I don’t usually ask my readers for culinary advice, but I’m hoping you can help me. My wife’s quite an accomplished poultry cook, but we’re struggling to find a recipe that will do justice to the cut of meat we have acquired. So does anyone know where I can find a good penguin recipe?
Pity the French fashion label Lacoste. Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik has been pictured wearing their clothes. It’s just the sort of celebrity endorsement a brand doesn’t want. Adidas were also recently in the news, after their gear became the fashionwear of choice for many of the London rioters. Labels like these spend millions on marketing…
We all want to play God sometimes, but one US man was determined to reserve this right to himself. A Christopher Roller filed US patent application 11/161,345, entitled “Godly Powers”. The application claimed the following: 1. Godly powers are being used on planet Earth. For example, technology (i.e. Electronic and Medical) is being assisted by…
Auckland’s newest waste facility will open early next year in Epsom, after local residents confirmed they had no objections to the project going ahead. The Auckland Council decided to build the new rubbish dump in Epsom, after it became clear that most local residents were unlikely to object to the project. The Council’s head of…
Labour Party leader Phil Goff is today the subject of renewed questions about his leadership, after blogger Campbell Slug released a recording of a Labour MP contradicting an earlier statement by Goff. Mr Goff told listeners on Paul Henry’s Radio Live show on Monday that his favourite All Black player was Richie McCaw. However, this morning…
The All Black selectors have been left reeling, after the shock withdrawal by Sonny-Bill Williams from the All Blacks team on the eve of the Rugby World Cup. Williams failed to turn up to training yesterday, prompting speculation in the media that he had been dumped from the squad. But Williams’ manager Khoder Nasser last…
Following the announcement that Jonah Lomu will participate in December’s Fight for Life charity boxing event, another organisation has said it will hold its own charity boxing event. The Sensible Sentencing Trust has announced that it will hold a boxing event on the same night as the Fight for Life event. The Trust’s event, entitled…
We’re all on tenterhooks, wondering who the mysterious person at number 3 on the ACT list is. My picks, from most likely to least likely are: Stephen Wilce: The former defence force fantasist is back in the country, after a stint undercover in Afghanistan for the CIA. If Actoids can be sold the lie that…
A couple of days ago I nailed the drinking problem. Since I’m on a roll, I’ve solved all our economic woes too. Here’s the deal. Scientists have discovered a planet made of diamonds. It’s a wee distance from us, but nobody else is making noises about going to this new planet. So let’s get there…
The Alcohol Reform Bill was reported back from the Justice and Electoral Select Committee on Thursday, and the Government has said it will adopt all of the select committee’s recommendations. “We have a terrible problem in this country with drinking,” said the chairman of the select committee, Chester Borrows. “The fact of the matter is…
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