|
Post by doe on Sept 4, 2009 2:33:56 GMT -5
Just so long as it's not half baked Phil ;D!
|
|
Phil
Junior Member
Posts: 82
|
Post by Phil on Sept 4, 2009 19:03:49 GMT -5
Just so long as it's not half baked Phil ;D! Half baked Phil's driver's exam: ;D
|
|
|
Post by Inigo Montoya on Sept 4, 2009 22:18:32 GMT -5
Could be worse... you could have 50 potential embarrassments instead of just 5... AND the whole world waiting for one of them to screw up. lol Try to relax about it, there's nothing much you can do really, one of our former Presidents completely redefined what it means to have sex. ;D Back to the topic, I'm excited because I just ordered the fabric for my kitchen curtains (okay, yeah, it's taking me a while to decorate , Martha Stewart has nothing to fear from me ). On the charity front, if you're killing a few minutes on the computer you can play games and donate rice to the hungry at www.freerice.com. It's not joining the Peace Corps, but it's a more constructive way to waste time. Clover we actually have 6 premiers and two chief ministers of the territories which is 8 too many leaders and all the hangers on. Although we live in a great country Australia could do without our state and territory governments. We have a population smaller than California yet are governed on three levels. Having said that though, I have to say Spring has sprung and it is a beautiful time of the year and I am glad to be alive. My bad about the mistake, I know just enough about Australia's government to be dangerous. On the other hand... just for our Oz contingent I recently saw an article ( shine.yahoo.com/event/tastefulliving/the-worlds-happiest-cities-508202/) that listed TWO of your cities as being perceived as the happiest in the world. One because... and I quote "People know it's in Australia, and that it's full of Australians," says Anholt. "Therefore, it must be fun." How awesome is that? Nationally you have a mucho cool, fun rep! By contrast, when I googled world's most stressful cities all that came up were AMERICA'S most stressful cities. (Chicago tops the list, in case you were wondering ... poor Chicago) Anyway, internationally your reputation as an awesome place to be is pretty intact, I think. Dunno if that'll cheer you up about the sex scandal or not, but you'll never hear people say that about where I live... people visiting here are ALWAYS worried about hearing banjos, ;D.
|
|
|
Post by Ouch on Sept 5, 2009 1:51:16 GMT -5
"Sure got a purty mouth..."
|
|
|
Post by Inigo Montoya on Sept 5, 2009 8:38:12 GMT -5
I sooo need to watch that movie... I knew a kid once who played the banjo... he said that when the realtors were trying to sell the houses next door to "fancy rich people" his dad would sit on the porch with his shirt off drinking beer and have him play dueling banjos. Then it was the kids job to go stir up the bird dogs. Apparently it took a while for the houses to sell... ;D
|
|
|
Post by E on Sept 5, 2009 17:01:59 GMT -5
Just so long as it's not half baked Phil ;D! Half baked Phil's driver's exam: ;D One of my all-time favorite episodes. I used to love that show.
|
|
|
Post by Dee Dee on Sept 5, 2009 18:17:45 GMT -5
I sooo need to watch that movie... I knew a kid once who played the banjo... he said that when the realtors were trying to sell the houses next door to "fancy rich people" his dad would sit on the porch with his shirt off drinking beer and have him play dueling banjos. Then it was the kids job to go stir up the bird dogs. Apparently it took a while for the houses to sell... ;D The banjo talk just reminded me of a band at my local high school. Once when we were about to go by train - they had brought all their instruments - when the train finally arrived at the train station, the lead singer said: "There´s the banjo". I thought that was hilarious ;D. (This is so not dev-related, unless we have a banjo wheeler somewhere ) And a half-baked guy? As in hard on the outside, soft on the inside? By that definition, I know a few guys that I would call half-baked ;D
|
|
|
Post by doe on Sept 5, 2009 22:13:01 GMT -5
My bad about the mistake, I know just enough about Australia's government to be dangerous. On the other hand... just for our Oz contingent I recently saw an article ( shine.yahoo.com/event/tastefulliving/the-worlds-happiest-cities-508202/) that listed TWO of your cities as being perceived as the happiest in the world. One because... and I quote "People know it's in Australia, and that it's full of Australians," says Anholt. "Therefore, it must be fun." How awesome is that? Nationally you have a mucho cool, fun rep! By contrast, when I googled world's most stressful cities all that came up were AMERICA'S most stressful cities. (Chicago tops the list, in case you were wondering ... poor Chicago) Anyway, internationally your reputation as an awesome place to be is pretty intact, I think. Dunno if that'll cheer you up about the sex scandal or not, but you'll never hear people say that about where I live... people visiting here are ALWAYS worried about hearing banjos, ;D. Clover, Australia is great, terrific, fantastic and I love it ;D. You would be hard pressed to convince me to live anywhere else - politicians and all. I'm glad we have a fantastic rep OS, because frankly, what makes Australia great is not only the climate and the natural beauty but for the most part the people are great - friendly and fabulously laid back. Hope you get to check it out one day . I'm going to be saying a bit more about the sex scandal in my new thread.
|
|
|
Post by Ouch on Sept 6, 2009 2:19:26 GMT -5
Australia has a good rep., because the Land Down Under is where women glow, and men chunder (I don't know what the bonus of this is...unless it implies parties...) - according to Men at Work I've played a banjo before, diva, lol, however, I'm not a banjo. clover, dodge a bullet and avoid watching Deliverance...unless you like squealin' like a piggy...if you do choose to watch it however, they have it on Blu-Ray, so you could see it in High Def. lol...
|
|
|
Post by doe on Sept 6, 2009 4:11:18 GMT -5
Windy, as you know, "chunder" is slang for vomit or throw up, so I guess it could imply parties. I think though it implies that Aussie guys love to drink beer and get drunk, which is of course a gross generalisation. I guess though Australia does have a reputation for being beer drinking (sigh).
|
|
|
Post by Inigo Montoya on Sept 6, 2009 9:18:21 GMT -5
Hmmm... I suspect this is an instance where hi-def is not a boon. I have a good idea of what happens... there's a canoe, a banjo, and death by hillbilly. But I never get the references. THAT'S why I need to watch it. Is it worse than SAW?
0o0o and thanks, doe, I never knew what chunder meant either.
|
|
|
Post by Ouch on Sept 6, 2009 15:42:48 GMT -5
lol yeah I knew what chunder meant...there was this badass Aussie guy my father used to work with...and he'd use the term often, in conjunction with drinking often, too lol...I guess it all comes full circle.
Yes, HD is not a boon in Deliverance...Actually surprisingly the 'hillbillies' don't get to kill anyone, the one death is caused by natural environments...it's much worse than SAW, I don't know where you live in them there woods, but consider my friend used to live in the rural area of the state that I used to live in...after seeing that film, he moved to the largest city in the region...you may not be able to sleep again.
|
|
|
Post by doe on Sept 6, 2009 17:19:26 GMT -5
Hmmm... I suspect this is an instance where hi-def is not a boon. I have a good idea of what happens... there's a canoe, a banjo, and death by hillbilly. But I never get the references. THAT'S why I need to watch it. Is it worse than SAW? 0o0o and thanks, doe, I never knew what chunder meant either. Happy to be of service Clover. There is another part of the song where men thunder. When I work out what that means I'll let you know LOL. Speaking of Aussie songs, I was at the supermarket the day (Windy, for your benefit - I did not have any hot wheeler encounters) and they always have piped in music. They played Peter Allen's - I Still Call Australia Home. Whilst it didn't make me rush to fill up my shopping basket, it did give me pause. It is such a great emotive song.
|
|
|
Post by Inigo Montoya on Sept 6, 2009 17:25:50 GMT -5
That is so funny! I often do this thing where I write stuff up and go... nah.... nobody wants to know that and... so I had said and then deleted... That, well, I'm pretty sure I'm from "Deliverance" country. lol And I've wandered it plenty... getting lost in places where, when you stop for directions you can't help but have the thought... "Nobody'd ever find my body here... " (Specifically I once got lost in a place called Finger, Tennessee, nothing to see there but tree-eating kudzu. Three very nice, but scary in appearance men helped me get back to my road.) And I've seen people stop for directions at my parents house and be almost shaking with fear. One memorable instance was a 16 year old kid, late at night, who told my dad... "Your's was the only place with lights!" It's funny. I've gotten the pretty strong impression that most here are city-dwellers, with the attitude that city dwellers have toward those who aren't. I'm most definitely not. I'm living "in town" for the... well, second or third time in my life and I'm going to tell you... I love my small-town, quiet neighborhood (There aren't any street lights on my street... I can go out at night and still see the stars.) The time I've spent in cities... while pretty enjoyable, have also kind of reiterated to me that I'm the type to get creamed crossing the road, er, street. I'll rent Deliverance and watch it in the daytime. How's that?
|
|
|
Post by Ouch on Sept 7, 2009 0:08:25 GMT -5
Ah, clover, I have the same problem as you once more! I say to myself - "Ah, nobody wants to know that..." my only problem is I don't erase it, and instead hit 'Post Reply'. Finger, Tennesee, wow that goes high on the awesome list of names... I think you'd like the house I grew up in clover, it was high atop a hill, within a wooded area, so it was quite secluded from the rest of society, but yet the conveniences of the city were nearby when you needed or wanted them (when you have to drive 2-hours to the nearest McDonalds, or Walmart, you know you're out in the middle of nowhere)...and it wasn't a big city, either. Deliverance in the Daytime...sounds like it could be a special event.
|
|