Saturday, March 22, 2008

Welcome, readers from New Zealand!

Welcome, New Zealand readers! New Zealand's coat of arms isn't as awesome as Norway's, but the country does have some stunning terrain.

Many readers may already be familiar with New Zealand's beautiful landscapes -- it was featured prominently in the boring Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yeah, you heard me, LOTR fans. I said boring. If I want to watch three hours of people walking around, I'll save my money and spend an afternoon sitting on a bench in the mall.

Bah. No monkeys in New Zealand. Wikipedia notes that new Zealand is home to a reptile called the tuatara, which I previously assumed to be some kind of South American dancing style. Wiki says there are no snakes either, but I doubt that. How can they operate without lawyers, politicians or salespeople offering extended warranty programs?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

New Zealand is, however, home to Flight of the Conchords..."Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo".

Jay said...

Heh, I didn't think anyone read my "welcome" posts. That may be why they've gotten progressively ... esoteric.

Anonymous said...

Jay,

I read everything, understand some things, and comment on nothing but the posts where I can win a free dinner.

But I do read everything.

And just for the record, I too would leave the badass Lion with the axe alone.