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Comment on As Nielsen changes kick in, major broadcasters show off by Come on...

Come on... — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:16:26 +0000

So much wrong with this it’s embarrassing and pure propaganda. Not only pointless, not credible and totally misleading.

Comment on Comical safety! Monks! Workplace humour! Kinky Pinky! Goodnight internet! Awesome prank! Uber mash-up! Royal Irish jig! Door tech! Arnie! by Vertep

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Comment on It’s welcome back to Sam as Anchor taps into family nostalgia for 125th birthday by Lifestyle

Lifestyle — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:37:57 +0000

You are quite right with this piece.

Comment on The power of the press? by Fran O'Sullivan

Fran O'Sullivan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:21 +0000

The Scene. A deck outside a Carribean restaurant in Freemans Bay late pm. Herald columnists – Fran O'Sullivan, Paul Holmes, Paul Thomas, Jim Hopkins and Tapu Misa – happily being entertained by editor Shayne Currie for the long overdue Xmas Party. (First error – Six stalwarts not three).
P Holmes a late arrival from HB.
Suddenly, the Herald group was shocked to be confronted by a young Gen-I exec who informed us she had booked the restaurant and we must go pronto (Second error: The restaurant manager had informed us earlier that a group was coming in and we would be alright to stay as long as we did not enter the restaurant proper).
P Holmes did not say "Don't you know who I am (Third error – in this case mischievous BS.)
In a situation of perceived conflict the usual course for a 25 year old manager would be to approach the restaurant owner/manager directly not confront other paying guests. The owner/manager clearly had not perceived an issue because we had just been served some wine. I am sure if the restaurant had identified an issue earlier we would have made alternative arrangements for lunch.
What also is at odds with your account is the fact that the young Gen-I manager generously sent a round of cocktails and additional snacks to the table when we were clearly preparing to go.
We did not ask for this generosity.But it was appreciated unlike the erroneous report of ur social gathering which was particularly nasty as far as P.Holmes is concerned.
Kindest regards
Fran

Comment on Stuff this, what’s on the other channel? by Graham

Graham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:03:52 +0000

Which ABC – US or Oz?

Comment on SodaStream fights the plastic with The Cage project by ryan

ryan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:59:01 +0000

Erm, a balloon. Only decent use of gas!

Comment on The Year in Review: Justin Mowday by Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:26 +0000

They missed an opportunity to show the guys face when he drank the stale beer. Symbolic but not very practical and white beer cans for a team called the all blacks.

I would have gone for black beer cans / not bold but not stale and old either.

Comment on The power of the press? by Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:36:15 +0000

The book was no doubt "priceless". The wine lender is lucky he wasn't given a copy of the famous 2000? music album by the very same Holmes.

I remember when when hundreds of copies were returned to the record company / maybe more.

Then there was the time when PH moved from TVNZ to Prime for a large fee. When the viewers failed to switch over in droves there should have been a few clues there but apparently not.

Comment on Phantom’s poster-boy for NZ poetry by Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:21:34 +0000

I love this project. Always thought it was a great idea to have something better written than most copy and part of the appeal is finding them in an unexpected location.

I always liked the graffiti
"Unemployment is not working" which is poetry of a different kind

Comment on Pepsi kowtows to anti-bull fighting league as bovine prize nixed by Jason Kemp

Jason Kemp — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:16:39 +0000

Lets face it another campaign targeting stupid consumers by being stupid itself.

Thankfully they got rid of the pompous 2001 music after the first clip.

One of the other "prizes" is skydiving in Argentina whiuch sounds better than skydiving in Parakai but I wondered what difference it really makes when you're jumping out of a plane.

A quick search on Argentinas tourist attraction doesn't show that one at all.

If you actually went to Argentina – wouldn't you try for something unique to there.

All of this reminds me of an Australian tourist I once met in Europe. We were in a major historic site. His view was once you've seen one of them you've seen them all and his entire trip consisted of bars and nightclubs which are remarkably similar the world over.

I suspect the bro target market is very similar. You can take the bro to another country but if their idea of a good time is drinking pepsi then it is not going to help.

It does seem odd to gender target yet another dark sugar water drink.

I'm guessing they wanted to stay away from the words man drink since another agency is trying to ?manetise" the market for other food items.