Mexi-Doug and the Get a Perm ad. Photo / Supplied
The Most Memorable Kiwi One-Liners:
Get a perm (Instant Kiwi ad); Bugger (Toyota ad); You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata (early Shortland Street); Beached as, bro (Australian web animation making fun of the Kiwi accent); That is a moustache on a lady (Paul Henry, Breakfast); Start a group (Paul
Henry, Breakfast); That's how John Rowles (Dancing with the Stars); O for awesome (David Tua); Jeez Wayne! (McPhail and Gadsby); Front bums (what John Tamihere calls the ladies). Email Sideswipe with any other suggestions.
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British tourist attraction Wookey Hole, a theme park built around a large hole in the ground, is advertising for a live-in witch. The job requires that the person teach witchcraft and magic to tourists, cackle and not be allergic to cats. You are also expected to provide your own "magical accoutrements". (WeirdNews.net).
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Terry Coggan of Mt Wellington found his subscription to Consumer magazine had been automatically renewed. "It's a fine publication, but we had decided to let our subscription lapse for budgetary reasons. We did receive an email from the magazine saying that unless we contacted them the subscription would be renewed, but since when has the onus been on the subscriber to any journal to be proactive? Isn't Consumer's practice just like the kind of high-pressure marketing tactics the organisation is supposed to protect us against?"
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Abour 200 pre-teens in London were given pedometers to count how many steps they walked, as part of a study into obesity. The study required 11- and 12-year-olds to clip a pedometer to their waists, with researchers at the Mile End Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine collecting the readings by satellite. Researchers were surprised by the activity levels recorded in some obese children; further investigation revealed some had attached their pedometer to their family pets. (Source: BBC News)
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Today's Webpick: An evangelical preacher is so hilarious, his parishioners can't hold it together. Watch it here.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
