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John Oliver on our Bird of the Year
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10-11-2023, 11:19 AM
(10-11-2023, 08:47 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: The funny bastard is at it again... 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...  
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
10-11-2023, 12:44 PM
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! (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. 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/f...n-the-chin
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
10-11-2023, 02:26 PM
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...
10-11-2023, 06:16 PM
(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.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
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.
Entropy is not what
it used to be.
11-11-2023, 10:03 AM
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.
11-11-2023, 10:46 AM
I've voted for my birds (5), and none were his.
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
11-11-2023, 12:24 PM
You voted five times? Oh my...
11-11-2023, 12:38 PM
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/
11-11-2023, 02:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2023, 02:33 PM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
Ooooh, I shall feel so norty... but hey, damn those Yanks...
Now, if we could just unVote that Australasian swamp creature... 
11-11-2023, 07:55 PM
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?
Unapologetic NZ first voter, white cis male, climate change skeptic.
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