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DanaC

10-05-2007 06:33 AM

Surely he was hanging from the nails.....like a picture?

ZenGum

10-05-2007 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 392199)

Surely he was hanging from the nails.....like a picture?

Well I suppose so ... but my interpretation is much dirtier. :censored:

but I'm not trusting you to hang the Mona Lisa ...
WHAM WHAM WHAM
What? Not drive nails through her wrists? Ooops

:smashfrea

:bonk:

monster

10-05-2007 08:39 AM

Welcome to the Cellar, Zengum, you clearly fit right in. Well apart from the self-censorship there. That is not allowed, all filth must be in the open :D

dar512

10-05-2007 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 391983)

I'm teaching English in Japan and I loved this quote. It's the most pithy explanation for the inconsistencies in English.

If you liked that, Zen, you should really check out "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson. It's an informative and funny look at the English language.

dar512

10-05-2007 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 392126)

Long live Little Fuzzy!

A Little Fuzzy Fan! I knew I liked you! :blush:

HungLikeJesus

10-05-2007 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 392197)

mmm. didn't know that. Never been there. :dunce:

But the point still works if you replace "official" with "predominant" or "most common". Even if government services are multi-lingual, very much else isn't. Having lesser English skills is still a disadvantage.

You trip me up on semantics, and if that weren't exactly the sort of thing I get up to I'd get so ... so ... something.

PS I'm new... what do you mean, HungLikeJesus. He wasn't hung (hanged). He was nailed, with big 10-inch-long, iron-hard spikes ......... aaaahhhhhhh. Sir I am impressed! :notworthy

ZenGum, I just read your profile. For some reason I thought you were an American living in Japan. My apologies.

ZenGum

10-05-2007 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster (Post 392214)

Welcome to the Cellar, Zengum, you clearly fit right in. Well apart from the self-censorship there. That is not allowed, all filth must be in the open :D

Thank you, monster!
(now there's a phrase I don't think I've used before).
Sorry about the self-censorship, but I couldn't find a smilie with a big dick...

DanaC

10-05-2007 04:55 PM

LoL! We deffo need a smilie with a big cock. I can't believe we have'nt got one....here of all places.

Aliantha

10-05-2007 07:05 PM

Yay..another aussie, and in my (possible future) line of work too!

Welcome to the Cellar!

ZenGum

10-06-2007 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 392226)

ZenGum, I just read your profile. For some reason I thought you were an American living in Japan. My apologies.

No problem at all. I was talking confidently about what the US ought to do, your assumption was reasonable.
And frankly, telling Australians from US citizens is getting harder all the time. Damn our foreign, economic, and social policies so closely follow yours, is there any chance of you guys giving us the vote soon? I mean if the US president (oops, vice-president :vader1: ) basically decides when Australia goes to war, can't we have a say? Please?
;)

Urbane Guerrilla

10-07-2007 11:16 PM

Well, there's a modest proposal.

And now we grasp the implications of the handle -- the Gum smells of cough drops... or some parts of the State of California.

xoxoxoBruce

10-07-2007 11:32 PM

I see Australia is paying the US, $800,000,000 to use our military satellites.

Aliantha

10-07-2007 11:33 PM

I wonder who we're spying on

ZenGum

10-08-2007 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla (Post 392942)

Well, there's a modest proposal.

And now we grasp the implications of the handle -- the Gum smells of cough drops... or some parts of the State of California.

Well, gum trees are originally Australian, which was the reference I intended. "Zen" because I am presently in Japan. And it had a catchy sound.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 392953)

I see Australia is paying the US, $800,000,000 to use our military satellites.

Fucking WHAT? :eek: That's almost as much as the present government has spent on politically biased "informative" advertising!:blah:

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Originally Posted by Aliantha (Post 392956)

I wonder who we're spying on

Probably ourselves. :eyeball: Specifically, the ABC's Chaser team (the guys who did the APEC stunt with the fake Canadian convoy) :lol2:

Aliantha

10-08-2007 12:57 AM

Yes well those chaser boys are a bunch of dicks. I don't thnk they'd be worth spying on.

I think we might be spying on Warney.

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