Sideswipe: Easily tracked

No postcode on this one. Photo / Supplied

"Our daughter's friend in Scotland knew New Zealand was a small place so he was confident she would get her card even with this address," writes a reader.

Strange Habits and Quirks

* My other half hangs out the washing making sure that both pegs are the same colour.

* I always punch a shower curtain if I enter the bathroom and it's pulled across. You never know what might be behind it ...

* I have to eat my veg before the rest of my meal to "get it out of the way".

* I can't go into a dark room until the light is on. Ever. I need to lean into the room with one hand and switch the light on with my feet firmly on the side of the room's threshold.

* When walking down the street, my 6-year-old insists on jumping on every yellow fire hydrant drain cover he comes across. He then yells: "free hit!" and thumps his mother. I have told him that the FH on the cover actually stands for Free Hugs, which he thinks isn't quite as much fun.

* The trays in the cutlery drawer must go forks, knives, spoons - no other way makes sense. Teaspoons underneath and any other random utensils arranged to the side.

* I never take the first newspaper off the pile, always dig 3 or 4 down, or take the first biscuit out of the pack. I don't know why, although I think it's something to do with being "exposed to the air" or "being touched by someone else".

* I use the iron pretty much every morning. I actually have to sometimes physically hold the plug in my hand and say to myself that the iron is off. Then soon as I get in the car to the station I text or call my girlfriend who I live with and say "can you check I have switched the iron off?"(Source: B3ta.com)

Environmental mover

Yesterday's picture entitled Economical Mover (the guy moving the couch on his bike) should be re-named Environmental Mover. Adrian writes: "I sold my old couches on Trade Me and the new owner turned up to my house in Kingsland on his bike and asked me to help him load. I laughed looking around for his mate in a van. The silence told me he was deadly serious, so I offered to hire a trailer and drop them to his apartment just off Queen St. "That's not environmentally friendly" he said. As we were struggling to get the first couch aboard a guy in a small truck driving passed stopped for a laugh, then offered to give a hand using his truck. "That's not environmentally friendly" he said. There were two trips made to pick up the two couches, taking the best part of half a day. At least he achieved his goal of a nil carbon footprint. This guy makes the Green Party look like BP when it comes to planet saving ..."