The cost of quality living, how to act if you suddenly find yourself invited to the Oscars, and a PC user gone mad.

This soup looked more ap-pea-ling on the packet... Also: an honest travel agent, and WTF have Merriam-Webster added to the dictionary?

Flatmates who share a bedroom for 30 years are just friends.

Is the PM a DJ? Technicoloured memories and a lost head in St Heliers.

Ron Mark's sweary slip-up in Parliament this week was unflattering, but what was considered "unparliamentary language" has changed over time.

What are the most remarkable passages you have ever read? Here are some, as shared on Reddit, that'll make you want to read again ...

Sign writing flub, sponge cake, chicken cutlets and a chopper minus owner.

A kidnapped bear, an Austin Powers-esque dinner faux pas, and the most interesting fact about nostrils you'll read all day.

Cosmopolitan did their own photo shoot parodying the classic bodice ripper covers, by recreating them with regular folk.

When in town, even the royal bachelors like to check out the local dating scene.

I'm obliged to write another cat pun here... there's a claws in my contract. Also in Sideswipe: a faece-tious hipster defends the latest beard trend.

Pete's photo on dating app Tinder is hilarious, but his description of himself is sure to have all the ladies swiping right... or should that be left.

Diane from Hillsborough would like her children to try and get her something she would like this Mother's Day.

Seen in a Palmerston North cafe.

A royal baby tweet from Coke, a revealing to-do list, bunnies and pregnancy tests.

Phil writes: "I was picking up a prescription at Ascot Hospital and noticed a sign for the cafe on the second floor.

Break-up revenge can be acrimonious, but seldom is it so well-thought out and executed.

An Australian cattle farmer who has erected a hay bale sculpture depicting a bull inseminating a cow has been ordered to take it down and could face obscenity charges.

"When moving into a new block of classrooms at St Peter's College, many students were slightly puzzled as to what the small breakout rooms were for," writes Quinn Hill of Mt Eden.

There's more than one use for a Toblerone, unlike used spraypaint cans, and a public salary review leaves a reader cringing into their cappuccino.

The imminent arrival of a new royal has everyone suffering from baby brain. Also: parenting philosophy, a questionable school bus and diabolical dog owners.

Sky, a British telecommunications and satellite TV company, reportedly forced one unsatisfied customer to endure a 96-minute conversation with a rep just to cancel his account.

A 29-year-old man has been treated for "Candy Crush thumb" after he tore a tendon playing the colour-matching game on his smartphone.

Creative thinker decides to repurpose the MIT carpark as a tip, and today could be your lucky day... if you've lost your GoPro or your expensive watch.

Siri struggles to grasp the nuances of New Zealand English, tourists to the rescue at Piha, Big Brother turns Bin Brother, and help needed finding a lost dog.

A free idea for Auckland transport, a royal flush in Auckland and first space travellers to orbit Earth.