Stop Press.

Reading the editorial again today, in the hope of more gems, it is concerned about the effects of snow and swine flu on the economy. And sure enough, every school in Dunedin was closed on Tuesday, and all public transport, as the snow ground the place to a halt. Most cars that went on the road ended up in the ditch and one ended up in the harbour. In Auckland, entire schools were closed due to swine flu. In Wanaka, we have been warned that should there be a pandemic, the chemist will be closing to protect itself, so we can bugger off and get our Tamiflu somewhere else.