So my once-popular old watering hole fell over before it could undergo a re-build as a bordello! What a tragedy that the one big chance visiting world cup rugby players and fans had to score big-time in Auckland has been denied them?
Perhaps it's for the best, just imagine if those industrious Asian entrepreneurs had spent their hard earned millions completely refurbishing the property with lavish beds, spa pools exotic drapes and carefully positioned mirrors, staffed the establishment with skilled obliging energetic ladies...and gentlemen...only to find that on opening night they all combined to hump, pump, grind and bump the place to the ground in a terrible mix of bricks, mortar, massage oil, madams, pimps and bondage gear.
Naming the deceased customers who experienced a bigger bang for their bucks than they ever imagined possible, is going to be a tough one, death notices may make discrete mention of” passed away whilst doing what he enjoyed most,” or perhaps simply a 'tragic accident” with a request that instead of flowers a donation be made to the Auckland Ladies collective Society.
Maybe now those wealthy investors could turn their attention to the real needs of the real people of Auckland instead of trading on the weaknesses, and frailties' of human nature for an easy sleazy buck.
Pat Brunton, Tauranga.