Poor unc...

[unclehobart]

I almost wonder if thats too downtown. One almost ends up surrounded by bankers and lawyers buildings. How far is it to the chemist? groceries?

 

[BeardofPants]

As you can probably see from the pic, we're pretty much surrounded by other heritage buildings w/ the exception of the library across the road, and a smallish scraper across from the shared public space. Chemist: 1 minute. Groceries: 10 minutes to the bottom of Queen Street.

 

[Slim Pickens]

As you can probably see from the pic, we're pretty much surrounded by other heritage buildings w/ the exception of the library across the road, and a smallish scraper across from the shared public space. Chemist: 1 minute. Groceries: 10 minutes to the bottom of Queen Street.

You live across the street from the library??? That's AWESOME!!!

 

[Slim Pickens]

You live across the street from the library??? That's AWESOME!!!

Ahem, pardon me...

 

[BeardofPants]

Hahaha. Yes, and yes it's awesome that we are surrounded by a library, a vintage cinema, a park & several art galleries.

 

[Slim Pickens]

Hahaha. Yes, and yes it's awesome that we are surrounded by a library, a vintage cinema, a park & several art galleries.

[Cartman] sweet

 

[BeardofPants]

OMG, I'm slow... Unc, I *just* got yer avatar.

 

[unclehobart]

You get a pass since you're +17 hours or so up the road. I wouldn't expect the Chinese to get many Irish jokes either.

Here's an NZ joke for you that only half makes sense to me:

You owned a 3 storey house and rented the top floor to the Maori's, the middle floor to the Pakeha's and used the basement as a Rumpus room. One day, there was a massive earthquake and your house collapsed. Who survived???

The Pakeha's, because they were All at work.



I dunno what a pakeha is... but i'm sure that the joke is *wink wink* bigotry.

 

[Inkara1]

I don't think you need to know what a Pakeha is to figure out the joke implies the Maoris don't work. A different way to tell it would be: If you don't want a Maori to find his paycheck, where would you hide it? Under his work boots.

 

[Inkara1]

I checked wikipedia... a pakeha is a fair-skinned New Zealander, of British or European descent. It's also used sometimes to describe any non-Maori New Zealander.

So it sounds like the same kind of joke a white guy in the US would tell about a Native American.

 

[BeardofPants]

Exactamundo dude. Pakeha = whitey.