Tag: food

Smashed Avocado Caused The Housing Crisis

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smashed avocado caused the housing crisis

Dastardly Avocado…this is your fault!

There’s a big stink at the moment because many people in Auckland, New Zealand cannot afford to buy a house. This is because the average house price is $1 million.

NZ Herald, our national rag, thinks it knows the real reason why people can’t afford a house. It’s because we spend too much on smashed avocado and flat white breakfasts at cafes on the weekend. In a flash of original reporting, the Herald decided to jump on Australia’s ‘Avo-Gate’ bandwagon and point the same finger at NZ Millenials (see the original article here – it’s so much funnier than what the Herald wrote).

So, maybe if we, like, cut it down to, like, one flat white and shared a plate of smashed avo on toast, we’d totally be able to afford that $700,000 house in Glenfield that used to be a P-lab.

The Valentine’s Day Plan

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valentine's day plan

Your tum says thank you

Valentine’s Day! A day to celebrate all the discount chocolate! If you don’t have a partner or significant other, don’t be sad, you have 50% off heart-shaped chocolates and absolutely no obligation to share them with anyone.

Valentine’s Day isn’t just about chocolate and candy, though. It actually stems from a Christian liturgical feast day celebrating several Saints called Valentine (or Valentinus) from the 2nd century AD. As per the path to sainthood in those days, these Valentines were executed for carrying out their priestly duties. There isn’t much more detail than that, that’s not attributed to legend.

Read the Wikipedia page for more.