First thing, cross-posted from my LJ:
“Wellington – buy The Wire now.
If you are in Wellington, and if you like The Wire, stop queueing to borrow it. Get yourself along to Borders Lambton Quay where you can get seasons 2, 3 and 4 for the princely sum of $9.99 each (down from $59.99 each).
You read that right. Borders goes a bit wacky with their pricing sometimes and no doubt this is a system error of some sort, but there was a whole display with 9.99 Wire seasons. They’ll probably fix it in a day or two, like they did when I bought Under The Mountain for $7 (down from $30) but it is entirely legit while it lasts.
I bought ’em.”
Second thing:
If anyone going to the big wedding party on Sat is free during the day and can lend a hand setting up, drop me an email. We’d love to have a couple extra bods…
Day: January 22, 2009
The Horror, The Horror
They were penned up and set out for purchase by huge beasts who wanted to chop them to pieces and devour their corpses. Before they could be eaten they staged a daring breakout and fled into the night. Finding a safe place to stop running, they established their own hidden sanctuary where they created a new society of their own, where they would hopefully be safe from being eaten. They named their community in memory of that threat, so they would never become complacent. They were… the Munch Bunch.
The whole terrifying tale retold as a jaunty song.
These characters were important to me when I was little, particularly the Banana Bunch. The all-knowing Wikipedia has an entry that mentions the special New Zealand series of characters. I remember these fondly, and I remember being pleased that there were NZ characters in the books (even if they never turned up on the television show).