Odd musings
I met a dog control officer tonight. I've never met a dog control officer before.
"Do you control cats as well?" I asked.
"Not yet. But the council's considering it."
Remember, you heard it here first.
Also, here's some corporatespeak overheard in a pub. A bunch of working guys in the public bar of the King's Arms, in Newton, in the afternoon talking about the New Zealand boxer Soulan Pounceby. One said he admired the Aussie media in how they labelled Pounceby a baby-killer.
"So how do you redeem yourself after something like that?" asked his mate.
The guy paused and thought. "You have to go out and proactively serve society," he said.
"Proactively." At the King's Arms!
"Do you control cats as well?" I asked.
"Not yet. But the council's considering it."
Remember, you heard it here first.
Also, here's some corporatespeak overheard in a pub. A bunch of working guys in the public bar of the King's Arms, in Newton, in the afternoon talking about the New Zealand boxer Soulan Pounceby. One said he admired the Aussie media in how they labelled Pounceby a baby-killer.
"So how do you redeem yourself after something like that?" asked his mate.
The guy paused and thought. "You have to go out and proactively serve society," he said.
"Proactively." At the King's Arms!
posted by Rob O'Neill at 11:34 PM
5 Comments:
I once witnessed a man taking his cat for a walk in Wellington, complete with leash. I kid you not. And those cats, oh yes, they are rampant. Need to be on a leash. Ten to one the council will think of an excuse to do it, too, like inventing a new disease and calling it cat ’flu.
They should wait until they've got the dogs under control first before expanding their mission.
OK, I have a little bias here, the product of two years as a postie....
My neighbourhood is terrorised by cats, Rob. We're afraid to go out at night.
I'm personally terrorised by my cat. However, isn't the concept of "cat *control*" an oxymoron-
or should that be oxymeowron?
Craig Y.
Amazing! Jack, on my way home last night (wellington), I came across a woman in a dressing gown, taking a kitten for a walk, complete with leash.
I thought it was odd.
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