Things to love about Australia

Started by Upgraydd, 03 March 2015, 05:25:10 AM

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Upgraydd

15 March 2015, 09:03:16 PM #45 Last Edit: 15 March 2015, 09:13:08 PM by Upgraydd
Quote from: fsn on 15 March 2015, 09:53:28 AM
Wasn't it Clive James who said that Australian girls were he most attractive, until they opened their mouths?

(For the smuttier minded of you, he was opining that Strine is a noise like fingernails on chalkboard.)


I'm inclined to agree, it is a horrible accent. I always cringe when I see Australians being interviewed on foreign TV, it's even worse when they have been living overseas for too long and it becomes a real bastardised accent Except for Kylie Minogue, she manages to pull it off  :)

getagrip

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If he keeps using the chainsaw, the value of his work will soon go up.

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Orcs

Quote from: FierceKitty on 15 March 2015, 10:05:31 AM
It wasn't her passport that was the turn-off, it was her accent.

I think I could cope with the accent if I was in with a good chance of a sh*g :d :d
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

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Techno

Do I modify that ?  :-\
You can't take him anywhere, can you. X_X ;)
Cheers - Phil

getagrip

Quote from: Techno on 16 March 2015, 07:25:22 AM
Do I modify that ?  :-\
You can't take him anywhere, can you. X_X ;)
Cheers - Phil

You can, twice.

Second time to apologise :D
Buy plenty of Matron's sculpts now!

If he keeps using the chainsaw, the value of his work will soon go up.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Quote from: getagrip on 16 March 2015, 07:42:39 AM
You can, twice.

Second time to apologise :D

Na - they wont accept it.

IanS
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getagrip

Buy plenty of Matron's sculpts now!

If he keeps using the chainsaw, the value of his work will soon go up.

fsn

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 16 March 2015, 06:47:59 AM
I think I could cope with the accent if I was in with a good chance of a sh*g :d :d

But with the raising Australian inflection "that's it" become "that's it?"

Most demoralising I would have thought.
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Jim Ando

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and Rose Tattoo.

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Techno

Quote from: Jim Ando on 17 March 2015, 09:01:40 PM
AC/DC  (pre 1980) best band ever .
Jim

Love that !! (Dadadadadadadah......ANGUS !.....repeat !)
Cheers - Phil

Orcs

Quote from: Techno on 16 March 2015, 07:25:22 AM
Do I modify that ?  :-\
You can't take him anywhere, can you. X_X ;)
Cheers - Phil
Yes you could modify the last word to somthing that rhymes with a common water bird, but I think that would be rude.

Anyway Nicole told me she likes it when I talk dirty  :D
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

FierceKitty

A shag is a common water-bird, actually. Check if you don't believe me.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

getagrip

Buy plenty of Matron's sculpts now!

If he keeps using the chainsaw, the value of his work will soon go up.

Westmarcher

Every year in Yorktown, Va., there's shagging on the riverwalk.

(it's a music and dance festival)
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.