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Surely petrol prices and interest rates have already accomplished this? Source: North Shore Times Advertiser, sent in by Ruth Clements of Glenfield.
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Mao Zedong's jet is up for sale. A shopping mall which has the late Chinese leader's official plane on display in the southern boomtown of Zhuhai needs to make room for parking, an executive of the mall company said. "We decided to sell the plane to make more parking space because we are short of parking places," said Wang Zhilei, general manager of Zhuhai Ridong Group. Wang would not disclose the asking price or other details. The British-made Trident jetliner was retired in 1986, and was sold to the mall's owners in 1999, according to the Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily. Mao's plane was one of three Tridents bought by China in 1969. Mao died in 1976. Another Trident served as the personal plane of Lin Biao, Mao's heir apparent, who died when it crashed in 1971 in Mongolia after what some accounts say was a failed coup attempt against Mao. (Source: Associated Press)
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A follow-up to the TV ad about the taxi driver who does not do streets, only lanes and avenues. "I was at Waipuna Lodge in Mt Wellington on Wednesday having breakfast with three colleagues," writes Nigel. "One of them was asked by the waitress if he wanted a coffee or tea. He said no thank you, but he would like an orange juice. The waitress promptly replied: 'I don't do orange juice, just tea and coffee'. She walked away and we cracked up laughing."
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A fellow commuter sends this message to the woman in the silver car in Newmarket turning right from Khyber Pass Rd on to Broadway on Friday evening: "It would have been a good idea to give way to the fire engine. I cannot believe you could not see or hear it, instead making it swerve to avoid you. They are a good deal larger and more solid than your car and you will come off very much worse in a collision. Yes, they do have the right to go through a red light. The way you threw your hands in the air afterwards revealed much about you. Next time it might be your house on fire"
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Today's Webpick: A few weeks out from the US presidential elections and here are two videos from opposite ends of the voting spectrum. The first features some very patronising celebrities, who are encouraging the public to register to vote -- and the second one stars the voting ignorant, who probably havent registered. Watch the celebs here. And watch the voting ignorant here. Scroll down.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
