Cupid Stunt

I’m not posting this here for any reason. I don’t need one.

One of the greatest songs of all time. THE greatest music video of all time.

(in my honest opinion)

Queens of the Stone Age and Smashing Pumpkins are playing in town tonight. I’m not there. Why? I’m broke. Even though tickets only cost $100. Why isn’t there a NZ version of the Celtic Tiger? Call it the Rabid Kiwi or something.

In New Zealand, they give you plastic bags with everything. Yes, I’m just buying a scratchcard but I would love a plastic bag for that, thanks. Result – I now need to build an extension to house my plastic bag collection.

In Ireland every plastic bag in the shop (that’s a dairy to you NZ people) or supermarket costs 22c (which goes towards environmental stuff like buying grass etc). Who wants to pay 22c for something they don’t need? Nobody, that’s who!

Winner: the environment.

Ireland 1 New Zealand 0

Try having a look at this after 18 pints of Guinness this Paddy’s Day!

http://www.drugs-plaza.com/pictures/wallpapers_with_drugs/animated-gifs/wos1.htm

Crash!

Drive/cycle/walk carefully folks,  and if you can’t, make sure there’s nobody around to stick the video on youtube!

I shit you not!

From stuff.co.nz:

A Christchurch man paid the price for dozing off while on a date with his wife last night.

Radio reports say a husband and wife were at the film PS I Love You at Hoyts Cinema in Northlands Mall, when the man nodded off.

His annoyed wife decided not bother to wake him up at the end of the movie and went home alone.

She woke at 3am to discover her husband had still not made it home so rang his cellphone and woke him up.

The man then set off the mall’s alarm system when he tried to leave.

Radio said police arrived to find a very embarrassed couple.

A police spokesman said it sounded like a case of “husband neglect” to him.

A Hoyts Cinemas representative could not be reached for comment.

Of course, ‘husband neglect’ is a very serious crime here in NZ. You’ve been warned.

Second supermarket and beer related post in a week. Anybody noticing a worrying trend here?

Anyways there’s a beer here in NZ called Tui, which is a pale ale very popular among kiwis, not a bad beer and quite cheap.

I was strolling around the supermarket today and found this!

Tui-mato sauce! Your good old tomato ketchup, spiced up with at least 2% real Tui beer!

Perfect for the barbecue.

I was trying to think of other alcohol-food ideas.

Bass-tarts anyone?

Looks like the global Westlife phenomenon shows no signs of waning. 4000 Tickets for their first ever New Zealand show here in Wellington sold out in under 3 hours this morning, at up to $150 a pop. I wasn’t one of them. Some people have no sense!

My supermarket down the street from me here in Wellington, New Zealand, sells 4×440ml draught Guinness cans for NZ$13.70. These are brewed and bottled (or canned) in St James’ Gate, Dublin, then exported.

This works out at NZ$3.42 per 440ml can, a little maths means this equals around NZ$3.90 per 500ml.

NZ$3.90, at todays exchange rate, equals around €2.05.

A 500ml can of draught Guinness in Superquinn in Ireland costs… €2.05.

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Interesting, isn’t it?!

I’m thirsty now after that bit of maths!

The 3rd Irish Blog Awards took place over the weekend. Obviously I wasn’t there because I’m 12,000 miles away but some of my favourite blogs did take home some hangovers/awards. Well done to Limerick Blogger, Grandad, Arseblog, Rick and of course Twenty Major who now has a bigger trophy cabinet than Peter Jackson, presumably.

Well done to all winners, I’ll be going through the list no doubt discovering some new blogs. Looks like a good night was had by all!