ODT Watch | Issue 26

ODT Watch | Issue 26

It’s a trifecta!

Holy shit. We’re getting pretty close to the end of Critic for the year, only one more to go. And I really didn’t think that we would get some of the ODT’s greatest work this close to the end. But they literally stopped me in my tracks this week, and in the business section, no less! (yes, I take ODT Watch so seriously that I read the business pages).

Okay, so there was an article on the NZ Brush Company. The options for puns here are really unlimited, and the ODT sure wasn’t able to limit itself:



Good start. But don’t stop there, ODT. Hit us with your opening sentence:



Oh yeah, got the double. Nice work. Now take it home:



BOOM! Trifecta.

You might worry that they’d be all out of witty wordplay after such an effort. But they still had this gem from Eileen:



and of course, they continue their careful coverage of the evil that is Zumba:


This article first appeared in Issue 26, 2012.
Posted 5:01pm Sunday 30th September 2012 by Staff Reporter.

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