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Last updated on July 2nd, 2017 at 08:13 am

A Somalian gets stabby above New Zealand:

Two pilots have been praised for landing a plane safely in New Zealand after being stabbed by a Somali woman in the cockpit during a mid-air drama on a domestic flight.

A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane during a harrowing mid-air drama on a New Zealand domestic flight early today, police said.

An Australian witness says the attack was an attempted hijacking:

Mr [Halden] Boyd said he had talked with airport management who were able to give him only limited details about the incident.

“Being a pilot I managed to get a few things out of them and they said that the pilots are ok, they’re in hospital, they can’t give out too many details but it was an attempted hijacking.

“They wouldn’t tell me where the woman wanted to take the aircraft to.”

Sydney, probably, if the woman shared typical New Zealand attitudes. Which doesn’t seem likely.

UPDATE. Our stabbish Somalian did have some traditional Kiwi impulses after all:

Police say a Somali woman charged with trying to hijack an Air New Zealand flight this morning wanted the plane taken to Australia.

Too bad Australia is beyond the range of that particular aircraft. Meanwhile, some media outlets seem anxious to avoid mention of the woman’s background. Here’s a Canadian report:

A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane in mid-air on a domestic flight in New Zealand earlier today …

The passenger also claimed there was a bomb on the plane … a 33-year-old woman was taken into custody by local police.

And Al Jazeera:

A passenger on a New Zealand commuter flight has been arrested after stabbing both the pilots and threatening to blow up the aircraft …

Police arrested a 33 year old woman when the aircraft – a 19-seat Jetstream 232 – landed in Christchurch. The woman had reportedly claimed to have placed bombs on board …

Most evasive of them all, CNN:

A 33-year-old New Zealand woman was in police custody Friday after she allegedly attacked two pilots of an Air New Zealand charter plane …

Dog squad police boarded the plane and apprehended the suspect, who was believed to be from Blenheim.

UPDATE II. TVNZ reports:

The woman at the centre of the mid air drama on a flight from Blenheim to Christchurch is named Aisha, which is her muslim name according to sources in the Blenheim Muslim community …

The 33-year old Somalian woman from Blenheim at the centre of the drama is well known to the Blenheim Muslim community although they vehemently deny she is a practicing Muslim.

“She’s definitely not part of our community,” says Zayd Blissett, Blenheim Muslim Community spokesman.

Read on. She sounds more like a nutjob than a terrorist; splitting hairs, I know.

Posted by Tim B. on 02/08/2008 at 12:01 AM
    1. Yeah, but this would be ok under Sharia, wouldn’t it?

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 12:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. I’m calling bullshit on this one. Everyone knows that Somalia is regarded as a land of complete peace, happiness and social cohesion. It just doesn’t ring true.

      The most dangerous thing that can happen to you in Somalia is chafing caused by all the excessive hugging that the locals engage in at the drop of a hat.

      Those pilots provoked her.

      Posted by Penguin on 2008 02 08 at 12:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. Let me guess: the complimentary inflight snack was pork scratchings?

      Posted by cuckoo on 2008 02 08 at 12:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. Was she in a burqa?  That’s probably why she didn’t manage to kill anybody.  It’s hard to move around in those things.

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 02 08 at 12:23 AM • permalink

 

    1. Tsk tsk – not PC enough Blair.  Let me help you.

      There was confusion today aboard an Air New Zealand jet as racist passengers privately judged a differently cultured woman that was attempting to peacefully explain something to the pilots with a knife whilst screaming.  Human rights groups have condemned the pilots actions in stopping the womans offerings of peaceful stabbings as gross intolerance and called for them to be sacked.  In further developments the Archbishop of Canterbury has called for culturally sensitive oppressed individuals who may not agree with current air transport regulations to be allowed to draft their own rules prior to flying so that they do not feel unable to express their grievances at culturally appropriate times during flight.

      Posted by bondo on 2008 02 08 at 12:28 AM • permalink

 

    1. I did wonder about her nationality. It was all over the news on the radio this morning, but no identifying characteristic apart from the fact she has XX chromosomes was forthcoming.

      I guess she’s one of those rabid presbyterian or 7th day adventists.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 02 08 at 12:29 AM • permalink

 

    1. #5 Wel said, Bondo.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 02 08 at 12:29 AM • permalink

 

    1. Was this Daughter of the Prophet (Peas Be Upon Him) travelling alone?

      Sheesh. What a slut.

      Posted by JDBagain on 2008 02 08 at 12:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. Poor woman. Even NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark once had to just about stab airline workers to get somewhere

      Posted by ilibcc on 2008 02 08 at 12:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. #3 Possibly, Cuckoo. And judging from her appearance she may have been enraged because there weren’t enough available.

      Posted by C.L. on 2008 02 08 at 12:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. #5 LOL!

      Posted by C.L. on 2008 02 08 at 12:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. What you bet that she now qualifies for an art grant.

      Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2008 02 08 at 12:35 AM • permalink

 

    1. #10 Oh Keerist C.L.!!!!

      If ever there was a reason to WEAR a burqa, that was it.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 12:40 AM • permalink

 

    1. #10 CL

      Memo to Police: BEND YOUR KNEES

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 12:44 AM • permalink

 

    1. #5: peaceful stabbings

      Excellent!

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 12:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. Judging by the size of the fat bitch, she was either complaining about the inflight meal or that her barge arse had been impaled on the arm rest. What’s the wonky thyroided slapper doing outside without a male relative anyway?

      Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 08 at 12:50 AM • permalink

 

    1. #16: Literally L.O.L.!!

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 12:51 AM • permalink

 

    1. #10, CL, isn’t it obvious to you muslim hating redneck types that the poor woman is being saved from that evil ginger infidel by the bloke in the man burqa?

      [/moonbat]
      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 12:53 AM • permalink

 

    1. Ok, surely everyone’s jumping the gun assuming that this story has religious connotations.

      A far more likely story to me is that this is PMS-related…

      Posted by shtine on 2008 02 08 at 12:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. Mmmmmh

      Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 02 08 at 12:57 AM • permalink

 

    1. #20: From the link: “”It is very offensive. I think the Muslim community will be outraged by what he has said.”

      Uh, oh. You know what that means.

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 12:59 AM • permalink

 

    1. Initial reports suggest her name is Farqin Fatima.

      Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 08 at 01:00 AM • permalink

 

    1. #22: Man, stop it, you’re killin’ me!

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 01:03 AM • permalink

 

    1. Things must be a lot better in Somali than I remember.

      I don’t recall ever seeing a fat Somalian before.

      Posted by Razor on 2008 02 08 at 01:06 AM • permalink

 

    1. Keep her away from the water, the Japs’ll stick a harpoon in her.

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 01:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. #20

      Muslim leaders have hit out at NZ First leader Winston Peters for claiming New Zealand has a “militant underbelly” of Islamic extremists with the potential for London-style suicide bombings.

      And rightly so. There’s nothing “under” about this bird’s belly.

      Posted by C.L. on 2008 02 08 at 01:17 AM • permalink

 

    1. #26

      Apart from a fungal rash

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 01:22 AM • permalink

 

    1. Somehow I don’t think she thought this through.  She tried to hijack a bug-smasher 19 seat turboprop.  The range of those things is not big, she couldn’t have got anywhere outside NZ.

      I’m surprised she managed to get to the cockpit.  If she was sitting at the back, the plane would have been flying with an extreme nose up attitude – it’s a miracle the tail didn’t strike the runway when they took off from Blenheim.

      Posted by craigo on 2008 02 08 at 01:24 AM • permalink

 

    1. Her first choice was suicide bomber. Fortunately they couldn’t find an explosives belt her size.

      Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 02 08 at 01:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. #25 Pickles,

      “Keep her away from the water, the Japs’ll stick a harpoon in her.”

      The Sea Shepherd mob could put her to use as a decoy to trick the Japs into coming close to them.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 01:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. I thought she looked familiar

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 01:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. #31. Very good, but oh dear.

      I noted a couple of week ago, that this may in fact turn out to be a bad move. When Rudd declares inflation public enema #1 at a time when we are actually at war, something is amiss.

      Posted by MannyC on 2008 02 08 at 02:02 AM • permalink

 

    1. #31 Pickles,

      you BASTARD!!!!

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 02:02 AM • permalink

 

    1. Settle down poggers, my point is that this wasn’t some sort of terrorist attempt, but merely part of the ongoing battle between the big black girl and her arch nemesis, Bubbles De Vere.

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 02:14 AM • permalink

 

    1. Why was she not beaten to death by other passengers?

      Once Were Warriors. Now are pussies.

      Posted by Dan Lewis on 2008 02 08 at 02:35 AM • permalink

 

    1. 334 Pickles,

      I understand what you were trying to say. I just wish you hadn’t included a visual presentation!!

      I’ve been spraying my eyes with Domestos, but the images won’t go away. sob. sniff, waaaaaaaahhhh.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 02:39 AM • permalink

 

    1. No poggers, crude chlorine based cleaning products are of no effect. I suggest immersion therapy, just watch 200 or 300 times and you will come to terms with it.

      Posted by Pickles on 2008 02 08 at 02:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. #37 Pickles,

      You bloody wag!! hehehe

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 03:06 AM • permalink

 

    1. #37 Pogs must have taken your advice pickles just 199 to go

      Posted by Killaette on 2008 02 08 at 03:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. The NZ Herald says the dopey mullet demanded to be flown to Australia. No doubt someone, somewhere will pay her air fare over here . . . surely? She may even qualify for refugee status.

      Posted by BJM on 2008 02 08 at 03:54 AM • permalink

 

    1. #32, Manny, We’re not at war.  Surely they would have something about it on the news each night if we were.

      What?  That means we’re winning?  Now how the hell does that work?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 03:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. I haven’t seen this many Fat Muslim jokes since I last read Irfan Yusuf’s blog.

      [Waves at Irfan who’s still stalking me]
      Posted by Dan Lewis on 2008 02 08 at 03:56 AM • permalink

 

    1. It’s really sad – internal flights in NZ used to be the last place where you could just stroll onto a commercial aircraft without going through security.  (After all, as noted, the planes didn’t have the range to get across the Tasman.)

      Not anymore.

      Posted by kpom on 2008 02 08 at 03:59 AM • permalink

 

    1. #35 – Dan, I suspect they did try to land a few punches, but it would be like trying to beat up an understuffed bean bag.  Your punches just lose all power in the paunch.

      Somalian?  If she came out after the last famine, she’s been making up for lost time.

      Posted by mr creosote on 2008 02 08 at 04:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. #6
      Nilk, I reckon she’d be a 7th Day Adventurist.

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 04:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. #16
      A stint at the Gitmo Positive Living Resort should sort her out.Worked for Daffy Hick.

      Not?

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 04:11 AM • permalink

 

    1. ABC News just made the point of saying the woman was “known to the Muslim community”.

      Posted by anthony_r on 2008 02 08 at 04:11 AM • permalink

 

    1. #47 “Known” huh? Not “part of”?

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 04:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. #40
      And some reffo assistance mob announced today that the Pacific Solution was finished, with all the island detention centres shut down.I also heard that the convicted people smuggler is out of prison 4 years early, and he’s staying until it’s “Safe” for him to return to Iraq.
      He did apply to stay here, but thank God the government said “No, fuck off you convicted criminal with bad character people smuggler.”

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 04:20 AM • permalink

 

    1. Known

      How the hell could they miss her?

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 04:21 AM • permalink

 

    1. The actual phrase was “known to police and the Muslim community”.  Which could be redundant…

      Posted by anthony_r on 2008 02 08 at 04:27 AM • permalink

 

    1. #49 i thought they had closed down a while ago – you know, because the people smugglers got the message and there weren’t any illegals in boats anymore.

      Posted by entropy on 2008 02 08 at 04:38 AM • permalink

 

    1. Known at the local pastry shop too, I reckon.

      Posted by mr creosote on 2008 02 08 at 04:39 AM • permalink

 

    1. #22 IT.

      Sweet work!

      Posted by Penguin on 2008 02 08 at 04:41 AM • permalink

 

    1. I still stick with my theory. She was dying to get her backside over to attend Rudd,s talk fest. Perhaps she has some good ideas in which she would like to impart upon our learned elected twats.
      #40. kae. So they will be looking for some other ‘cause celeb’. Well, isn’t this ‘genius’ a good candidate? hahahah

      Posted by BJM on 2008 02 08 at 04:43 AM • permalink

 

    1. The woman at the centre of the mid air drama on a flight from Blenheim to Christchurch is named Aisha,

      Aisha. Aisha… Where have I heard that name before?

      Ah yes. Aisha was the six year old child, who (the Prophet) Mohammed (aged 54) married.

      Posted by Dan Lewis on 2008 02 08 at 04:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. #52
      No, entropy, there were still a few reffos on one of them.

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 04:53 AM • permalink

 

    1. I reckon this is the future career path for those two aussie bints we minced up in an earlier thread.
      /ee/index.php/weblog/sympathy_limited/

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 04:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. It is true that she is not a practicing member of the Blenheim Muslim community – she has graduated: Hijacking an aeroplane, bombing threats…

      Forgetting to bring an actual bomb though. That is like a P-plater ignoring speed limits. May not lose her license but will probably get Muslim Community Service – you know, helping old people decapitate Barbie and Ken dolls – that sort of thing.

      Posted by Toiling Mass on 2008 02 08 at 04:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. #43

      It’s really sad – internal flights in NZ used to be the last place where you could just stroll onto a commercial aircraft without going through security.  (After all, as noted, the planes didn’t have the range to get across the Tasman.)

      Not at all. There are plenty of airports in regional Australia where the only sign of security is… a sign, warning of the severe penalties for taking a weapon on the plane.

      Posted by Dan Lewis on 2008 02 08 at 04:56 AM • permalink

 

    1. Somali, eh.  We’ve got a few problems with Somalis here in Melbourne. Doesn’t look as if that refugee policy was such a good idea.  It’s all very nice to be kind to the world’s downtrodden hordes but it’s a good idea to make sure they’re not bad or mad or both before inviting them over to stay.

      Posted by walterplinge on 2008 02 08 at 04:59 AM • permalink

 

    1. A 33 year old woman!  That’s the problem right there.  We need more social restraints on thirty spmethings.

      Posted by Bryla on 2008 02 08 at 05:21 AM • permalink

 

    1. #62 Bryla,

      We also need more social restraints on supposedly educated people who can’t spell.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 05:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. #63 Don’t forget the dole-bludgers who can’t think. I’m sure Bryla could tell us all about them.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 05:39 AM • permalink

 

    1. #63 Pogria, it’s not my spelling.  It’s my fat boofy fingers, along with an aversion to proof reading.  oops.

      Posted by Bryla on 2008 02 08 at 05:41 AM • permalink

 

    1. I was just driving somewhere and started laughing at the lights. Traffic onlookers may have thought I was giggling at one of those drive-time comedic dudes. But no. Bondo’s phrase at #5 came to mind again: “Human rights groups have condemned the pilots’ actions in stopping the woman’s offerings of peaceful stabbings…”

      Posted by C.L. on 2008 02 08 at 05:44 AM • permalink

 

    1. #64 Ash, why thanks for your confidence.  I’m sure I could help if you’d just introduce me to a few and give me time to apply deep analytical thought.

      Perhaps you have a few family members who fit the description?

      Posted by Bryla on 2008 02 08 at 05:45 AM • permalink

 

    1. #67 My family members and I all work Bryla. Instead of wasting our time with moronic protests against our allies.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 05:49 AM • permalink

 

    1. #42 Wizard of WOZ

      Indeed.

      Posted by MannyC on 2008 02 08 at 05:53 AM • permalink

 

    1. #68 Ash, well, where am I going to find any dole-bludgers who can’t think”?

      Posted by Bryla on 2008 02 08 at 05:58 AM • permalink

 

    1. I’m sure you hang around with a fair few of them Bryla.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 06:05 AM • permalink

 

    1. Bryla means it takes some planning and imagination to be a dole-bludger nowadays.  Bloody Howard’s 4% unemployment rate!

      Posted by anthony_r on 2008 02 08 at 06:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane in mid-air on a domestic flight in New Zealand earlier today …

      The passenger also claimed there was a bomb on the plane … a 33-year-old woman was taken into custody by local police.

      I’m amazed that anyone could object to that report.

      Posted by Jefferson Skates on 2008 02 08 at 06:19 AM • permalink

 

    1. #72 Damn Howard and his economic prosperity! I’m just so glad that we have Rudd to make things easier for the dole-bludgers now.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 06:20 AM • permalink

 

    1. Is this a somalian menage a trois?

      Posted by cohenite on 2008 02 08 at 06:22 AM • permalink

 

    1. #73 Woo Hoo!!!

      Hit and run Sk8ter Boy’s back!

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 06:22 AM • permalink

 

    1. #75 cohenite,

      “Is this a somalian menage a trois?”

      Only if one of the pilots had been a goat.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 06:28 AM • permalink

 

    1. #65 Bryla,

      That would be an aversion to “poof” reading, wouldn’t it?

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 06:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. She had the shets becoose she wanted the pillots to tin aroond and fly her to austria, fist stop the dole effice and then strate to bondi fer fesh and chups.

      Posted by surfmaster on 2008 02 08 at 06:37 AM • permalink

 

    1. There was a knifeperson in Japan who just wanted to fly the jet for a while, long ago before Microsoft Flight Sim.  But women aren’t so interested, usually.

      There’s this Radio Japan report of a stabby hard luck story, too.  Transportation in Japan is very vulnerable to knives.

      Posted by rhhardin on 2008 02 08 at 06:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. #79 Surfie,

      Smartarse!! 😉

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 06:48 AM • permalink

 

    1. # 81 – Pogria.

      I am so!!!!!!

      Posted by surfmaster on 2008 02 08 at 06:56 AM • permalink

 

    1. #82 Surfie,

      I have heard things. 8-0

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 07:14 AM • permalink

 

    1. # 83 – Pogria, Kae?

      Posted by surfmaster on 2008 02 08 at 07:18 AM • permalink

 

    1. #84 surfie,

      Nah, she thinks you’re a nice person.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 08 at 07:44 AM • permalink

 

    1. #83 I know so! Hi surfmaster. regards

      Posted by fred on 2008 02 08 at 07:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. Muslim women are mostly pretty big. Their men prefer ‘em… um… porky. Good breeding stock for lots of little Jihadi oinklets.

      And she wasn’t wearing a burka because she was cleverly disguised as a new Pacific Islander.

      I mean, what say this was a genuine trial run for a scaled-down but widespread version of nine-aleevan, starting un Een Zud? Perhaps it only came unstuck when Air Dominance Aisha jumped ahead of the fasten seat belts light whilst her co-hijackers were still in their seats pretending to weave little braided baskets.

      Posted by splice on 2008 02 08 at 07:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. # 86 – Hi Fred, when we going boating again?

      Posted by surfmaster on 2008 02 08 at 07:56 AM • permalink

 

    1. Veiled threat?

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 08 at 08:01 AM • permalink

 

    1. News report this was a resettlement gone wrong.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 08 at 08:02 AM • permalink

 

    1. Hmm. Cryptic clues: 8-0, “I know so”, Fred, Pogria, boating…

      Let me guess. Surfmaster has just won all eight heats of the Laser-class World Championship series held this week, sailing offshore from Terrigal Beach?

      Posted by splice on 2008 02 08 at 08:11 AM • permalink

 

    1. Q.  What does a Kiwi Muslim terrorist shout before killing themself and others?

      A.  Allah Akhbaaaaaaaa…

      Posted by Dan Lewis on 2008 02 08 at 08:20 AM • permalink

 

    1. #92 Dan Lewis

      Thank you – I really needed a good laugh! Love it

      Posted by aussiemagpie on 2008 02 08 at 08:26 AM • permalink

 

    1. #72, Anthony, As a person currently without employment (as opposed to being unemployed) I agree with you 100%, if you want a job in Australia at the moment you can get one.  Tomorrow.  Even though its saturday.

      Therefore if you are ‘unemployed’ get off your fat fucking arse and get a forklift ticket, go to coles or if you actually have some skills and or training, go to BHP (who might pay a small bit better than coles).

      Its just that hard.

      I haven’t got a job because at the age of 26 i can afford not to work over summer.  And remember im a bogan.  I earned enough in the last 6 months to take 3 off.

      Gotta love that resources boom…

      #92, Dan, HAHAHAHA nice one.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 09:06 AM • permalink

 

    1. Another nutbucket takes matters into his own hands, with tragic results.

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 09:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. “militant underbelly”

      Well by looking at the photo, I would definitely say so. You could even say, overbelly.

      Posted by El Cid on 2008 02 08 at 09:45 AM • permalink

 

    1. Attention Deficit Aisha Disorder, perhaps. But are we really all settled on the lone nutter theory with this one? That’s the conclusion that many reached all too quickly about the shoe bomber, Richard Reid.

      Okay, how about Sudden Jihad Syndrome? *

      *phrase coined by Daniel Pipes.

      Posted by splice on 2008 02 08 at 09:53 AM • permalink

 

    1. #96 A diet is recommended.

      Soup only diets work.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2008 02 08 at 09:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. This is sad, too; however, when one thinks about how the situation would be handled on one of the Home and Garden TV cable shows, where realtors tell prospective home sellers what they need to do to move their houses, I can see it being . . . well, morbidly hilarious.

      “Ron, the kitchen looks fabulous! The granite countertops, hardwood floors and stainless steel appliances are exactly the kind of upgrades that today’s home buyers are demanding, and the glass-front maple cabinets really make the room pop. Now, let’s check out the all-important master bedroom. What’s this, a closet? Oh. (Pregnant pause). Well, that will have to go. A corpse hanging in the walk-in closet is generally considered a turn-off by potential buyers, and could put some serious downward pressure on the offering price.”

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 09:57 AM • permalink

 

    1. Why are kiwi cops carrying evil black American rifles ? I thought New Zealand was the antipodean home of peace , love , dove , hippy dippy bullshit.

      Posted by greene on 2008 02 08 at 09:59 AM • permalink

 

    1. O/T, Finally, a reason to support alternative energy!

      Posted by aaron_ on 2008 02 08 at 10:07 AM • permalink

 

    1. #95, Paco, Whoa.  Thats a bit f#cked up right there.  Was it his gun and was it legal?

      Im really a bit concerened about the whole Shall Issue laws you guys have.  Even with the mandatory requirements.

      And I’m a gun nut.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 10:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. #102 Wiz: I think the City Council should have taken more vigorous action to have this bird barred from open meetings. He had a long history, apparently, of disruptive behavior. Although I’m not even sure that would have been legally possible.

      I don’t know if Kirkwood is a “shall issue” jurisdiction; the gun might have been stolen, for all I know. But if I were the mayor or one of the councilmen, I’d sure pack my own heat to the next meeting (you’ll notice that the guy even killed two policemen).

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 10:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. #101, P.A.C.O. Have you gone mad sir?  Did you not read the first comment?

      increased ethanol demand appears to be causing many farmers to replace barley crops with corn which is leading to higher beer prices.

      What is this world coming to?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 10:16 AM • permalink

 

    1. The woman is Asha Ali Abdille, who has a string of convictions as long as king kong’s arm. she is upset that the NZ immigration authorities won’t let her bring 14 relatives from somalia. word is that she heard it was easier to get visas for relatives through the NZ offices in sydney (not true). she efo has a roo loose in the top paddock, or maybe a kiwi loose in the silver ferns

      Posted by KK on 2008 02 08 at 10:25 AM • permalink

 

    1. #103, Paco,

      “the City Council should have taken more vigorous action to have this bird barred from open meetings; I’m not even sure that would have been legally possible.”

      Well it seems like it would have been a real good idea, legal or not.  But then hindsight is always 20/20.

      As for BYO, well it might have helped if you knew what was going on, but it sounds to me like the cop outside was basically executed.

      At least his buddies got the crazy $@#%.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 10:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. #104 Wiz, I think you’ve got the wrong Paco.

      Some years ago there was a befuddled but endearing old professor also named Paco who was diligently working on a radically new, sustainable biofuel feedstock. He had several large ponds of very smelly algae that he would stir every day into an ever thickening, oily sludge.

      The poor chap died suddenly one day when he fell off the balcony out front of his laboratory. Which is rather curious since the balcony was on the ground floor. What’s more odd is that the professor’s body was recovered from the hood of wronwright’s short-wheel-base, bullet-proof Humvee convertible.

      Posted by splice on 2008 02 08 at 10:49 AM • permalink

 

    1. “Known to the Muslim community?” Maybe that means that she was so crazy that the others noticed.

      Posted by ErnieG on 2008 02 08 at 11:05 AM • permalink

 

    1. “Being a pilot I managed to get a few things out of them

      Hopefully the blades…

      Posted by richard mcenroe on 2008 02 08 at 11:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. Aw, let’s invite 14 of her closest Somali relatives to come and join her!

      Suspect in Immigration Fight

      Posted by Patricia on 2008 02 08 at 12:00 PM • permalink

 

    1. cuckoo, please define or describe ‘pork scratchings’ for a puzzled Americano.

      ++++

      ‘has a roo loose in the top paddock’

      I’m going to use that.

      Posted by Harry Eagar on 2008 02 08 at 12:28 PM • permalink

 

    1. Oh, when will countries cease their cruel fascist anti-immigrant policies?  And those pilots, I’m sure they work for a capitalist organization.  They refused to listen to the heartfelt pleas of a downtrodden 3rd world person of color.

      Well, wait till Marilyn Shepard gets wind of this.  New Zealand will be sorry.

      Posted by wronwright on 2008 02 08 at 12:48 PM • permalink

 

    1. Harry,

      I think we call them “pork cracklings”.  I’m guessing of course.  I’ve never actually ate any.  Or pork rinds.  Especially the barbequed ones.

      Or jowl bacon either.

      Or soup beans.  With corn bread.  And a big fat slice of onion.  With fried potatoes.

      That’s food from the hill country.  I have no association with that type of food.

      Posted by wronwright on 2008 02 08 at 12:53 PM • permalink

 

    1. From Patricias link in #110:

      “The knife-wielding woman fell in severe turbulence.”

      Thats pilot speak for “the silly bitch stabbed me, so I rolled the plane upside down and she landed on her fat head on the roof.  Then I did it again five times because I liked the sound it made.”

      “the other passengers on the plane” “were four New Zealanders, an Australian and an Indian.”

      Now after the recent cricket crap I can understand why the Indian did nothing, but with an Aussie and four Kiwis as passengers, why wasn’t the crazy bitch thrown out the f#cking door at altitude?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 01:20 PM • permalink

 

    1. #107, Splice, As a mere Jackbooted Thug, I choose not to concern myself with the Machiavellian schemes of those posted above me in the VRWC. Especially those with a Tardis or control over a seemingly endless series of shell corporations.

      Frankly, it does my f#cking head in.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 01:25 PM • permalink

 

    1. #113: That’s food from the hill country.  I have no association with that type of food.

      But…goldurn it, Wron, waunt thet yew sittin’ rite thare at the head ‘a the table down to the Super Hawg Waller Grill t’other nite, nose-deep in a plate ‘a bar-b-q-sine, wiff a big ol’ pitcher ‘a ice tea to one side, an’ a basket full ‘a buttermilk biscuits t’other? I coulda swored it wuz yew, Wron, ‘cause I saw you spot the waitress comin’ to the table at the end ‘a the meal wiff the check, an’ yew saw her a-comin’, and ‘scused yoreself to go to the bathroom, an’ ol’ Bobo Van Hoy got stuck payin’ the bill.

      ‘course, iffen yew sez it waunt yew, I’ll jes’ have ta except it, I reckon.

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 01:26 PM • permalink

 

    1. #114: why wasn’t the crazy bitch thrown out the f#cking door at altitude?

      You’ll be glad to hear that that is part of what’s known as “post-takeoff screening” at Paco Airlines.

      Posted by paco on 2008 02 08 at 01:29 PM • permalink

 

    1. #113 & 116, Wron & P.A.C.O., Ive gotta ask whats the story with corn bread? Is it like bread made with corn instead of wheat?  Like bourbon is from corn instead of barley?

      MMMMMM fried potatoes.  I spose Wron don’t like beef jerky neither.

      #117, Pacific And Continental Overseas airlines, I’m glad to hear it, your not flying from WOZ to Honkers on monday morning by any chance?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 01:48 PM • permalink

 

    1. Blue Wedgies? Sounds painful…

      Posted by mojo on 2008 02 08 at 02:04 PM • permalink

 

    1. #118, WoW, cornbread is corn meal and wheat flour mixed and baked in a flat pan.  Some heretics add sugar, and some add jalapeno juice.  I just add a little bit of salt, and when it’s done, I slice it like a pie and butter it.  Great with beans and fatback.

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 02 08 at 02:11 PM • permalink

 

    1. #120, Bec, Thanks for that.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 04:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. Okay, RebeccaH, now could you please explain fatback?

      I’m getting all sorts of disturbing pictures here.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 02 08 at 05:51 PM • permalink

 

    1. I thought fatback was bacon, rashers, in chunks… or that bit of the oinker.

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 08 at 05:55 PM • permalink

 

    1. WOZ
      Traditional recipe.Cheers

      Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2008 02 08 at 06:19 PM • permalink

 

    1. #124, JM, Oh righto, its like the Yank version of Damper.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 10:18 PM • permalink

 

    1. Hmmm, Ok this is really odd, the link is being changed when I preview or post.

      Screw it, just wiki ‘Damper (food)’.

      This is because I bagged Collingwood isnt it?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 08 at 10:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. NZ Herald link

      Hijack accused remanded for psychiatric assessment – Asha Ali Abdille, 33, stood in the dock with a hood pulled up over her head all through the 10 minute appearance today. No-one is usually allowed to wear hoods, hats, or sunglasses in the courts but the police left her alone and made no move to intervene while she was remanded in custody to February 22, for a psychiatric report.

      No special deal here?

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 08 at 11:42 PM • permalink

 

    1. If she was a ‘nutjob’ rather than a ‘terrorist’, why is it important to mention her religion or ethnicity?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 02:01 AM • permalink

 

    1. #128
      And terrorists aren’t nut-jobs?

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 02:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. but the police left her alone and made no move to intervene while she was remanded in custody to February 22, for a psychiatric report.

      Well it’s no wonder they didn’t want to go near her. As Winston Peters has revealed
      “she threw a bucket of faeces over a constable at the Hastings police station.”

      Posted by burrah on 2008 02 09 at 02:10 AM • permalink

 

    1. #129. Not necessarily. Do you think George Washington was a nutjob?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 02:19 AM • permalink

 

    1. 129, no they are militants according to the MSM.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 02:21 AM • permalink

 

    1. 131, GW wanted taxation with representation. George III said no.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 02:25 AM • permalink

 

    1. #131
      It’s my considered opinion that you’re a troll. Show me you’re not.

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 02:28 AM • permalink

 

    1. #133. And what did Washington and his followers do when George III said no..?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 02:30 AM • permalink

 

    1. 135, they defended their houses from British troops. Like many other people threatened by non-elected goverments.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 02:41 AM • permalink

 

    1. #136. Uh-huh, well, whether not wanting to pay taxes warrants defending your home with weapons is debatable,but what else did they do…?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 02:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. 137, they wrote a constitution, allowing freedom of speech.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 02:54 AM • permalink

 

    1. #138. They sure did! And how were they able to enforce that?
      (discounting the slaves, of course)

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 02:58 AM • permalink

 

    1. 139, the people vote at elections.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:04 AM • permalink

 

    1. #140. Yep, except for slaves, and women, but yeah, go on…how did they manage to enforce that…?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:07 AM • permalink

 

    1. 141, the people have continued to vote at elections. Now including women and those who are descendent from freed slaves.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:12 AM • permalink

 

    1. #142. Uh huh, yep,and how were George Washington and his friends able to make that come about..?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:21 AM • permalink

 

    1. “They don’t want to see their community stigmatised by this serious incident,” he said.

      In my mind, they’re kind of stigmatized by the (apparent) fact that they blew off a troubled fellow countrywoman and co-religionist who needed some kind treatment.

      But, heck, they didn’t murder her, which by Somali standards probably counts as a favor.

      ++++

      On more important matters: scratchings = cracklings. OK!

      I eat all that stuff Wronwright won’t. Fatback is a slab, about 2 inches thick, of marbled, salted pork fat with the skin on.

      You slice of a few slices and bile ‘em along with your greens or string beans or whatever green truck you’re having.

      Like bacon and gammon, but not quite.

      Fatback is also essential in New England clam chowder.

      However, I draw the line at creamed boiled fatback, which I once ordered, by mistake, in a Filipino restaurant.

      Posted by Harry Eagar on 2008 02 09 at 03:22 AM • permalink

 

    1. 143, what is the point of your various questions?

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:30 AM • permalink

 

    1. But, heck, they didn’t murder her, which by Somali standards probably counts as a favor.

      I wonder then what US complicity in Ethiopian war crimes in Somalia says about American standards?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. It’s a troll!

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 03:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. 146, your bias is showing.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. Kae’s right.

      ANDREA!!!!!

      Troll Alert!!!!

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 03:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. #143, By hold hands in a circle and chanting “ OMMMMMMMMMMM”.  Dont you read your history books?

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 09 at 03:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. 147, yes kae.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:35 AM • permalink

 

    1. Stack, ignore the weenie.

      They can’t survive if you ignore them.

      The air pocket between their ears expands the more you ignore them until their head explodes.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 03:35 AM • permalink

 

    1. 152, my first troll, interesting species.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:41 AM • permalink

 

    1. It’s life, Stack, but not as we know it.

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 03:45 AM • permalink

 

    1. #150, Holding hands.  Shit I’m hungover.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 09 at 03:47 AM • permalink

 

    1. #145. Its educational!

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:49 AM • permalink

 

    1. #148. How so?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:50 AM • permalink

 

    1. Aside from this very slow moving history lesson…I was wondering how come its dishonest to not mention the ethnicity or religious background of someone who’s committed a crime due to mental illness?

      Posted by Posada Carriles on 2008 02 09 at 03:54 AM • permalink

 

    1. 152, yes.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:55 AM • permalink

 

    1. 154, yes.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 03:57 AM • permalink

 

    1. Stack,

      I can feel it’s head expanding. Won’t be long now!!! wheeeeeeeee

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 04:17 AM • permalink

 

    1. #154, Kae, LOL.  Klingons on the starboard bow and so forth…

      #158, If the lesson is slow moving, perhaps the ‘teacher’ is slow thinking.

      I was wondering how come its dishonest to not mention the ethnicity or religious background of someone who’s committed a crime

      Its called Lying by Omission.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 09 at 04:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. #162 Woz,

      I LOVE that song!!!

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 04:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. Captain Kirk has returned to earth to receive yet another medal.

      While there an urgent message arrives stating that “Aliens have landed on the seventh planet of the solar system.”

      Knowing full well Kirk has been through all kinds of troubles on his voyages, the starfleet commander asks his advice.

      Kirk replies: “Sent my chief engineer, he’ll sort them out.”

      The boss man says: “Kirk are you mad?  One man against a whole intergalactic species?”

      Kirk says: “Everyone knows the best way to get rid of Klingons from Uranus is with Scotties.”

      (Scotties is a brand of toilet paper in Australia for all youse foreign types.)

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 09 at 05:01 AM • permalink

 

    1. #164 Woz,

      do we still have Scottie’s toilet paper??

      or is that only in West Oz these days??

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 05:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. 165, all generic now, who can tell.

      Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 09 at 05:20 AM • permalink

 

    1. #165, Pogs, I wouldn’t have a clue, I haven’t seen it in a while anyway.

      I heard that joke in primary school, so the odds are good they got bought out or folded some time ago.

      But you should never let the truth get in the way of a good joke.  Look at the ABC.

      Posted by The_Wizard_of_WOZ on 2008 02 09 at 05:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. pasada somethingorother,

      I know you’re baiting for a debate on the issue of terrorists = freedom fighters and George Washington is little different than Al Quaida.  And I would explain how you have your head up your ass.  But I have some important business to do first.

      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

      #116 paco, that was NOT me at the table.  Why?  Did Bobo say he was looking for me?

      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

      And WOW, RebeccaH is correct.  Good cornbread is made of corn meal and wheat meal mixed together, without sugar.  Fry it in a iron skillet, it’s delicious with soup beans and onion.  Or at least I’ve been told that.

      And Johnny Cakes are a bit different.  The ones I make are basically the same as pancakes.  Only better.  I was turned onto those by The Beaumont Inn, a great restaurant near Lexington, Kentucky.  I hate regular pancakes but I ate two tall stacks of Johnny Cakes there.  They were delicious.

      Posted by wronwright on 2008 02 09 at 06:04 AM • permalink

 

    1. #165
      Wron
      We figured the head was up the arse and it appears the whole troll’s disappeared up it’s fundamental orifice.
      hurrah!

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 06:08 AM • permalink

 

    1. Oops again
      #169referred to 168 not 165
      arrgh!

      Posted by kae on 2008 02 09 at 06:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. #168 and #169,

      Wronwright and Kae,

      This Troll is a lame duck. I thought he was a reincarnation of an earlier Troll.
      This one though, has “left the building”.

      Wronwright, cornbread is yummo!!!!.

      However, our CWA made scones, beat your Johnny Cakes, hands down, “everytime”.

      Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 09 at 07:02 AM • permalink

 

    1. #145, thanks for that, Harry. Fatback sounds good to me.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 02 09 at 07:13 AM • permalink

 

    1. Bugger. PINMFT (Perview is not my fiend tonight)

      I meant 144.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 02 09 at 07:14 AM • permalink

 

    1. The troll, with his rewarmed stale pseudo-historical twenty-questions game won’t be returning, so let’s not give him any more attention.

      Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 02 09 at 03:21 PM • permalink

 

  1. She must have been a cunning bitch.  Locked in a little tiny cabin of an airplane and still no one can give a publishable description of her.

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2008 02 09 at 05:10 PM • permalink