(25-01-2022, 01:03 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: The thing is that when I say He/She is a so called expert or so called politician or so called whatever, people have to get off their high horse and realise that its only a figure of speech for gods sake, some people need to get a life! There are a lot on here that use figure of speech in their language and I dont have a go at them, or perhaps I should 

(25-01-2022, 12:05 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Looking forward to the cheque Olive...

(25-01-2022, 01:37 PM)Olive Wrote:

(25-01-2022, 01:03 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: The thing is that when I say He/She is a so called expert or so called politician or so called whatever, people have to get off their high horse and realise that its only a figure of speech for gods sake, some people need to get a life! There are a lot on here that use figure of speech in their language and I dont have a go at them, or perhaps I should 

"So called" is in fact not a figure of speech, it is an adjective phrase describing a name or description that you think is not really right or suitable.  It is almost always derisory and can be defamatory.

(25-01-2022, 01:37 PM)Olive Wrote:

(25-01-2022, 01:03 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: The thing is that when I say He/She is a so called expert or so called politician or so called whatever, people have to get off their high horse and realise that its only a figure of speech for gods sake, some people need to get a life! There are a lot on here that use figure of speech in their language and I dont have a go at them, or perhaps I should 

"So called" is in fact not a figure of speech, it is an adjective phrase describing a name or description that you think is not really right or suitable.  It is almost always derisory and can be defamatory.

(25-01-2022, 02:28 PM)Magoo Wrote: you mean like declaring yourself a bishop?

(25-01-2022, 03:31 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: Ill tell brother Brian on you people

(25-01-2022, 03:43 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: You have t all wrong, the pillowslip goes OVER his head while sleeping 

(25-01-2022, 03:54 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:

(25-01-2022, 03:43 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: You have t all wrong, the pillowslip goes OVER his head while sleeping 

That's your fantasy.

Mine is wayyyyy different...

(25-01-2022, 04:03 PM)Oldfellah Wrote:

(25-01-2022, 03:54 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: That's your fantasy.

Mine is wayyyyy different...

mmmmmmmmmmmm kinky old tart are we lol

(24-01-2022, 01:38 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: Michael Baker is scaremongering!

Professor Michael Baker is warning that every New Zealander will either get Omicron or know someone who gets it.

The Otago University epidemiologist told Newshub Kiwis have been "very removed from this threat" and he expected to see "tens of thousands of cases" over the next three or four months.
"We will see tens of thousands of cases and unfortunately several hundred deaths in the next three or four months.



I have no faith in these so called experts, they haven't been right once.

(01-02-2022, 10:50 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote:

(24-01-2022, 01:38 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: Michael Baker is scaremongering!

Professor Michael Baker is warning that every New Zealander will either get Omicron or know someone who gets it.

The Otago University epidemiologist told Newshub Kiwis have been "very removed from this threat" and he expected to see "tens of thousands of cases" over the next three or four months.
"We will see tens of thousands of cases and unfortunately several hundred deaths in the next three or four months.



I have no faith in these so called experts, they haven't been right once.

I dont trust any of them, especially that pink haired lady...

Its scaremongering at its finest.

Of course everyone will get it, thats a fact, but so does everybody get the flu or common cold.
NZ is lucky to have escaped the worst of the pandemic with the alpha variant, but with omicron its risk to health is dramatically reduced.
He is taking a fact (that you will likely get covid) and turning it into fear.
Whats the point of the vaccine? I know so many fully vaxxed people so petrified of catching this damn virus which in most cases the symptoms are not going to be much worse than the flu.
Why bother trying to scare all of us?

(01-02-2022, 11:07 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:

(01-02-2022, 10:50 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote: I dont trust any of them, especially that pink haired lady...

Its scaremongering at its finest.

Of course everyone will get it, thats a fact, but so does everybody get the flu or common cold.
NZ is lucky to have escaped the worst of the pandemic with the alpha variant, but with omicron its risk to health is dramatically reduced.
He is taking a fact (that you will likely get covid) and turning it into fear.
Whats the point of the vaccine? I know so many fully vaxxed people so petrified of catching this damn virus which in most cases the symptoms are not going to be much worse than the flu.
Why bother trying to scare all of us?

Its always so interesting that some just cannot cope with pink hair, & that its virtually the first thing mentioned whenever someone wants to put the boot into Siouxsie Wiles, attempt to discredit her & minimise whatever she says.
The reality is that being vaccinated makes excellent sense - & NZ isn't just 'lucky'. Most of us have understood the dangers of covid & done the sensible, reasonable thing & got the vaccination.
Despite the 'experts' making various wildly silly claims about being vaccinated, including one that the 'vaccination makes you magnetic'.

Most of those vaccinated aren't 'petrified of covid', but they may well be petrified of the idiots  among the anti vaxxers who don't mind placing others at risk, since they'd have extremely good cause for that.

(01-02-2022, 11:20 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote:

(01-02-2022, 11:07 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Its always so interesting that some just cannot cope with pink hair, & that its virtually the first thing mentioned whenever someone wants to put the boot into Siouxsie Wiles, attempt to discredit her & minimise whatever she says.
The reality is that being vaccinated makes excellent sense - & NZ isn't just 'lucky'. Most of us have understood the dangers of covid & done the sensible, reasonable thing & got the vaccination.
Despite the 'experts' making various wildly silly claims about being vaccinated, including one that the 'vaccination makes you magnetic'.

Most of those vaccinated aren't 'petrified of covid', but they may well be petrified of the idiots  among the anti vaxxers who don't mind placing others at risk, since they'd have extremely good cause for that.

All i hear as the "official" response is that you will be "better off" if your vaxxed and catch omicron, I feel thats a debatable opinion, from the data coming out there currently seems to be little to do difference in severity of symptoms between those vaxxed and unvaxxed who have caught it.
Ive got (vaxxed) friends who dont even want vaxxed people to come near them if they have been in contact with unvaxxed people.
What about when they are shopping at the supermarket?