Brownlee joke off menu
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For more than a year the Earthquake Recovery Minister has graced the pages that list the food and beverage offerings at Christchurch’s C1 Espresso, lending his likeness to a five-eyed monster that emerged, in the best traditions of Mad magazine, in the menu’s foldout. It was a hit. C1 owner Sam Crofskey said hundreds of copies went missing.
Brownlee’s image soon adorned the cafe’s coffee cards and the balloons in their kids’ packs.
‘‘He’s in a position which is open to satire,’’ Crofskey said.
‘‘Life’s political and we just thought we’d do a little bit of ribbing. It’s definitely not designed to be offensive.’’
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The cafe ‘‘(likes) to keep moving forward’’, and is introducing new menus, featuring a new face, in the new year.
‘‘We’d like to keep it a surprise,’’ Crofskey said.
‘‘It’s going to pop up, like a popup book. Someone’s face is popping out of it. ‘‘It’s someone people will know.’’ Customers had got ‘‘a real kick’’ out of the Brownlee theme, Crofskey said, and the minister may live on in the coffee cards and balloons.
Until then, Brownlee could ‘‘come in and own it and laugh it off’’, Crofskey said, but it appeared he had decided not to.
Brownlee said he held no strong views on the menu.
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