Raybon on Parekura

Raybon Kan uses humour as a weapon of mass destruction against Parekura Horomia:

By the way, here are the multichoice options for the NCEA question: Why do children go to school without breakfast?

A. They’re so poor there’s no food in the house.

B. They snoozed and losed.

C. The acting education minister dropped by and ate their breakfast.

D. They’re planning to steal lunch.

And it’s not like he didn’t have clues. The question he was being asked, was about child poverty. The answer was in the question. If this was Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, this was round one, about the level of What Is Your Name?

Indeed, it was a answer of immensely stupid proportions!

So, here’s what Parekura did.

Deny.

Don’t admit anything. Wait till your lawyer shows up. Oh God, they’re asking a question. It’s an accusation. An attack. Deny.

“There’s a host of reasons why…”

Think, think. Deny.

“…why students…”

Buy time.

“…and pupils…”

Nice, students and pupils.

And then, it came to him.

“They’re trying to stay trim.”

Doh.

Speaks for itself.