Comments on: Undoing the trouser button

By: jcuknz

jcuknz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:16 +0000

Instead of pinching the tulips and daffs that the council planted for our enjoyment they are supporting local floral industry … unless darstadly the flowers are being imported?
Trust the lefties to crit the polys irrespective

By: Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:38:12 +0000

It is?! Then someone’s buying hugely expensive fruit, or is satiated by very cheap hookers.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:03:25 +0000

Very clever, Rex.

Also, did you know that in certain circles “fruit & flowers” is an accounting euphemism for hookers and coke?

Just a thought.

By: Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:31:10 +0000

In the spirit of that horrendous choir that caused so much mirth at Labour's conference, I reckon Tony, Maurice, Chris and Heather ought to peform a ballad of their own to their Leader at the next NACT get together.

By: Lew

Lew — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:06:50 +0000

Thanks, Merv from Remuera. You’ve given us a phrase with potential to be one of the all-time greats of NZ politics. Now, if only there was someone in opposition who could pick it up and run with it like it so richly deserves to be run with …

By: gitmo

gitmo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:57:01 +0000

What you’re surprised that politicians aren’t being miserly with taxpayers money ?

They and their staff need a kick up the backside as do the following from the same article.

The labour ministers who spent $45,733 over the same period in 2008 and had fruit baskets for their offices.

The role of shame and honour ……

HIGHEST
* Prime Minister John Key – $5503
* (Helen Clark – $4900 In 2008)
* Finance Minister Bill English – $4051
* (Michael Cullen – $1928 in 2008)
* Local Government Minister Rodney Hide (Act) – $2893
* Education Minister Anne Tolley – $2716

LOWEST
* Health Minister Tony Ryall – $53
* Customs Minister Maurice Williamson – $74.67
* Arts and Culture Minister Chris Finlayson – $397
* Consumer Affairs Minister Heather Roy (Act) – $622

By: Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:31:19 +0000

Or behind our back whilst we’re on our knees…

Which conjures an altogether more disturbing mental image than Bill’s trouser button being undone.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:02 +0000

That’s ok, Cindy. I’ll kick you for you. Idiot.

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:05 +0000

Appalling lot of National Government MPs.

It is bad enough when they do things behind our back, metaphorically.

With the has-been National leader’s latest report aiming to rewind us to the time when we fell behind Australia at a faster rate, they’ll have us on our knees, metaphorically.

Behind our backs or on our knees? Some of us are regretting the votes we cast.