A reader writes: "Stopped to get a drink at Woodlands Park [near Titirangi in West Auckland] and cracked up at this guy catching 40 winks."
Cheesecake disaster averted
This thread of txts happened EXACTLY as below ... For this I will call sisters Carol (C) and Lorrine (L):
(C) R u at beach - thort we mite visit & dropoff sum books
(L) We certainly r, Wil b gud 2 c u. Hav K/G with us for few days C u soon Stay for dinner.
(C) Cn we bring anything?
(L) Sum cream wud b good please
(C) Do u wnt a tube or 1 with a spray gun?
(L) Jst 300 ml botle of cream 2 hav with dessert wud b good
(C) Spray gun?
(L) Dont kno wat yr talkin about
(C) Focus on sunscreen
(L) NOT SUNSCREEN Jst CREAM 2 hv at tea 2nite
(C) That ws close call. U nearly got sunscreen from chemist
(L) Great. Whoooo, Was not goin 2 b nice havn SUNSCREEN on Cheese Cake
Weather bomb
Chris Thompson of Rothesay Bay writes: "Some years ago in Britain, the weather report which followed the BBC TV 6 o'clock news consisted of just a board with a map of the country. One evening, fog was forecast in the Midlands, shown by the three individual capital letters F, O and G. However, the letter F had slipped down, so the presenter straightened it. Then it slipped again. She straightened the letter, and looking directly at the camera said, "I do apologise for the F in fog."
Sleeping companions
A mother writes: "I ventured into my 20-year-old daughter's room. On stripping her bed, which included removing piles of clean folded clothes, I discovered that she has been sleeping with various socks, my knickers??? a plate, a fork, $4.30 in change and a dead fly. But it's OK, the sheets walked themselves to the laundry. (She said she knew about the plate!)"
Poppy debate reminder
Tim, 21, asked: "Are Kiwis so anti-Chinese that we have forgotten China and NZ were allies during World War II?"
The 19-year-old disappeared without her wallet or mobile phone.