Neighbourly message
When a letter from a neighbour turns up in your letter box, you know it ain't going to be pretty. Here's what one Aucklander found in theirs this week: "Hi Neighbour, I just wanted to leave a note in regards to your children and their noise levels. I do not have children myself, but I once was one. Nowadays, with the blessing of technology, kids can be babysat by a variety of different screens that keep them quiet for hours! It seems that your children either are not offered these or do not have any interest in them and I wanted to congratulate you on that. I have not met your children, I simply hear them screaming, laughing, crying, singing and talking outside almost every day from my house. They sound like they are having a memorable childhood! One where they get mud on their clothes, cuts on their skin and I'm sure squished the odd bug between their toes! I hear the way you speak to them sometimes and I wanted to commend you on your patience and kindness. I'm sure it is not easy. Your neighbour."
Now we've herd of everything
Leigh Wilson writes: "It's very rare I get a laugh during the news, and it was very sad for the cow, but when One News newsreader Peter Williams said that there was concern in Whanganui (when a police officer fired at a cow roaming the streets) that someone could have been 'caught in the crossfire', my husband and I burst out laughing. Was the cow shooting back?"
