Pool party fails to impress
Walking through Dunedin's Woodhaugh Gardens with his daughter on their way to school, Jeff Dickie was appalled to discover the smouldering remains of a couch fire in the empty toddlers' pool and the area littered with crushed alcohol cans, shards of glass and discarded clothing. He did not know if the offenders were students but "all of this behaviour absolutely stops when the students go home". (Source: ODT)
Auto correct text gone bad
A reader writes: "My husband got a call from our neighbour sounding distraught and asking after the health of our 3-year-old son Jack. I had texted her earlier saying I couldn't come for a drink that night because of a sick kid ... She replied asking which kid and what's wrong. My reply? "Jack. Voms." Unfortunately, auto correct changed it to 'Jack. Coma'."
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