Ah, that's likely what the CBC piece was about, didn't catch it all, it was on the truck radio ... there was a fellow with a north american accent on too, talking about the multiple stomachs and bugs within, how they work to digest rough plant matter ... we'll learn pretty soon how to turn lawn trimmings and orange peels into jet fuel, just a matter of the right bugs in the right conditions
'45 million sheep and 10 million cattle' - now that's pastoral ... it really is a clean green island paradise, bludgers and anti-bludgers and standard political stuff aside ... streak of irreverency running through the whole nation, cheeky blighters some of them, but logical in their own ways, get straight to the core of matters, for instance this [how else would you pay a fart tax, but in turds] -
'In the past New Zealand's farmers have showed their disgust at government plans to impose an animal "flatulence tax" by sending parcels of manure to members of parliament.'
[edit] - two things about that sentence and the language of Shakespeare - it should be 'shown' not 'showed', and the name Parliament should be capitalised, old teutonic way of showing respect ... harrumph, looks like it's up to the colonials to save Englisch, Shakespeare being long gone now |
