Damn it, how long can it possibly take to put together a convincing government? It's ridiculous. We voted on the 17th of September. It's hardly a convincing mandate when it takes a month to get a majority together.
I'm especially annoyed that oily Winston Peters is once again in a position of being "kingmaker". I think I'm allergic to him. Everything he says makes me break out in mutters.
The poor old Tauranga voters had to choose between Oily and Earthy. It was really a vote against Winston, surely, rather than a vote for Bob "My Crotch" Clarkson. I think National could have stood a bag of lettuce in that electorate and won it. At least that lettuce has principles!
On another topic tangentally related: Do male rugby players wear cups in games, or do they tape their eqipment back a little, or what? It must be pretty painful throwing yourself full-length onto the ground if you don't take some sort of precaution.