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A Wedding cake topper that gives marriage a bad name:
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After a legal battle that has lasted nearly 10 years, a couple in the Philippines have finally lost in their attempt to sue a pastry shop because they didn't like their wedding cake. The couple claimed that the five-tier wedding cake was a "tawdry orange" colour and a bit wonky. They said the cake caused them humiliation, anxiety, anguish and sleepless nights. They sought $545 in damages. An appeal court didn't agree and said that in the wedding photos the couple were smiling while cutting it, and that it was partially eaten.
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Anyone else catch Simon Dallow's shout to his Dad on One News on Monday night? Reading a story about the special service medals awarded to those who helped retrieve and identify bodies after the Mt Erebus tragedy, Dallow managed to insert "Good on ya, Dad" seamlessly into his autocue spiel. His father, Ross Dallow, was one of the 90 people awarded a medal for his involvement. Dallow told Sideswipe he was a teenager at the time but remembers it as stressful and was proud of his father after attending the ceremony earlier in the day.
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Amature anthropologist Stafford Wilson had opportunity to observe Coca-Cola account service managers in their natural habitat. "While walking to work this morning my attention wavered as I saw the account service managers for Coca-Cola and Pump water getting into their account service vehicles on Ponsonby Rd. This is nothing new; they are a common sight in the area. What caught my attention were: apparently if you work for Coke in Auckland you have to be young, female and blonde (reminiscent of the Redbull promo girls). You must follow each other in a car of your own, going to the same locations with three spare seats - thus giving the impression that Coca-Cola is delivering train carriages of blondes to you. Then you must park behind each other and follow the alpha blonde in front to the next cafe. One holds the clipboard and the others smile. I read somewhere once that Coke's eventual goal was to have its product accessible within 2m of anyone at any time."
