August 09 2007
Strange New Zealand: A Collection of Amusing Pictures
posted by Ana Samways at 2:34 pmIt’s a hard road finding original pictures on the web, so here’s a compilation of the best 17 images from the last year of my Sideswipe column in the NZ Herald, re-packaged for the amusement of Spare Room readers…
Not very friendly — The Domain, Auckland
The last straw — Auckland City Lifeline HQ
Same drug, new method — Life Pharmacy, Auckland
Irony at an Auckland Urologist office
Classified advertisement stuff-ups
Shall we alert the Navy? (The headline isn’t the only thing hilarious about this story, from an Auckland community newspaper; look at the ribald metaphor the Lord Mayor uses to describe the waterfront developments)
School holiday booze specials
Children costumes from a toy shop mailer: A ninja, a pirate and a member of the KKK?
10 degrees and this bowling club groundsman mows the green in his undies
How many road workers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three for the price of one
Tempting, but not legal
Unlikely revenue gathering scheme in Northland, NZ
Horsing around on the motorway #1
Horsing around on the motorway #2 (moving a large ornamental horse from its original retail location)
Jesus on the slopes of Whakapapa skifield
August 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Heh – I’ve seen a calf on the back seat of a family station wagon, stopped at the lights at Paraparaumu.
I do like the tree of friendship though.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
The only thing that would have topped the ventolin photo is if they had misspelled puffs.
August 9th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Those are so great. I missed most of them when in the paper. Great collection! Got more?
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August 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Good to know I’m not the only one who stocks up on booze when school’s going to be out for a while…
September 6th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Great photos, I will mention it on my new zealand related site.
Robert
November 5th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks I needed a good laugh! This is quite a collection. I’ve seen some funny things in Christchurch recently but am always driving when I see them (such as the border collie on the motorcycle side cart).