One of these things is not like the other

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1. Lew 1

   3 April 2009 at 4:37 pm

   Ooh, ooh, let me:

   One of them is black and white!

   and…

   One of them is a woman!

   and …

   One of them is a Nat!

   and…

   One of them oversaw the most brutal right-wing economic reforms NZ has ever known!

   and…

   None of the above statements is true for any more than one of the people pictured!

   L
   • Macro 1.1

     3 April 2009 at 8:06 pm

     I was about to say the same thing!
2. jtuckey 2

   3 April 2009 at 4:58 pm

   Only one of them didn’t have a prior job in the private sector.
   • Patrick 2.1

     5 April 2009 at 11:22 am

     Key has the least hair on his chest
     • the sprout 2.1.1

       5 April 2009 at 11:40 am

       yes he does look like he’d be a regular visitor to the waxing clinic.
       i expect he gets his nails manicured frequently too.
     • BLiP 2.1.2

       6 April 2009 at 10:20 am

       Interesting that he had those blond tints put in his hair just before attending the Big Gay Out – plus that pink polka dot tie he so loves. You don’t suppose he’s actually . . . . well, you know . . .
3. simon 3

   3 April 2009 at 5:12 pm

   One of them worked at a Freezing Works before becoming PM
   One of them wasn’t born in New Zealand
   One of them was nicknamed the smiling assassin by collegues
   One of them was New Zealand’s first ELECTED female PM
4. Lew 4

   3 April 2009 at 5:21 pm

   So, colour me cynical, but I’m trying to figure out the gratuitous anti-Key angle here, but I can’t. Anyone got any ideas?

   simon: Technicality – PMs aren’t elected, they’re appointed by the G-G.

   L
   • The Sprout 4.1

     3 April 2009 at 5:29 pm

     lighten up Lew, it’s a game bro
   • simon 4.2

     3 April 2009 at 5:34 pm

     In the age of the party vote, when you vote for a party you pretty much know who’ll be PM if they win (when I say they, I mean coalition these days) GG… yeah right!
5. Schwule 5

   3 April 2009 at 5:31 pm

   One of them plays pass the dildo?
   • Ag 5.1

     3 April 2009 at 9:33 pm

     Leave Donkey alone.
6. Brett Dale 6

   3 April 2009 at 5:44 pm

   The two men in the glasses are the greatest prime ministers we have ever had, the other man is making the right choices no matter what left wing bloggers say, and the lady started out well, but then got a attitude of “We know what is best for you” she didn’t understand that that we didn’t need an aunty looking after us, that is why she is now working for an extreme corrupt organization that doesn’t work.
7. Doug 7

   3 April 2009 at 5:52 pm

   simon
   One of them was New Zealand’s first ELECTED female PM.
   Sorry to say no PM is elected.
   • BLiP 7.1

     3 April 2009 at 7:39 pm

     No one can be Prime Minister unless they are elected.
     • Ari 7.1.1

       3 April 2009 at 7:53 pm

       That doesn’t mean they’re elected as Prime Minister, however, as the position is an appointment, not an elected office.
8. dave 8

   3 April 2009 at 5:56 pm

   One of them had an affair
   One of them got married to a man
   One of them was related to me.
   One of them is not a former Prime Minister
   One of them is not looking at the camera
   One of them is able to smell uranium on ones breath.
9. John Dalley 9

   3 April 2009 at 5:57 pm

   Could it be that one is a Dick named John Key?
10. Schwule 10

    3 April 2009 at 6:09 pm

    Could it be that I use a plastic dick?

    [sprout: edited for accuracy]
11. toad 11

    3 April 2009 at 6:10 pm

    One of them allowed us to be Rogered!

    The one below him is only threatening a Rogering (or maybe a Garrotting) yet.

    It’s time to stand up and fight back before it happens again!
12. gobsmacked 12

    3 April 2009 at 6:26 pm

    Three of them were fluent in the English language.
13. Paul Robeson 13

    3 April 2009 at 6:27 pm

    one of them is a raving paternalist socialist who likes to tell the banks, private citizens and the reserve bank what to do?
    • Ari 13.1

      3 April 2009 at 7:57 pm

      Yes, but he’s better than most of the other National Party leaders we’ve had. 😉
      • chris 13.1.1

        4 April 2009 at 6:10 pm

        ahahahah
14. monkey boy 14

    3 April 2009 at 6:27 pm

    Helen Clark was not born into a workng class environment.
15. Schwule 15

    3 April 2009 at 6:31 pm

    [sprout: DELETED, BANNED one week]
    • getstuffed 15.1

      3 April 2009 at 8:43 pm

      what did you say?
      • Ag 15.1.1

        3 April 2009 at 9:35 pm

        Apparently: “sprout: DELETED, BANNED one week”
16. gobsmacked 16

    3 April 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Three of them are thinking “I wish this bloody photographer would hurry up so I can get back to doing my job.”

    The other one thinks this IS his job.
17. Irascible 17

    3 April 2009 at 6:40 pm

    The key is that one is an invention by a perception management company and therefore hasn’t had an original idea in his head that he can’t read from a crosby textor handout.
    • Draco T Bastard 17.1

      4 April 2009 at 11:14 am

      But he’s very good at doing what he’s told.
18. logie97 18

    3 April 2009 at 6:46 pm

    one of them is supported by the likes of Schwule and his vile thinking – I’m surprised you haven’t banned this creep.
    • The Sprout 18.1

      3 April 2009 at 7:00 pm

      agreed, logie97.
      the little angry one is now banned for one week.
      • Macro 18.1.1

        3 April 2009 at 8:13 pm

        only 1 week! But maybe we can pass a law in an hour to retrospectively extend that to 10! – AND TO HANG WITH THE BORA!
19. Doug 19

    3 April 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Three old people, one comparatively young.
    • The Sprout 19.1

      3 April 2009 at 7:39 pm

      true, David Lange was only 42 when he was elected PM
20. mickysavage 20

    3 April 2009 at 7:35 pm

    Easy.

    Three of them (us?) thought their job was as important as it gets and they wanted to create a better New Zealand.

    The fourth wanted a line on his CV.
    • gingercrush 20.1

      3 April 2009 at 7:57 pm

      So you having the name, “Mickey Savage” the PM who brought sweeping social reforms in this country think Lange made a better New Zealand. Even though under his LEADERSHIP the roots of New Zealand’s social system was destroyed? (Now I don’t think that was a bad thing but your position is very murky). Did he really create a better New Zealand in your eyes even though he changed so many things Mickey Savage created.

      That doesn’t really make sense.
      • Mello C 20.1.1

        4 April 2009 at 11:09 pm

        What do you mean by ‘New Zealand’s social system’, exactly, and how was it destroyed?
21. Doug 21

    3 April 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Two deceased, Clarke will be a US citizen. Only leaves one in New Zealand.
22. mickysavage 22

    3 April 2009 at 8:19 pm

    gingercrush

    You have no understanding of history.

    David Lange received a poisoned chalice. The week after he was elected the foreign exchange markets closed because the country had run out of money. Rob Muldoon refused to devalue the dollar after he had been voted out of office and NZ faced a constitutional crisis. From there the country floated the dollar and kept deregulating. I have some sympathy with what happened because it may have been the only option but one that went against every instinct that a Labour Politician ought to have had.

    Lange also had the decency to call for a “cup of tea” and a halt to the privatisation process that had been started. Without him and Helen Clark the Labour party would have imploded. David deserves credit for this.

    Under his leadership the roots of the social system were preserved and not destroyed. It could have been far worse.

    Because of David things are far better than they might have been. We could have ended up with Act in control of the country (shudder …)
    • gingercrush 22.1

      3 April 2009 at 10:44 pm

      Well I don’t think that argument washes. You praise Lange for putting a halt to it? By then it was too late. And you are playing revisionist history. Helen Clark didn’t put a stop to a damn thing. During that time her support was firmly with the neo-liberalists. Her opinion may have changed later. But she wasn’t like Cullen who opposed things. I also don’t buy your argument about floating the currency. That is one thing. They didn’t need to deregulate. Now I’m actually fine with the changes they actually did in government. But you seem to want everything. How can Lange be admired as a leader when it was under his LEADERSHIP when this happened. He clearly wasn’t a good leader, since he allowed changes that he really never agreed with but he just sat there while it all happened.

      The idea that you lead a party but allow everyone below you to step on you is absurd. That isn’t leadership. And is in particular contrast to Muldoon and Clark and I suspect with John Key as well. Clark and Muldoon lead from the front. Its their policies they espoused. They’ll listen to other ideas. But at the end of the day. They decided what would be policy and what wouldn’t be policy. They might have made mistakes along the way. And for Muldoon at least he should have consulted with his party more. But they lead. Something Lange certainly didn’t do.
23. Red Horse 23

    3 April 2009 at 8:26 pm

    Only one of them has dead eyes.
24. getstuffed 24

    3 April 2009 at 8:31 pm

    One liked milk so much he made school kids drink it (un-flavoured too – bastard).

    One liked his secretary to the extent she controlled government policy.

    One liked league but not rugby. At least is wasn’t the pony’s eh.

    One likes to try very hard to be your mate, even when you didn’t ask him to.

    On the facts of it they are all different. Then again they are were all an NZ Prime Ministers.

    Helen wins because shes a woman and not a man like the other three.

    Your games rigged for stupid answers like mine . . . and everyone elses
25. ROFLcopter 25

    3 April 2009 at 8:47 pm

    One of them is a painter….. oh wait… just signs them.
    • QoT 25.1

      3 April 2009 at 11:55 pm

      You know, I think I’m just going to link to this comment every time a rightwinger tells the Standard bloggers to “get over losing the election already”.
26. toad 26

    3 April 2009 at 8:52 pm

    Macro said: only 1 week! But maybe we can pass a law in an hour to retrospectively extend that to 10! – AND TO HANG WITH THE BORA!

    Good point Macro. I have blogged about that issue here.

    I wonder how long he can remain a senior Cabinet Minister in this Government – given the Nats’ ignoring his advice as Attorney General and showing blatant disregard for human rights, natural justice, and due process – before his conscience gets the better of him.

    From what I’ve seen of him so far, I think he would be more comfortable with the Greens than he must be having to cowtow to the Nats licking Garrotte’s [substitute whichever part of his anatomy you choose]!.
    • Joshua 26.1

      3 April 2009 at 11:15 pm

      It is interesting how Finlayson can be pointing out these significant BORA issues, yet still his party ends up voting for them. I guess at the votes are made by the parties rather than as conscious votes, his vote is counted as contradicting exactly what he’s previously stated as being important. A very weird situation I imagine.

      Reading a bit more about the BORA, it was originally designed to be “supreme law” when first proposed by Geoffrey Palmer. Yet it was somehow decided NZ wasn’t ready for that. I wonder if we’re ready yet?
27. Phillips 27

    3 April 2009 at 9:28 pm

    One of them is not normal looking, whilst the rest are…
28. Ag 28

    3 April 2009 at 9:40 pm

    My guess is that Savage is the odd one out. He’s the only one who never obtained a university degree, although Donkey’s B Com in Accounting shouldn’t really count as a university degree.

    Savage is the only one of them who was ever working class.
    • Allan Speedy 28.1

      5 April 2009 at 4:10 pm

      You ignorant half-wit. A BCom in Accounting is a very solid degree.

      Allan Speedy, BCom, MCom (in Accounting)
29. coge 29

    3 April 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Only one of them said, “Where Britain stands, we stand”
30. bryonny 30

    3 April 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Only one will ever accept a british royal honour
31. Clint Heine 31

    3 April 2009 at 10:17 pm

    Which one of them begged Roger to stay in Govt? 🙂
32. Snook 32

    3 April 2009 at 11:07 pm

    One of them looks like a furtive 13 year old who’s been holed up in a closet with a load of whack magazines for too long, who’d be better to take elocution lessons instead.
33. r0b 33

    4 April 2009 at 9:34 am

    One of them is a total banker.
34. Santi 34

    4 April 2009 at 10:36 am

    The one that said will return NZ to the top of the OECD list. Yes, the UN appointed one.
35. Joe Hendren 35

    4 April 2009 at 10:38 am

    Only Michael Joseph Savage governed like a real social democrat.
36. Tane 36

    4 April 2009 at 11:26 am

    Please don’t say it’s because Lange is any kind of social democrat, the man let Roger Douglas loose on our country and sold it to us with a smile and a few cheap laughs. He’s got more in common with Key than he does with the other two.
37. ak 37

    4 April 2009 at 12:01 pm

    Easy.

    One is our highly intelligent and internationally-acclaimed Greatest Living New Zealander.

    The other three share a near-identical capacity for empathy, credibility and intelligent comment and contribute to society solely by a minute addition to soil fertility.
    • NOTTHEGREATESTLIVINGNZER 37.1

      5 April 2009 at 9:29 am

      Haha greatest living NZer ..he he hohoho titter snuffle.
      
      [lprent: An idiot troll]
38. Te PC 38

    4 April 2009 at 2:29 pm

    Three of them were experienced politicians who worked their way through the democratic system, believed in the values of their Party, and took on the role of leadership in order to try to make New Zealand a fairer and better place for all its citizens. They held responsible and respected views on international affairs too.

    The fourth is a self-regarding right-wing opportunist who wanted to see if he could fake his way into top office and can’t believe his luck.
39. Ianmac 39

    4 April 2009 at 3:48 pm

    One of him smiles constantly with his mouth but never with his eyes. The eyes have it!
40. pk 40

    5 April 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Only one is a black and white photo

    keeping true to the original programme 🙂

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