Stu Howard is lost for words when it comes to the pinstriped ones on Wall St, so he let Photoshop do the talking.
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An Auckland bar owner is alarmed at un-provincial prices: "Seven of us went to a nice, casual restaurant/bar called Arborio in New Plymouth on Good Friday. Great decor, great service, great food and a great view. Then the bill arrived, with a 20 per cent surcharge. I questioned them - $14.40 for a Bombay gin and tonic? I was told it is a premium gin which usually costs $12. These prices are not seen even at the Viaduct, so how can they justify them? Let's compare; Newmarket $8, Viaduct $9, Queenstown $8.50, Mt Maunganui $7 ... And people moan about Auckland prices."
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Nice work if you can get it: looking to cut costs but not prepared to make associates redundant, New York City law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has chosen to offer its associates - about 1300 worldwide - the option of accepting a third of their base pay to not show up for work for a year. One lawyer has taken up the offer to travel the world and she'll be paid $80,000 to do it.
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Inspired by emails from their own mothers, the creators of website Postcards From Yo Momma have a book of the same name out next month. Here's one of their most popular submissions.
Mum: So when we come to Sydney can we stay at yours?
Mum: Hello?
Me: Oh. Sure. Well, actually there are a number of awesome hotels just a two-minute walk from my house. I've just emailed you a bunch of links. Have a look! Am happy to book any of them for you. But, yeah, of course you are welcome to stay at mine, if you really want to.
Me: Mum?
Mum: You were welcome to stay in my uterus for nine months, and then in my house for 17 years. But I understand, a week at your apartment might be a bit ... much.
Me: Don't you passive-aggressive-smile-face-ME, woman.
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Bailey the 7-year-old retriever went to the vet in Dorset for treatment for what was feared to be a stomach tumour. But when he was opened up the vets discovered five golf gloves, 10 socks, one stocking and a piece of towel. Vet Keith Moore believes Bailey must have been munching on the garments for months or years. "It is amazing that he was not more unwell. This huge mass in his abdomen was picked up on a routine check-up."
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Today's Video Webpick: A Cuban gynecologist has a new job in a US car yard and they milk the fact in their ads. click here.
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