A motel on the Panmure-Ellerslie Highway has the words: "Haremei - Welcome" in large letters at the entrance on a couple of professionally made signs, according to this reader. "I have looked for 'haremei' on the internet to no avail. Can anyone identify this language? Or does the sign-writer require a new Maori dictionary?"
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The New York Times reports that some hardcore ultra-marathoners have their toenails removed surgically (and permanently). Toenails can cause problems by bleeding underneath or coming loose and banging against the front of a shoe. One keen participant considered his toenails "useless appendages, remnants of claws from evolutionary times" and a "dead weight". (News of the Weird)
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Police say a one-legged suspect was caught after a single shoe was taken from a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from the shop. A police spokesman said authorities were alerted and quickly found the man with the shoe. (Source: Metro.co.uk)
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While at his brother-in-law's funeral at Holy Trinity Church in Parnell, Dennis was horrified to find you had to get a parking ticket to park behind the church. "How long is a funeral supposed to last? I was told by a local that tow trucks frequent this lot often while a funeral is in progress and tow cars away that haven't put enough money in. A tow truck was in the carpark when I returned to my car but I had allowed two hours and still had 20 minutes to go."
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A reader writes: "Tania Brown does not consider it her fault that the Rimutaka hill was closed, so why should Jetstar consider it their fault [and refund]? That's what happens when you buy non-refundable fares. Ever heard of insurance? You can't blame the company for unfortunate circumstances beyond everyone's control."
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The yarn about the teen not being sold wine gums because the shopkeeper thought they contained wine reminds Gary of the time his dad sent some passionfruit to a pen pal in Japan (in the 1950s), and found out years later her parents had forbidden her to eat them thinking they would make her passionate.
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View today's Herald cartoon
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<i>Sideswipe:</i> Haremei and kiorah to all
What grass? Snapped by Noel somewhere between Cairns and Rockhampton, Australia.
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