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Controversy is not the most original marketing strategy for purveyors of fast food, but it appears to work. A billboard featuring a headless chicken has been culled, without a single complaint from members of the public, after the billboard company decided it was offensive. The billboard was designed to promote Murder Burger in Ponsonby's use of free range and ethically farmed animals, but the billboard company, iSite, decided it was not okay to remind people that animals do have to die so people can eat meat.
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A mother writes: " To the two middle-aged men sitting outside GPK on Ponsonby Rd last week, I'd like to point out that my daughter is 12 years old. So when she was bending over to put her bag under the back seat in my car she was oblivious to the fact her shorts were falling down and her top was riding up. Because she's 12! And you two looked like you were about 50 - a tad old and pervy to be laughing and gesturing at a child in such an inappropriate manner. I appreciate the woman at the next table noticing and shooting you filthy looks as I didn't want to draw attention to you and embarrass my daughter."
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A reader loves how children's minds work. "Thursday we bought new toothbrushes for the family and this morning I passed the kids' bathroom to see our youngest (7) vigorously brushing his face with his new toothbrush. I asked him what he was doing and in reply got a look of disdain as he told me his new toothbrush was for cheeks and tongues, not just teeth.
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An armed robber was arrested after he held up a bank - and returned minutes later to pay off his overdraft. A man ran into a bank in Nova Varos, Serbia, wearing a balaclava and brandishing a shotgun and demanded tellers hand over their cash. He got the equivalent of $77,000 and ran off. Staff were still recovering from the shock when he returned, without his balaclava, wanting to settle his overdraft. Police said the man had been wearing distinctive bright red trainers and everyone had noticed them.
(Source: Ananova.com)
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Claire Elliott of St Heliers writes: "My grandchildren were on holiday in the South Island and enjoying a bush walk. Their father told them early settlers used to write on rangiora leaves. They decided they would write on one and send it to a relative in Auckland.
Today it arrived in the post, 50c stamp still affixed and text legible. It took less than a week to arrive. Top marks, NZ Post."
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Today's Webpick: Despite not being able to speak, this toddler can babble a better conversation than most. Watch it here. These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
