3 The Give-Way-and-turn-right rule at red traffic lights
How has this not caught on everywhere else? If John Key is in need of a new legacy project, this wouldn't require a binding referendum.
4 Brunch
Sure, it starts mid-afternoon and what the menu calls "entrees" are really mains. And if we're being nit-picky, nobody really needs eight mimosas. But what better way to combine the best meal of the day with a night dancing with your friends?
5 The road trip
Route 66, Easy Rider, Thelma and Louise et al. Wide expanses and boundary-less frontiers and a Cinnabon every 10 miles.
6 Optimism
Americans have plenty of reasons to see the American Dream for what it really is: a marketing sham. But most continue to believe that with hard work and application, potential is without restriction.
7 Marriage equality
How's that coming along, Australia?
8 Dried cranberries in salad
Cos what I really want from my kale is for it to taste more like dessert.
9 Professional sport
TV coverage is outstanding and the atmosphere at any big event would humble any Crusaders-Blues clash. Where else on Earth would a university-level sports game bring in more than 100,000 paying fans?
10 Beyonce
'Nuff said.
Jack Tame is on Newstalk ZB, Saturdays, 9am-noon
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