Omelette NZ style?

Reminiscing on his New Zealand tour comedian John Cleese laughed about his breakfast omelette at one hotel:

“I remember asking for an omelette, then as she  leaving I stopped the waitress to ensure she had the message  (everything tends to go wrong in New Zealand) I said very clearly ‘an omelette with three eggs’.

And then I got my omelette – with three fried eggs on top. You know how some things are more obscene than you anticipated; well when you cut it fried eggs on an omelette is absolutely unwatchable”

Regional Council Notes

Wairarapa was unsuccessful in attracting investment in the first round of Regional Development funding put up by the government.  Whilst deeply disappointing it was not unexpected when one looks at the myriad of projects from all over the country that were put up for consideration.  There’s no doubt that the Fund was designed to be an election carrot and the first round of grants has been described as nothing more than a lolly scramble.

Sore losers don’t generally get any sympathy however so there’s no point in complaining.  We need to regroup and work out what we need to do to get over the line.

Regrouping requires our three councils to work together on this; something they have agreed to do, with Greater Wellington Regional Council providing some overarching support, to identify and prioritise projects that might tick the right boxes. … Continue Reading

Rotary District Governor’s visit

South Wairarapa Rotary hosted the District 9940 Governor in February. The meeting was held at Cobblestones in Greytown where the Friends of Cobblestone group catered for the over 80 members and guests who attended. DG Mitch Brown addressed the assembled guests and outlined his vision for the coming year.

President Mary Mason took the opportunity to induct four people into the Paul Harris Fellowship.  The gift of a special Paul Harris Pin, medallion and citation recognize this highly esteemed recognition award.

New Zealand Rotary Clubs use the Paul Harris Fellowship to recognize people in our clubs and people who interact with our clubs and the community, for exceptional service.

This year, our club recognized four outstanding community and club members … Continue Reading

Murphy’s Lesser Known Laws

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
bright until you listen to them.

2. Change is inevitable, except of course from a vending machine.
3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.

4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone
would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

7. The things that come to those who wait will usually be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.

8. The shin bone is a device used for finding furniture in a dark
room.

9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong.  A tax is a fine for doing well.

10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of

12 people who weren’t creative enough to get out of jury duty.