northbysoutheast

In the absence swiz or goss from across the Tasman, it's left to me to record that the Speaker of the NZ Parliament has okayed a male member playing with his carburetor in the House following an earlier ruling that allowed female members to knit. "Knitting's their hobby - I play with vintage motors" he apparantly claimed. Meanwhile, a 24 year old woman has been jailed for five years for beating her male flatmate into a coma for not doing the housework. He's still unable to walk or exercise and all this happened in December. Golly, houseproud or what? Now these precious tidbits are sourced from the fillers of reasonably reputable newspapers here in Oz. Without the benefit of on-the-ground reportage who knows what's really going on over the waters? Come back soon chaps - this stuff's important.