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Is it just me or is anyone else really irritated by the great Snifters con, asks Douglas Ormrod of Glendowie. "The whole thing is
a piece of choreographed underhand Cadbury's marketing. The Save the Snifters website belongs to Auckland advertising agency Admission and the site appeared the same day Cadbury's announced the 'cancellation'. The media know it is a jack-up, but it does not stop them filling in air time and print space with 'breaking news' about the Sugar Liberation Army (formally the Symbionese Liberation Army; watch for Patty Hearst fronting Cadbury's ads in future). In a few weeks I guarantee Cadbury's will cave into public pressure, release a stockpile of lollies and a whole new generation will be hooked. It's a demonstration of just how easy it is to manipulate public opinion with the aid of a compliant media - don't fall for it."
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Peter writes: "My wife went to collect our mail and stopped to pull up some weeds on the way. She did not lock the door behind her and someone was quick enough to go into the house and steal her handbag. When she reported the theft to the police she was told it was not a theft, she had lost her handbag and she could only report the event under the heading of lost property, since she did not see the person with the bag and no damage was done to the house. So there was no crime. Presumably if the person is found with the bag they will be rewarded for 'finding it'. This is a great way of reducing the crime statistics. Give the crime a new name and they don't have to include it when the theft figures are added up."
I've been waiting to see somebody else come up with this reaction to your Helen Clark/John Key chewy-face dog toys story, but maybe it's only me who feels this way, writes Josie. "Does anybody else wonder how clever it is, in view of all the dog-mauling stories we hear, to give toys to dogs that encourage them to treat the human face as something to sink their teeth into?"
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This year's Turner Prize finalists include a naked mannequin sitting on the toilet, a rejigged clip from The Simpsons, a pile of dirty dishes at a supermarket checkout and a video of a woman pushing a cup and saucer off a table.
Today's Webpick:How an engineer folds a t-shirt. Watch it here. Scroll down.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.