The other day Gary Stewart spent 20 minutes waiting on the line for ACC. "They don't play music," he says. "They supply statistics and advice like: 'The most dangerous room in the house is the kitchen' ... 'chairs are for sitting on, not for standing on, use a stepladder' . Then, a bit later on, '5000 people a year are injured from falling off ladders' ... hmmm. I wonder how many are injured falling off chairs?"
Too fancy for that party
Fancy dress parties sound fun, but only if everyone joins in: "I dressed as a panda for a fancy dress party, but it turned out the hosts had been too lazy to bother, and too lazy to spread the word thoroughly. I was a panda, my sister was dressed as an '80s chick and her boyfriend was Max from Where the Wild Things Are - in a homemade costume sewn from towels, with a crown and non-removable mittens. He could hardly hold a drink in those mis-stitched mitts, let alone eat or hygienically use the toilet. I even took my own bamboo. I went home early." (Source: B3ta.com)
Vegetarian carrots ... really
Helen Jackson of FoodLovers.co.nz noticed carrot sticks in Christchurch Koru Lounge labelled: "Vegetarian and gluten free". Really? "Have you noticed how many companies have started to label their products 'free' of gluten, fat or added sugar when that is simply stating the obvious as those items would have never had that in them in the first place?"
