Maungakiekie Golf Club sets the standard of play required! Their box for submitting golf scorecards would seem to indicate don't bother if you had a bad game, writes Peter Wyatt.
Birds of a feather perform together
Anne Herbert writes: "A tiny fantail was cavorting and twittering about the garden when suddenly a melodious twittering came from a nearby karaka tree. Curious as to what bird was singing such a song, I peeped behind the foliage and there was a tui - stretched to his full height, his beak pointed straight up in the air, his white feathers pressed against his throat with the effort - trying his very best to imitate the fantail. The more he twittered, the more the fantail twittered and cavorted, and the more the fantail twittered, the more the tui twittered. Such a glorious song-and-dance act."
Number one for a book on number twos
The annual Diagram Prize for the oddest book title has been awarded to How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers' Guide to Toilet Etiquette. The winner was decided by votes, and the book by Mats & Enzo barely defeated Are Trout South African? by Duncan Brown and The Origin of Feces by David Waltner-Toews. Horace Bent, The Bookseller's diarist and custodian of the prize, said: "The public have chosen wisely. Not only have they picked a title that truly captures the spirit of the prize, they have selected a manual that can help one through life's more challenging and delicate moments." (Source: Mental Floss)
