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class="quote no-group quote-modified" data-username="thomdunn" data-post="1" data-topic="167713"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/thomdunn/40/364513_2.png" class="avatar"> thomdunn:</div> <blockquote> <p>In my humble opinion, even immortal cryptids deserve fair compensation for their labor.</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>So just give them a penny a long time ago; suitably invested, they should be rather well-off by now, thanks to the power of compound interest.</p> <p>(Insert Pratchett quote from <em>Fifth Elephant</em> here, with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Margolotta" rel="nofollow noopener">Lady Margolotta</a>’s explanation to Vimes about vampires tending to be quite rich. Alas, I’m sheltering out-of-place without access to my library)</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3"/> <span class="post-likes">3 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> <div class="crawler-linkback-list" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ItemList"> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/Bernel"><span itemprop="name">Bernel</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T12:32:52Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 12:32pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#3</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>I think neither bunnies or fairies can be infected with Covid anyway.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2"/> <span class="post-likes">2 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/agies"><span itemprop="name">agies</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T12:41:59Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 12:41pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#4</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <aside class="quote no-group quote-modified" data-username="thomdunn" data-post="1" data-topic="167713"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/thomdunn/40/364513_2.png" class="avatar"> thomdunn:</div> <blockquote> <p>It’s not clear if these essential workers are also deserving of a living wage like all other essential workers, or if trickle-down economics will impact the income of Tooth Faeries across the globe</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>I thought they got paid in teeth. Seems pretty clear to me.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="9"/> <span class="post-likes">9 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/capnjimbo"><span itemprop="name">capnjimbo</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T13:27:40Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 1:27pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#5</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>So she’s better at PR than the failed advertising executive trying to run the country across the pond, as well as a better politician and all-round human being.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="5"/> <span class="post-likes">5 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/timd"><span itemprop="name">timd</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T13:42:40Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 1:42pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#6</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>And how do kiwi dentists feel about this status?</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> <span class="post-likes"></span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/Michael_Black"><span itemprop="name">Michael_Black</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T15:10:15Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 3:10pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#7</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Speaking of Easter bunnies, now is likely not the time for animals to get sick.</p> <p>There was a local story about calling in veterinarians to handle ventilators if the need arises. They will just need a bit of training. And they have ventilators that can be used for people with slight modification.</p> <p>I guess they are down to emergencies, I can’t imagine dogs or cats, or cows, being very good at telemedicine.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> <span class="post-likes"></span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/dontpanicbobby"><span itemprop="name">dontpanicbobby</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T15:21:30Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 3:21pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#8</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Class act right there. Go Not Australia!</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2"/> <span class="post-likes">2 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/Brainspore"><span itemprop="name">Brainspore</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T16:33:06Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 4:33pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#9</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <aside class="quote no-group" data-username="agies" data-post="4" data-topic="167713"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/agies/40/1218_2.png" class="avatar"> agies:</div> <blockquote> <p>I thought they got paid in teeth. Seems pretty clear to me.</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>I’m just worried that “hazard pay” means that the tooth fairy is going to be allowed to start helping herself instead of waiting for them to fall out on their own.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3"/> <span class="post-likes">3 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/anothernewbbaccount"><span itemprop="name">anothernewbbaccount</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-04-07T16:34:09Z"> <time itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2020-04-07T16:34:25Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 4:34pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#10</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <aside class="quote no-group" data-username="timd" data-post="6" data-topic="167713"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://avatars.discourse.org/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/40.png" class="avatar"> timd:</div> <blockquote> <p>kiwi dentists</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>I don’t think kiwi birds have teeth. Nor do the fruit.</p> <p>(<a class="mention" href="/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/beschizza">@beschizza</a> 'shoops a kiwi fruit with teeth in 3…2…1…)</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1"/> <span class="post-likes">1 Like</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/Brainspore"><span itemprop="name">Brainspore</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T16:34:40Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 4:34pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#11</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <aside class="quote no-group" data-username="dontpanicbobby" data-post="8" data-topic="167713" data-full="true"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/dontpanicbobby/40/227749_2.png" class="avatar"> dontpanicbobby:</div> <blockquote> <p>Go Not Australia!</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Technically the easter bunny is considered an invasive species in both NZ and Australia.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3"/> <span class="post-likes">3 Likes</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/beschizza"><span itemprop="name">beschizza</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T16:58:08Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 4:58pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#12</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>Kiwi Eyes Trump says peekaboo</p> <p><div class="lightbox-wrapper"><a class="lightbox" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/original/4X/7/0/6/70617a08a1b4ef69d7bbe941f3bec2a65217414e.jpeg" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/g2ajOkom9jVZLA1dE71v9w0tcSO.jpeg?dl=1" title="kiwi-trump"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/optimized/4X/7/0/6/70617a08a1b4ef69d7bbe941f3bec2a65217414e_2_690x362.jpeg" alt="kiwi-trump" data-base62-sha1="g2ajOkom9jVZLA1dE71v9w0tcSO" width="690" height="362" 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itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> <div class="crawler-linkback-list" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ItemList"> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/dontpanicbobby"><span itemprop="name">dontpanicbobby</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-07T17:04:25Z" class="post-time"> April 7, 2020, 5:04pm </time> <span itemprop="position">#13</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>No way he’s thinking bunnies.</p> </div> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister"> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> <span class="post-likes"></span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0"/> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting" class="topic-body crawler-post"> <div class="crawler-post-meta"> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/oldstevo"><span itemprop="name">oldstevo</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-04-08T02:22:41Z" class="post-time"> April 8, 2020, 2:22am </time> <span itemprop="position">#14</span> </span> </div> <div class="post" itemprop="articleBody"> <aside class="quote no-group quote-modified" data-username="Brainspore" data-post="11" data-topic="167713" data-full="true"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/brainspore/40/102553_2.png" class="avatar"> Brainspore:</div> <blockquote> <aside class="quote no-group" data-username="dontpanicbobby" data-post="8" data-topic="167713" data-full="true"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img alt width="20" height="20" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://sjc4.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/user_avatar/bbs.boingboing.net/dontpanicbobby/40/227749_2.png" class="avatar"> dontpanicbobby:</div> <blockquote> <p>Go Not Australia!</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Technically the easter bunny is considered an invasive species in both NZ and Australia.</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>But even so, the WA state premier Mark McGowan has issued the same exemption here:<br> <aside class="onebox whitelistedgeneric"> <header class="source"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/favicon.ico" class="site-icon" width="16" height="16"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/easter-bunny-travel-western-australia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lonely Planet</a> </header> <article class="onebox-body"> <div class="aspect-image" style="--aspect-ratio:690/459;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200413041133im_/https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/boingboing/optimized/4X/f/d/2/fd221350cca7e5c4a09fd8e8a41135e2b1de7fe6_2_690x459.jpeg" class="thumbnail" width="690" height="459" 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