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Sideswipe: Wrapped around your finger

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Sideswipe: One man's trash

"This old armchair in Mt Roskill had three such 'we are investigating' stickers on it from someone sent out by the Auckland Council," writes Paul Carpenter of Rotorua.

Sideswipe: Don't be a tool

My friend Lisa is an extremely capable handy woman. Here's a great feedback comment she left on a hardware store's Facebook page

Sideswipe: No unicorns were harmed

This entry in the NZ Bakels Supreme Pie Awards may not have won or even come close, but it certainly gets kudos for originality.

Sideswipe: A lewd festival

This typo was handled perfectly by a Canadian news announcer.

Sideswipe: July 29: Library baggage

Spotify offers free music to millions and the minuscule royalty per stream they pay artists has always been the subject for much grumbling.

Sideswipe: July 28: Consumers to blame

Guilt-free beer in the US is about to be ruined by a nutrition information panel.

Sideswipe: Bus drifting in the Tron?

Class clown demoted to chairwoman of the bored "I had been sent out of my math class for being disruptive - throwing books across

Sideswipe: Art in eye of beholder

Paul spotted this at Countdown Highland Park. He wasn't sure if they were delusional or having us all on.

Sideswipe: Bucktoothed suffragettes

Vintage postcards and posters dated from around 1900 to 1914 warning men of the dangers associated with the suffragette movement.

Sideswipe: Depressed copywriter

"Is the person naming these colours of yarn okay?" tweets @kendrawcandraw.

Sideswipe: Creative answer

Inmates who escape their cells usually do it to fly the coop, but some have more altruistic motives.

Sideswipe: Rubbish day

Someone seems to have put grandpa with the rubbish in Grey Lynn.

Sideswipe: July 7: Love your dentist?

My local gym overlooks the Marina in Oriental Bay Wellington, and there's a yacht with the name 'TitusCanby'.

Sideswipe: TMI for Iron Maiden fans

Leather strides have lining shorts built in, and I saw no harm in going commando.

Sideswipe: Clear as mud prescription

Teens are forever getting a bad rap, but Robyn wrote this to Massey High School to give some positive feedback for a change.

Sideswipe: Prince or priest?

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Sideswipe: Understated description

Women in NSW must've been wondering what decade they were in when they got a campaign letter from the Liberal Party with their last name changed to match the man they live with.