Jane reckoned it was one of her Pacific Island supporters who first called her Aunty Helen. Anyone know the full story?

Owen Mansill has recently returned from the US and took this picture near Swainsboro, Central Georgia.

This car was parked in the staff car park of a rest home in Albany, when I returned my Dad home after an outing on Sunday.

Got a Sideswipe? Send your pictures, links and anecdotes to Ana at ana.samways@nzherald.co.nz.

"Wonder what Toyota called its other version," asks Aaron.

Crockabye baby. This is no time for mum to make snappy decisions.

Cauliflower's in Rarotonga. "Tell them all in Auckland to stop whinging," says Doug.

I would hop fences and run through back yards. I would practice hiding in plain sight.

In the internet's heyday of the late 90s, Scott Dunlap was a product/marketing executive and had the following exchange with his boss.

A reader writes: "Who thinks it's reasonable to charge $8 for a cauliflower, which are in season?

"While deciding what to have with my Chai latte at this Silverdale cafe, I wondered how many 'bytes' it would take to eat this scone?" writes Patsy Bates.

They finished up the vows in the main hallway, and the marriage lasted six months. I think someone was trying to tell them something.

This photo was taken early 70s during the Vietnam War protests. The flag should have featured as one of those we had to choose from.

A perfect juxtaposition, spotted out west.

With all the talk about the proposed new flag, I thought it may be appropriate to try to solve the age-old issue of the similarities between the NZ flag and Australian flags.

Flash cars get special attention at the lights in West Auckland.

Now that's some intense alliteration.

Headline of the year via the Daily News (Hat tip Gareth Davidson).

New measure is available for housing in New Zealand.

"There was one parking space left but I hesitantly bucked the trend. I think I parked on the correct side of the road."

Derek Wilby writes: "A recent visitor from the UK was seen at Auckland airport wearing a T-shirt saying, "I don't need therapy, I'm going to New Zealand."

Last week one of my work colleagues reported her car stolen. Yesterday I received this news flash ... "There is good news and bad news," wrote this anonymous female.

Cereal offender spotted in New Lynn.

A reader sent in this picture of a just-painted loading dock in a building in Britomart. The message may be too subtle?

"Do we have to mow our own gutter as well as our berms in Auckland?" asks Matt.

Fifteen-year-old Anthony Ruelas became the latest casualty in public schools' relentless insistence on "zero tolerance" of any deviation from rules.

A reader writes, "I saw this parking warden ticketing a NZ Blood van outside BNZ on Mahuhu Cres in Auckland yesterday with its hazard lights on.

The KFC in Papamoa is the first in the country to open a ride-through.

A drunk returns a blackboard to the Trinity Methodist Church after having stolen it a year ago.