Monday, February 06, 2012 The Essential Guide to Dunedin
Yuss we get days off, and paid for it. Yuss we get presents that we can later put on Trademe and use the money to buy something equally useless!But Christmas is not always easy, my friend. There are several ways in which you can Christmasley ruin your life. If you don’t hate yourself, read on, and learn what not to do this Christmas.1- Do not wrap yourself in Christmas lights. This is a health and safety disaster. For one, you may choke. This may be cool and rock n roll if you are combining it with a cheeky bit of self service, but whilst sitting at your desk in front of an ageing PC, it loses its street cred.
You could also slowly bake yourself as the gentle heat from the lightsstarts to roast your flesh in such a gradual manner that you don’teven …
This little animal is called the Naked Mole Rat and is from North Africa.
So if you are having a bad day and feeling sorry for yourself, remember: it could be worse. …
Corporal punishment, or the use of physical violence as a way to moldor shape the behaviour of children is now frowned upon (and oftenillegal) in both schools and in homes.I have a feeling that it is OK on international waters and oil rigs,but please don't quote me on this.
Some people are a bit annoyed that as parents, aunties, elder cousinsand hungover babysitters, we have been stripped of the right to punishkids in the bashy nature we deem fit.I am not really bothered by the removal of this right. It's not that Ihave some kind of moral highground on the subject; it's more that Isee physical violence (as a method of punishment) as ineffective andunimaginative.It is …
Edinburgh is a delightful city. Every thing is made out of castle. Cobbled streets invoke all kinds of wonderous imagery, of garroted prostitutes, catch-me-if-you-can messages smeared in blood and baffled coppers. Delightful.
I want to say ‘Alright guv-mor’ to everyone I meet. I want to introduce myself as the ‘umble chimney sweep’. It doesn’t matter that this is not London, and I am not Oliver Twist. In my head, everyone talks funny, and I am waiting for 40 lashings for my big fat gob. …
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