Lyndon Hood - Unoriginal, Wellington
Monday, September 17, 2007
New-esque Hood: Foreign Affairs, Sport and Politics
- One Fine Day in the Newsroom:
First Editor: So what about international news?
Second Editor: Well, at APEC Helen Clark met the President of China.
ED1: Really? What's his name?
ED2: Hu.
ED1: The Chinese President.
ED2: Hu.
ED1: The President of China.
ED2: Hu.
ED1: The guy who met Helen Clark.
ED2: Hu. Hu is the Chinese President.
ED1: I don't know. I'm asking you.
... - Subeditors Kick Rugby Scandal For Touch:
There's growing excitement in the subediting benches. A rugby-related scandal during the World Cup and unlikely to hear its final whistle any time soon, promises a record run of punning headlines and captions. Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor is widely agreed to have taken his eye off the ball and perhaps also dropped it, by going on a Parliamentary rugby tour with a Corrections manager who is currently suspended and under investigation, possibly for screwing the scrum. - Meanwhile, in France:
First Frenchman: Mon Dieu! Les All Black jouer contre du Monde, mais la Prime Ministrice de la Nouvelle-Zélande, Helen Clark, n'est pas en France. Aussi, le leader du Opposition néo-zélandaise n'est pas ici.
Second Frenchman: Zut Alors! Et qu'est-ce qu'il s'appelle?
FR1: Key.
FR2: La leader du Opposition en Nouvelle-Zélande. Saivez-vous son nom?
FR1: Oui. Key.
FR2: L'homme néo-zélandais.
FR1: C'est Key.
FR2: Je ne sais pas. C'est le raison que j'y ai demandé. Qui est la leader du Opposition néo-zélandaise?
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Labels: abbot and costello, comedy, foreign affairs, nz politics, rugby, satire, who's on first
