Frozen Laird comes to his census

Praise be, Hamilton's Laird McGillicuddy has come back from the dead.

A sniffly Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns was today recuperating at home after surviving 12 hours of cryogenic freezing in a chilly bid to dodge responsibility for filling out his census forms.

The good Laird was yesterday declared "legally dead" at 11.55am by his medical entourage of Dr Freeze, Dr Snakes, Dr Beere, Dr Weeds and Dr Qualified, who mixed the science of cryogenics with the dark arts of shamanism in Garden Place.

But today the Laird was back in the land of the living and preparing to tackle the legal debate over the finer points of his census-dodging experiences, which could yet land him a $500 fine.

Nice try.