The 1000 Day Holiday

Wood pigeons in Whangarei, New Zealand, are having to be rescued after becoming drunk on guava berries.

The berries ferment and intoxicate them, the BBC reports. A hard winter killed their usual forest food.

Twenty-six birds had been rescued in the past month, said Robert Webb of the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre.

“The birds are coming into the city to look for food and are eating the guava berries, which gets them paralytic.

“We have to sober them up, give them lots of water and fresh liquids and keep them for a few days.”
Tipsy pigeons

This is a funky 5min clip

click the watch video link.

1. You can wake up during an earthquake and think that it’s just the
wind that’s shaking your house.

2. You can say “Wellington is full of ferries” and not be considered
homophobic.

3. You can recognise half the city’s population when walking down the
street.

4. You can afford a $1000 suit but still flat in a house that requires 3
sets of clothing and two dehumidifiers to stay warm.

5. You see someone travelling 100kph on the motorway and you complain
how fast people travel these days.

6. You walk from the Railway Station to Willis Street without ever
checking for traffic.

7. “Just turn left at the first StarMart, walk down the street till
you get to the third StarMart, turn right, go 3 StarMarts up and you’re
there”

8. Seeing the Brooklyn Wind Turbine not turning is a newsworthy event.

9. It takes you 20 minutes to drive around the block in peak traffic
due to the ‘one way system’.

10. Boarding a Stagecoach bus is a hazardous activity.

11. You take a bodyguard down Courtenay Place in case you bump into a
drunk politician.

12. The centre line is negotiable, especially on the Brooklyn &
Hataitai hills where parked cars can take up 80% of the road

13. You get altitude sickness going from your car to your front door.

14. You have to leave the city to do your shopping.

15. Any wind that doesn’t threaten to take your roof off is just a
‘bit of a breeze’

16. You can detect 27 different shades of black suit.

17. When an earthquake hits, instead of hiding under your desk, you
hold a bet with your workmates on the force, focus and epicentre.

18. When giving directions to tourists, you point up.

19. You go out for your $5 coffee with friends and complain how
expensive Auckland is.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE FROM THE HUTT?
1. You can wake up thinking it’s an earthquake but it’s just a
subwoofer

2. You can say “Wellington is full of ferries” because you are
homophobic.

3. You can recognise half your city’s population in the drink-drive
notices.

4. You can’t afford a $1000 suit

5. You see someone travelling 100kph on the motorway and drive right
up their backside until you can pass them on the inside (and give them
the goat sign salute).

6. You walk from the Railway Station to Willis Street because you
can’t afford the bus.

7. “Just turn left at the first StarMart, walk down the street till
you get to the third StarMart, turn right, go 3 StarMarts and you’ve
bought your family’s shopping for the week: 18 pinky bars, 6 meat pies, 47
chuppa chups. 8. Seeing the Brooklyn Wind Turbine is just too freaky.

9. It takes you 20 minutes to drive from Wellington to Masterton.

10. Boarding a Stagecoach bus is too complicated.

11. You take a bodyguard to the supermarket.

12. The centre line is negotiable

13. You get morning sickness most Mondays.

14. You have to wait til the neighbours are out to do your Christmas
shopping.

15. Any wind that doesn’t threaten to take your roof off is just
another P lab exploding

16. You can detect 27 different shades of black jeans.

17. When an earthquake hits, instead of hiding under your desk, you
hold a bet with the other people in the dole line on the force, focus and epicentre.

18. When giving directions to tourists, you point up and then try and
nick their wallet while their looking up.

19. You go out for your $5 on the pokies and complain how expensive
ciggies are

AND THE ICING ON THE CAKE: YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE FROM PORIRUA IF?

1. You can wake up thinking it’s an earthquake but realise it’s just
Hemi, Junior and Rua sharing your single bed

2. You can’t say “Wellington is full of ferries” cause you’ve never
been further than Porirua Train Station.

3. You can recognise half of Porirua city’s population because they’re
your relations.

4. You can’t afford a $1000 suit so you steal some shoes instead.

5. You’ve never seen the motorway because Porirua has everything
you’ve ever needed.

6. You walk from Titahi Bay to Porirua Station, hang out for a bit,
then go to NorthCity? fah haven’t been there since yesterday.

7. “Just turn left at the first KFC? no wait, just stop in at KFC for
a feed.

8. Seeing the Brooklyn Wind Turbine is not an option.

9. It takes you 20 minutes to drive from the mall to your house. KFC
was calling your name.

10. Boarding a Stagecoach bus is betrayal to your uncle who works for
Mana Coach services.

11. You never need a bodyguard because everyone you know could ‘smash
dem’anyway.

12. The centre line is only worth crossing if Maccas or KFC is on the
other side
13. Your only sick if you got too drunk last night.

14. Christmas shopping is not necessary, it’s easier to steal from the
Warehouse

15. Wind is not a top priority for things getting ruined/stolen at
your house.

16. You don’t get tourists.

17. Anyone got 5 bucks for a pie eh?

Once again its that time of year.

The forecast is for snow, which thredbo is most definately in need of.

Rocking!
See ya Monday.
21 Aug: pics are online now Comindibro Thredbo Ski Trip 2005

Todays Quote:

Shane was discussing how brisbane’ites seemed much more laid back compared to sydney.
Saffron imparted:

People who live in hot places are happier

I said that didnt seem right if looking at iraq.

I cant believe I havent documented some of the funny quotes happening around our flat of late.

We were at Brunch at Concrete in Pyrmont on a Sunday morning after a decidely hard nite.

Saff, Shane, Kristen & myself in attendance.

I ordered the big breaky, and thats all you need to know for this story.

About 10 minutes after my food arrived, saff got that perplexed look on her face and kept looking at my food.

Then it came

How do Japanese people eat a big breakfast with chopsticks. It would have to come out all chopped up into little bits.

a little while on, the next one flowed forth

This is so good! We should do this annually.

Shane subtly prodded, with a statement saying he’ll meet us here on the 3rd of july next year then.
Saff didnt pick up on it.

And not until we raised it directly on the way home did she click.
She just thought “it meant something else”

tee hee

Well I’m off to Brisvegas Friday – Tuesday.

Played paintball on Sunday with the Underwater Hockey guys. it was a large open course meaning not much up close action. However still very good fun.

Caught up with Tahlia too.

Peabody (the new flatmate) lasted just a week before being hospitalised. I thought it very polite to offer some of my curry to him, however having a pipe inserted in his stomach to drain an infection doesn’t rate my cooking too highly.

But in all reality. It coiuld have been the tequilas!

As a college student in 1964, David J. Hufford met the dreaded Night Crusher. Exhausted from a bout of mononucleosis and studying for finals, Hufford retreated one December day to his rented, off-campus room and fell into a deep sleep. An hour later, he awoke with a start to the sound of the bedroom door creaking open—the same door he had locked and bolted before going to bed. Hufford then heard footsteps moving toward his bed and felt an evil presence. Terror gripped the young man, who couldn’t move a muscle, his eyes plastered open in fright.

Without warning, the malevolent entity, whatever it was, jumped onto Hufford’s chest. An oppressive weight compressed his rib cage. Breathing became difficult, and Hufford felt a pair of hands encircle his neck and start to squeeze. “I thought I was going to die,” he says.

At that point, the lock on Hufford’s muscles gave way. He bolted up and sprinted several blocks to take shelter in the student union. “It was very puzzling,” he recalls with a strained chuckle, “but I told nobody about what happened.”

Hufford’s perspective on his strange encounter was transformed in 1971. He was at that time a young anthropologist studying folklore in Newfoundland, and he heard from some of the region’s inhabitants about their eerily similar nighttime encounters. Locals called the threatening entity the “old hag.” Most cases unfold as follows: A person wakes up paralyzed and perceives an evil presence. A hag or witch then climbs on top of the petrified victim, creating a crushing sensation on his or her chest.

It took Hufford another year to establish that what he and these people of Newfoundland had experienced corresponds to the event, lasting seconds or minutes, that sleep researchers call sleep paralysis. Although widely acknowledged among traditional cultures, sleep paralysis is one of the most prevalent yet least recognized mental phenomena for people in industrialized societies, Hufford says.

Now, more than 30 years after Hufford’s discovery, sleep paralysis is beginning to attract intensive scientific attention. The March Transcultural Psychiatry included a series of papers on the condition’s widespread prevalence, regional varieties, and mental-health implications.

Sleep paralysis differs from nocturnal panic, in which a person awakens in terror with no memory of a dream. Neither does sleep paralysis resemble a night terror, in which a person suddenly emerges from slumber in apparent fear, flailing and shouting, but then falls back asleep and doesn’t recall the incident in the morning.

Sleep Paralysis can cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

9am headed for the Spit Bridge. Very broken from the previous nite at the Tilbury Hotel.

However I put in the yards, got into my wetsuit and jumped in the sea. Some things just have to be done to bring on consiousness and possibly sobriety.

We paddled up around a few bays, and while in the effective middle of no where in particular we noticed a odd looking boat put putting along.

Coming into focal distance, it was covered in vittoria coffee signs. At this point the other 3 were waving, hooting and hollering. And indeed the little boat put putted over and made us Cappucinos et al in the middle of the harbour!

Between that and falling out in the mub between the mangroves it was a very cool morning.