ODT Watch | Issue 14

ODT Watch | Issue 14

ODT gets their knickers in a twist



This article heralding the launch of a new rural fire organisation does not only contain a punny headline. No, the fun doesn’t stop there! ODT clearly couldn’t contain their love for puns, inserting one in the photo caption, “Sparked into life,” and another within the article: “once the idea’s fuse was lit, there was no going back”. The ODT continually raises the troubling question: how many puns are too many?



Not much compares to the crushing lameness felt when one is rejected for a high five. The ODT has cruelly captured this student’s unreciprocated high five and published it for all viewers to see, essentially eternalising an awkward social blunder she probably wishes never happened.



This rather disturbing little article warns of a lingerie-lusting burglar in our midst. The article asks residents to report any suspicious activity, so, if you see a fellow wearing lacy panties, I’d call the police immediately.



New Zealand-based chocolate company The Seriously Good Chocolate Company is exporting NZ to the world through chocolate. What are the flavours used to express Kiwiana? Why, alcohol and sheep poo, of course. Truffles infused with pinot noir and beer and chocolate sheep poos (albeit not literally sheep poo, rather chocolate coated freeze-dried boysenberries) to be exact. These are our chocolate representatives on the international confectionary market. Spot on.
This article first appeared in Issue 14, 2014.
Posted 1:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014 by Allison Hess.