KEY POINTS:
Middle finger politics: Doesn't it seem hypocritical that the Greens, righteous propagators of the anti-smacking bill, would use such aggressive imagery and language in their campaign materials? (Spotted on a wall next to a sushi joint on Marua Rd in Ellerslie, Auckland.)
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A Tesco store refused to sell barbecue sauce to a customer because it contained a tiny amount of alcohol and she couldn't prove her age. Claire Birchell, 25, was told she could not buy the Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce with an alcohol content of 2 per cent. Staff at the store near Bedford also refused to sell the bottle to her brother-in-law, Philip Dover, 27, who did have ID, because they believed he would just give it to her. Mr Dover said: "It's not as if we were going to go and sit down the park drinking it." (Source: The Telegraph)
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Gary Parkes of Palmerston North writes: "Admittedly the political season is hotting up, but the ad in the Herald's classifieds last week seeking a 'qualified tradesperson in all fascist of the baking trade' was a bit much."
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Graham Hosie was standing on Princes Wharf waiting for someone who was visiting the MV Doulos. "This large ship, with a crew of 340 people, was built in 1914 and happens to be the oldest passenger ship operating," he explains. "A youngish man, aged about 25, walked up to me, and asked: 'When is this boat leaving?' I said: 'In about two weeks, I believe.' He responded: 'Oh! So this isn't the Waiheke ferry, then?"'
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Proud dad Diego Betanzo corrects himself and thanks SideSwipe for helping his baby girl become "officially Googleable". He writes: "Ilse is the great-great-granddaughter of All Black Teddy Roberts and her great-great-great-grandfather was Harry (Henry) Roberts - also an All Black."
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Today's Webpick: An Inconvenient Truth: The Opera. Watch it here.
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