"This pulled up beside me at the lights on Te Rakau Drive, Pakuranga, Auckland," writes a reader. "Filthiest car I've ever seen."
Famous last words
Raymond Alan "Big Al" Brownley, who died recently aged 82, did not like the Kardashians. In fact, he "despised" them so much that it waspointed out in his obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. That obituary, which has gone viral, also lists a number of other things "Big Al" didn't like, including "cranberry sauce, wearing shorts, cigarette butts in his driveway, oatmeal", and "loud-mouth know-it-alls", Time reports. What did he like? His wife, his kids, his dogs, his home-made chilli, and Gas-X. He was also "highly proficient at cursing"; indeed, one such word is spelled out in the obit. Among his favourite sayings was "life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid". Despite all this, he was "a pussycat at heart," the obituary notes. (Source: Newser)
On yer bike
David MacGregor writes: "Hordes of MAMILs [Middle-Aged Men in Lycra] swarm the streets of Stanley Point before dawn. Calling loudly at intersections 'Clear!' despite the fact the neighbourhood is quiet - still sound asleep, until the peleton of riders swoosh through, waking residents. One man has had enough and has erected signs requesting sanity - since his shouting in reply hasn't worked. It may not be the Ukraine but things are getting tense "
"When we left the farm decades ago we put lots of stuff on the lawn outside the house," writes a reader. "A mirror was leant against the house. After a while the dog (farm, of course, so had never been inside) wandered past the mirror and caught a glimpse of a strange dog. He spent the next hour or two entertaining himself and us barking furiously at a dog which persisted in barking as furiously back. Sudden lunges behind the mirror weren't fast enough to catch that miscreant yet the moment he got back in front of the mirror there it was! Not sure what psychological effect it had as he remained on the farm while we became townies."
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