Sideswipe: Bad-taste graphic

3 News coverage of the Rosemary Ives story on Tuesday evening. Photo / supplied

Off target
A reader was astounded by what she described as a grossly insensitive graphic used in a 3News story on Tuesday night featuring a photo of Rosemary Ives, who was fatally shot by a hunter at Taupo.

Apocalyptic enterprise
"Are you attending the Rapture on May 21?" asks the classified ad. "I expect to be left behind when it happens, so if you aren't going to need your worldly possessions, be they money, cars, canned food, durable goods etc, I would gladly take them off your hands. Serious responses only, please. And remember time is short ... Am willing to travel for said goods." (Source: New York Craigslist).

Stink policing
Two police constables in north London threatened Louise Willows with arrest for criminal damage and forced her to clean her artwork from a city footpath. Willows had cleared off 25 doggy dumps and in their place drawn pink cupcakes in chalk (with a nearby message, "Dog owners, Please clear up your dog's mess. Children walk here"). (Source: Daily Mail)

Something to chew over
"Wrigley's have a new range of 'Professional' chewing gum," writes a reader from Hawkes Bay. "Does it mean only professional gum-chewers should try to use the product, or that it was manufactured by professionals? But then surely all chewing gum is made by professionals, rather than blokes in sheds?"

Disney brunettes rule, okay
"No brunette Disney princesses? Rubbish!" declares a reader, who can name six for starters. "Snow White, Pocahontas, Tiana, Jasmine, Belle and Mulan are all brunettes ... There are only two blondes in the 'official' princess list - Cinderella and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty).

Search alert for pride and joy
Keep your eyes peeled for a rare 1970s Valiant VF V8 Coupe pinched from Alfred St in Onehunga about noon on Tuesday this week. "It's my pride and joy and took me a while to get it looking like this," writes Geoffrey, who can be contacted with any information on geoffreydaley@gmail.com