A prominent NZ cabinet minister, about to retire, was packing up his office at the top of the tallest building overlooking half of Auckland. He gazes out the window and points to a freeway and says to his weepy secretary: "See that freeway, I built that. It was a big struggle...? And he points to some swimming pool in the distance: "That sports complex has transformed that disadvantaged area in less than 6 months..." And he went on pointing out all his achievements in all the posts he had had.
Before turning back to cleaning out his desk, he took one long last wistful look into the distance and said: "Do you think the punters will remember any of these things? No! Of course they won't. Make one mistake with one lousy sheep in a moment of weakness and ...
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