I know New
Zealanders have a ‘small town’ mentality at times and they get quite uptight
when any criticism from a visiting dignitary hits the headlines. When John
Cleese reported on a recent visit that Palmerston North (a University City,
just north of Wellington) was a good place to commit suicide the citizens and
mayor of the ‘afflicted’ city were aghast and probably would have launched a Jihad
against him if they came from another continent.
Well now
they have reason to forgive the enigmatic Cleese because Jeremy Clarkson has
come to their ‘holy aid.’ The popular star of Top Gear has just completed a
visit to New Zealand and his praise has indeed been a ‘cup runnething over’ with
words of liquid poetry.
He loves the
green beauty of Auckland (OMG---was he blind--- we are in the middle of the worst
drought in decades?). Perhaps he was partaking in something else of the same colour
he thought he saw.
Oh well, New
Zealand needs favourable comments from the ‘Old Country’ as we once so fondly
called the UK, so bring it on Jeremy. ‘Middle Earth’ thanks you from the bottom
of our Hobbit hearts. Perhaps the Jesus connection will ring true to a few here
too and the little dwellings at Matamata would have made a great setting for
that ‘special day’ more than two millennium ago!
Thanks,
Jeremy.
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