We have all had ''wardrobe malfunctions'' that can range from being just a nuisance, to uncomfortable, to highly embarrassing.
This isn't the worst such experience I've had. On my first day at The Press in November 2002 my trousers split when I bent down to tie my shoelaces.
Probably the most mortifying though was in Form 3 (now year 9) at Burnside High School in 1978. The fly on my school shorts broke in the first period and I shuffled round school, from class to class, the rest of the day with my long raincoat on. Of course, as luck would have it, it was a nor'west day well over 30degC. Looking back, I imagine I looked a bit suspicious.
Do you have any equally or even more embarrassing clothing breakdowns to share with us?
Where were you when...
In yesterday's column we talked about those major pieces of news that so emblazoned themselves into your minds you can recall exactly what you were doing when they happened.
Today we are running one of my favourite photographs from more than 33 years ago. I clearly remember the night former prime minister and Labour leader David Lange said his party would win the 1984 election even if the country was snowed in, or words to that effect. As a 19-year-old it was a very exciting time - there was a huge buzz around that Robert Muldoon's National government was about to get kicked out of office.
And then, of course, it did snow right across the South, as the photo shows. And Lange and his colleagues still won.
Monday August 7, 1989, was another such day. As a student journalist, I'd dropped a feature off for consideration at The Press in Christchurch. As I walked across Cathedral Square to the bus stop early that afternoon, the Christchurch Star (a great newspaper) hoardings were shouting ''Lange Resigns''. The ground dropped from under me and I was compelled to hand over my cents to buy a copy.
Do any such moments stand out for you? Feel free to let me know.
And wouldn't it be good to re-create that snowy 1984 election day photograph? If anyone has information on where the three snowman-makers are now, drop me a line. I presume the snowman is long gone.
I'm pleased to say there's some entries coming in already. As a reminder, I'm after your photographs which had a good idea behind them but for some reason, incompetence or Murphy's Law, turned out terribly.
Today's published photo comes from Sandra Whipp of St Leonards. She was on a Logan Park High School trip to the United States in April last year.
''While in Washington DC I took this photo of the Treasury Building by the White House. I was so excited to have just been through the White House on tour that I was still shaking.''
Now what kind of confidence does the building, as photographed, give to the global economy?
Gobbledygook hiding behind a stethoscope
There's no keeping good gobbledygook down.
One of our reporters has handed on these gems from the Southern Primary and Community Care Action Plan, which, as you can imagine, is riddled with them.
There is talk of the ''ambulatory care hub infrastructure'' and, not to be outdone by that effort, we also have the ''the ambulance diversion pathway'', an attempt to phase out patients being transferred to clinics for treatment for lung conditions.
The report also includes an old favourite for anyone who has been on the wrong end of a company restructuring - ''transformational change''. Surely ''transformation'' is ''change''? The only thing that tends to transform/change when you've seen those terrible words is the amount of money going into your bank account each week.