Birthday concussions, a dolphin stampede and amusing reactions to anesthetic - it's the Sideswipe Weekend Edition.

While there's nothing inherently wrong with leaving a flatmate the odd note, this flatmate left a few too many.

Royal dolls, fashion disasters and underwater canine photography - it must be another Sideswipe weekend edition.

Gaynor Comley of Napier writes: "Much to our consternation our Air New Zealand booking number for four flights to the South Island was ACRA5H. This appeared many times....