Jaffas!
Well, it's chocolate carnival time in Dunedin and yesterday was the Jaffa race down Baldwin Street! Check out the good article about it on Stuff!
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It is possible Westside will take great exception to your heading. I, as a Waihekean, as opposed to being a Jafa, will not. Now I'll go and read the article.
That's the thing about Aucklanders, they always think everything's about them!
Well ... when you use Jaffas as the heading what can you expect? Did any bloggers attend the big race? Or eat it?
But only an Aucklander would think jafa was a reference to aucklanders, everyone else thinks chocolate!
This just shows how far away Dunedin is. The rest of the country are the ones who think Jafa = Auckland. But what else can you expect of people who haven't partied since the 80's?
Dierdre is very quiet today. Is she still in mourning for that oven mitt or too busy on trade me buying thimbles?
Mum, you live in Auckland, how do you know everyone else thinks jafa = auckland! For goodness sakes.
Not sure what's happened to Dierdre...
Sacrilege Neugeblogger! I live on Waiheke. Just because Waiheke is in the Auckland City Council this does not mean I am an Aucklander. You will have 8000 Waihekeans after your jaffas for such a comment. This could throw Coronet right off cooking his yummy Moroccan lamb dish in the crockpot.
Waiheke. Westside. Auckland. It all looks the same from down here.
My point exactly. Dunedin is living in another world. Westside, when you get there you will need to organise a party for them (not sure they will remember what a party is as they have't had one since the 80s but you can try). Suggest you stay away from a Coro theme though or they will all come wearing sage green towels and thimbles.
I'm not a Jafa i'm a westie and us westie hate those central auckland yuppie bastards with their lattes and paninis and 4 wheel drives! What's wrong with instant coffee, mince on toast and then jumping in the ute!
This westie loves Jaffas (the chocolates) and cannot comprehend Dunners and their complete disregard of the humble jaffa!
OMG! I've just read the article and these were not just ordinary jaffas but GIANT Jaffas! Do you people have any respect!
Just to piss them all off i might ambush their birthday party and turn it into a Jafa party with chardonary swilling lefty liberals in designer snow clothes and 4 wheel drives without chains
I'm sure I can rustle up about 100 so described volunteers just from work -but you may have to take a few Mercs instead of 4x4s. (obviously not from Waiheke where we all drink the local merlot and can't agree whether green is good)
Personally, I don't think about Aucklanders much. Sometimes when they're complaining about a tiny power cut, when they are supposed to be conserving electricity and failing miserably, or having trouble with their infrastructure because of the bloated and spread out structure of their city, I do snicker a bit. But most of the time they are out of sight and out of mind, and I've got my own life to live.
I went to Auckland last summer. Nice Zoo, Kelly Tarlton's was good, Museum is OK, lovely Volcanoes for my little geologist. Tiritiri Matangi is magnificent. I'm sure the nightlife is cool, I'm less convinced about the shopping. But I wouldn't want to live there. Too much travelling time. I'm sure it would be fun to stay if you were well off, but like most large cities, I suspect it would be harder on the poor.
Those 4x4 driving aucklanders wouldn't make it past the ice on Mt Cargill to get into Dunedin.
And it's out of respect that Dunedinites bother to watch giant jaffas rolling down a big hill. You wouldn't see any Aucklanders taking the time to do that.
And where is Dierdre??
If Jaffa could refer to an Aucklander, instead of confectionery, what would the second "f" stand for?
f = Friendly? Fast? Fashionable?
Where's Mt Cargill?
Blimey! I turn away for a few hours and inter-island war breaks out. We here in the Mainland do feel a bit superior to those up North. We are definately a tougher breed down here due to adverse weather conditioning. My 2 sisters live up north and, though born & bred in the south, complain when the temperature falls below 15C.
To be honest we hardly ever think about Auckland - it's not really on our radar. I did go there once (in the eighties) and to Waiheke too. It was nice but only for a holiday. Actually there wasn't much on Waiheke - I hear that's changed a bit.
Gee Dierdre the 80s were pretty wild for you - a party AND a trip to Auckland :-)
Mt Cargill is about 650 miles SSW of No Tree Hill.
The Paris Hilton School of Geography thing is really cute!
Must confess to a very blonde moment there Ruth. Thought 650 miles was a long way in SI till I realised you meant OUR hill.
Oh mum.
Um, up here in Canada, i've never heard of Jaffa in reference to chocolate or anything to do with NZ! I do know Jaffa cakes which are currants and raisins (i think) and also Jaffa oranges. :)
Tvor, you are SO missing out. Jaffas here are little balls of chocolate covered in a crispy orange-tasting shell. Mmmm.
Mum, I'll let you explain the other kind of jaffa.
Hi Tvor
The confectionery jaffas are absolutely yum. They are round and were once very popular as something to munch at the movies. Being round they were also extremely good for rolling down the steps of the cinema (in the old days of wooden steps)
Now the OTHER kind of jafa is what the rest of the country (apart from Dunedin as you can see from this blog) refer to the people of Auckland as - it stands for just another f...... Aucklander.
Hey, my dad always used to threaten to roll jaffas down the steps too, and complained bitterly about how much better it was before they put down the carpet.
Yes carpet absolutely killed it. The noise when a whole box of jaffas rolled down the stairs .....
Especially at a highly dramatic moment in the film .....
I could make some rude comments about the north vs south island vs waiheke debate, particularly in reference to the bigger island where I live...but I won't. But Judy, even I got the reference to No Tree Hill ! (Although when Ange took me there, the tree still existed. I have photographic evidence.)
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