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The Whalingship: winter melancholy

Issue Fifty-Three: 25th May 2010



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Adjectives of Auckland

a Repost from issue 13

Offensive
Repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting
“Her lack of upbringing, and obvious daddy issues were apparent in her offensive demeanour.”
Poignant
Affecting or moving the emotions
“The lack of taste was a poignant reminder that New Lynn is in fact ‘out west.’”
Fabuleux
Fabulous
“My hair is fabuleux!”
Salacious
Obscene; grossly indecent.
 “His salacious attempt at [...]

I’m Done.

A poignant repost.

In the past, I have been persecuted for my allegedly brutal friendship-slaughtering. However, after enduring the PG-rated Wolverine (I say ‘enduring,’ as I expected epic blood splatter), I left the cinema with a sense of relief at finally having a description for my sentiment:
 
“I’m done.”
 
The proverbial ‘straw that broke the camel’s back,’ has [...]

Question Time

Tonight I attended a very interesting seminar - the subject doesn’t matter. What was interesting us the one thing that always happens at these types of things: supposedly intelligent people forget very simple rules that they should have (I’ll venture so far as to say did) learn at primary school.

The offending rule in this instance: [...]