Dodgy!
OPINION: If you believe Maori Party president John Tamihere’s claim that “nothing dodgy” occurred at Manurewa Marae during the last election, the Hound has a bridge to sell you.
THIS OLD mutt has always been suspicious about our cousins from across the ditch.
Not only do they bowl underarm, claim our actors and musicians as their own and talk funny, but their biggest sin is the quality of their pies. A recent newspaper investigation revealed Aussie ‘meat’ pies are less than one-third meat (and chicken nuggets contain only 50% chicken meat). Pies sold by the big supermarket chains barely exceed the minimum government standard of 25% meat. The Australian government standard for meat pies is 25 % fat-free flesh. Yum!
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