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“Donald Trump, Vladimir
Putin and Boris Johnson
walk into a room ... Oh, god- this isn’t even a joke any
more! Help!” – seen on Twitter
“If you’ve ever thought, ‘I
like Donald Trump and his
policies and his hair but I
really just wish he could
read’, then Great Britain
has the leader for you.”
– The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah“If chefs prepared food
on the Moon, their dishes
would surely be interesting,
but their restaurants would
have no atmosphere.”
– astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
Tyson“FaceApp is great because
it shows what you would
have eventually looked like
if we had stopped climate
change.” – public relations
consultant Ben Thomas“Wow. They’ve made an app
that ages you more quickly
than Twitter.” – writer Sathnam
Sanghera“It’s just the ‘States of
America’ now, folks.”
– comedian Steve Wrigley“’Racially charged’ makes
it sound like y’all out here
buying triple-K batteries.”
– seen on Twitter account Kwame
Mbalia“One of the secrets of a
happy life is continuous
small treats.” – Iris Murdoch“Give me a one-handed
economist. All my
economists say on the one
hand ... on the other.” – US
President Harry Truman“Not since Lomu has one
Kiwi inflicted so much
damage on English hopes.”- the Telegraph on the Silver
Ferns’ Maria Folau’s form in their
Netball World Cup semi-final win
over England
Quips&
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shop is doing its best to
respond to customers and
help the environment.
Jan Francis
(Waipū)MAN PROBLEM
I eagerly open my new
Listener and go straight to
the book reviews (Books &
Culture, July 27). Eye caught
by a stunning photo, I read
the caption about the female
author: “More politically
aware than shrilly feminist”.
My heart sinks. It must be a
male reviewer. A look at the
byline: Peter Calder. Sigh.
Jill Abigail
(Ōtaki)CONSENTING CONUNDRUM
Ross Brown (Letters, July 6)
eloquently addresses the
issues of resource and build-
ing consents. His is far from
an isolated experience.
Apart from the Resource
Management Act, the
Building Act also has great
relevance in this. The Build-
ing Act 2004 gives huge
power to a cluster of people
of unknown qualifications
or experience who issue
demands with no right of
appeal. There are no set quali-
fications for these people and
there is no national register of
who they are.
Before the present law
came in, a designer or builder
or owner could seek advice“Everything is on that street;
the corner shop is on the
corner ...”
Otago Daily Times, 24/6/It proved difficult, so he
returned the next morning and
reduced the phallus to sawdust.
Wainwright, who owns the
Woodville Organ Museum, had
been caretaker of the reserve
for many years.
Dominion Post, 15/6/At the rear of the garage and
opening to the grounds thereis a private and completely
separate studio with its own
beautiful bathroom and deck.
This versatile space is ideal for
parking guests ...
Press, 17/11/How a poor, smart boy became
a deprived billionaire
Stuff.co.nz, 18/7/Also Police are investigating
a theft of a battery from
Bunnings, a few good leads
coughed up some good results.
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I be given a merciful end if
I become demented to the
point where I don’t recognise
loved ones, am frightened and
aggressive and can’t feed or
toilet myself.
He quotes “due recognition
and respect for the rights and
freedoms of others” as “impor-
tant in this debate”. Surely
this applies in particular to
those of a religious persuasion
recognising and respecting the
rights of those who don’t share
their beliefs? All we ask is that
they respect our right to have
a peaceful death, as we respecttheir right not to.
Lee Pomeroy
(Kilbirnie, Wellington)LIFE AFTER PLASTIC
In Life (July 20), Bill Ralston
asks what we will use in
place of plastic. After some
discussion with customers,
the local butcher in Waipū
has gone from using plastic
cling film to greaseproof and
brown paper. Great customer
service.
He also sells milk in
returnable glass bottles. It’s
not easy competing with
supermarkets, but this local