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Sideswipe: Not a Kiwi sign
"My husband was on the way to a job interview, coming from Whangarei towards the Brynderwyn Hills on Monday," writes a reader.
Sideswipe: Beware the fabric infidel!
Kiwi nurses saved guys thumb; takes him nearly 20 years to say thanks...
Sideswipe: Sarcastic security question
A power company has created a job ad full of utter blather and deeply un-sexy-sounding words...
Sideswipe: Just scratching the eczema, officer
"When did it become okay to drive on the footpath?"
Sideswipe: The third cut is the deepest
Born in 1892 and living for 92 years, my grandmother experienced more change in her life than anyone at any time before her.
Sideswipe: Fire! Where's the nearest hydrant? Oh.
I saw what looked like a large brown handbag swimming towards me.
Sideswipe: November 13: Queensland lines don't play by the rules
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Sideswipe: TV poll up in smoke
Grinder, Tinder and now Rumblr - for fighting, not hooking up...
Sideswipe: Not in service
A study makes the Dad Bod legit and self-healing concrete is on its way...
Sideswipe: Wrong balls on display
"Willy Wonka is a psychotic, sadistic child-hating manchild with a penchant for Third World labour." (On Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl)
Sideswipe: The real PM picture
My kid was bored. I gave him my phone and he played a game. I vomited in the bucket.
Sideswipe: How much is that doggy?
Rebel girls -- hurling veg at the teacher and having a baby in US airspace...
Sideswipe: Lord of the Rings architects geek out
Would you like to live in a life-sized replica of Minas Tirith from Jackson's LOTR trilogy?
Sideswipe: That new series of Frasier looks dark
Have you been scammed by this at your local dairy?