Soul of Asolo
Pride, fancy boots set to self-destruct, tramping with kids, and a DOC ranger who prioritises mangoes
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Museum misfit
Animal impressions, chess addiction and meaningful work – trying to be an upstanding museum worker, with mixed results
Just glass
In a fit of decisiveness, Harold concludes the “Is the glass half full or half
empty?” debate.
Date not needed
The audio for “Date not needed” is featured in this episode ☝️ of the Without a
hitch podcast“Key please!”
A checkout assistant is calling for the supervisor. I’ve scanned a bottle of
wine, and now the red light on top of my self-checkout station is flashing.
People are generally
You lost me there
There was this cartoon I used to watch in the early nineties called Bobby’s World. The intro, featuring the most inane and hypnotic music imaginable, might jog your memory. After the music ended, actor Howie Mandel (who went on to host Deal or No Deal) would talk to Bobby
Star of the sky
A great deal of academic energy has gone into answering the question: What makes something funny? The quest for a unifying theory of laughter. What the theories boil down to is this: “I did not expect that. But I enjoyed that I didn’t.”
One of the delights of parenthood
CSI Whanganui
Riding the zeitgeist and cleaning toilets – epiphanies while working the nightshift