{"id":107,"date":"2005-02-17T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-17T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/wordpress\/?p=107"},"modified":"2009-12-31T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T16:49:19","slug":"news-that-would-be-truly-astonishing-in-an-alternate-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/2005\/02\/news-that-would-be-truly-astonishing-in-an-alternate-universe.html","title":{"rendered":"News that would be truly astonishing in an alternate universe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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But as Australians often find when they travel, some Aussie icons<\/a> \u2013 like Vegemite, the Iced VoVo and the battered sav \u2013 don’t hold the same sentimental attraction outside these borders. Now it turns out that the fame of John Farnham, also known as “The Voice”, hasn’t even reached as far as Wellington.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Incidentally, if you google for “Helen Clark” and “John Farnham” you get results that are more informative than the New Zealand prime minister’s jaw-dropping revelation that she’s never heard of<\/a> Australia’s richest leagues club singer:<\/div>\n
… Among the 1000 or so guests was New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark.”. … saw an ad for the “Greatest One Hit Wonders” that featured John Farnham’s “You’re the … <\/div>\n
… SOUNDSCAPE PJ Harvey, John Farnham … It must only be a matter of time before Helen Clark and Paul Swain make it compulsory for the Government to install hidden … <\/div>\n
… hairy dwarf from The Lord of the Rings), New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark (ditto the … I don’t want to sound like a snob but John Farnham’s Your the Voice? … <\/div>\n
… DELTA Goodrem has done it again, surpassing John Farnham’s record for the longest …NEW Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was frisked for explosives by security … <\/div>\n
… Prime Minister Helen Clark says cannabis … John Farnham\u2019s record label is giving thes11.org web site until 5pm Thursday the 24th of August to remove a … <\/div>\n
… Most Spectacular Musical Event Described by Prime Minister Helen Clark as an … In-Earmonitoring engineer) and John Henderson (John Farnham’s monitor engineer … <\/div>\n
… of red last night didn’t help and being dragged to a John Farnham concert neither. …Does Helen Clark have furry toes to go with her pointy ears and bad teeth? … <\/div>\n
… Yeni Zelanda Ba\u015fbakan\u0131 Helen Clark, ulusal radyo kanal\u0131na yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klamada …Kidman’dan sonra listede \u015fark\u0131c\u0131 John Farnham, AC\/DC grubunun eski … <\/div>\n
UPDATE: Best Prime Ministerial Press Statement Ever.<\/a><\/strong> NZ Government spokesman Ian Kennedy said “I’m authorised to say New Zealand’s Prime Minister has never heard of Johnny Farnham”. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But as Australians often find when they travel, some Aussie icons \u2013 like Vegemite, the Iced VoVo and the battered sav \u2013 don’t hold the same sentimental attraction outside these borders. Now it turns out that the fame of John Farnham, also known as “The Voice”, hasn’t even reached as far as Wellington. Incidentally, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}