MP travel perks: What do you think?

[mashman]

Oh the irony

You seem to be struggling to keep one train of thought - you oscillate between Chinese debt and the stain on your shirt - perhaps you should limit yourself to one concept per thread (or one bong a day).

I looked at the petition and thought it was confusing and only addressed one issue (you might want to read the whole thread before elevating your blood pressure like that). For example - If you get rid of the travel perks, what do you do about accommodation rorts and such?

You start the accommodation rort petition. I'll sign it

[mashman]

yawn, started to read thread, but got board fast
politics, mmm
but did sign petition

you didn't have to type the "shit"

[Smifffy]

So you consider your vote worthless, but you want to petition parliament because that might initiate change?

Did you write the petition yourself?

[saxet]

Oh the irony





You start the accommodation rort petition. I'll sign it

It seems the meaning of irony, sarcasm, hyperbole and generalisations is lost on some people.

[mashman]

So you consider your vote worthless, but you want to petition parliament because that might initiate change?

Did you write the petition yourself?

Reasons aside, yes, I consider my PARTY vote to be worthless. Yes.

Yes, obviously.

[mashman]

It seems the meaning of irony, sarcasm, hyperbole and generalisations is lost on some people.

meh, i'd expect no less if the petition actually made it through the doors of the beehive... tis just the way some (the majority?) folk look at things

[Oscar]

Oh the irony


You start the accommodation rort petition. I'll sign it

Er - that's not irony.
That's you trying to make a humorous connection between two unrelated comments (and failing).
You shouldn't look to Alanis Morissette for a guide to English definitions.

[mashman]

Er - that's not irony.
That's you trying to make a humorous connection between two unrelated comments (and failing).
You shouldn't look to Alanis Morissette for a guide to English definitions.

Looking through my eyes it is.
That's looking through your eyes.
Fair enough, Sex Pistols ok?

[Oscar]

Looking through my eyes it is.
That's looking through your eyes.
Fair enough, Sex Pistols ok?

Pink Floyd

[mashman]

Pink Floyd

The Trial off The Wall?

Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature;
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!

I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honor.
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape.
But my hands were tied,
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder.
Let me hammer him today?

Crazy,
Toys in the attic I am crazy,
Truly gone fishing.
They must have taken my marbles away.
Crazy, toys in the attic he is crazy.

You little shit you're in it now,
I hope they throw away the key.
You should have talked to me more often
Than you did, but no! You had to go
Your own way, have you broken any
Homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor,
Him and Me, alone.

Baaaaaaaaaabe!
Come to mother baby, let me hold you
In my arms.
M'lud I never wanted him to
Get in any trouble.
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home.

Crazy,
Over the rainbow, I am crazy,
Bars in the window.
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in.
Crazy, over the rainbow, he is crazy.

The evidence before the court is
Incontrivertable, there's no need for
The jury to retire.
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving
Of the full penaltie of law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to defecate!

"Hey Judge! Shit on him!"

Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Deepest fear,
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Tear down the wall!

[ducatilover]

The Trial off The Wall?

Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings
Showing feelings of an almost human nature;
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!

I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honor.
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape.
But my hands were tied,
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder.
Let me hammer him today?

Crazy,
Toys in the attic I am crazy,
Truly gone fishing.
They must have taken my marbles away.
Crazy, toys in the attic he is crazy.

You little shit you're in it now,
I hope they throw away the key.
You should have talked to me more often
Than you did, but no! You had to go
Your own way, have you broken any
Homes up lately?
Just five minutes, Worm your honor,
Him and Me, alone.

Baaaaaaaaaabe!
Come to mother baby, let me hold you
In my arms.
M'lud I never wanted him to
Get in any trouble.
Why'd he ever have to leave me?
Worm, your honor, let me take him home.

Crazy,
Over the rainbow, I am crazy,
Bars in the window.
There must have been a door there in the wall
When I came in.
Crazy, over the rainbow, he is crazy.

The evidence before the court is
Incontrivertable, there's no need for
The jury to retire.
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving
Of the full penaltie of law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to defecate!

"Hey Judge! Shit on him!"

Since, my friend, you have revealed your
Deepest fear,
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Tear down the wall!

Best band, ever.

[mashman]

I found my vote. Dunno where it's been all this time

I propose the following restructure to the political offices of New Zealand.

The role of Prime Minister is to be abolished. And in it's place there will be. The Financial Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Social Prime Minister of New Zealand.

John Key becomes the Financial Prime Minister and we decide who the front wo/man we will be for the Social Prime Minister role. (labor and the nats can fight for that position too if they like )

Nothing else changes.

The Social Prime Minister will be responsible for the reading of submissions posted by the public of New Zealand. Find out what the financial cost is from JK, then balance that against the social cost and see if anyone has come up with any good ideas, that would lower both financial and social cost. They may need an office full of staff too.

I will then vote.

[ducatilover]

I found my vote. Dunno where it's been all this time

I propose the following restructure to the political offices of New Zealand.

The role of Prime Minister is to be abolished. And in it's place there will be. The Financial Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Social Prime Minister of New Zealand.

John Key becomes the Financial Prime Minister and we decide who the front wo/man we will be for the Social Prime Minister role. (labor and the nats can fight for that position too if they like )

Nothing else changes.

The Social Prime Minister will be responsible for the reading of submissions posted by the public of New Zealand. Find out what the financial cost is from JK, then balance that against the social cost and see if anyone has come up with any good ideas, that would lower both financial and social cost. They may need an office full of staff too.

I will then vote.

They won't do that, short term money loss is a no-no. Unless it involves something that will end up being completely useless and will not benefit anyone, anywhere.
'Tis not economically viable mate.
Far to logical.

[mashman]

They won't do that, short term money loss is a no-no. Unless it involves something that will end up being completely useless and will not benefit anyone, anywhere.
'Tis not economically viable mate.
Far to logical.

You don't have to do away with the current costs at the moment, but the current costing model needs to change.

An injury sustained in a crash is just that, an injury right? Cars are responsible for 78% of all injury crashes. Those figures are obtainable. That has a knock on social cost. It's a fact.. Just because they group it, them and us, doesn't mean they actually crash any less. It just means they pay lees to crash more.

[ducatilover]

You don't have to do away with the current costs at the moment, but the current costing model needs to change.

An injury sustained in a crash is just that, an injury right? Cars are responsible for 78% of all injury crashes. Those figures are obtainable. That has a knock on social cost. It's a fact.. Just because they group it, them and us, doesn't mean they actually crash any less. It just means they pay lees to crash more.

See, if you start making sense, it can't work....Ya know?