Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Over the past two decades, I’ve lightened lives by placing numerous humourous signs in my company’s Wellington office building foyers and on their sides. One set of signs on one of our building’s wall sits opposite the statue of a chap with
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I love newspapers but two years back didn’t renew my subscription to Wellington’s Dominion Post, a publication I’ve frequently been a weekly columnist for over the last six decades. When the new owner took over a few years back she immediately turned
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When I read of the Peace Pact between China and the Solomon Islands my heart went out to the millions of mainland Chinese citizens who could now breathe a sigh of relief, the threat of a Solomons Islands invasion of China having been thwarted. Like
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Across the road from my Parisian home lies a famous French patisserie. It provides wonderful spectator entertainment throughout the day, from our first floor windows. I estimate 90% of its customers are women, mainly early middle-aged. The few male customers bound in with gusto and
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Recently the New Zealand Herald lauded a mid-twenties woman for running a restaurant which is hardly a unique accomplishment. Here’s an extract of the interview in which the subject discusses the pressures of her role, this after greeting a regular customer. “I said, take
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Scientists report Ruapehu is on the verge of an eruption. Plainly a case for Jacinda to deal with just as we are repeatedly told she did with White Island. I’ve offered a million dollars to anyone who could tell me precisely what she did
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Reading 3 months of newspapers over several days to ascertain what’s happened in my absence, I noticed a phenomenon one might otherwise overlook. That is the ridiculous spread of the pre-fix “award winning.” These days it seems to apply to virtually everyone and every
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I reluctantly returned home a fortnight ago after over three months away from our hermit kingdom. Awaiting me, a swag of nice letters regarding this blog from readers, which were greatly appreciated. My first task was to read 3 months of newspapers, albeit primarily The
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com French President Macron’s wife Brigitte, 24 years his senior, is suing a self-proclaimed spiritual medium and a journalist, for asserting on YouTube that she is transgender. Specifically, her claim is for a “violation of privacy and fundamental personal rights” and “illicit use of her
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’ve written before of the extraordinary practice, unique to New Zealand, of commercial property agents reinventing the language. Rental “Areas” became “footprints”, plain everyday industrial buildings are described as hard-working, and so it goes. The latest such nonsense came in the recent Herald and
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Now approaching 90 respected scientist and political cartoonist Dr Bob Brockie is no right wing fanatic. Rather he has a life-long history of being a paid-up member of the capital’s trendy-lefty set. But regardless of his political leanings his great passion is science. With
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Ignore the latest Newshub poll. Polls no longer reveal election day realities. I’ve witnessed 25 elections since 1949 as a just turned 10-year-old, that memorable for the shock of seeing my father tearful listening to Prime Minister Peter Fraser’s concession speech on Sunday
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The National Party has dropped its opposition to the government’s Bill banning so-called conversion therapy and instead will make it a conscience vote. Either way makes no difference to the outcome as the government MPs will all fall into line and do as they’
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Just for a moment assume a dramatic news event. Specifically, Jacinda is arrested for among other atrocities, throttling three newborn Maori babies, sustained vile acts of cruelty to kittens, heading a massive illegal drugs-importing racket and running a highly sophisticated nation-wide shop-lifting ring. All of
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com On this site in March, 2020 when the coronavirus panic began, I predicted that when it’s all done and dusted, Sweden’s “live with it” approach will have proven the correct path to adopt. It’s not yet totally “done and dusted” globally but
