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Adelaide has a WOMAD and I don't think Peter Gabriel would give it to some pissy little town, no sir.

Also, VB is nothing more than cat's piss for bogans. Coopers is the beer to drink, son.

King Boy Pato, Friday, 24 August 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link

An Australian has yet to answer my question.

gr8080, Saturday, 25 August 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Some states observe DST and some don't which makes it even more fucked up.

Still not an answer, but I'm no Australian either.

Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 25 August 2007 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I wouldve thought because Adelaide's not all that far from the east coast rly? Like Perth is 3 hours behind us but Adelaide isnt 1/3 of the way along (which'd mae a 1 hour diff plausible)

PS I am talking out of my arse. I have no idea.

Trayce, Saturday, 25 August 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link

i had no idea there were any time zones on the planet half an hour off from any others before today.

gr8080, Saturday, 25 August 2007 01:34 (sixteen years ago) link

Check out China for something really fucked up.

Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 25 August 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link

its just a measurement from the 180 degree mark, right? nepal has 1/4 hour time diffs.

sunny successor, Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link

so yeah, what trayce said

sunny successor, Saturday, 25 August 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Central Standard Time (pretty much Adelaide and Darwin) is a retarded and woefully out-of-date system made about a million years ago for god knows what purpose of having us 30 minutes behind the East Coast.

We should have switched to EST a loooong time ago but everytime The Man tries to do that, a bunch of whiny farmers complain about having to get up at 7am or something and thus, we're held back by a bunch of toothless hicks.

Which only sort of answers your question, Gradski.

King Boy Pato, Saturday, 25 August 2007 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link

lol EB with the str8 answer.

thanks!

gr8080, Saturday, 25 August 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link

2. Pato:

Spanish slang used in Panama and other central american countries that defined a homosexual male.

Ese man es manso pato.
That man is very gay.

Yep King of the pato's mr King Boy

svend, Saturday, 25 August 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link

thats not a question

sunny successor, Saturday, 25 August 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link

And not even Australian-related.

King Boy Pato, Saturday, 25 August 2007 06:48 (sixteen years ago) link

what the fuck

W4LTER, Saturday, 25 August 2007 08:44 (sixteen years ago) link

is john howard going to win this election? what happened to kim beazley? THX!!xoxoxox

sunny successor, Monday, 27 August 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link

No, because we have RUDDMANIA!! Kim Beazley was harpooned by Japanese whalers. No probs. XXOXOXOOXX

King Boy Pato, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link

On teh news last night they were saying that it could be a Labor landslide at this stage.

And yes, non-Australians, that is how the Australian Labor Party spells Labor, ok?

Also they were saying in a poll that 85% of Labor voters feel that Rudd's strip club visit shows him to be a "normal aussie bloke" or some shit like that.

W4LTER, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link

why does "Australian Labor Party" spell labour wrong?

Heave Ho, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link

From teh Wiks:

While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with a u, the Party has spelt it without since Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings.

W4LTER, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link

^that was in 1912.

W4LTER, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link

that is how we spell labor in the USA.

gr8080, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link

Yep, hence the "Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings."

W4LTER, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link

I know americans spell like that, but australians are our brothers in english spellings.

Heave Ho, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link

Maybe King O'Malley should've tried modernizing the name.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link

super karachi bros

Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link

touche xp.

W4LTER, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link

I like that we had a minister called King O'Malley. He sounds like he should be Moomba king or some shit :D

Trayce, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

How do I fill a three hour DJ set for 50-70 Australians ages 21-45?

dont make me start an ILM thread.

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link

sorry, ages 27 to 45.

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link

eagle rock!

W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link

?

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpSnA3CCoM

W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link

omg! what a great trip down memory lane. This is one of those songs you can't help breaking into a boppy jig whenever you hear it, it's so great! Very much a classic.

!!

W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link

this is awesome!

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link

ysi?

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link

I don't have it,

I'll try to find it for you

W4LTER, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link

not on oink ;_;

gr8080, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link

I've got it queued in slsk. it may take a while tho

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link

352nd in line :/

But the downloads are going fairly quickly.

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link

Grads, the whole album (vinyl rip?) is here: http://ausrock.blogspot.com/

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link

;-)

gr8080, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link

ok, eagle rock is still in the pipeline, but here is another OZ ROCK CLAASIC that i downloaded for u.

Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy) - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

The older dudes will dig especially.

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 00:55 (sixteen years ago) link

KHE SAHN!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!

King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.jeans4genes.com.au/images/useruploadedimages/92/barnes.jpg

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link

Surely that road to the holy grail song

badg, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link

Also, is it just a Queensland thing that when Eagle Rock comes on you dack yourself?

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link

If you play it, Grady (and if this shit finally downlaods), you'll have to let us kno.

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 04:47 (sixteen years ago) link

EEAGLE RROCK:D

I will stop posting on this thread now.

W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Am I gonna see your face again?

No, no way, get fucked, fuck off.

King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Where can I get those BARNSEY jeans? I'd srsly wear them with a Central Districts jumper and a pack of Winny Blues around Elizabeth.

King Boy Pato, Thursday, 18 October 2007 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link

Chuzwozzer.

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link

where should I go in Canberra to drink good local craft beer and whisky

other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link

Sydney.

glandular lansbury (sic), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link

My man knows of what he speaks.

http://i.imgur.com/i9TKtyq.jpg

pplains, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 01:06 (eight years ago) link

Wig and Pen in the CBD (Civic) isn't too bad.

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 01:51 (eight years ago) link

For beer anyway.

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link

Be aware that the assholes in Canberra dont let you smoke anywhere you can drink, not even outside :(

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link

Awesome, Wig & Pen is just around the corner from where I'll be holed up.

other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link

so how was it?

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Sunday, 3 April 2016 06:55 (eight years ago) link

Flying out Saturday. Are there any kinds of American candy that Australians like and can't easily get a hold of?

bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Thursday, 7 April 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link

Flying to the land of Tim Tams and Kinder Surprise, and you ask them if they want Reese's Pieces?

pplains, Friday, 8 April 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link

yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.

http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/06/piccolo-me-australia-nutella-iced-coffee.html

Yes, that's a glob of Nerd-spiked Nutella on a stick.

bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Friday, 8 April 2016 00:40 (eight years ago) link

I mean if you get all the wonka stuff, sour patch kids and now all the haribo shit is available there, I'm basically out of options! Thank goodness for this now-defunct blog about candy in Australia (http://lollyaddict.blogspot.com/)

bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Friday, 8 April 2016 00:45 (eight years ago) link

I used to be excited to get those spicy cinnamon bullet things when people visited from America, but I went to the US each of the last three years and didn't even think of them

glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 8 April 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link

You mean these things?

http://i.imgur.com/2QXSti3.jpg

America sure is known for some gross shit.

pplains, Friday, 8 April 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link

Who was the guy who used to call Tombot "Reese's Pieces" b/c El Tomboto = E.T.? What a trip.

pplains, Friday, 8 April 2016 01:51 (eight years ago) link

Oh, maybe that's the solution. I could bring Atomic Fire Balls

bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Friday, 8 April 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link

Bring some northwestern beers and local artisanal doughnuts imo

glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 8 April 2016 07:52 (eight years ago) link

Veg has an Australian friend visiting. She might have some good ideas.

“I hate my wife. She doesn’t even have a dick” (sunny successor), Friday, 8 April 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link


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