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Astute readers will be astounded to see that Rogers survived this week's time travel experiments to ensure another column has materialised on page two this week.

It was a close call there. We are still seeing distortions in the space-time continuum this week, with a lot of Time-Related abnormalities appearing.

Wow, with all these Time Related issues, you have to wonder if those folks from the future were right… it doesn't pay to mess with the matrix!

A certain rugby player is probably wishing he could rewind the clock on a tragic night when he threw punches and effectively threw away his career; while a certain judge who let him off, should be questioning whether his time at the bench has passed its expiry date.

Rugby shame

It's a ticking time bomb, the ludicrous situation of a judge protecting a rugby player's future at the expensive of justice for four assault victims.

It's a sad day when a sportsman, if you can call him that, can get away with beating up people on the street, apparently unknown and unprovoked, and gets off scot-free from a judge who must surely be hallucinating. The country is justifiably outraged.

Floored research

Astute readers will be shocked to learn that recent studies have found the Three-Second Rule, in relation to food that falls on the floor, may not be entirely correct. For those not familiar, the Three Second Rule states that any food that falls on the floor is safe to be consumed provided it is picked up within three seconds.

I read somewhere this week in one of those reliable medical journals, either the Lancet or Facebook, that researchers conclude three seconds is enough time for germies to crawl over food that has been dropped to the ground. This will shake to the core the beliefs and customs of many student flats, the kitchens and dining rooms of people foolish enough to have toddlers, and the boozy lounges and basements of drunks everywhere.

Even half a second is long enough for spillaged food to be contaminated.

The meatball that rolls off the top of Old Smokey and onto to the floor, is life-threatening, in spite of the cheese.

Scourge of eighties

Just when you thought we couldn't dredge up anything more frightening from the past…

The Time Machine has thrown up (and many of you will throw up) the scourge of the entertainment scene from the dark decades: Boy George and Culture Club.

That's right, the Eighties Eyesore is back. Mr George and his band of mincing musical misfits are thankfully only playing Auckland, which deserves the punishment… and Christchurch, which has already suffered enough disaster.

Don't worry, if they look like they're coming to the bay, we'll mount a counter-defensive, probably by asking Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.

Gift card action

A Consumer campaign is hammering the gift cards, prompting several major retail chains to drop the 12 month expiry.

Here at the Sun we're proud to announce that our gift cards, if we had any, would have no expiry date. They'd be redeemable until infinitely... or at least until the railway line is removed from downtown Tauranga… which is more or less the same thing.

The good news for readers is that not only would our gift cards be valid forever, we are also announcing a prize freeze on our newspaper. Which is free. So we intend to keep it free till the cows come home. (No sign yet.)

There's not many things you get free these days.

But let's spare a thought for the delivery contractors and the paper delivery people, in the weather we've had lately. They're a committed bunch and we salute their perseverance to make sure you get a Sun, even in the rain.

Weekly Winners

Thanks to the many entries we received a couple of weeks ago in the Flare Demo story. The evening was postponed due to unsuitable weather and a new date will be announced. In the meantime, two of our readers were drawn from the entries to win Sun beanies, perfect for watching (soon to be rescheduled) flare demonstrations. Kay Perry and Wally Climo, your beanies are on the way!

Racing at Tauranga

Christmas at the Races is coming to Tauranga! The Sun and R.Rabbits is giving away tickets to each of the three racedays (Saturday 12 November, Friday 9 December and Wednesday 21 December)

Gate admission on 12 November is $15 per adult (children under 18 free) and $10 per adult on the other two dates.

Generous prize packs are:

- 4 x gate admission tickets
- 4 racebooks
- 4 $10 betting vouchers
- 4 drinks tickets.

To enter, send us your suggestions for racehorse names.

Email editorials@thesun.co.nz with 'Tauranga Races” in the subject line and your suggestions for quirky horse names. The best will win the race tickets and prize packs for four!

brian@thesun.co.nz

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