tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post1897639053714120971..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Who will buy Whitcoulls?Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-44656386507576767142011-02-24T22:10:35.265+13:002011-02-24T22:10:35.265+13:00Is Tim Morris for real?
"'We're not...Is Tim Morris for real? <br /><br />"'We're not talking about some pristine, young girl fresh from the countryside, [Whitcoulls is] the horse that everyone has ridden."<br /><br />Ah the casual sexism of corporate NZ - his articulation of hostile takeovers must be positively masochistic.<br /><br />What an idiot.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-60267658554544919392011-02-24T22:07:30.878+13:002011-02-24T22:07:30.878+13:00who would want to buy Whitcoulls as a bookstore ch...who would want to buy Whitcoulls as a bookstore chain? Brierly didn't interfere with its management, but from Hart onwards its succession of awful owners successively and increasingly mortally wounded it. <br /><br />There's a ready set-up chain of high street premises for someone selling something else though.transpress nzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889609417253751134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-78974009951977736462011-02-24T21:29:52.841+13:002011-02-24T21:29:52.841+13:00"We're not talking about some pristine, y..."We're not talking about some pristine, young girl fresh from the countryside, [Whitcoulls is] the horse that everyone has ridden." You're right, Mr Morris, we're not talking about that. So what possessed you to use such an outlandish, sexist, hopelessly confused metaphor?Tim Uppertonnoreply@blogger.com