Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz

Yes! Finally I've been sacked. You know how long I've waited for this?

Bring on the lazy days of fishing and sailing and sitting around a poolside with a tall drink with a slice of fruit and umbrella in the top.

We don't actually have a pool. But with so much time on my hands now, I can build one!
I could take up golf. Or crochet, and make the whole family some shorts.

Or even ride my bicycle slowly over bridges just to see if the cars honk. I can play Mah Jong and join Greypower or the Retired Rabbit Riter Ranks.

Because Super Opinionated Nell has arrived. She sent me this letter, and I've resigned immediately:

Dear Rogers Rabbits,

After having read and tolerated your column for 14 years or so I now think it is time for you to move over and give someone else a go.

After all, a 14-year-old rabbit is frankly, getting rather old. Introducing, Super Opinionated Nell. I read your paper, and yes, too, I have opinions.

In fact I have opinions on just about everything. And I'm willing to share them. Totally uncalled for and perhaps inappropriate, but what opinion ever is?

You know how it is, the more one gives their opinion, the more opinions they have. So as long as you continue to print your paper, I don't think we're going to run out of topics in a hurry.

Starting with bike bells. Let's just take this back to the road. Are we going to hear a lot more horn honking on our roads?

After all, when there are cyclists riding on the road ahead, are we in our vehicles going to blast our horn to get them to move out of the way?

What if they're on a bridge? No, we slow down for them, wait until they are in a place where we can safely pass, then continue on our merry way. Why would that be so hard for a cyclist to give the same kind of courtesy to a pedestrian?

Then there is this talk about a new Art Public Policy for Tauranga City. Yes, why don't we start yet another bureaucratic process in which to make our submission to council to try and get them to change their policy whenever we have an 'out of the box” art idea that doesn't fit in with the new policy? I thought art was a creative expression that develops out of a life pathway.

How many amendments to the policy would you like to make as ‘life' makes its twists and turns? Not to put down the hard work of many, but, really?

If the purpose of art is to create awareness, dialogue and voice public opinion, then I think the status quo works just fine.

For example, who hasn't heard about the jandal scandal? The council is currently free to change its mind as its will, not to be tied into some policy.

If there was a policy and an object had met the criteria for artistic display, we would all be faced with a giant plastic canoe in our view before we even knew!

Super Opinionated Nell.

Nell (Denelle Croucher) ready to give you all a bit of lip. Anyone else fancy themselves as a page two columnist? Nominations are now open, email: brian@thesun.co.nz