Meatheads of Dunedin No. 1 MATTHEW JAMES VARCOE (Jan. 30, 2019)
Meatheads of Dunedin No. 1: MATTHEW JAMES VARCOE
Joking between workmates led to a Dunedin man firing a staple through his colleague’s skull, a court has heard.
The victim, who was unaware of the seriousness of the situation at the time, went to hospital where they discovered the 35mm stainless steel staple was embedded in his brain. Doctors, worried about the possibility of infection, were forced to operate on the man, the court heard.
The situation was classed as ”life threatening”, but the victim survived surgery…
Matthew James Varcoe (24), an aluminium joiner, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with reckless disregard for the safety of others. Judge Michael Turner called the defendant’s actions ”stupid and reckless” and he stressed that the victim could have been killed. …..
On June 1, the pair were at work in the harbourside industrial area. The victim was repairing a sliding door while Varcoe used a staple gun at his work station.
”There was some light-hearted banter between the victim and defendant which resulted in the defendant firing staples from a staple gun … towards the victim and his co-worker,” a police summary said. As the staples only measured 15mm, they had no effect.
As the verbal jousting between the men became more pointed, Varcoe walked over and slapped the victim in the face.
”This resulted in a tussle between both parties which appeared to be light-hearted at first, with a lot of shoving and pushing, but the intensity increased and the defendant became more aggressive,” the court heard.
Varcoe picked up a bigger staple gun, powered by a compressed-air line. The victim grabbed at his arm as the defendant pointed the improvised weapon at him. Varcoe, though, was able to press the gun against the top of his colleague’s head.
The safety guard was disengaged. He pulled the trigger. The 35mm staple penetrated the man’s cranium and lodged in his brain.
Meatheads of Dunedin is compiled to highlight some of the shit going down in the “Edinburgh of the South.” It is compiled by Serena Sopwith-Fotherington, for Daisycutter Sports Inc.
Longknives
Is Sheriff Pete George going to appear in ‘Meatheads of Dunedin’?
Morrissey
It’s a pretty low bar he has to limbo under. But, yes, Pete’s a contender.
Hey, Inandout Did you see that photo of Roger Stone’s back with that tattoo of Richard Nixon’s face on it? Reminded me of Paul Holmes’s daughter with that tattoo of her father’s profile on her thigh. Yuck! But you are right to comment on that 26 man [was it 26?] FBI early morning invasion squad. I mean anybody would think Stone was public Enemy No 1. Talk about over the top. The FBI are loosing credibility hand over fist.
Imagine if the organization representing journos in NZ released a statement that they are actively resisting Simon Bridges. This is what has happened in Canada.
Classic Liberal
At least they’re honest. In NZ some people still think the MSM is fair and balanced.
Big whoop. The important question is who the owners of the Canadian media are backing. The journalists get fuck-all say in what gets reported.
Steve (North Shore)
Heatwave. This morning on the wireless while going to work. The worst job to have in the heatwave is: Being a primary school teacher. Fuck me. Try my welding bay, with overalls, under a helmet and knocking 37C
sooty
Have they started work yet?
nasska
Define “work”!
Steve (North Shore)
For teachers work means getting children to learn in this heat, so it fails – and a pathetic excuse for the lazy shithead teachers who can not teach and never will. Love that 3 months plus holidays though. Fuck me, if I was just into a new job in the Industry and only worked 65% of the year, I would learn fuck all.
nasska
…..”only worked 65% of the year, I would learn fuck all”……
You’d earn fuck all too. To get paid full time money for a part time job is the preserve of the useless, fat, feminist SJWs who screw up the minds of our kids & grandkids.
“Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.”
Morrissey
Come on, nasska, that’s a weak line from G.B. Shaw, who also wrote many other stupid and untrue things, such as claiming he was a better playwright than Shakespeare.
That’s a saying that’s repeated by people who hate and resent teachers—and especially teachers who have the temerity to organize into a strong union, like the one that’s fighting Wall Street’s attempt to destroy public education in the U.S. right now.
If you want a “those who can’t” slur, teachers are probably the least appropriate target. Here are a few that actually have some semblance of reality to them:
1.) Those who can’t, sit behind a microphone and rant insanely on NewstalkZzzzzzzB all morning.
2.) Those who can’t, like the hilariously stupid U.S. “Secretary of Education” Betsy DeVos get promoted in the Trump cabinet.
3.) Those who cant, are usually hypocritical and sanctimonious gits.
nasska
…..”If you want a “those who can’t” slur, teachers are probably the least appropriate target”…..
If you moved beyond your boilerplate, leftist propaganda it wouldn’t be hard to refute Shaw’s argument. The “doers” are hard nosed realists driven by success but they would reduce the average snowflake school pupil to jelly with their demands for success.
A true educator (as opposed to the unionised scum NZ teachers) would be more of a theorist & be able to relate to those he/she were teaching.
Morrissey
Shaw’s “argument”? It was a throwaway line by someone trying and failing to be a cutprice imitation of Oscar Wilde. It’s not an argument, it’s a throwaway line, trying to be a witty aphorism.
It’s not a line that should be thrown away, it should be hurled out of the pub and kicked to death on the street.
Only an idiot recycles sad old Shaw lines. Are you an idiot, nasska?
stigie
You forget Nasska had a farm in Eketahuna and a pity you didn’t pay him a visit Morris Oxford..? You would have been fucking dog tucker !~
Morrissey
Your brain’s unfortunately boiled over under that welder’s mask. Hence the delirious hatred of teachers.
Swifty
Not hatred – merely putting things in perspective.
Teachers have it easy compared to many.
And, of course, if they don’t like it they can leave and go find something else. Just like the rest of us.
They’re not special.
Morrissey
You seem a little more rational than poor old Steve from the North Shore with his overheated brain.
pentwig
but mooronic morris look at yourself those who can’t have a blog that no one suscribes to or even be bothered to read those who can’t have to resort to trolling on another blog because theirs is so, so boring those who can’t is you mooronic morris
Morrissey
Lot of things you can say about my blog, Penters, but “boring” is not one of them.
Well, it’s boring if you don’t like to READ LONG ARTICLES, but that’s your problem, not mine.
Swifty
It is boring actually.
Morrissey
Like libraries are boring, eh, Swifters? Like reading books is boring.
Swifty
Deer culler? Fencer? Hay baler? Tree planter?
I’ll tell you what else is bloody hot these days – some thousands of NZers working in horticultural hothouses.
Compared to those jobs, teachers have it cruisy.
Morrissey
You’ve never been a teacher, quite obviously.
Swifty
You ever worked a manual job, outside, all weather, for your living – and for years?
Morrissey
Does working as a pancake parlor security man, private eye and gigolo count?
Swifty
Thought not.
Morrissey
Like to see YOU do my job.
Swifty
What job is that Morrissey?
pentwig
goodgrief mooronic morris i can see you in a pancake palour pouring penis shaped pikelets i can see you and stoopidthing ogling and perving on the tv screen and adjusting camera as stoopidthing is a self confessed pervert towards young girls and MW but gigolo? nanny goats or billy?
Jack5
Isn’t Morrissey a professional transcriber of radio broadcasts?
One ear here, the other ear there, recorders going … all over the FM frequency band.
Morrissey
That’s a pretty good description of the actuality, Jack. It’s like you’ve installed a secret camera in Chez Breen.
Maggy Wassilieff
I have been a Teacher and I’ve also worked as a qualified gardener . It’s a bugger doing the School athletics on a hot February day on Athletic Park…. so a few hours 1 day/year…. not really comparable with outdoor work in full heat of the day… November to end of February…. though it was the freezing mornings in Winter.. gardening in a deep frost that convinced me that I probably wasn’t designed for a life of hard labour outdoors.
Swifty
If of interest Maggy, my peppers are the most advanced at this time of the year in my memory. And in textbook condition.
I’m most happy.
waikatogirl
Have your peppers gone red yet Swifty? I had a great crop in full sun last year and they changed colour beautifully. Plants this year not in full sun and not quite so prolific. No colour change yet but still plenty of summer to go.
Swifty
No, no colour turning at all as yet waikatogirl, but it’s always been Feb for me in Auckland.
nasska
Shearers have it the worst Swifty.
Swifty
Here’s a name for you – I did several summers rousing for Collins Brown (?) in the Wairarapa, late 80s early 90s.
I’m going back a while here, but up at 4.30 – 5am, drive to meeting point, van to client’s farm, 7am start, 4x 2 hour runs with 15 minute smokos and 30 minutes for lunch.
Go home, shower, and on the piss and back up again next morning to do it all again – with the odd unexpected day off for rain as you will understand nasska.
nasska
You’d be looking forward for the wet days Swifty.
Swifty
She was hard yakka at times nasska, but to be honest that was normal; most people in my circles then worked similarly.
It was also a point of pride as to who was the fittest, who could pull the most wool, who’s counts were the highest etc etc.
Back then we used to run/jog etc to get fit for work! Don’t see too many teachers outside my local primary doing that.
rangitoto
It looks like Taxinda really did impress the EU on her holiday in Davos:
“The European Union’s parliament has taken a decisive step towards unilaterally reducing New Zealand’s rights to export specified quantities of tariff-free sheepmeat, beef and dairy products to the trading bloc if and when Brexit occurs.”
No. 1: MATTHEW JAMES VARCOE
Longknives
Morrissey
Michael
Did you see that photo of Roger Stone’s back with that tattoo of Richard Nixon’s face on it? Reminded me of Paul Holmes’s daughter with that tattoo of her father’s profile on her thigh. Yuck!
But you are right to comment on that 26 man [was it 26?] FBI early morning invasion squad. I mean anybody would think Stone was public Enemy No 1.
Talk about over the top. The FBI are loosing credibility hand over fist.
KevOB
greybeard
Morrissey
Inandout
Psycho Milt
cmm
slightlyrighty
Classic Liberal
Psycho Milt
Steve (North Shore)
Being a primary school teacher. Fuck me.
Try my welding bay, with overalls, under a helmet and knocking 37C
sooty
nasska
Steve (North Shore)
nasska
Morrissey
nasska
Morrissey
stigie
You would have been fucking dog tucker !~
Morrissey
Swifty
Morrissey
pentwig
look at yourself
those who can’t have a blog that no one suscribes to or even be bothered to read
those who can’t have to resort to trolling on another blog because theirs is so, so boring
those who can’t is you mooronic morris
Morrissey
Swifty
Morrissey
Swifty
Fencer?
Hay baler?
Tree planter?
Morrissey
Swifty
Morrissey
Swifty
Morrissey
Swifty
pentwig
i can see you in a pancake palour pouring penis shaped pikelets
i can see you and stoopidthing ogling and perving on the tv screen and adjusting camera as stoopidthing is a self confessed pervert towards young girls and MW
but gigolo? nanny goats or billy?
Jack5
Morrissey
Maggy Wassilieff
It’s a bugger doing the School athletics on a hot February day on Athletic Park…. so a few hours 1 day/year…. not really comparable with outdoor work in full heat of the day… November to end of February….
though it was the freezing mornings in Winter.. gardening in a deep frost that convinced me that I probably wasn’t designed for a life of hard labour outdoors.
Swifty
waikatogirl
I had a great crop in full sun last year and they changed colour beautifully. Plants this year not in full sun and not quite so prolific. No colour change yet but still plenty of summer to go.
Swifty
nasska
Swifty
nasska
Swifty
rangitoto