Couldn't run a whelk stall..

The Pack and Pedal chain of bike and camping shops has gone into liquidation owing millions of dollars.

It was owned by Barry Coleman, the publisher of the National Business Review and someone who is always very keen to put forward his views on how New Zealand should be run.

I mean, really! Many bike shops are run by hippies and they keep running succesfully for years and years - sell bikes, fix bikes, collect money - it's hardly rocket science!

Maybe Mr Coleman's next venture will be a mobile edible mollusc retail outlet...

It wasn't me guv!

The following defences are apparently being considered by Saddam Hussein's legal team:
1. Mistaken identity. "I'm not Saddam Hussein, I'm his cuzzie, Dave Hussein".
2. The policeman wasn't wearing his hat.
3. Becoming a Christian. "Show me where in the bible it says you aren't allowed to murder entire villages?"
4. Self-defence - he might get a redneck jury after all.
5. "It was the 'P', your honour.

You didn't think you actually had a choice?

Final National party billboard

I think that says it all.