Political Caption Competition
The Hungry hungry Health Secretary
POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa’s first black president in…

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Genghis Khan’s empire facilitated the Pax Mongolica, which stabilized trade routes and political communications across…

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: Eight presidents have died in office: four from natural causes and four from assassinations. POLITICAL…

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: George Washington spent his entire campaign budget on 160 gallons of liquor for voters. POLITICAL…

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948….

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: The Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959, sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans…
… Cream at Christmas is a treat, just like the oranges in the foot of our Christmas stockings were as children, and oranges, more common nowadays, still evoke magical memories for me. I have one poss Commerce Commission complaint lined up; last time I engaged with them it was by telephone, and they were pleasant to talk with back then.
Results?
I can’t afford NZ cream. Perhaps we can import it from Italy from where the supermarket gets tiramisu or Germany from where Pam’s gets cheesecakes to supermarkets according to the package, e&oe. Everything has a hole in it these days – complain to the Commerce Commission – cosily called ComCom – if you are lacking one, don’t be short-changed.
Ah, the old tiger moth days when folk went to church on Sundays and shared a hot roast afterwards were ever so much better than these days of codlin moths burrowing into bureaucratic heads rather than be part of Granny’s Apple Pie with cream.