Honest to goodness.
People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
what we feel.
I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
spinster mentality.
If I want 'prim-and-proper', I'll exhume my aunt Bea. She held her
pinky out 'just the right way' when she drank her tea. Then, in the
evening, with her curtains drawn, she'd get hammered on gin and try to
slurp what-ever young female that dared to enter into her sphere of
'properness'.
I don't dislike or hate anything or anybody easily.
But I thoroughly hate hypocracy.
If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome, I apologize.
If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
day.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Honest to goodness.
>
> People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> what we feel.
> I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> spinster mentality.
> If I want 'prim-and-proper', I'll exhume my aunt Bea. She held her
> pinky out 'just the right way' when she drank her tea. Then, in the
> evening, with her curtains drawn, she'd get hammered on gin and try to
> slurp what-ever young female that dared to enter into her sphere of
> 'properness'.
>
> I don't dislike or hate anything or anybody easily.
>
> But I thoroughly hate hypocracy.
>
> If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome, I apologize.
>
> If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
> day.
>
Many years ago I worked for a student radio station. The first thing they
taught us was to just ignore any errors you made on the air. Any attempt to
explain (or in your case, justify) them will do nothing but draw attention
to them.
I haven't any idea what you might have said. If you had just let it go...
On 21 May, 08:09, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I refuse to cow-tow to...
I hope you're aware how offensive a term "kowtow" is, redolent as it
is of Chinese imperialist servitude.
Or is "Cow towing" just something you Canucks do when it's too cold to
get out of the pickup and tip 'em?
On May 21, 9:33 am, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I haven't any idea what you might have said. If you had just let it go...
As per usual...wtf are you talking about, Toller?
On May 21, 7:03 am, Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21 May, 08:09, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I refuse to cow-tow to...
>
> I hope you're aware how offensive a term "kowtow" is, redolent as it
> is of Chinese imperialist servitude.
>
> Or is "Cow towing" just something you Canucks do when it's too cold to
> get out of the pickup and tip 'em?
WHO told you that?????
As in 'cow-tow-truck? That's some funny stuff right there, Andy.
I am visualising a rope around some heffer's neck and draggin' her off
for a date.
On May 21, 7:24 am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
> > day.
>
> How dare you tell me what kind of day to have!
>
> If I want to have a crappy day, I will!
reminds me..
Moshe, after shule, asks the rabbi: "Rebbe, in your talk today, you
said that life was like a bowl of cherries. Why is that, Rebbe?"
The rabbi shrugged and said: "Okay, life is NOT like a bowl of
cherries."
BARRY.. if you want to have a crappy day, enjoy it...or not. <G>
On May 21, 10:31 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Many years ago I worked for a student radio station. The first thing they
> > taught us was to just ignore any errors you made on the air. Any attempt
> > to explain (or in your case, justify) them will do nothing but draw
> > attention to them.
>
> Well that certainly does explain why the broadcast news has become more of a
> comedy and or entertainment rather than a source for accurate factual news.
Like the weather forecast:
May or may not be sunny, not available in all states, void where
prohibited by law, consult your doctor before going outside, can have
side-effects like warmth.
I mean, in regular news, there he is, standing there with blood-
spatters all over him, knife in hand, mumbling something about the
bitch deservd to die..and the media HAS to refer to him as an
'alleged' offender.
Everything you hear/read from Big Media is sooo filtered through legal
departments, that I can't stand watching shit on ABCCBSNBCFOX-type
stations any more.
On May 22, 2:00 am, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> Reminds me of a summer I spent in eastern Oregon in 1977, mudlogging
> the night shift on a wildcat oil well.
>
> Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
> night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
> light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
> geyser.
>
I think that if I did that to you, the result would be somewhat
similar. <G>
On May 21, 2:09 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Honest to goodness.
>
> People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> what we feel.
> I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> spinster mentality.
Anybody in particular in mind?
Robert
On May 22, 4:26 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On May 21, 2:09 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Honest to goodness.
>
> > People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> > what we feel.
> > I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> > spinster mentality.
>
> Anybody in particular in mind?
>
> Robert
There are a few here. You're certainly not one of them. (You are more
liberal than you know<G>)
On May 22, 5:49 pm, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> | In article <[email protected]>,
> | "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> |
> ||
> || Ok, I'm curious. Does having misunderstood make me like your
> || (surely hypothetical) aunt Bea?
> |
> | Naaaa. You are nothing like Aunt Bea. For openers, you are real,
> | and I would find it difficult to imagine that you'd be chasing
> | young girls after swigging 40 oz of gin. <G>
> ||
> || These statements ring true and have a lot to do with why people
> || like you. I like you, too, but remain uncertain of the wisdom of
> || greeting strangers with insult and agression.
> |
> | Am I to conclude from that, that the Australians are insulting and
> | aggressive when their tourist bureau runs ads on TV (in Canada at
> | least) which end with "So where the bloody hell are ya?"
> | It really *is* a matter of the written word totally missing the (my)
> | ability to convey the jovial intent.
> |
> | But, I have taken your input to heart and will be more careful in
> | the future. It'll be hard...but I'll try..... nope, no crossed
> | fingers... nu-uh..
> |
> | <G>
>
> No worry. This may be one of those areas in which smileys might be
> considered one of the great advances in communications.
Unfortunately, a lot of humor can go unnoticed without a damned
emoticon. Tom
On May 22, 9:53 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anybody in particular in mind?
>
> Certainly not you. <G> You have clearly voiced your >disgruntlement with the whole PC thing because it has run wild.
> There are those who support PC by conviction. not by necessity.
> Then there are the hypocrites who say colour is beautiful, but > >won't hire anyone of colour. Those are the true assholes.
Not as clearly as I would like.. I assure you. But while I tried to
avoid a reponse, I couldn't. Just to amplify your last thought above,
I must say that the people that espose the most PC doctrines are
undoubtedly the most two faced, lying, self serving, sanctimonious,
self righteous and self promoting shit eaters one could ever meet.
That's probably about as mildly as I could put it without going over
the boundaries of good taste in deference to those who for other
offenses only qualify for one or two of the above descriptions. (See,
I can be PC, too!)
I have to say that being PC in my deference and trying to be sensitive
to the needs of others wears me out, though.
Robert
On May 21, 11:00 pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> Reminds me of a summer I spent in eastern Oregon in 1977, mudlogging
> the night shift on a wildcat oil well.
>
> Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
> night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
> light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
> geyser.
>
> I proved it many times that summer.
>
> -Zz
That explains why milk wasn't as cheap at Safeway.
On May 23, 1:01 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I must say that the people that espose the most PC doctrines are
> undoubtedly the most two faced, lying, self serving, sanctimonious,
> self righteous and self promoting shit eaters one could ever meet.
>
I completely agree.
now....
Take a deep breath, and tell me how you really feel...<G>
On May 21, 11:35 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
...
> I am visualising a rope around some heffer's neck ...
That would be heifer--so as to offend neither the spelling purists nor
the cattle union... :)
Robatoy wrote:
> If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome
Eh? Genuine surprise and puzzlement. Andy Dingley and I had a little
disagreement but we're working that out, and I don't know of any other
incident with which I've even been associated, far less taken offence at.
What are you referring to? Maybe I've been misunderstood and have some
more bridge-building to do, and didn't realise.
--
Henry Law Manchester, England
On May 25, 1:17 pm, Henry Law <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome
>
> Eh? Genuine surprise and puzzlement. Andy Dingley and I had a little
> disagreement but we're working that out, and I don't know of any other
> incident with which I've even been associated, far less taken offence at.
>
> What are you referring to? Maybe I've been misunderstood and have some
> more bridge-building to do, and didn't realise.
>
Naaa, you're cool. Now, do you really think that maple logs need to be
crated? *G*
Robatoy wrote:
> Honest to goodness.
>
> People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> what we feel.
[...]
> If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
> day.
"When I visited Washington D.C., I saw niggers swarm all around the city,"
he said. "How can you live in such a scary place? I was so afraid that I
didn't come out of my hotel at night."
See:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200705/200705180020.html
Robatoy wrote:
> Honest to goodness.
>
> People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> what we feel.
> I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> spinster mentality.
> If I want 'prim-and-proper', I'll exhume my aunt Bea. She held her
> pinky out 'just the right way' when she drank her tea. Then, in the
> evening, with her curtains drawn, she'd get hammered on gin and try to
> slurp what-ever young female that dared to enter into her sphere of
> 'properness'.
>
> I don't dislike or hate anything or anybody easily.
>
> But I thoroughly hate hypocracy.
>
> If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome, I apologize.
>
> If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
> day.
>
http://philip.greenspun.com/zoo/index
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On May 21, 9:33 am, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I haven't any idea what you might have said. If you had just let it
>>> go...
>>
>> As per usual...wtf are you talking about, Toller?
>>
> I will try to put it even simpler, so you can understand...
> I didn't read your original post.
> Most people didn't read your original post.
And you know this because,,,,,
> There is no reason for you to comment on it.
> Now do you get it?
>
Now you have even lost me.
Robatoy wrote:
| Honest to goodness.
|
| People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
| what we feel.
I think I reacted most strongly, and that certainly wasn't my intent -
but I may be somewhat culturally crippled by growing up in a part of
the world where people never felt a need to extend their "weapon hand"
to express peaceful greetings. I'm sorry I misunderstood.
| I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
| spinster mentality.
Good for you! :-)
| If I want 'prim-and-proper', I'll exhume my aunt Bea. She held her
| pinky out 'just the right way' when she drank her tea. Then, in the
| evening, with her curtains drawn, she'd get hammered on gin and try
| to slurp what-ever young female that dared to enter into her sphere
| of 'properness'.
Ok, I'm curious. Does having misunderstood make me like your (surely
hypothetical) aunt Bea?
| I don't dislike or hate anything or anybody easily.
|
| But I thoroughly hate hypocracy.
These statements ring true and have a lot to do with why people like
you. I like you, too, but remain uncertain of the wisdom of greeting
strangers with insult and agression.
| If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome, I apologize.
|
| If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
| day.
Did. Thanks.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Robatoy wrote:
| In article <[email protected]>,
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
|
||
|| Ok, I'm curious. Does having misunderstood make me like your
|| (surely hypothetical) aunt Bea?
|
| Naaaa. You are nothing like Aunt Bea. For openers, you are real,
| and I would find it difficult to imagine that you'd be chasing
| young girls after swigging 40 oz of gin. <G>
||
|| These statements ring true and have a lot to do with why people
|| like you. I like you, too, but remain uncertain of the wisdom of
|| greeting strangers with insult and agression.
|
| Am I to conclude from that, that the Australians are insulting and
| aggressive when their tourist bureau runs ads on TV (in Canada at
| least) which end with "So where the bloody hell are ya?"
| It really *is* a matter of the written word totally missing the (my)
| ability to convey the jovial intent.
|
| But, I have taken your input to heart and will be more careful in
| the future. It'll be hard...but I'll try..... nope, no crossed
| fingers... nu-uh..
|
| <G>
No worry. This may be one of those areas in which smileys might be
considered one of the great advances in communications.
I haven't seen the Australian ads - but I'll guess there's an actual
smile in the ad video. That'd match well with my SO's account of her
experience of Australian hospitality - Sydney and Cairns have become
two of her very favorite places.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
tom wrote:
| Unfortunately, a lot of humor can go unnoticed without a damned
| emoticon.
True, even when the scope is limited to North Americans whose primary
language is English. It becomes ever more true as that scope is
expanded to encompass the complete diversity of cultures/languages
reading any given newsgroup.
In the expanded scope, emoticons may be much more a blessing than a
curse - by rendering harmless a non-malicious remark that might
otherwise offend and cause a potentially valuable contributor to turn
away.
AFAICT, PC would dictate not making the remark - but emoticons allow
making the remark and making clear that it was not intended to be
hurtful.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
On Tue, 22 May 2007 11:02:29 +1200, Peter Huebner <[email protected]>
wrote:
>heh, we had a Toyota ad here once on tv,
And now on YouTube. It's a good one.
LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:17:09 GMT, Lew Hodgett
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Zz Yzx wrote:
>>
>> > Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
>> > night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
>> > light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
>> > geyser.
>>
>>Ever hear the expression, ".. like a cow pissing on a flat rock", to
>>describe a heavy rain storm?
>
> I've used that for years. Hardly anyone has ever heard it before, but
> it never fails to entertain.
>
SWMBO doesn't find it entertaining. Particularly in 'polite' company.
Actually that's one of the more moderate of those that I know. "Slicker
than snot on a boardwalk.", is another favorite - usually reserved for
icy pavement in mid-winter.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On May 21, 9:33 am, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I haven't any idea what you might have said. If you had just let it
>> go...
>
> As per usual...wtf are you talking about, Toller?
>
I will try to put it even simpler, so you can understand...
I didn't read your original post.
Most people didn't read your original post.
There is no reason for you to comment on it.
Now do you get it?
Zz Yzx wrote:
> Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
> night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
> light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
> geyser.
Ever hear the expression, ".. like a cow pissing on a flat rock", to
describe a heavy rain storm?
Lew
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:17:09 GMT, Lew Hodgett
>
> I've used that for years. Hardly anyone has ever heard it before, but
> it never fails to entertain.
Come on down to Texas, you'll hear it almost every time it rains.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> WHO told you that?????
>
> As in 'cow-tow-truck? That's some funny stuff right there, Andy.
>
> I am visualising a rope around some heffer's neck and draggin' her off
> for a date.
heh, we had a Toyota ad here once on tv, where a farmer in a 4wd tries to pull
a cow out of a swamp and suddenly the rear window gets hit by a flying cow's
head.
Those were the famous 'bugger' ads....
Puts a whole new 'spin' on cow-tow, that does.
-P.
--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:17:09 GMT, Lew Hodgett
>
>>
>> I've used that for years. Hardly anyone has ever heard it before, but
>> it never fails to entertain.
>
>
> Come on down to Texas, you'll hear it almost every time it rains.
>
>
>
What a coincidence! That's where I learned it! And several others
regarding the properties of greased owl feces, snot, and the danger of
interfering with the genitals of a bobcat in a phone booth.
In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 21, 2:09 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Honest to goodness.
> >
> > People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> > what we feel.
> > I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> > spinster mentality.
>
> Anybody in particular in mind?
>
Certainly not you. <G> You have clearly voiced your disgruntlement with
the whole PC thing because it has run wild.
There are those who support PC by conviction. not by necessity.
Then there are the hypocrites who say colour is beautiful, but won't
hire anyone of colour. Those are the true assholes.
We look at short people differently than tall people. Fat is different
than skeletal skinny. Add baldness to the mix, now you have thousands of
combinations without even touching on skin colour.
With the exception of Scarlett Johansson, nobody's perfect.
In article <[email protected]>,
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ok, I'm curious. Does having misunderstood make me like your (surely
> hypothetical) aunt Bea?
Naaaa. You are nothing like Aunt Bea. For openers, you are real, and I
would find it difficult to imagine that you'd be chasing young girls
after swigging 40 oz of gin. <G>
>
> These statements ring true and have a lot to do with why people like
> you. I like you, too, but remain uncertain of the wisdom of greeting
> strangers with insult and agression.
Am I to conclude from that, that the Australians are insulting and
aggressive when their tourist bureau runs ads on TV (in Canada at least)
which end with "So where the bloody hell are ya?"
It really *is* a matter of the written word totally missing the (my)
ability to convey the jovial intent.
But, I have taken your input to heart and will be more careful in the
future. It'll be hard...but I'll try..... nope, no crossed fingers...
nu-uh..
<G>
r
In article <[email protected]>,
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I haven't seen the Australian ads - but I'll guess there's an actual
> smile in the ad video. That'd match well with my SO's account of her
> experience of Australian hospitality - Sydney and Cairns have become
> two of her very favorite places.
>
I haven't been to Cairns myself, but I have had the pleasure of spending
some time (1999) in The Otways and Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road.
What an amazing place it was.
....and those Aussies know have to have a good time.
..where women glow
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Many years ago I worked for a student radio station. The first thing they
> taught us was to just ignore any errors you made on the air. Any attempt
> to explain (or in your case, justify) them will do nothing but draw
> attention to them.
Well that certainly does explain why the broadcast news has become more of a
comedy and or entertainment rather than a source for accurate factual news.
Robatoy wrote:
> Honest to goodness.
>
> People are trying to tear down this last bastion where we can speak
> what we feel.
> I refuse to cow-tow to the anal, draw-string-tightened-sphincter
> spinster mentality.
> If I want 'prim-and-proper', I'll exhume my aunt Bea. She held her
> pinky out 'just the right way' when she drank her tea. Then, in the
> evening, with her curtains drawn, she'd get hammered on gin and try to
> slurp what-ever young female that dared to enter into her sphere of
> 'properness'.
>
> I don't dislike or hate anything or anybody easily.
>
> But I thoroughly hate hypocracy.
>
> If I offended Henry Law with my brash comradic welcome, I apologize.
>
> If anybody else has a problem with this...well go and...have a nice
> day.
>
Listen here you bastard, you keep on doing what you do.
It's refreshing to hear(see) someone speak their mind with out all the
Politically Correct Bull.
Am I the only one, or can others see a problem with the term
'Politically Correct". ;)
regards
John
Morris Dovey wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> | In article <[email protected]>,
> | "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> |
> ||
> || Ok, I'm curious. Does having misunderstood make me like your
> || (surely hypothetical) aunt Bea?
> |
> | Naaaa. You are nothing like Aunt Bea. For openers, you are real,
> | and I would find it difficult to imagine that you'd be chasing
> | young girls after swigging 40 oz of gin. <G>
> ||
> || These statements ring true and have a lot to do with why people
> || like you. I like you, too, but remain uncertain of the wisdom of
> || greeting strangers with insult and agression.
> |
> | Am I to conclude from that, that the Australians are insulting and
> | aggressive when their tourist bureau runs ads on TV (in Canada at
> | least) which end with "So where the bloody hell are ya?"
> | It really *is* a matter of the written word totally missing the (my)
> | ability to convey the jovial intent.
> |
> | But, I have taken your input to heart and will be more careful in
> | the future. It'll be hard...but I'll try..... nope, no crossed
> | fingers... nu-uh..
> |
> | <G>
>
> No worry. This may be one of those areas in which smileys might be
> considered one of the great advances in communications.
>
> I haven't seen the Australian ads - but I'll guess there's an actual
> smile in the ad video. That'd match well with my SO's account of her
> experience of Australian hospitality - Sydney and Cairns have become
> two of her very favorite places.
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
>
>
G'day Morris,
It's a funny thing but I didn't think there was anything funny about our
Aussie lingo until I read replys and responses from people from other
countries.
You don't have smile in Oz when you ring someone that's late and ask
"where the bloody hell are ya", not that a smile over the phone would do
you much good, or when they turn up and ask "what bloody well kept ya,
ya slack bastard". You just better make sure that you know the bloke.
It's hard to think of other examples, when they are not strange to you.
I s pose one of the strangest use of word by us is "Blue".
Blue/Bluey- Person with Red Hair
Blue - An argument or fight
Bluey - A swag/Sleeping arrangement for camping
Bluey - Traffic Ticket
Differences make the world go round.
regards
John
Reminds me of a summer I spent in eastern Oregon in 1977, mudlogging
the night shift on a wildcat oil well.
Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
geyser.
I proved it many times that summer.
-Zz
On Mon, 21 May 2007 20:39:28 +0800, John B <[email protected]>
wrote:
...
>Am I the only one, or can others see a problem with the term
>'Politically Correct". ;)
You're not the only one.
Let's see now. "Political Correctness" as I understand it, is a mode
of behavior imposed on the individual by societal pressure for the
purpose of insuring that no one is offended by what the individual
says or does.
I find that offensive.
Therefore, "Political Correctness" is "Politically Incorrect".
"Robatoy" wrote in message
> I haven't been to Cairns myself, but I have had the pleasure of spending
> some time (1999) in The Otways and Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road.
> What an amazing place it was.
> ....and those Aussies know have to have a good time.
>
> ..where women glow
You're bringing back a flood of memories. I lived on a boat in the Cairns
harbor for six months way back in '63.
The offshore geophysical company I was working for at the time shut the crew
down for that length of time and I was one of two crew members who stayed on
to keep the instruments in shape until we cranked up again. Tough duty! ...
took about 3 hours a week to do that, then spent the rest of the time
drinking beer and chasing those glowing women.
I've been told by friends who've been there since that I would not recognize
the place. I remember it as paradise, with long trips to Green Island on
Sunday's with the local contingent of bikini clad nurses, and with the only
worry being that of getting back onboard with a 20' drop in tide after a
night of partying.
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:17:09 GMT, Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Zz Yzx wrote:
>
> > Apparently, if you sneek up on a sleeping cow in the middle of the
> > night, and hit her smack in the eyes with a bright flashlight (the
> > light beam, NOT the handle part), she blows cowpies and piss like a
> > geyser.
>
>Ever hear the expression, ".. like a cow pissing on a flat rock", to
>describe a heavy rain storm?
I've used that for years. Hardly anyone has ever heard it before, but
it never fails to entertain.
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dpb wrote:
> On May 21, 11:35 am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
>> I am visualising a rope around some heffer's neck ...
>
> That would be heifer--so as to offend neither the spelling purists nor
> the cattle union... :)
>
>
Or "Hef" and his fans. <G>