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John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Oh_hunnihunni - 10-11-2023
The funny bastard is at it again...
https://youtu.be/uVE1hBzHn3s?si=uqkkm7tYDvDZfBO7
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Lilith7 - 10-11-2023
(10-11-2023, 08:47 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: The funny bastard is at it again...
https://youtu.be/uVE1hBzHn3s?si=uqkkm7tYDvDZfBO7
He's hilarious.
I just had to go & vote - for the Kakapo, after its starring role molesting a camera person in the Stephen Fry doco...
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - nzoomed - 10-11-2023
He cracks me up, he always likes to take a lighthearted dig at NZ, but at least we get mentioned.
Many yanks surprisingly don't know where NZ even is on a world map!
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Lilith7 - 10-11-2023
(10-11-2023, 12:44 PM)nzoomed Wrote: He cracks me up, he always likes to take a lighthearted dig at NZ, but at least we get mentioned.
Many yanks surprisingly don't know where NZ even is on a world map!
Yep,Stephen Joyce, despite being a politician, gained great kudos by the way in which he handled the flying sex toy incident when he said 'Oh someone just ring John Oliver & lets get it over.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/new-zealand-mp-dildo-baggins-cops-sex-toy-in-the-face-and-takes-ribbing-on-the-chin
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Oh_hunnihunni - 10-11-2023
He adores us, he picked the wrong place to emigrate to. Mind you, we do still have the royals and he is such an anti...
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Lilith7 - 10-11-2023
(10-11-2023, 02:26 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: He adores us, he picked the wrong place to emigrate to. Mind you, we do still have the royals and he is such an anti...
If America continues as it is going, he may have a change of heart.
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - R2x1 - 11-11-2023
He emigrated from Poverty Rock, no matter where he went it was a giant leap forward Please note: we don't have "the royals", in fact one of our most valuable features is that our stamping ground is about as far from the royals as it is possible to be while remaining on the planet.
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Oh_hunnihunni - 11-11-2023
We are still 'under the monarchy' though. And while I could accept that under the Queen, I am now a republican. Not sure how we replace the crown but there has to be a more kiwi way to do things.
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Zurdo - 11-11-2023
I've voted for my birds (5), and none were his.
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Oh_hunnihunni - 11-11-2023
You voted five times? Oh my...
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - harm_less - 11-11-2023
You get to vote for your own top 5 and by your reply it seems you haven't done so yet so here you go: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - Oh_hunnihunni - 11-11-2023
Ooooh, I shall feel so norty... but hey, damn those Yanks...
Now, if we could just unVote that Australasian swamp creature...
RE: John Oliver on our Bird of the Year - C_T_Russell - 11-11-2023
So the popularity of this thanks to John Oliver has surged so much, that the votes have been postponed!
Probably over a million votes by now?