View Full Version : Someone explain this wizard nonsense to a yank
no-coast-punk
1st June 2009, 14:47
http://www.3news.co.nz/Wizard-of-New-Zealand-awarded-Queens-Service-Medal/tabid/209/articleID/106631/cat/525/Default.aspx
Is this for real? Is this person widely known? Or is this one of those obscure government offices that nobody knows/cares about?
How hard is it to get a Queen Service Medal. It looks like lots of footballers and what not get them. I'm assuming it's not incredibly prestigious. Same goes for the official wizard posting.
This article confused me to no end. Then again... I am a product of the American school system. So many things confuse me.
scumdog
1st June 2009, 14:51
Ya don't have official Wizards in the States?:eek:
you got the mormons and you're confused by a wizard?!?
Hitcher
1st June 2009, 15:02
The Wizard is a Legend, or at least would be if he was an official person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_New_Zealand
CookMySock
1st June 2009, 16:10
http://www.wizard.gen.nz/box/index.htm
LOL
Steve
sidecar bob
1st June 2009, 16:19
Yeah, i guess it must be nonsense if it dosent fit with your way of thinking.
You should see some of the bullshit we read that comes from the USA.
tri boy
1st June 2009, 16:35
He's a bit of a legend in the shaky isle's.
The tourist's love him.
James Deuce
1st June 2009, 16:39
You need a sense of humour and an appreciation for the weird and wonderful to grok the Wizard.
Given that merkins can't even spell "humour", and the Wizard doesn't do slapstick, I rather suspect there will always be a cultural gap in understanding.
Ixion
1st June 2009, 17:26
http://www.3news.co.nz/Wizard-of-New-Zealand-awarded-Queens-Service-Medal/tabid/209/articleID/106631/cat/525/Default.aspx
Is this for real? Is this person widely known? Or is this one of those obscure government offices that nobody knows/cares about?
How hard is it to get a Queen Service Medal. It looks like lots of footballers and what not get them. I'm assuming it's not incredibly prestigious. Same goes for the official wizard posting.
This article confused me to no end. Then again... I am a product of the American school system. So many things confuse me.
Um. He is the Official Wizard of New Zealand. Proclaimed in parliament and all. Best not to get on his wrong side. Have you ever considered life as a frog? Or a newt?
Apart from wizarding, the main way to get a Queens Service Medal is to service a queen. In other words, they're mainly homos.
McWild
1st June 2009, 17:49
The wizard on this side of the tasman isn't very well recognised overseas.
Perhaps you've heard of the wizard of Oz'?
*hides*
AllanB
1st June 2009, 20:02
Don't dis the Wizzard.
He'll turn you into a frog or at least give you warts on ya knob..... "honest dear - the Christchurch Wizzard cast a spell on me...."
Pedrostt500
1st June 2009, 20:15
What was the name of his Army he had in the 70s and 80s, was a bit of an embarisment to the Gubberment, as they were better armed.
Pedrostt500
1st June 2009, 20:17
Ah that was it I thinks , The Imperial Army, News Paper Swords from memory.
Anyone remember him posting himself off-shore in a crate as a 'Living Work of Art'? to avoid the censous?
I dont think he actually got posted but, who knows?...
phred
1st June 2009, 20:31
And flower bombs and shields.
They didn't have an airforce. - oops neither does Noo Zillund
Swoop
1st June 2009, 20:32
Since The Wizard does not do "sit-com", I guess his forte is "standup"... :whistle:
Anyone remember him posting himself off-shore in a crate as a 'Living Work of Art'? to avoid the censous?
I dont think he actually got posted but, who knows?...
Nah, that was to get into Aus, since he didn't have a passport.
wharfy
1st June 2009, 22:58
He's just a misogynist prick, with no redeeming social value.
Danae
2nd June 2009, 01:23
Wow, never heard of this guy before.
no-coast-punk
2nd June 2009, 01:33
Ya don't have official Wizards in the States?:eek:
you got the mormons and you're confused by a wizard?!?
Simply amazing. Those got a pretty hearty laugh outta' me. Especially the mormon one (living in a pretty solid mormon area right now). Congrats. This thread has international fame on a few forums now.
I'm beginning to understand the wizard thing now. I wish our legislatures here had the cognitive function and sense of humor to do things like this.
Carry on.
All I know is that he drives a funny car.
But still... how does he make a living?
cc rider
2nd June 2009, 04:43
Anyone remember him posting himself off-shore in a crate as a 'Living Work of Art'? to avoid the censous?
I dont think he actually got posted but, who knows?...
Nah, that was to get into Aus, since he didn't have a passport.
The wizard on this side of the tasman isn't very well recognised overseas.
Perhaps you've heard of the wizard of Oz'?
*hides*
Leave us out of your weird, wizard shit. We have our own freaky mother suckers. :no:
I remember the posting thing - he would have died in transit if Aust Post got hold of him. :jerry:
Swoop
2nd June 2009, 08:27
I wish our legislatures here had the cognitive function and sense of humor to do things like this.
Well, the USA did give the world G.W.Bush...:shifty:
That was pretty funny! Whoever put him forward for Prez. is a comic genius.
Mikkel
2nd June 2009, 08:40
Ya don't have official Wizards in the States?:eek:
I think in the states they are have title prefixes such as Imperial or Grand. Don't know if they are officially recognised outside Albama though...
They wear white robes and love to hold big parties with bonfires into the night.
cc rider
2nd June 2009, 14:13
Well, the USA did give the world G.W.Bush...:shifty:
TWICE! :stupid:
I think in the states they are have title prefixes such as Imperial or Grand. Don't know if they are officially recognised outside Albama though...
They wear white robes and love to hold big parties with bonfires into the night.
Listen - I think I can hear the sound of distant banjos playing..... :blip: (rednecks) they look a bit like this, don't they?
Hitcher
2nd June 2009, 15:09
TWICE! :stupid:
G W Bush once only. Dubya's daddy was G H W Bush.
cc rider
2nd June 2009, 15:12
G W Bush once only. Dubya's daddy was G H W Bush.
So, get out much :blink:
sunhuntin
2nd June 2009, 17:46
G W Bush once only. Dubya's daddy was G H W Bush.
yes, but they voted jr in twice... didnt realise the states were that open to bribes, lol.
Hitcher
2nd June 2009, 21:03
So, get out much
Enough to read the newspapers.
Ixion
2nd June 2009, 21:57
You mean, like , actual newspapers, from tree bits? How quaint. It's nice to see the old folk keeping up the old ways. I find that on-line news sources are much more comprehensive and convenient. I guess eventually all the old ppz will die and then they'll stop printing the tree bit newspapaers.
James Deuce
2nd June 2009, 22:55
Less comprehensive, more convenient. The online copy is both poorly presented and often truncated.
What was the name of his Army he had in the 70s and 80s, was a bit of an embarisment to the Gubberment, as they were better armed.
Their uniforms were sexier too!
Oh & I think they are still around
Ah that was it I thinks , The Imperial Army, News Paper Swords from memory.
Alf's Imperial Army!
They had awesome fun battles & the party's afterwards were a blast.:shutup:
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