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Shown the ‘turned thumb’

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21 Jun, 2023 11:31 AMQuick Read

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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

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Self inflicted Whoonery’s only result in one being Whooned — literally being shown the “turned thumb”, much to the merriment of those in the imperial box and attic alike.
Being selected as a sacrificial lamb is the result of an accumulation of publicly visible self flagellations that can no longer be
tolerated by the Caesar who has told the gravediggers to dig the hole deep because there’s more to follow. Ka Taka Te Kapa.

 Harawira Craig Pearless

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