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Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

This is hilarious. It's a news magazine show story about a guy who got stuck naked in his clothes dryer. I guess in the light of the rogue washing machine story the NZ media has been on the lookout for other laundry devil machines.
(Contains a couple of swear words). Very funny.

http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/man-vs-clothes-dryer-result-stuck-2798852/video

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Kiwis, man.

Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

Rivka, you crack me up! [Laugh]

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

Slow news day in New Zealand, I see. Does local news usually spend six minutes covering a drunk naked man stuck in a dryer?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Cashew:
Rivka, you crack me up!

Out of curiosity, would it have been more or less funny if I had actually quoted you, rather than just saying the same thing?

(And ignoring that my asking this question entirely kills Teh Funny altogether.)

Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
Slow news day in New Zealand, I see. Does local news usually spend six minutes covering a drunk naked man stuck in a dryer?

That is a universal characteristic of local news. It's not specific to New Zealand.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Too, too true.

Reason #679 why I avoid TV news.

Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :

Newspapers in small towns are just as bad. When she was in college, my mom used to post the front page stories of her roommate's hometown paper on their door. (The roommate was from a really small town.) Her favorites were the week that there was an airplane stuck in the mud at the end of the runway, and the next week, when the airplane was STILL suck in the mud at the end of the runway.

Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

Quoting Rivka:
"Out of curiosity, would it have been more or less funny if I had actually quoted you, rather than just saying the same thing?"

Less funny, I think

Posted by paigereader (Member # 2274) on :

Where Bret and Jemaine in any way involved in this hair-brained scheme? love that show

Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

Probably not, but I'd love to see that guy guest on the show.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Cashew:
Less funny, I think

Then I made the right call.

Excellent. [Big Grin]