tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post611339996696408062..comments2023-11-13T16:30:40.096+13:00Comments on Editing the Herald: Monday, March 23, 2009: Four things I hate about youJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-37799371868927871612009-03-24T17:40:00.000+13:002009-03-24T17:40:00.000+13:00Off to check out a copy of the unabridged, unautho...Off to check out a copy of the unabridged, unauthorised, and unresearched version of "The DaVinci Code". Sound like true genius - thanks for the tip :-)Webnomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235477110159360916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-44464619019789698392009-03-24T15:16:00.000+13:002009-03-24T15:16:00.000+13:00And then it descends into catcalls and posturing. ...And then it descends into catcalls and posturing. Well done people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-45198995267642837912009-03-24T14:11:00.000+13:002009-03-24T14:11:00.000+13:00The Pope would never be alone with a hooker? That'...The Pope would never be alone with a hooker? That's not the Pope *I* know and love.Gwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127784431543135980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-15785706454132973202009-03-24T11:29:00.000+13:002009-03-24T11:29:00.000+13:00Ok slightly pedantic, but this is typical of the h...Ok slightly pedantic, but this is typical of the herald reporting a quote without questioning it: <BR/><BR/>"...BNZ has raised its standard fixed-interest housing rates... But a spokesperson said the current rates were still at "a historic low"."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-50626690205692204052009-03-24T09:59:00.000+13:002009-03-24T09:59:00.000+13:00Webnomix, that mouth breather couldn't be more wro...Webnomix, that mouth breather couldn't be more wrong.<BR/><BR/>According to the unabridged, unauthorised, and unresearched version of "The DaVinci Code", the swiss guard was actually founded by an clandestine troupe of talking parrots, who were trying to protect their prostitution interests. This doesnt make sense until I invent the fact that the ancient latin term 'parrotus' roughtly translates to the modern term 'pimp'. Think about it. Both the swiss guard and modern day pimps dress in outlandish clothes that are all the colours of the rainbow. Just like a parrot...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-2117287172059013692009-03-24T09:05:00.000+13:002009-03-24T09:05:00.000+13:00I guess there is always someone who 'just doesn't ...I guess there is always someone who 'just doesn't get it'. The bloke who listens to the joke with his mouth open before pointing out that the Pope would never be alone with a hooker, and that papal security wouldn't let her or the talking parrot into the vatican in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Truth is that the journo who wrote the story probably didn't see the funny side, so you have to imagine that a percentage of the people who read it won't either.Webnomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235477110159360916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-48199761039413542802009-03-24T08:42:00.000+13:002009-03-24T08:42:00.000+13:00the trouble with this kind of blogAre there more b...<I>the trouble with this kind of blog</I><BR/><BR/>Are there more blogs like this out there? Enough to draw general conclusions about their troubles? <BR/><BR/>I thought you were "inventing" news-rage journalism Coe... which one of you is lying to me?gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-74254281195400595552009-03-23T22:53:00.000+13:002009-03-23T22:53:00.000+13:00Ooh controversy.I'm a bit confused. Does Anonymous...Ooh controversy.<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit confused. Does Anonymous think that I write all the comments too?<BR/><BR/>That would be 'rather ironic', given that he or she wrote a comment themselves.<BR/><BR/>I think I need a lie down.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-22073680120187622052009-03-23T22:46:00.000+13:002009-03-23T22:46:00.000+13:00It was funny. Humourless prat.It was funny. Humourless prat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-15929947657370517152009-03-23T22:40:00.000+13:002009-03-23T22:40:00.000+13:00You might be waiting a while.You might be waiting a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-81254690448428654482009-03-23T22:30:00.000+13:002009-03-23T22:30:00.000+13:00Well I thought it was a funny headline. The proble...Well I thought it was a funny headline. The problem with anonymous contributors is that they can sometimes miss the point and end up just looking bitter and whiney. I don't know, maybe you wrote the story. I look forward to "Man plays Russian Roulette, and nothing really bad happens".Webnomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235477110159360916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-80160804972442294922009-03-23T19:13:00.000+13:002009-03-23T19:13:00.000+13:00well presumably he spins the chamber, pulls the tr...well presumably he spins the chamber, pulls the trigger, hears a click, puts the gun down and collects his winnings.<BR/><BR/>the trouble with this kind of blog is the contributors feel the overwhelming need to keep the momentum building, so they look for fault, rather than find it.<BR/><BR/>so much so that it becomes one long screech which, in this particular case, is rather ironic given that is one of its main accusations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-34905456271899040712009-03-23T16:21:00.000+13:002009-03-23T16:21:00.000+13:00Great blog. Can I also add to todays bevvy of bril...Great blog. Can I also add to todays bevvy of brilliance from the Herald... ""Russian Roulette goes wrong". <BR/><BR/>Can I ask... How in the hell does Russian Roulette actually go right? Or did it in fact go right, and the headline is wrong?<BR/><BR/>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10563006Webnomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235477110159360916noreply@blogger.com