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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

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Originally Posted by DanaC

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

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

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

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

dar512 · 10-05-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

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

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Long live Little Fuzzy!

A Little Fuzzy Fan! I knew I liked you!

HungLikeJesus · 10-05-2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

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

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!

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

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Originally Posted by monster

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

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

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

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

) 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

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.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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

Fucking WHAT?

That's almost as much as the present government has spent on politically biased "informative" advertising!

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I wonder who we're spying on

Probably ourselves.

Specifically, the ABC's Chaser team (the guys who did the APEC stunt with the fake Canadian convoy)

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.

10-05-2007, 08:39 AM	#63
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-05-2007, 07:05 PM	#69
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yay..another aussie, and in my (possible future) line of work too! Welcome to the Cellar! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-07-2007, 11:16 PM	#71
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	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. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-07-2007, 11:33 PM	#73
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I wonder who we're spying on __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-08-2007, 12:57 AM	#75
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-05-2007, 06:33 AM	#61
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Surely he was hanging from the nails.....like a picture?

10-05-2007, 04:55 PM	#68
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	LoL! We deffo need a smilie with a big cock. I can't believe we have'nt got one....here of all places.

10-07-2007, 11:32 PM	#72
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I see Australia is paying the US, $800,000,000 to use our military satellites.

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