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<p>In the US he'd maybe be known. In Oklahoma... outside the US. If I saw him I'd probably think "Is that Victor Matfield!? Steven Luatua after an illness?!" and be excited, and go "oh, nope just some tall no one"</p>
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<p><strong>It always astonishes me how much NZers follow basketball. Especially given we are largely a nation of not especially tall, built like brick shithouse people. Average NZ body shape is probably Piri Weepu. </strong></p>
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<p>Who's the NASCAR new zealanders that no one outside NASCAR has ever heard off & no NZer would recognise but has heard of? Dixon?</p>
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<p>I know people ( all over the world, not just NZ ) are getting fatter but that is a truly baffling statement. 7 footers don't exactly grow on trees in the US you know. A bloke I know avidly follows V8s and UFC despite a) not even having a drivers license and b ) being someone who couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag.</p>
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<p>Even at my best I never cracked 10 seconds in the hundred metres but I still avidly watch that whenever I can. From what you're saying we should be more into Sumo wrestling but there's not much of that going on in good old NZ.</p>
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I recall reading an article about 10 years ago that said NZ was growing taller faster than any other nation...obviously also fatter now I guess
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="579676" data-time="1463196843"><p>I recall reading an article about 10 years ago that said NZ was growing taller faster than any other nation...obviously also fatter now I guess</p></blockquote>
Is that the white South Africans migrating?<br><br>
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<p>I recall reading an article about 10 years ago that said NZ was growing taller faster than any other nation...obviously also fatter now I guess</p>
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<p>Your first statement is doubtful.....your second is definite.</p>
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<p>ah right, sorry, I guess I didnt read it afterall! </p>
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<p><strong>I recall reading an article about 10 years ago that said NZ was growing taller faster than any other nation</strong>...obviously also fatter now I guess</p>
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<p>I wish. Even in flats I'm eye to eye with most men. You blokes are getting shorter, I swear it.</p> -
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="gollum" data-cid="579499" data-time="1463131502"><p><strong>I think Russell is officially Australian now.</strong> Cliff Curtis is Mexican. I think... he's definately been Mexican in everything I've seen him in since Once Were Warriors. Except that time he was an Arab.</p></blockquote>
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<p>On topic, can't believe that it was news that a British mother was told to <strong>stop breastfeeding</strong> in a British hospital.</p>
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<p>Not just any breastfeeding, <em>sexual breastfeeding. </em>You get some pretty marginal types in the nursing ranks sometimes, but it's not very PC these days. I love how the newspaper dredge up sexy selfies because that has anything to do with it</p> -
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<p>Wikipedia still seems to think Russell hasn't obtained Australian citizenship yet...<br><br>
On topic, can't believe that it was news that a British mother was told to stop breastfeeding in a British hospital.</p>
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Not just any breastfeeding, <em>sexual breastfeeding. </em>You get some pretty marginal types in the nursing ranks sometimes, but it's not very PC these days. I love how the newspaper dredge up sexy selfies because that has anything to do with it</p></blockquote>
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<p>What's this about sexy selfies?</p>
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<p>Trust you to take what you want out of it</p>
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Mum ordered to stop 'sexual' breastfeeding, told to go behind hospital curtain
<p>By Adam Boult</p>
<div><span>2:25 PM Saturday May 14, 2016</span></div>
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<p>A young mother was told to stop publicly breastfeeding her four-month-old son while in hospital as it was deemed to be "sexual".</p>
<p>Darcie Pennington, 18, was visiting her grandmother at the Royal Liverpool Hospital when she started feeding her son Vincent.</p>
<p>She was approached by a female nurse who told her to move to a private room so as not to make other hospital visitors "uncomfortable".</p>
<p>"I went to sit down with my nan and feed my son, shaking and very upset," Darcie wrote in a Facebook post.</p>
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<p>"The nurse then came over and slammed the curtains shut, telling me that I couldn't feed him as there were males I would make feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>"I asked her why I was being targeted and why she wasn't promoting breastfeeding as a nurse I thought was strange, she told me she was protecting my dignity.</p>
<p>"I then asked her if I was feeding him a bottle would I receive the same treatment - she went on to say, 'bottle feeding isn't sexual.'</p>
<p>"Appalled by this comment I asked her what she found sexual about a baby having something to eat from his mum.</p>
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<p>"I then had another nurse come over to me and felt very confronted and harassed.</p>
<p>"Me and my mum quickly got our belongings and left."</p>
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<p>Deputy chief nurse Colin Hont apologised on the hospital's behalf saying: "We are aware of a complaint made by Ms Pennington in relation to visiting her relative who was recovering on a ward that is primarily used for recovery from breast and eye surgery.</p>
<p>"We have apologised for the distress that has been caused and we are currently looking into the matter and would be happy to discuss this further with Ms Pennington.</p>
<p>"We fully support breastfeeding and visitors to our hospitals are welcome to breast- feed where they choose to and feel most comfortable," he added.</p>
<p>"We also offer private spaces for mothers who wish for privacy when breastfeeding. We work to maintain the privacy and dignity of all our patients and visitors."</p>
<p>- <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/'>Daily Telegraph UK</a></p>
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<p>Not sexy sexy, sorry Jeg, sort of poor man's Kardashian with all clothes on sexy :whistle:</p> -
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<p>I knew that cameo would come back to haunt me. But I was young...needed the money for my specially crafted belongings.</p>
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I'm not surprised, it's bloody expensive!! It's not like you'd expect Russell to have a 1K lying around or anything... oh, wait.</p></blockquote>
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<p>He's been rejected a couple of times - hasn't spent enough time in Australia because he films outside regularly.</p>
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<p>I remember living in Sydney in 2003 and Rars did a "homecoming" tour with his ( awful ) band "Thirty odd foot of Grunts"....anyway you can imagine what some creative graffiti artists changed the last name to with a black marker. Someone did it to ten posters all beside eachother on the top of oxford st. Talk about dedication.</p> -
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<p>I'm not having a go I just find your reasoning for being "astonished" rather bizarre.</p>
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<p>Its more people tend to follow sport that they have been born into, or that suits them in their ability to pick up & play. Pre 1990 basketball was non exisitant in NZ, and we are, you know, not genetically pre-disposed to playing it, and not watching it & thinking "they are just like me!!". So its odd how its become so huge. If you look at soccer in NZ it was tiny, then we had a big wave of Poms come in and try to coach it & its still not that big. </p>
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<p>In the states there is a long term following, they pretty much invented it.</p>
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<p>I'm not saying its a disaster that people love it, I'm just trying to get the reason for the rise. It'll probably track back to Sky NZ or Channel 3 or someone fishhing round for cheap filler in the early 90's & getting offered the NBA on the cheap because they wanted to hit more markets. So they promoted the fuck out of it, Nike did a huge Air Jordan push & viola. </p>
