ODT Watch | Issue 20

ODT Watch | Issue 20

Selfie contests and old cheese


Seriously? It appears the ODT has got reoccurring beef with Kim’s large frame.


Only 30 minutes? That definitely doesn’t give enough time to fully convey the complex procedure that is hand-washing.


On first glance, we wondered how someone could look so happy when holding a dog crap and headline it “good fortune.” (The dog looks appropriately guilty at least.) Turns out that suspiciously dog poo-looking heap in her hand is a melted smoke alarm … ODT really needs to polish its photography skills.


Oddly enough, that sounds more smelly than good.


Classic ODT, using a pun at completely the wrong time. With a fatality rate of 95 per cent and nobody willing to pay for vaccine or treatment testing processes, Ebola is not exactly a pun-worthy topic.


You know we’re in a sad state of affairs when the only way to get people to the library is through selfies. Oamaru Public Library has succeeded in boosting attendance by launching a contest where people come to the library, take a selfie amongst the books and upload it to Facebook. Props to them for capitalising on our generation’s neurotic self-obsession.
This article first appeared in Issue 20, 2014.
Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Kristen Stewart and Allison Hess.