Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Who ya gonna call?
Spotted on Queen Street, metro busters are called to clean up the Santa parade carnage.
The Santa ghost had long gone, leaving behind masses of people, distressed children, and a whirlwind of litter.
3 Comments » - Posted in Auckland by michelle
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Trim
I despise hair-dressers.
As a teenager my mother would take me to the hairdresser on a semi-regular basis.
And every time the hairdresser would tell me my hair was too flat, too knotty, had split-ends, had too much volume, had not enough volume, or any number of other aliments.
They would spend an hour snipping away, true masters [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Domestic Excitment by michelle
Friday, November 28th, 2008
Arrr!
The other day I was refining my propagating skills by taking cuttings from two corokia plants we had bought for my new hedge.
Beau observing my newfound gardening talent suddenly states “You can’t do that!”.
“Do what?”, I asked, as I planted the cuttings into an array of pots.
“Make a copy. That’s illegal”
“Um… Watch me.”
“But you didn’t [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Excitment, house by michelle
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Damn it! I’ve lost my keys
I spotted the following extract on the feedback page in the latest AA Directions magazine:
If you own a ‘remote locking’ car and for some silly reason you lock it with the keys inside, you can ring any person who has the other remote locking device and get them to send the frequency over the phone [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by michelle
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Damn it! I’ve lost my keys
I spotted the following extract on the feedback page in the latest AA Directions magazine:
If you own a ‘remote locking’ car and for some silly reason you lock it with the keys inside, you can ring any person who has the other remote locking device and get them to send the frequency over the phone [...]