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Christchurch local Andre Kaal was recently busted by noise control for having a wet flappy flag. Poor bloke was just trying to show a bit of patriotic spirit, bless 'im. Perhaps more interesting though were the other kinds of complaints the council receives from the good public of Christchurch (aside from the 90 percent that relate to stereo noise that is):

1. Parrots imitating telephone ring-tones.
   
   
2. Wind chimes.
   
   
3. Bird-scarers.
   
   
4. Helicopters hovering over vineyards doing frost-protection work.
   
   
5. Seagulls dropping shellfish on roofs.
   
   
6. Scrap-metal noise.
   
   
7. Sexual activity through walls.
   
   
8. Humming noises (often found to be only in the head of the complainant).
   
   
9. Outdoor spas and heat pumps.

Maybe 1 and 5 led to 3, 2 was actually a versatile 1, too much of 4 prompted 6, 9 led to 7, and 8 was a desperate attempt to block the whole mad cacophony out?
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