March 26 2009
Paul Henry Insults Breakfast Guest
posted by Ana Samways at 1:20 pmPaul Henry personally insults Breakfast guest Stephanie Mills, from Greenpeace, by reading viewer emails, against his producer’s advice…
Tom Semmens, who posted the clip on Public Address, said:
“The prick is all class, it is a little window into the women hating culture of small minded right wing misogynists like of Paul Henry, and says a lot about why that other powerful woman, Helen Clark, was so loathed by dickheads who also find this sort of thing hilariously funny. TVNZ should be ashamed that he hasn’t been made to at least apologise in public for his behaviour.”
Send TVNZ your feedback here.
March 26th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
That sort of poisonous behaviour will catch up with him one day.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Does Paul Henry have man boobs?
March 27th, 2009 at 4:59 am
good on Paul.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I think Henry is hilarious. He knows what he’s doing, you can see it in his eyes, he knows he’s pushing it. It was a little uncomfortable in this case, but also pretty funny. And it was hardly a vitriolic attack on the woman in question, or women in general.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Paul is AWESOME!!!! NZ is too sensitive, that story about the OZ blog is a good example.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:51 am
But surely, aside from being mean and personal, it’s bad form to humiliate a guest, who appeared on the show unpaid at the crack of dawn, like that?
March 27th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Oh come on, it’s not Paul Henry that wrote those things, it was the viewers. Typical left-wingers; never blame the actual person who did the crime, just look for the closest person in a suit.
I thought it was funny. Would YOU go on national telly with a lady-mo? I think not.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Well, if Paul values his viewers enough to shave before the show, I think it’s reasonable to expect the same respect from a guest!
It wasn’t very professional of him to take it that far, and it will surely backfire when people don’t want to appear on the show in case he mentions their muffin top or receding hairline… but it was pretty funny.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:39 am
What an arrogant and offensive little weasel he is. Sadly, this kind of cheap, offensive commentary is what passes for current affairs these days. TVNZ should be ashamed. He wasn’t simply reading out viewer responses – he was deliberately and repeatedly continuing his own personal tirade against a guest. Like all cowards, of course, making sure that the brunt of his attack was unable to respond. What a hateful little man.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Has it occured to anyone that the women may have wished to have a mo, just like a lot of men, some of whom have those idiotic bits of hair under the centre of their lips. If she wants a mo, good on her, you are all being sexist!
March 27th, 2009 at 8:13 am
It’s called a ’soul patch’. Though we prefer the term ‘chin-gina’
March 27th, 2009 at 8:13 am
What if she had a Mohawk haircut, would it be bad form to comment on that?
A spade’s a spade and fact is she’s got a tash, it’s weird, different, and noticeable.
It’s a real world out there, so harden up and face it with some reality (excuse the pun)
March 27th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Learn to laugh people, the human race is programmed to take the piss.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Paul Henry is the main reason I stopped watching breakfast tv. This is not the only incidence of him being infantile and ignoring the real issues at hand. I really hate to think of him as a reflection of how shallow some New Zealander’s can be. Surely we deserve something with a little more intelligence on TVNZ – after all we pay for it.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Oh f**k me, how does this guy keep his job?? When he has the production team in his ear AND his co-host pleading with him not to do it can somebody please explain to me how such juvenile behaviour is tolerated from a highly paid public employee? Perhaps it’s time for Paul to be demoted to weather presenting so we only have to see him for a minute or so at a time
March 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
The fact that Paul Henry thinks that constantly repeating the word ‘arse’ is funny, indicates what a small minded,arrogant little man he is and is the reason why I stopped watching the ‘Breakfast’ program
March 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Paul Henry is funny and people need to lighten up. I am a woman, have been involved with some Greenpeace issues myself so I consider I am in a good position to comment. The woman had facial hair, so? Paul Henry noticed and commented, so? Get a life people. I observe people of both sexes and make comments about their appearance. Maybe I shouldn’t but I do. If this really bothered you then you need to get a life.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Well, these types of shows (and the word “show” is appropriate because that’s all it is) are all about ratings, and you can bet your mary poppins that this type of thing will improve ratings. Sure some people will stop viewing (like you Ana) but others will become attracted to the controversy. Controversy is sensational for ratings. Just look at reality TV and how it sucks in Joe Public. Joe needs to turn of the telly in the morning (even better, turn it off permanently), have a healthy breakfast and perhaps go for a nice walk before work.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:19 am
I feel sorry for Ali, poor woman was begging him to STFU and he just kept on going. If TVNZ thought he was as bad as viewers complain he is, surely he would have gone long ago.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:21 am
There’s not really any point in discussing this, doing so will just annoy you. Some people find Mr Henrys behaviour vial and some find it funny. No one will be convinced their view is wrong. No one. In the end the public will decided. If Paul crosses enough peoples “good taste” line viewer numbers will go down and he’ll be replaced. If you don’t like him, don’t watch the program and expect him to change, just stop watching.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Waxing is painful, and why the heck should she, the truth is, some women have thicker, darker facial hair, GET OVER IT! Not all women want to look like the media wants them to look!
Unless she was being interviewed about how to remove facial hair, then how she looks is not relevant.
Grow up Paul! You are a selfcentered ignorant arse! This is the reason I stopped watching Breakfast too.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:50 am
James: I’m not some hysterical pre-menstrual woman who wants Henry stoned to death. FFS! I never said I’d stop watching; Henry is a good broadcaster I just think he crossed a line professionally by publicly humiliating a guest. Think you’re right about having some healthy kai and going for a walk instead of watching morning TV
March 27th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Absolutely hilarious. Loved this, everyone was talking about it the other day, I’m so glad I’ve managed to see it. Paul Henry, I salute you!!! You’re the reason I try and watch Breakfast as much as possible before I have to go off to work.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I’m surprised this wasn’t front page news on the herald this morning…
March 27th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Ohh I usually love Paul Henry but that was a little uncomfortable to watch at first! “Are mo’s for greenpeace members standard issue?”.
I still laughed though!
March 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Yunno, I can’t wait till Paul Henry is in his 70’s, incontinent, dependant on help to toilet, and otherwise completely alone in the world. Let’s see how smug and arrogant he is then.
I think that until then, a quiet lynching is in order. What a prick.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Would like to say I love Paul henry. Very over the top sometimes but very funny. One gripe I have with programme, I leave home for work at 8.30 and all the real interesting things are on after 8.30 till 9.00am. Spare a thought for all the workers out there.
Regards
Robyn
March 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Paul Henry is awesome. For a start all he did was read the viewers comments. People need to lighten up. Paul Henry is a breath of fresh air in this PC world. I only watch Breakfast because he is on it. As for those who are calling for him to be fired, they need to get over themselves and worry about the important issues in the world not whether some woman’s moustache was mentioned. Im sure the Stephanie Mills purposely doesnt shave it to make a stand anyway.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:26 am
There really is only one possible outcome for this – let Paul Henry have his moustache waxed and do it on the show – that’s if he can grow one!!
March 27th, 2009 at 11:43 am
damn I have never seen so many comments on here…lighten up people, stop being a bunch of panzies!
March 27th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Whats wrong?? He just said what we all were thinking!!!!
March 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
good on him all he did was read comments but was a good laugh
March 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?! why do we have to be so politically correct all of the time?! He was only reading out, what you the viewers had posted, i noticed the moustashe, and im glad he pointed it out through the viewers comments!!
Whats wrong with you people, when you cant even sit down and have a laugh.
the brightest part of my day is waking up to Paul and his merry crew, stop b*tching you pussies
March 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Brilliant!!! good to see some humour especially at the expense of a tree hugging greenpeace moustachio. tom semmens should take his hand of it and try cracking a smile for once.go paul henry!!
March 27th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Have we really gone this soft and PC? Have a laugh people, maybe he did go too far but in the end what difference does it make? He was reading out a readers comment, and we were all thinking the same thing.
Some people here should watch The Daily Show. Then you can see a presenter really rip into a guest.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I think it’s classic. He was just reading other people’s comments. people need to stop being so darn PC and just enjoy it for the good laugh it was. Besides, everyone knows that anti-everything people all have Mo’s. She’s probably a peta supporter and only eats fruit that’s fallen off the tree…
March 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
He also compared a lovely elderly woman to a monkey this week asking, which one was cuter? What a patronising jerk, that is totally disrespectful.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
This whole thing makes me cringe with embarrassment. Not because the woman neglected to wax her upper lip, but because the standard of television has sunk so low that this man is paid handsomely to be on tv. He reduces every interview to a level of complexity that would have the producers of Sesame Street accused of dumbing down tv; he has the sense of humour of a 14 year old school bully; and in this instance, proved himself unworthy of being in paid employment in any 21st century workplace. TVNZ – do us a favour and make him the first casualty of your budget cuts! Please!!
March 27th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
HAHA, I think I’ll watch the show more often. This is hilarious.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
What’s wrong is that he didn’t just mention the fact that she had a “lady mo” but that he made it clear that he thought it was repulsive & that the woman should have had it removed.
She was born like that. Why should she have to change how she looks just because Paul thinks that the way she naturally looks is ugly? The way she looks is (shock, surprise normal. Some women are shorter than average, we don’t tell them to have their legs lengthened or to wear high heeled shoes at all times. Some women have more facial hair than the average women.
Paul Henry completely misses the point that removing facial hair or not is her choice, not just pure laziness or lack of awareness about how she looks. Waxing is painful (particularly on sensitive areas of the face).
There is something abhorent in the idea that that woman should have to change the way she looks because some people find the way she naturally looks ‘ugly’. We have a very limited understanding of beauty if that is so.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I like people who tell it as it is-the king is not wearing clothes but many prefer to see a mundane costume.Sometimes a bit rude but entertaining.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
It’s about basic courtesy, not political correctness. When you have to humiliate a person (and in such a public manner) to have fun, is it humour or malice? If it is so funny, then let yourself be the object of ridicule, and then others can laugh at you and with you, too.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
If the purpose of Breakfast was serious interviews, neither he nor any other host would contemplate saying such things. It reveals his pedigree and the type of show it is – which while not all bad – is not serious material. Alison says it herself: they just need people to watch for good or bad to stay on-screen. Poor dears.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Although it was ‘poor form’ to humiliate a guest like that. Henry is actually a quality presenter and doesnt just nod and simle when interviewing guests. when a good answer is given he accepts it, when the question is avoided he makes sure the subject respondes correctly. Although its probably poor form, I think it was funny – but obviously I’m an infantile chauvanist.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Alison Mau is a true pleasure to watch really.. And Paul Henry, rather funny at times also. Good show, no problem with what went on, couldv’e been a lot worse/hurtful if they wanted to!
March 27th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Ha! Bloody funny. Yeah, we’re all being way too PC these days – I found it highly entertaining and a great help in starting the day with a smile on ones face!
March 27th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I think tact is a very important skill to possess, however, it is very amusing when things like this happen on TV. Awesome!
I also wonder what is he referencing when he says he has a “hooter” down there?
March 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Not acceptable or appropriate. It demonstrates his double standards and lack of maturity. It’s no wonder his wife & twin daughters left him and why he can’t hold down any stable relationships. Paul – please tell us about the pain you experienced when you had your brazillian or did you just shave under the nuts the 2nd time.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
This so-called journalist is a pompous un-funny twit.
In cahoots..Alison Mau was weak and pathetic.
And yes I’m sure those are man-boobs he has, surely everyone should be made aware of this?
March 27th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
LOL – Paul Henry is the man! She had a moustache – wax it, shave it, whatever. If you are going to appear on Television, at least look presentable. Mark Sainsbury’s mo is always well groomed. Maybe she can do the same – maybe go for the Handlebar look like Mr Sainsbury
March 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
funny and cringworthy at the same time. everyone has their ‘faults’ and it is denying human nature to ignore them. While Paul can be an insensitive boyish twit at times, it des make Breakfast unpredicatable in a train-crash sort of way. Who is the alternative – some other PC bland journo? By the way he has a squeaky voice and buck teeth.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
this is really funny.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I like Paul and for sure he is an arrogant bas***d but he is not so ordinary Kiwi and he is well needed to flavour the Kiwis inferiority. Yet, this was a personal attack on a female. No wonder why Kiwi men are not …. well you guys and girls know the rest.
The law and justice are not blind and TVNZ as well as Paul are liable and compensation to the poor lady is a must and I think a personal public apology should be broadcasted by no later than Monday, well unless Paul hides in Saddam’s hole.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
It is not about funny, it is not about news worthiness or free-speech, it is actually about empathy, at least the lack of it.
Anyone who takes pleasure in publicly mocking someone about their appearance has no empathy, and hence no class.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Public eye, public comment.
If Stephanie Mills was in any way embarassed about her moustache she’d shave it off.
We really are a small country sometimes.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
What a spectacular asshole. Yet another reason not to watch breakfast television (if one were needed).
March 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Paul is a twat. That’s why we watch TV3 Sunrise, at least we learn something other than bad manners.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
well..paul is from cattle country new zealand..there is no class or professionalism here right..
March 27th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
The thing is when he does this stuff, it’s with humour, it’s clear he isn’t actually attacking the woman (in this case, or the monkey thing, or any of the other ‘incidents’).
He’s giggling when he says it, it’s totally clear he just taking the piss a little. Sure in this case it is a little personal for the woman involved, but still wasn’t really mean-spirited at all.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Arty types like to push the boundaries and shock don’t they ? Doesn’t the lady deliberately set out to shock by growing a mo ?
So what’s the problem ? Are we expected to recoil into PC paralysis when confronted with a bearded lady ?
F***k off. She’s making a statement. So are the viewers, Paul Henry recognises the realities.
Green tossers.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I suppose it’s possible that this lady has no mirrors in her house. If that’s the case them she might appreciate the news that she’s sporting a ‘tash. If she does have mirrors then I’m guessing she’s aware of the facial fungus and if she’s comfortable enough to go on national television (with a presenter like Paul Henry) with the old soup-strainer on display then I doubt she was humiliated by viewers pointing it out. If she demands an apology then maybe TVNZ will listen but I doubt she will and all the others who have got their undies in a bunch can just be ignored. Perhaps then they’ll save their indignation for things that matter.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
pauls a legend, everyone was thinking it and he was brave enough to say it. it was very funny
March 27th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Good on Stephanie for being proud enough to sport a mo on national tv and good on Paul for being unpc enough to say what we were all thinking anyway. Your average kiwi needs to grow up and learn how to have a laugh.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Surely if the producers thought these viewer comments were not suitable to be shared they would not have passed them on to Paul. The fact that they were saying in his ear “dont do it” they knew what was in them. Maybe the producers should take some of the blame here. It’s nice to someone that doesn’t mix his words and hide behind the PC crap. As the new bread ad on tv says New Zealand has gone soft!!!
March 27th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
One day this gentleman will actually engage his brain before he opens his mouth and frighten himself.How much do you respect the people you work with, and does that respect include embarresing your fellow commentator?
March 27th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Paul Henry is fantastic. I felt more uncomfortable watching the woman with the moustache than listening to him talk about it.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Has anyone else noted a number of people on here who claim they have “stopped watching Breakfast because of paul” yet they knew about this? Bit like chocolate…some people just can’t say no!
March 27th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Infantile. Prefer to watch news and current affairs on TV3 rather than cringe my way through this drivel – or – watch the kids programmes on tv2 if you want something with a bit more class that a 3yr old can realte to..
March 27th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
What a bunch of wowsers. Stephanie went on tv to promote her beliefs and as spokesperson for an organisation – presumably a position she took in the knowledge she would be looking for maximum publicity. As a result I’m afraid she becomes fair game for this type of comment. Sad but true. I am guessing Stephanie is well aware of how she looks and chooses to live with it. If she didnt she would probably not be on tv or in the media all the time. Far too many precious people out there with no sense of humour.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
P H is a class wanker, simple.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Brilliant!
If tv can’t be entertaining then whats the point.
As for the lady who wrote in saying she cried…….spare me.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
..PH is allowed to say such things: 1. His salary is more then 100′000.- p/y
2. He knows everything
March 27th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Good on Ya Paul!
Great to show up the humourless eco-femi-unists
March 27th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I like Paul, good for him for having the balls to say on TV what allot of people watching it are thinking!
These were after all comments from viewers, not Paul himself.
NZ is too pussy whipped as it is, good on you Paul, don’t change for the few over sensitive types out there.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I can not believe this is an issue. He read a viewers comments and adder a bit of humour. Get over it. It’s a joke. Even i know that and i’m a German, you know, the least humorous people in the world….?!
March 27th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
If the woman in question had been overweight, would it have been justifiable to read out comments on the fatty? Paul Henry is no oil painting himself – when will he get those teeth fixed. I stopped watching Breakfast because of his patronising and demeaning behaviour. See no reason to start again. Cost cut at TVNZ – drop the dork.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
He commented on what he saw, big deal, I bet in the privacy of your own home you were thinking the same thing and if you weren’t thinking it then I gaurantee you’ve thought something similar in the past. Paul Henry rocks, lighten up people
March 27th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Immature… sure. But that’s what makes it great. Although Paul should have his mo waxed.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
What a moronic prat. I didn’t like him before, now I just can’t stand him. TVNZ get rid of him please
March 27th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
If this pathetic little creep really did have the balls Thomas Williams suspects him of having, he would have humiliated his guest to her face rather than making comments later.
I suggest TVNZ cuts costs and raises the average IQ of its presenters by firing Henry and just keeping Alison Mau.
March 27th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
It worries me that many people feel this is a bit of harmless fun.
It’s puerile, and a national embarrassment – wake up people, we’re not talking tabloid provincial news, nor is it the tongue in cheek ‘The Daily Show.’ Media is globally consumed and this will be identified as NZ current affairs. As a kiwi living abroad, I’m ashamed to call myself a New Zealander right now.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:14 am
What a git!!! He was only reading out the feedback to get a reaction. He wanted to express his own views on it too.
Respect to Alison, she has class and tact.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:56 am
I feel sorry for her, she won’t live the embarassment down for months unless she’s a very strong lady. Ana is right – it’s unprofessional to humiliate someone, everything else aside.
March 28th, 2009 at 2:36 am
“Start a group.”
March 28th, 2009 at 4:02 am
It’s crappy morning TV, what more can you expect if you watch that kind of thing? The fact is, most NZ television is pretty poor anyway, at least he’s injecting a bit of life into it. The people who are ashamed to call themselves kiwis, or are calling for his head need to get over themselves, and see it’s just a bit of harmless humour – even if you do think it’s in bad taste, what harm can it possibly cause?
March 28th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Ana:
Always fun to provoke such a response though.
hehehe… my mistake… I was responding to “Anna”s comment a few comments above my own – not yours. Typo on my part to only put one n in the name
Right then, I’ve had my bacon and eggs (healthy?) and now I’m off for a post ramble amble.
March 28th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Paul was only reading feedback. He’s awesome he makes breakfast intersting and funny. Not being PC is the best thing for NZ tv. People need to stop being so sensitive. Have a laugh : )
March 28th, 2009 at 8:58 am
He wasn’t only reading feedback, he made comments of his own. Whoever likened his behaviour to a 14 year old bully, was right on the money.
March 28th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Please read up on Bully’s.
Paul is showing all the symptoms.
I watch him from time to time I see he has lightened up on the young weather Man.Tamati.
Why is it that New Zealand is so tolerant of bullies.?
Why is it part of the culture and for a television station to allow it./
Doesn’t New Zealand have some of the worst stats for bullying?
Alison your pleading was rather weak.
NZ Stand up to bullying and Please be aware of the signs.
Just watch historic footage of Paul.
I am fascinated.
I always end up turning my telly off.
There is no use being a bully back either. Just don’t tolerate Pauls treatment of the human soul
and hope that he gets some help.
March 28th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Management take note – this type of disgraceful behaviour is why I and many others stopped watching the show some time ago. He is a loose cannon, and displays no respect for you. Minimise the damage to your organisation and sack him immediately.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Paul is great , the breakfast show without Paul would be like bread without butter, good on you Paul!
March 28th, 2009 at 11:59 am
You ultra sensitive people who are wrapped in cotton wool need to take a good look at why Paul is laughing. Unless there’s a magazine called “chicks with mo’s”, why would you even consider having facial hair if you were a women on tv? Guys just aren’t attracted to that, however if a lesbian was to come along you may be in the money…….but I doubt it. All the lesbians I have spoken to love it hairless, no matter where the location. Paul Henry is right and all of you that take offence should just have a good laugh and get on with life.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Love you Paul – but
you are naughty.
(should be in “The Office”)
March 28th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Start a group…lol
Paul is the best
March 28th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
So this is what 10 years of Helen Clark and the rise of the greens and the feminazis has brought my homeland to. That chick does have a moustache so why the outrage when people comment on it? Good on you Paul – it’s about time someone has the intestinal fortitude to stand up against the all pervasive thought police. This kiwi cancer is now being exported I’m sad to say. We emigrated to try and escape it, but sadly it seems to catching us here as well. So much for free speech!
March 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Paul, funi as. Lighten up guys…its tv….paul henry is the one of the reasons I turn the tv on in the morning before heading out towork….funi is as funi does imo…keep it up paul..awesome mate!
March 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Paul Henry is the reason I watch TV3’s Morning programme.Paul rarely takes the high road even when given a choice to be kind or unkind. He does not seem to have the slightest modicum of class or what constitutes good manners. I would imagine most people enjoy a laugh including myself. However, never at the expense of someone’s else’s on-air and very public humiliation. Shame on you Paul for a very public humiliation of Ms Mills and shame on you TVNZ for not demanding his instant dismissal or at the very least a public and heartfelt full apology.Full kudos for Ali Mau.
March 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Scumm. You made a complete fool of yourself, grow up and set a better example for NeW Zealanders. You should have just listened to your smart co-host and not said anything at all.
March 28th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
SOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!
GOOD ON U PAUL TOTALLY HILARIOUS….
XOXOX
P.S. R U FRIED???? LMAO
March 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I like Paul H’s style, the lady had a mo, and the last time I looked it up ladies don’t have facial hair.
I wonder what Stephanie’s thoughts are???
March 28th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Hate to say it, but I laughed myself silly. Loved his comment that said, “Its a lady with a moustache, so what? Go back to eating breakfast.” I think that woman put herself in the firing line.
March 28th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Good on you Paul for saying what we were all thinking. Would anyone who is complaining about this give a shit if Alison said something about a man with a hairy back or somesuch?
Fuck double standards.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I find it very upsetting that many NZers not only find it acceptable for a TV presenter to make fun of a guest on national television, but accuse others of being “pussys” for disagreeing with it.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am
How many of the people posting support for the smart-@rse are really doing so because in fact they hate everything Greenpeace stands for ??
Alison Mau, sitting there in the backwash of PH airhead comments, had better be carefull she doesn’t end up looking like one of those FoxNews bimbos
March 29th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Personally found the comments distasteful, however surely the biggest reflection on the assclown Henry, is that he didn’t find anything to verbalise on the greenpeace issues that were raised by the woman.
He is a poor excuse of a ‘journalist’ & should be given the boot for generally being a pratt with little integrity and no professionalism.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Paul Henry has been acting this way for a while now and I’m utterly sick of it. He’s smug, pretentious, offensive and unprofessional. Even worse he just doesn’t know when to shut his fat mouth. TVNZ should have sacked him years ago.
March 29th, 2009 at 5:22 am
It probably goes with her hairy arm pits, legs etc…get a life NZ.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Why do people watch the news? This is like some frightening science fiction movie where the general population have been replaced by an army of shuffling, giggling moron zombies.
This sums up to me why New Zealand is such a sad place. Thousands of half-witted bogans who have never grown up beyond the play ground (yes – the old bully mentality – find someone who looks/sounds/is different from the herd then huh!huh!huh! join the rest of the pack for some ritual humiliation.)
Are these people ADULTS?
Gee, why can’t everyone be a conservative National voting greedhead like me or Paul Henry? Hey who cares about what’s actually going on in the world? We want entertainment!
This guy isn’t a journalist, he’s a trite, small town clown, an embarrassment to his profession.
What about the frackin’ issues? Man, will it be a funny sight as the global environment finally collapses and all the starving drongo-birds (aka kiwis) watch the news. Sea levels rise seven metres – HEY LOOK THE LADY ON THE IDIOT BOX HAS A FUNNY HAIRCUT! HA HA HA! LOOK AT THIS DARRYL!
Jeezus, what a pathetic bunch of excuses for humanity. Seriously, the human race is over. There is no hope.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Paul Henry is an arrogant idiot and this is just another example of the immature stupidity of the man.
I can’t even watch the show if he’s on it. If TVNZ is meant to be the voice of the people, he is very apt in the role of public village idiot for those who think that disrespecting people is acceptable.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Good on Paul!!! All these people that complain just show how to PC this country has gone and its because of these other losers that complain at every little thing is why we have problems in this country… go Paul we all need a laugh and you just point out what we are all thinking…Keep up the great work!
March 29th, 2009 at 8:52 am
PAUL IS AWESOME!!! this had me laughing out loud, insulting yes…but good TV all the same.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am
So damn funny! That woman deserved it too!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I’m over weight, not the worlds best looking bloke & bald to boot. I don’t mind as I’m happy and thats all that matters but people and friends will alway poke fun at people like me thats life just live with it! We all just need to harden the f**k up in this fine counrty and stop being a pack of sofe arse losers.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:30 am
If Stephanie Mills worked at the same office as you and sported a luxurious mo’ would you not stare at it, would you not smile when someone else cracked a joke about it, would you not wonder why she didn’t do something about it?…A woman appearing on public television sporting a Mo’is a rarity, why shouldn’t it be commented apon?
March 29th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I think all the lefty lezzy eco-femmies need to seriously lighten up. Paul you are a class act. You are the only thing keeping the show on the air. Everyone watching must have noticed so wheres the harm in commenting? REDUCED TO TEARS… You need PROZAC!!! Pauls comments are not your issue lady
March 29th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Get over it!….making a mountain out of a molehill!…typical NZ…enjoy the banter..or is it back to not being able to laugh at yerself!..Good on yer henry…don’t even consider apologising to ‘em!
March 29th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Thanks Paul for not apologizing. Even my wife found it funny and wondered why any self-respecting woman would go on the air with a Mo (unless she was proud of it of course, in which case she shouldn’t complain)!
March 29th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I’m sick of Paul Henry. Who cares about that woman’s so called mo that i can’t even see on this monitor.
It’s the horrible things he says about the environment and any new thought that doesn’t involve fast cars that grates me.
The TVNZ news is still the best (more accurate) but I find there is nothing fresh enough in the breakfast slots on both channels.
kez
March 29th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Lighten up people!!! People notice facial hair and he just said it!!!!!! Things can slways be done to improve those things of things evn bleaching (cheap!!!
March 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
political un-correctness at its best!!!
good on you Paul.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
What an absolutly tactless wanker. Its absolute crap to claim he was just reading out what people had said, he knew exactly what he was doing. I’m positive everyone claiming that we are all just being PC would not want to be absolutely humitiated like that I hope it happens to him sometime soon.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
oh leave the metro poofter alone it was bloody hilarious
March 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
People in glass houses Paul – when you look like a mole you probably shouldnt be casting insults on others. You’re a disgrace mate!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Oh come on guys, learn to laugh a little. This country needs to get over all this PC crap. We need some more comedians for f**ks sake. Paul was just reading viewers comments, GET OVER IT.
You should be giving the viewers crap, not just Paul.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Paul Henry is awesome and people need to get a life! I have one of those conditions a viewer refered to, Polycystic Ovaries and was not offended at all… in fact found it all very funny. Those people complaining can’t honestly tell that they have NEVER poked fun or laughed at someone’s comment regarding anothers appearance. Come on people there are bigger issues in the world to get all worked up over. We love you Paul.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I have watched a few shows hosted by Paul Henry and found him to be entirely devoid of humour, wit and charisma. The kind of person who, at a party, would make a ‘joke’ and have it be followed by silence, a tumbleweed going past, and then someone saying “Aaaaaanyway…”. The same goes for the above clip – his comments were little more than “It’s a lady with a moustache”. What is funny about that? He’s a man with a mauve shirt. HA HA HA! Not. By all means, NZ, have a laugh, but at things that merit it, not playground crap like that. (Yegads it’s depressing that so many people find PH funny.)
For those who claimed that “Paul just said what everyone was thinking”, I hope they noticed that, in light of this thread, it is, in fact, NOT what *everyone* was thinking, and I hope they stop trying to use such assertions to explain away their own bullying behaviour in future.
“How hard can it be to wax?”. Oh boy – that sounds like an invitation for a repeat of the scene in The 40 year Old Virgin, live, on air, featuring Paul Henry’s body hair being removed.
March 29th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
she had a stash. he read out correspondence pointing out the stash. said he noticed the stash. i dont see wut the problem was.
the thing is u dont normally see womem with that sort of facial hair. im pretty sure he just said wut everyone else was thinking.
the elephant in the room analogy is pretty spot on i think. who would not notice it.
March 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Paul make television worth watching. At times I’ve hated him for making fun of the things that are close to me but then he makes fun of EVERYONE, so I don’t mind. He’s going to make fun or past remark about someone or some group tomorrow and the next. I’ll keep watching breakfast despite this light hearted incident. We are too PC in the country!
March 29th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
For gods sake, get over it. Some ppl are so pathetic. He is bloody funny. All he did was read the emails of what other ppl were thinking.
March 29th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
she does have a moustache!
March 29th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Context is everything. It may have been funny in a Mike Myers film, but it’s not here.
March 29th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
It is interesting that most people that have a problem with political correctness are white men. They are basically saying ‘hey how dare you stand up for yourself. we have been degrading you for years and have enjoyed it. making me stop hassling you is bothering me. Stop seeing yourself as an equal and lets go back when I am on top and you are on the bottom.’ I guess all those white men are right, how dare women stand up for themselves, what a check! Any women how thinks this is okay has simply fully submitted to thinking of themselves as a lesser citizen. Just because your dad and husband have been treating you badly for years doesn’t mean you can stand up for yourself too.
March 29th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Yep, no class, no manners, not funny. It’s not “PC” to refrain from making fun of another person’s appearance. It’s just manners. I agree with whoever called it bullying. He used you, the idiot viewers, to make him feel big and clever, as all bullies do. I’d put money on the guess that Paul Henry was himself the kid who everyone kicked the shit out of at school. Runty, borderline aspergers, and irritating as f***k!
March 29th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Bloody hell….. appearance counts for a lot in this current world if you want to be taken seriously. Stephanie Mills obviously does and as she’s a Greenpeace front person, someone in her life should have enlightened her about it. It’s not right on a lady, it doesn’t look good and there’s plenty of products to get rid of it. I get rid of mine! Get OVER IT everybody. Duh….
March 29th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
By the way…. i’ll keep watching Paul and the Breakfast Show. Sure, he’s opinionated, but he has the guts to say what most of us are thinking!
March 29th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
This guys arrogance is outstanding. Only on TVNZ who are obviously starved of a quality audience would such an cretin be allowed to remain employed. The fact that the gentleman (dare I call him that)has had an ongoing afair with a promenant Auckland business woman behinds the elderly husbands back speaks volumes of his character. Maybe it is the bitterness 10 years down the track of losing a seat on the national party in 1999 to Georgina
March 29th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Go Paul you are fabulous!!
Sure it is a personal insult, but was all blown out of proportion, just a light bit of humour is this crazy PC world.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Its ok NZ P H will now quiet down for a bit,wait to be laid off, get given BIG TIME MONEY but still be that funny looking bald homo that he is.OOPs down to his level….I didnt see the show but heard about it.Very rarely do I watch the show hes on.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
RE Marie; Facial hair in Italy and Greece is height of beauty.Also in the female body, the male hormone that creates the mo gives us a stronger and healthier head of hair …
March 29th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
The lady with the mo already knew she had it…. she has probably known for a while – he was just somebody with enough balls to read what we were all thinking. i have been short for as long as i stopped growing! got over it ! if somebody states the obvious and says i am short i dont cry. if these people who moan about him speaking his mind had their way we would all stay home and say nothing – what are they doing watching a show like that anyway if they dont like that sort of stuff!! go to bed with a womans day mag
and moan for a reason
wazza
March 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Maybe her eyebrow was coming down for a drink hahaha
March 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I can see how it has turned against him, but in the end he was only the messenger. Everyone could notice it.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
People are going bad. When basic human dignity and respect goes out the window, that’s nothing to do with “PC” it’s to do with – being a reasonable person.
“PC” is just a term used by people who can’t justify their shitty behaviour and nasty outlook.
I’m amazed at the number of people who think it’s OK to abuse people and ridicule them for cheap laughs. Paul Henry is an embarrassment but he’s not stupid.
He knows there is an audience of braying sheep out there who love to see anyone taken down who doesn’t fit into their boring, empty little worlds, so love when some 50 year old teenage bully does his routine on TV.
It’s a sick society. None of the hard men and ladies round here would like it if one of their family or friends were humiliated on national television, but because they have no imagination or empathy, they think its funny when it happens to someone else.
Lucky the woman in question is obviously someone with some depth, unlike this smirking little boy.
What’s really amazing is she is trying to alert the human race to the fact we are fucking our planet – yet people don’t want to hear, they are more interested in some clown making jokes about peoples appearances.
No wonder we’re going down the drain, all the sheeple who have to watch this crap to get their jollies before driving off to their little boxes everyday.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
There are two issues here. One is that Paul Henry publicly commented on the irrelevant fact that a (female) guest had a moustache. The second, real issue is that he then chose to ridicule and attempt to humiliate the woman in deeply misogynist terms for not removing the hair. Paul Henry is a juvenile and sexist right-wing rich white man with a public profile who can’t understand a) that some women are comfortable with the way they naturally look; and b) that his comments could be extraordinarily destructive and hurtful to other women who are not comfortable with themselves.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
did you see his little smirk just before the ad break came on hahahaha that was hilarious
March 29th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I left NZ 6 months ago and the thing I miss most is…….PAUL HENRY. He is just such a class act.I want him to be the father of my culturally insensitive children! Pleeeeze Paul, move to Brisbane…..you will really be appreciated.The Ozzies know how to pull the piss perfectly and you will be in good company. We need you here,Hurry Up!Luv ya!
March 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
She had a mo, he took the piss and it was friggen funny. Its what every normal new zealander was thinkin but all these f**ken aucklander pc poofs. get over it you wankers!
March 29th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Lotta crying going on here.
Pass the tissues to the crybabies.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Get over it NZ. Have a laugh and lighten up. Everyone has flaws and the best people are those that can have a laugh at it. BTW what a great slug
March 30th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Good on ya paul…controversy gets viewers to tune in…What is he going to say next!??..
Maybe you should of mentioned it to her on air..”Hey lady”…Whats with the rug on your upper lip?”
Good stuff.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:58 am
See craigeye, he didn’t choose to mention it while she was on air, because that would have risked her making some smart reply and making him look stupid! Bullies don’t have the balls to risk being shot down!
March 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Paul has my full support. I found it incredibly funny. People just need to loosen up.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I am amazed at the number of people who think Henry is funny and that anyone who believes his comments to be tasteless and unprofessional, is a hairy, PC whinging lesbian. I hate political correctness but this type of comment is absolutely unnecessary and shows what an arrogant, thoughtless pillock Paul Henry is. It’s so simple – the issue is about respect and politeness and Henry obviously feels he is above that sort of extraneous requirement of a good broadcaster. Good on Ali Mau for trying her hardest to stop him. Sadly in the male orientated media industry, people like Henry will always be looked after and be in a job. What a dork.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
TO BE FAIR, it wasn’t the nicest of topics for the poor Green Peace lady to be the centre of, BUT, if you were being invited to appear on national television, surely you’d have the foresight to book an appointment at an eco friendly beauty salon for a upper lip bleach – it takes 5 minutes and lasts quite a while. Perhaps she could even use a product that wasn’t tested on animals or killed whales in the process of being produced.
Keep pushing the boundaries Paul – if you didn’t, nobody would know where the boundaries are and life would be very VERY boring indeed!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
To all the lesbian greenies whinging and whining about Paul Henry BECAUSE he is a man……..oh go and join a group, like he said! You are so sad and pathetic……..he does not only target greenies and moustachioed (fe)males..anyone is fair game to him.Be miserable all your lives….it suits you.We like a laugh and will continue to have them as long as he is pulling the p.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:12 am
“Join a group” has been used Louise. Many times. Along with “PC whingers” and “lighten up”. In fact, that’s pretty much the entire argument anyone defending Henry’s behaviour has put forward.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:31 am
And so….your point is????????? Don’t you get it????? We are so over you hairy (FE)males telling us that we cannot do what we would like to do……and that is take the piss out of you awful lot and laugh too!why don’t you try and joke about NORMAL people? I know…..you can’t!Why?Because you are totally sad and humourless!Do not deny us the right to laugh.otherwise I will have to join a group too!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:37 am
Oh and P.S. Look at the video clip again……..Alison doesn’t really try THAT hard to dissuade Paul…she smirks too.I rather think that they work the GOOD COP/BAD COP line..that’s what most successful partner pairings do anywhere.And, she sprang to his defense pretty quickly, so I am assuming she wasn’t THAT distressed about it all….she certainly wasn’t reduced to tears(unless they were of mirth!!!!!)Anyway, she’s NORMAL…she’s married…to a MAN!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:47 am
My point is, you are saying nothing new or interesting Louise.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:09 am
Ana, go join an INTELLECTUAL group if your brain is desirous of stimulation.What the F do you expect from a blog over a hairy lip on a (FE)male? A PHD in The Anatomy of a (FE)Male???? I’m having fun rising to your bait……crack a laugh you dried up old Women’s Rights prune!When my breasts were young and firm and perky I didn’t wear a bra!I have reached that age in life…over 50, where there are much more important things in life…..and one of those is to be glad that you are still able to laugh.You should maybe LIGHTEN UP,STOP BEING A PC WHINGER, JOIN A GROUP AND GET A LIFE(This last parrot phrase may be a new one for you!).Try laughing…you’ll feel soooooooo happy and good, I promise!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:22 am
I’m enjoying baiting you too Lou; but enough. I must go shag my girlfriend and admire our mutaul armpit hair.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:22 am
P.S. Ana, if I am not saying anything new or interesting(and I beg to differ on that…..no-one mantioned the good cop/bad cop!!!…That’s gotta be new!!!!), why are you replying to me?Don’t you have a job to go to or something very important and earth shattering to do???? And no, I do not have a job to go to…..don’t need to work…..I married a MAN and he supports me!SHOCK, HORROR and OUTRAGE!!!!! But hey, I like it like that! I do for him, he does for me!We are happy!!!!!Kids are grown up and responsible …one’s a lawyer, one’s in MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh, and I have a degree, as does my husband and two sons…..and we paid for all our own education….no bludging off the state for us!That’s why I can afford to sit at home writing rubbish on stupid websites!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:26 am
EXCELLENT ANA!!! I have to go change my incontinent pad, I laughed so much!!!!!
Have a lovely day, and don’t cut your LIPS shaving!!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Jesus Christ, Louise. Over-useage of the ? and ! and CAPS??!!
Go down a bottle of Chardy and chill out.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I reckon it was a crack up! I think it’s classic that there’s such polarizing views.. Yes it was slightly unprofessional but I would rather that he doesn’t change the way he is and turn into a another soulless hobbit!! Also don’t you remember Paul Holmes Cheeky darky comments?? .. That to me is crossing the line.. Having a laugh at a woman’s hairy upper lip is fine, and hey maybe she will actually take notice.. A woman with a hairy lip is pretty disgusting.. let’s be honest about that..It’s just so 70’s!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Alcohol isn’t the answer to everything…….however, I my just go and have a lovely middle class latte and contemplate how silly this whole topic is and move on to more entertaining things.This one has run it’s course. Just hope Paul continues with his very entertaining and insightful programme, and I wish all NZ well…..wish Paul was here in Brissy.That would make it the most perfect place on Earth! (oh, and a couple more ! before I get that latte!!!!!!!!!!)
March 31st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Oh, and Julie…..don’t blaspheme……it’s really not becoming and quite disrepectful to our Creator!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Louise your keyboard must be smokin – thanks for telling us your wonderful life story which we didnt really need to know in this little debate. Uptight at all yourself? Calm yourself or you’ll blow something.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Louise in time you might realise that Brisbane is not exactly the utopia you might expect – more uptightness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I think Louise is going through that “special time” in a mature womans life..
March 31st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
yep summats bugging her. Maybe the heat? Makes people go quite mad they say
March 31st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
The other important question is..
Why is a kiwi that’s living in Aussie even posting on this type of forum..It’s very bizarre and disturbing.
If you’re in Aussie then comment on Australian current events NOT NZ events cause the reality is that you choose to live in dingo land full of dingo’s therefore your opinion is null void..
Although from the ranting and raving I would suggest that NZ is defiantly better off..
March 31st, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Haha that was definetely the funniest public display of un-PC-ness ive seen in a while! I also saw that Mr Vintage have released a t-shirt, check it out!
http://www.mrvintage.co.nz/shop/Browse+by+Gender/View+All+Mens/Paul+Henry+Moustache-Gate+MENS+t-shirt.html
March 31st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
@catherineheadatom: Here here. The misogynist patriachy has been loud and abusive for too long. While you’re busy sniggering and calling us names, we’re busy teaching your daughters to fight this insipid, quiet bullying.
We may be humourless, because fighting for what’s equal and right is a lifelong, thankless task. This may be a “small” thing to you giggling zombies (thanks OrwellWasRight), but EVERY small thing adds up – you take every “small” insult any entitled white male broadcaster has made since the advent of radio and TV, and you have a mountain of adversity against women.
Grow up, the lot of you. Even the women who think this is funny – you’re a disgrace to your gender.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
all quiet on the Tasman now tho! Anyway we are way off topic.
Paul Henry almost dropped another beauty yesterday when he had the lady from the Pet Crematorium on. She said “you can just turn up” and his reply was “what, with your dog in a bag?”. Fnarr. (Before all you animal lovers get on here I have 2 lovely dogs but can accept the imagery and have a laugh). The nervous look the guest gave was priceless, I was just waiting for the clanger but it never came! Clearly has had a word in his ear.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Biscuit – misshumungous what? Please dont confuse us stupid white males with complicated feminist terminology – it hurts our little un-PC brains. Go and cook some eggs. Hang on a Maori male said that…..oohhh we cant go there can we? That would bring the rest of the PC squad running.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
OMFG – Is biscuit for real ??? sounds to me like someone needs to get laid! And quick!
Man hating isn’t solving anything Biscuit.. And not ALL men are sexiest pigs as you and your man hating feminine moustache growing group would love to believe.
I would recommend that you take your own advice about growing up and come into the year 2009
March 31st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
geez yeah what an absolute lemon-faced misery guts.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
@Biscuit, what do you have to say about the constant man bashing in the media today? Men are portrayed as the lowest of the low, or just plain stupid bumblers while women are mostly protected from that by the PC crowd. If any female presenter had a go at a man for having a hairy back or something, would you even give a flying fuck?
Radical feminism is a bullshit hypocracy and I’m smiling on the inside because people are finally waking up to that. I am glad I will be alive to piss on its grave.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Oh but please, all of you, keep demonstrating your fear at the loss of your power.
Your asinine, done to death jokes keep reinforcing your stereotype.
And my stereotype? Man-hating? I do not hate men. I hate asshole misogynysts (look it up – making fun of a 4 syllable word and someone’s intelligence is not irony, its furthering your idiocy), and they come in both genders.
Stop putting women into neat little boxes, and you might be surprised to find women meeting you halfway.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Bisuit you sound a little bit disturbed.
I guess while you’re so high-up there on that horse of yours and making sure that your crusades go well you have lost who you are as a person..
I’m not angry at you I just feel sad for you..
So maybe its time to throw away those pitch forks and stop trying to comment on and for all Woman kind as I know that most woman would think your as mad as a rattle snake.
What’s next ? Biblical quotes??
March 31st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Unhappy Little Cookie – while I can make fun of a 4 syllable word (which you have spelt 2 ways by the way) I have an IQ of 144 and last time I checked that did not put me in the dunce room. My wife found this PH episode very funny indeed and she upholds many other beliefs that empower her as a woman. If I tried to put her in a neat little box she would kick me in the shins. We just enjoy life and laugh a lot at eachother, others, and ourselves. We dont get all misery-guts and loathful and analytical, as you have by imposing a self-view that you are a 2nd class citizen, seething with your own shortcomings. Maybe you are the one with the issues and men dont meet you 1/2 way? Altho you say you have 2 daughters so you must have met a man at least 1/2 way somewhere along the line. Yours must be a miserable house. I am sorry if you have had bad experiences with the men-folk but is there a need for you to perpetuate (4 syllables!!) your hatred upon the world?
March 31st, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I didn’t say I have daughters, I was saying “teaching your daughters” in a broader sense.
Maybe fighting for one’s rights makes one mad, but I’d rather be angry and making a change, than sitting back. and letting things slide with a chuckle. Because one of these days, you’ll (colloquially all, not you individual) come to the end of your life and say “what did I REALLY fight for?”
But I do have a side of amusement with my salad – that you HAVE neatly put me in a little box as a feminazi mustache wearer because I’m angry about ONE issue. Just as you (colloquially) complain that I don’t understand who you are or what you represent. Don’t act like a giggling zombie idiot on the internet and debate in rational terms, then you might not make people so damn mad.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Confucious say: Angry Cookie Make Crumbly Mess On Plate. I suggest you just try and enjoy life a little. Its not all that bad. Good night.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I agree with Silly white man even though he is a silly white man
hehe
Life’s way too short to be so angry about the way society is..
No one is letting anything slide we just realise that there are things we can change and things we can’t.
I do think that an orgasm wouldn’t hurt you Biscuit.. or even try puffing on some of that herb it might crack a smile on that “feminazi mustache wearing” face of yours.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:55 pm
If the guest is not concerned about the incident why are so many people up in arms about it?!!!
Som people just spend their life looking for fights to pick.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I wonder if Paul reads this. It’s bloody hilarious.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Crumbly Cookie says: I am enjoying life, by attempting to make a change.
And if you don’t get angry about an issue, who will? Will it always be up to the “other” person to do it? She’ll be right mate, someone else will always fix it. And before you know it, no one cares. About anything.
Scoot: Are you saying society’s attitudes towards appearance and the judgment thereof is a thing we can’t change? Change, ahh therein lies the rub.
And I smile lots, thanks. But keep those tried and true jokes at our expense rolling, and reinforcing the original issue that got us here in the first place.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Scooter, why do you have to publicly display your smalltown Xenaphobic paranoia in such a hostile manner?You ASSUME I am a Kiwi.You have no knowledge as to why I am living in Oz.The whole debate was about PEOPLE’S RIGHTS.I am quite within my rights to live anywhere in the world and to read and participate in any blog I choose.Your peurile comments are what give NZers a bad rap.Such a pity!I met so many lovely,intelligent, generous and broadminded NZers when I lived there.I have lived in 5 countries in the world, and I was happy in all of them, as I now am in Oz.Beautiful weather and all.I embrace life and am not afraid of change!Not everyone wants to just stagnate in one place for ever.Some find the challenge of new places and new people quite stimulating.Happily, I have been one of the lucky people who have been able to experience all this.A place and it’s people are only as good as YOU make them!Good bye and good night.I shall no longer be partaking in this blog.You may retort as you choose.I have no wish to engage in any more discussions with one as immature and hostile as you.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Enough of the crazy lady…enough comments.