Posted by Neredbojias on 07/29/07 13:26

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:09:47
GMT rf scribed:

> In general I get mightily narked when that upstart country, the U S of
> A, tries to lay down the law on how things should work for the 95.5%
> rest of the world[1]. Sure they may have invented the internet but we
> the Aussies, tiny as we are, have invented the odd thing or two, the
> rotary lawn mower, the Hills clothes hoist, much more practical things
> than this fiddly internet stuff. And those blighters can't even spell.

Australians invented the rotary lawnmower? Well, that's probably because
they're always running around in circles. Of course it could be due to the
head spinning syndrome, but that's an ethereally circular argument.

> [1] <aside> Skiing in California: Had to fill in a survey before they
> would give me a lift pass. The damn computer insisted that my "zip
> code" *must* be 5 numbers and simply would not believe that I lived in
> the state of NSW in <shudder> another country. Demographics stuffed.
> They have no idea where their clients really come from. Head in sand
> or in this case, snow. </aside>

We only let California into the Union because we didn't want a flaky
foreign country bordering our soil.

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Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

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