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Sideswipe: October 4: All your seagulls in a row

Puzzling moniker

A reader writes: "I have noticed this car around Greenlane a few times." The reader's a little puzzled as to why you'd have such a moniker.

Read the warning signs...

Adjusted sign, strangely on the corner of Crematorium Rd, Levin.

October 1: Brothel beating

The brothel isn't there yet - but advertisements proclaiming its arrival have already offended.

Playful vandalism

A playful vandalising of the campaign billboards of local council candidates Noelene Raffills and Chris Darby.

Sep 27: Something fishy

Fingers walking to nowhere

Yoda, headline writer he is

China has bought 5 per cent of the Ukraine's land to farm, as demand for food grows.

When situations don't improve

I was looking forward to the passing lane at the Brynderwyns, as I was stuck behind a logging truck, but then, lo and behold, another one pulls out and overtakes so no one can pass.

House market more in tents

Should Hide and Seek be an Olympic sport? Yasuo Hazaki thinks so and is lobbying for it to be part of the Tokyo Olympics.

Forgive our environmental sin

A new app called Ghetto Tracker - a service that helps people identify safe areas in unfamiliar cities.

Right here - in Hamilton?

A Glasgow cafe has come under criticism for selling <i>Breaking Bad</i> crystal meth cupcakes.

Cheerful baggage

Car park on a budget

Is he tired? Nah, just stuffed

A tale of two companies and a burst water pipe in mt Eden, writes Warwick.

How do you like your eggs?

Letter to Miss Manners, Washington Post, August 2013. "I am in my mid-50s, and one of my sisters is in her early 60s.

Fresh off a flight from NZ

Council officials in Newport City in Wales are trying to work out who planted cannabis plants in public flower pots in town.

Before and after trickery

Australian personal trainer and owner of MelVFitness shows how those before and after weight loss pictures are just a manipulation.