You know you're from Chch when ...

I've always wondered when things get bad if human nature would take over and people would want to find ways of picking themselves up.
That's exactly what happened after the February earthquake in Christchurch.
Facebook ruled my life and word quickly spread about a great page of one liners all starting with the phrase 'You know you're from Chch when ...'. Well that was it for us. My husband and I went to sleep smiling after reading the one liners on my iphone every night.
They were hilarious and all thought up by people who were in the same bad situation as us. All scared, tired and living on their nerves looking for some light relief.
Talking with a friend about how fantastic this page was sparked the idea of what a good book it would make. Now there was a thought that was worth following through.
I found an email address and cheekily sent a messsage asking if the page owner Bruce Raines if he had ever thought of turning the page into a book. He was keen and the rest is history.
The book You know you're from Christchurch when ... is available in everywhere, published by Harper Collins, with a big thank you to Bill Honeybone, who is still enjoying the giggle.
It's so good to know that human nature will always come out on top!