Sideswipe

A billboard in Kingsland for new Prime TV series Weeds uses a giant bag of marijuana to entice viewers. A reader who lives nearby writes: "Last night when driving home, a bunch of stoners dressed in hoodies with pxt phones were seen bowing down to the big baggie of weed hanging off said billboard."

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A reader writes: "Going to buy liquor with a friend at a certain Mt Eden supermarket the other day, I realised I didn't have my ID. Even though my friend and I are 26, we realised we needed to come up with a solution pretty quickly. We found that solution when my friend was able to use his ID (which was duly checked) and my credit card, to purchase the alcohol. Signing for the credit card with a completely made up signature. So much for security procedures there."

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Food lust: Men who are full are more attracted to skinny women; hungry men prefer heavier women. Men were asked to rate how hungry they were on a scale of one to seven. Using these responses, the researchers selected 30 hungry and 31 satiated men to take part in the study. The men were then asked to rate the attractiveness of 50 women of varying weights, all within a healthy range, who had been photographed wearing tight grey leotards and leggings. The hungry men rated more of the heavier women as attractive than the men who were already fit to bust. (Source: BBC)

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Reader Ken Buckley on postcodes: "Spare a thought for clubs and any other holders of membership/mailing lists. There is no direct connection between old and new postcodes, so every street needs to be checked. Yes, it can be done online but it is a slow process. I have more than 2000 names on our association list and must produce labels for our magazine in postcode order to get concessions on bulk postage rates. NZ Post has a computer file available that could be used to make updates automatically ... subscription is $1000 a year."

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And reader Mike Rowarth on post office boxes: "Apart from providing a substantial revenue stream for NZ Post, post office boxes actually make life easier for them. They don't have to deliver the mail because the box-holders collect it. So you'd think that they would encourage everybody to use them and discourage them from sending the mail to the street address. They also charge $3000 from anyone wanting access to the post office box directory."

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In response to Mike, who claimed he takes his wedding ring off, not to promote himself as available, but so it doesn't interfere with his golf swing, Nicky from Mt Albert writes: "One wonders just what your wedding ring must be like if it can interfere with a golf swing. I also play golf and have never used my wedding ring as an excuse for a bad swing. Maybe you should consider lessons."