both call themselves Wattie's Tomato Sauce - not 'Homestyle' or 'Lite' varieties - yet they have different amounts of sugar. Why?"
Free speech group comes to suspended student's aid
Student Joseph Aziz made a comment on a YouTube video that a woman's legs looked like a pair of bleached hams. Officials at his university (Montclair State in New Jersey) warned him not to talk about a fellow student on social media sites. He ignored the warning and mentioned the incident and the woman's name on Facebook. The university suspended him for a semester. After media picked up the story, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education came to Aziz's defence, the university overturned the suspension.
Things I learnt from Twitter (that I didn't need to know)
