this picture brought a chuckle for a friday.
if you’re interested, the story behind it is here:
stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3199689a10,00.html
Interesting. It reminds me of the deal years ago when American farmers were protesting and drove hundreds of tractors to Washington, D.C.
I was very impressed with one thing, really. The article said that serious protestors where “spoken to” by the police. That really struck me as a decent reaction rather than an overreaction (like clubbing and handcuffing).
Seeker4
In Tirau? That was virtually just up the road from home, that place. No wonder they’re so sophisticated. 
EDIT: Speaking of which, from the same article -
Word. Matamata represent!
Can I get a translation for old farts?
Another peaceful Kiwi protest!
Baaaaa
Can I get a translation for old farts?[/quote]
“Go Matamata” (Matamata being aforementioned hometown)
here another one just in…
apologies for the censor bar
I read the article, but still can’t figure out what they’re protesting. Something about “pylons”. What’s a pylon? Not those little red cones that they set up in the middle of the road…? (Or the Sleighstack-related metallic things from Sid and Marty Kroft’s “Land of the Lost”…?)
Pylons = huge metal frame towers carrying power transmission lines across ‘middle earth’