Sideswipe: Naked apples

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Put some pants on them apples.

CREATIVE THINKING

The New York Times' Words of the Year list includes:

Cuddle class: Economy-class plane seats that unfold into a bed or couch, as proposed by Air New Zealand. (Anyone like to lay claim to coming up with the word?)

G.T.L.: For "gym, tanning, laundry", the life philosophy of of reality TV's Jersey Shore.

Coffice: In South Korea, a coffee shop habitually used as an office by customers, who mooch its space, electricity, wi-fi and other resources.

Mansplainer: A man compelled to explain or give an opinion about everything - especially to a woman.

TWITTER IN THE COURT

The top judge in England and Wales has ruled that there is no ban on using Twitter in court. Lord Chief Justice Igor Judge - yes, he's Judge Judge - said the use of "unobtrusive, hand held, virtually silent" equipment to give live text updates was unlikely to interfere with the administration of justice.

BLAME IT ON MEAN OL' SANTA

"Poor people hang socks instead of proper Christmas stockings, eh?" asks the 7-year-old. "Poor people don't have presents either," replies Mum. Kid looks aghast and frowns: "That Santa is one mean guy." Mother stumped for a reply in fear of giving it all away.

SAVE US FROM THE STUPID

Cellphones and GPS devices have led visitors to US national parks to do stupid things, confident they will be saved from themselves, say park officials. One lost, cold hiker called rangers to ask for hot chocolate, and another group rang and asked for an escort back to their camp. (Source: News of the Weird)

BARBIE AND THOSE NAUGHTY BITS

Faithe Smith of Tuakau explains the Barbie naughty word security feature. "It 'wild cards' parts of the words our readers chose. Ballet (ball) and Auckland (uck) or dirty word parts such as petite ..." Too bad if you live in Scunthorpe ..."

Today's Webpick: The old 'upside down chin' trick done superbly well...Show this to your kids to make them giggle... Go here.

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