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Shrek Meets the Prime Minister
Shrek survived his coat being removed and has been flown to Parliament
to meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand - see story :- "Shrek's golden egg By Chris Morris Kaye Parker just cannot stop laughing, now the charity she represents, Cure Kids, is to receive at least $55,000 from the sale of wool shorn from Shrek, the celebrity merino sheep. "I know," she said, laughing with amazement when contacted by the Otago Daily Times yesterday. "It's amazing when you think two weeks ago we did not really know Shrek existed . . . I must stop laughing," she said. The money had been raised through donations, public appearances by Shrek for fund-raising events and an online auction that finished at midday yesterday. The website for the auction, www.shrekauction.co.nz, received 20,000 hits in a week, with buyers bidding up to $1500 to own one of 500 pieces of Shrek's fleece, she said. One of two special Icebreaker garments for sale was bought by the Icebreaker company, which paid $10,000 for its own product, she said. The second Icebreaker garment sold for $5000. "New Zealanders and Australians were definitely the biggest bidders, but we definitely also had sales from around the world - Japan, America, Italy and other parts of the world." Those who had missed out were now ringing in, trying to secure one of the few lots that had not sold at auction. Shrek, meanwhile, was flown to Wellington yesterday for a meeting today with Prime Minister Helen Clark. He was transported in the cargo compartment of a Qantas flight, in a purpose-built "Shrek container" that met the airline's requirements - and Shrek's. "He's a Hollywood star now," Mrs Parker said. Monday, 3-May 2004 " Apparently he had a specially heated container and a lot of people shook his hoof and photographed him. He is to live out his life in the lap of luxury and at some stage will be taken back to view his old cave where he lived for six years Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. |
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OK, I have to ask, how did the Shrek story start? I only caught part of the
news piece where it showed him being shaved and what he looked like before. I'm not quite sure how it all started. Karen |
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OK, I have to ask, how did the Shrek story start? I only caught part of the
news piece where it showed him being shaved and what he looked like before. I'm not quite sure how it all started. Karen |
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Karen Chuplis wrote:
OK, I have to ask, how did the Shrek story start? I only caught part of the news piece where it showed him being shaved and what he looked like before. I'm not quite sure how it all started. Karen I did an earlier posting, Karen. It is still there just called Shrek OT. Shrek spent six years hiding out in a cave in the high country of New Zealand. You can just imagine the amount of wool he had on him. After that he became quite a celebrity. Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. |
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Karen Chuplis wrote:
OK, I have to ask, how did the Shrek story start? I only caught part of the news piece where it showed him being shaved and what he looked like before. I'm not quite sure how it all started. Karen I did an earlier posting, Karen. It is still there just called Shrek OT. Shrek spent six years hiding out in a cave in the high country of New Zealand. You can just imagine the amount of wool he had on him. After that he became quite a celebrity. Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. |
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"Bev" wrote in message ... Shrek survived his coat being removed and has been flown to Parliament to meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand - see story :- "Shrek's golden egg By Chris Morris snip This story has movie potential :^) LOL imagining the auditions for the lead role :^) Sheenah |
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"Bev" wrote in message ... Shrek survived his coat being removed and has been flown to Parliament to meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand - see story :- "Shrek's golden egg By Chris Morris snip This story has movie potential :^) LOL imagining the auditions for the lead role :^) Sheenah |
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