Well, the big day has finally arrived and the feeling of anxiety across New Zealand is palpable! The All Blacks are huge favourites to win tonight, but there is a nagging feeling that the French might just pull one out of the bag and deny Richie McCaw (he of the one leg) and his merry men the prize they, and every Kiwi yearns for. If the All Blacks should blow it tonight the nation will go into a state of mass shock and depression from which they might never recover.
A Message from the New Zealand Government
Dear Citizens, should the unthinkable happen this evening, and the All Blacks lose, you are asked to follow the following procedure which has been drawn up after extensive consultation with iwi nationwide;-
- Go straight to your nearest waterway (this may be a pond, stream, river, swimming pool or ocean)
- Adopt the following position in readiness for your sacrifice;
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| Approved pre-sacrifice position |
4. Eat your last pie (filling at your own discretion, but must be Mrs. Mac's) and hokey pokey ice-cream.
5. Jump
A great weekend here, picked up Amie from Pre-school on Thursday evening after having a look at the Oceania exhibition in Wellington which was having a free day (which meant I saved $15, no flies on me mate!)
This proved very interesting. I very much enjoyed the artifacts on show in Te Papa relating to the discovery and colonisation of the Pacific Islands; I hadn't realised before quite how inter-related they are and how, throughout history, their peoples had moved about between the islands. A visit to this exhibition might shut up those critics who moan about the ABs 'poaching' the best Island talent, but I doubt it!
Saw some layabouts having an anti-capitalism demonstration. Most of the idle buggers were on benefit. The All Blacks below did not seem impressed.
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| Rugby as an art form on Wellington seafront |
Amie was very well-behaved whilst with me all on my ownsome. On Friday we went to Nga Manu nature reserve and saw some widlife including the Tuatara (living dinosaur),
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| Amie and Tuatara (Amie is the one in front!) |
The cavalry, in the shape of John arrived at about 6 p.m. much to the relief of Grandpa! How Mary manages to look after Beth, Jeff and Thom all on her own I will never fathom! Big Gav's for supper after a very good Tuatara beer (I thought they were a protected species - Ed.) in Lembas.
Saturday was our normal weekend activity of going to the market (bought some asparagus - there's trendy), feeding more ducks and hitting the kiddies' playground big time. This gave John a couple of hours on his todd in the morning and, bless him, he reciprocated in the afternoon which allowed me some breathing space to have a look at The Rotary Art Exhibition at Southwards Car Museum (largest in the southern hemisphere - allegedly!). I made a vegetarian thingy for supper (which I ate also, having forgotten to defrost some meaty goodness) - french beans in a tomato, onion and (huge amount of) garlic slosh along with sauteed potatoes and a capsicum and tomato frittata. John dutifully had a go at the slosh but Amie (perhaps sensibly) opted for scrambled eggs on toast. Thank heavens for the barbecue and dishwasher. Tried to talk to Mary on the phone at 6 p.m. but this proved rather difficult with food preparation in full swing and our small grandchild giving it big. Plenty of time to talk later in the week though.
As prayers are being offered up today across NZ, I thought that this photo was apt;-
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| Somewhere in Auckland (I think!) |
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| Lest they forget...... |
Right, six hours to wait before kick off - better get over to the church!
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