I woke this morning with a bloody rotten headache.
I'm having a change again today. My puzzle is a song from the 1960's.
Hi Pen,
I hope that head wasn't the result of an increasing love of a product from one of our neighbours.
Actually, it was your excellent rebus and a shaky connection with our neighbours across the ditch that dropped a piece of trivia into my lap.
The title of your rebus is also the title of is a 1999 New Zealand drama film directed by Ian Mune and starring Temuera Morrison as an abusive Māori husband, Jake "the Muss" Heke. The film is based on Alan Duff's novel of the same name which is the sequel to
Once Were Warriors (1990), which was made into the film of the same name (1994).
It enjoyed significant theatrical exposure and, as of 2007, was the fifth highest-grossing New Zealand film in the domestic market. It won nine of its 13 New Zealand Film Award nominations in 1999, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Music.
Despite all the kudos I have read the synopsis and I don’t think I would like it.
I believe that the
Ulysses restaurant has been the
The Olive at Hawker for the last thirty odd years. We had many good meals there apart from the Freebie. The Owner waiter had a remarkable talent. He would take a dozen or more orders for full meals without writing anything down and deliver the orders flawlessly to the people who ordered them. We thought he was just showing off but we heard later that he could neither read nor write and so his skill was essential.
Do any long term Canberra residents remember the Ulysses