Wee small hours. A reader writes: "For those Papakura people who have to spend too much time on the motorway, here's a convenient time to view overpriced property." Photo / Supplied
Wee small hours. A reader writes: "For those Papakura people who have to spend too much time on the motorway, here's a convenient time to view overpriced property." Photo / Supplied
That was then: In October 1932 the Indianapolis Star reported a Seattle woman had complained that her phone never rang. Despite this she could tell when someone was trying to call her because her dog would start howling in the yard. The telephone repair guy investigated. Realisedthe dog wasn't psychic. Instead, there was a short in the line and the dog was chained to the ground wire.
This is now: Kirk Kelly was picked up in a traffic stop in Ohio. To avoid having his true identity revealed he lied about his name and then sat in the back of a cruiser and chewed off his fingerprints. The police subsequently identified him by a tattoo.
Perils of politeness
"Retail staff cannot win," writes a reader: "We were looking for a new fridge so did the rounds of the stores comparing prices. The continual 'chirpy chit-chat' drove me nuts. Sixteen times was the record in one large store - from the front door sofas, through the shop, past the TVs to the fridges at the back. At the final store I was over it, so ignored the swine who asked me how my day was going. Then hubby starting engaging with him, really? Looked up to see a friend's son, so had to apologise profusely and explain why I was grumpy. He understood and said they are instructed to engage with the customers that way, even though he knows it can be annoying."
Back in 2014 Whangarei District Council insisted that The Basin Arts & Crafts House (The Bach) repaint the bollards in front of its gallery a dull green after two artivists painted them in bright Hundertwasser-inspired colours, explains chairwoman Heather Carthew. "In the lead-up to the referendum on the Hundertwasser Art Centre, the use of such bold colour had become a politically sensitive issue.
Bright future. Photo / Supplied
Bright murals and painted letterboxes were popping up all over town but this minor infringement of the rules on WDC property was quick to attract attention and the resulting over-reaction from some on the council (who took the view that it was "vandalism and defacement of council property"), created an unbelievable Facebook and media response. The Bach artivists duly repainted the bollards to their original state ... but late last year the artivists finally obtained council permission to reinstate colour in front of the gallery AND around the adjacent parking area. The bold, bright bollards will now be a permanent fixture outside The Bach at Town Basin and embrace the Hundertwasser legacy."
Via Bad Newspaper.
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