Sideswipe: DB Drought

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"For many years DB Breweries have been making their Draught Beer (meaning drawn from a keg), but for a real thirst you can't go past their new Drought Beer!" says Dominic.

Retorts for sexist comments

Top Tweets: Following the comments from the head of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, Alasdair Thompson - who suggested the reason for the gender pay gap was that women are less productive because they take sick days for their periods - all hell broke loose on Twitter. Here are the wittiest retorts of the day:

* Poor old Mrs Thompson. Bit embarrassing, I expect. (@CherylBernstein)

* Women are actually paid less because they spend hours crying and gossiping and asking for directions. (@RyanSproull)

* On the upside, huge pay increase at menopause. (@angew)

* [Thompson] has just been terribly misunderstood. Once a month, women get periodicals, like NZ Gardener and Next. (@edmuzik)

* Women get paid less because their wallets are generally smaller and wouldn't hold all that extra money. (nzdodo)"These damned women are bleeding the economy dry!" (@vaughndavis)

* We should all pre-apply for sick leave for every 28th day for the next 12 months! (@josiecampbell)

* My wife: "It's kind of like watching the dinosaurs die out. And having hot flushes along the way." (@dylanhorrocks) ...

* Look what you've done. Feminists are now on Twitter when they should be in the kitchen. (@clintheine)

Tomatoes over the top

Can't blame the Rugby World Cup for this price gouging: "Auckland's supermarkets are flogging truss tomatoes for $13.98 a kilo - packaged, that's $6.98 for a 300g tray, which is 8 tomatoes smaller than a golf ball for 87c each! I think New Zealanders will soon need a nanny government to help them live with this kind of price and unfair market," says our reader.

Part of God's plan

Jesma writes: "The other day I tried to unscrew the gas bottle from the heater, but I couldn't do it. I wasn't strong enough. Five minutes later, the door bell goes. And there he was: a Jehovah's Witness at my door, carrying out God's work. 'Come in,' I said. 'I have a Christian act I'd like you to perform for me.' He was a Christian and a sport. He walked right in and I led him to the heater. In a couple of jiffies, the bottle was detached and in return he handed me a brochure about ending world poverty. Just like that. We said goodbye and went our separate ways, both happy."

Weekend fun

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