http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/07/letter_from_the_editor_12/ Celebrity Gossip and Pop Culture from Australia and Hollywood Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:08:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/07/letter_from_the_editor_12/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Big cry baby sook Bill Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:51:25 +0000 http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/07/letter_from_the_editor_12.html#comment-1954 <p>Nobody from New Zealand under the age of 37 gets much of Golden Days,and I have often wondered what the hell tourists think is going on. It's kind of an audio visual history quiz without any clues or contect that needs an audio guide spoken by a dwarf on speed. (It doesn't need to be spoken by a dwarf, but it makes for a better image).<br /> I must say though, that I see this about five times a year. (It's free, and I'm cheap ...) and I still always end up with tears running down my face and then there's a quick 30 seconds to regain some composure while pretending the animated cow spat in my eye.<br /> It makes a change from the constant "Damn you, you stupid, insular, chip on the shoulder, craven, "How do you like New Zealand", tinpot country at the Arse End of the World" thoughts which occasionally flicker through the head once or twice an hour.</p> Nobody from New Zealand under the age of 37 gets much of Golden Days,and I have often wondered what the hell tourists think is going on. It’s kind of an audio visual history quiz without any clues or contect that needs an audio guide spoken by a dwarf on speed. (It doesn’t need to be spoken by a dwarf, but it makes for a better image).
I must say though, that I see this about five times a year. (It’s free, and I’m cheap …) and I still always end up with tears running down my face and then there’s a quick 30 seconds to regain some composure while pretending the animated cow spat in my eye.
It makes a change from the constant “Damn you, you stupid, insular, chip on the shoulder, craven, “How do you like New Zealand”, tinpot country at the Arse End of the World” thoughts which occasionally flicker through the head once or twice an hour.

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