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Frist!
sceond.
Tired.
Yay, The West Coast Druggies got their ego driven arses whipped by Collingwood
Is this a good omen for the Election or what ?
Damn. I’m off my game. I’m going to get that frist place next week.
Excellent.
If there’s one thing worse than Geelong supporters refusing to keep a lid on it, it’s Collingwood supporters refusing to keep a lid on it.
(I should know - I live with one!)
I’m a Docker’s supporter
I cannot STAND those Weagles, andf my Brother In Kaw is an Eagles Supporter and supports the Libs - It’s Karma.
1 Down, 1 to go
Ah the Dockers supporter, with an anchor on the chest and a chip on the shoulder.
Yay!! Frank and CK. they did it - it took all night and then some. woodsmen eat wet toast.
now just waiting for dem pies to get scratched.
the cats look unbeatable.. but sitting behind the goals at the SCG exactly two years ago, watching nick davis steal the game in the last three minutes - and crush that young geelong team….hhm
as you say Alex - it’s lucky that the magpies have ‘finishing off issues’ as well.
geelong fans deserve it more than any other club left in the finals - 44 years…there’s probably quite a few old codgers and nannas waiting for a flag, so they can die.
If there was any doubt that Australias doctors have elevated greed to a new artform , this story removes it once and for all:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22415507-601,00.html
The sooner we crack down on this closed shop the better.
Heh.
Bored now.
That’s what footy’s all about, jo.
I suspect few were expecting this either.
One of the all time mofo brill ken oath greatest film themes ever.
Play LOUD! through your earbuds next time you ride the urban rails.
Spookaucracy
Definitely up there with quotes of the week, nabs, along with jo’s comments about Geelong above, and
from RTS which I am relentlessly promoting until people get bored.
Bored now.
Hurrah, go pies. If only for one more week.
What a ridiculous game though. If I’m watching soccer, I prefer it to be soccer, thanks.
Only reason the Pies won is because they were young and silly enough to take a few shots.
Brought to you by the producers of Leave Britney Alone, we now have Leave General Petreaus alone!
Hilarious.
This has been bugging me for a week. The actor playing the young Master in Doctor Who on the ABC that Derek JUacobi regenerates as. What other TV shows, movies, DVD’s has he been in. I know I seen some recently, but for the life of me I can’t recall what they are.
Hey Paul, I think I know who you mean- the skinny kid? It was bugging me too, but I believe he was Liam Neesons son in ‘Love Actually’.
Horace,
Haven’t seen Love Actually. I’m sure he was in an ABC TV show (BBC i.e.) If anybody know…? Thanks Horace.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/trade-beats-aid-when-it-comes-to-helping-poor/2007/09/14/1189276984127.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
One for admirers of Boss Ross..
Horace,
Dr. Who, The Master. Its John Simms. And he was in the BBC’s Life on Mars. I gave up and looked it up on Wikipedia.
Govt warns of ‘peak oil’ chaos
I would be in two minds about wether the Australian Medical Association is a big rip off event or not,simply on the basis ,that there is a statement made by A sitting soon National Candidate claiming the government is doing all good.She is a vaccination activist ,and, frankly they simply cannot be trusted,if the Northern Territory becomes a zone for failed medical treatments, once again, our Racism and lack of care loses to political and medical expediency.There is ample, real and tangible evidence most diseases can be treated many ways, and not necessarily with drugs or surgery in mind or vaccinations.Howard himself, has been found to be instrumental in making decisions on matters medicine,evidenced by medical research and supported by colleagues,that were detrimental to the health of patients.To trust recent events as a at last attempt by this government to address the urgency,to me implies another urgency to cover up.The independence of the AMA under these circumstances in asking for money, to me represents a attempt to be responsible..with their own skills in a troubled place.Defying the government in the process..seems entirely appropriate.
Um, Philliptravers, what is your post about? I can’t make any sense of it?
My point was the AMA asked doctors to notify it to say they wanted to volunteer in the NT, many did, now the AMA want to charge a fee to give the list to the government. Also the AMA are demanding $10,000 per week per doctor to work there. If any trade union did this, there would be national uproar, but because its the AMA, nobody bats an eyelid.
Philliptravers, I’m not being nasty, I simply couldn’t understand your post.
Hear Hear Horace,
Replace Dr Rosanna Capolingua with Kevin Reynolds and Shrek would be shouting “Those Evil Union Bosses” 3 times a day before food
Speaking of the AMA, I see they are being their usual selves over plans to cut waiting list times.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Medical-body-wary-of-Qld-clinic-plan/2007/09/15/1189277025928.html
Go you good things!
WTF!! Is rugby now permitted at LP????? What manner of travesty is this?
And ‘Love Actually’ has to be one of the soppiest, most dreadfully overrated films of all time.
Rugby?! With a comment like that your protestations fall on death ears.
Horace:
Would you kindly clarify how we can best distinguish a union from a guild from a cartel from a gang?
L-O-L.
Is this then the straw that breaks the camel’s back?
Haaarrrsh. By the end of it the sentimentality threatens to suffocate, agreed: yet there are some lovely moments.
Indeed, CK. That’s *league*. Rugby is a nobler contest entirely http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=749.
There is an excellent article in this week’s Economist proposing that Belgium be abolished. I strongly agree with it. I have often asked what is the point of Belgium and would we not all be better off if we drove its inhabitants out and converted it into a bird sanctuary. Western Europe in sadly lacking in pristine habitat for wading birds and turning Belgium over to them seems to be the environmentally friendly thing to do. The Economist article doesn’t go quite that far but it’s a start. I am sure that everyone here will share my opinion. If you know any Belgians please share this article with them. I am sure they would be interested. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9767681
Nabs, I give up. It’s not Get Carter and I’m nowhere from there.
And I’d like to recommend for the gentlemen (didn’t try my legs) - shaving oil. Bought some for the first time in a tiny bottle for travel but also because a can seemed environmental nonsense and was well impressed - a smooth shave and a taut finish.
Just started reading latest Murray Whelan book, bloody little ripper.
cheerio
tigtog
I thought “Love Actually” was fine, light entertainment. It had me gripped from the first voiceover about all the mobile phone messages from the hijacked planes being messages of love. And the arrival lounge scenes: this is how many of us really live. Family love rules! Politics comes a distant third or fifth for most folk.
cheerio
If there had been no Belgian nuns for the Huns to rape the history of the 20th century may well have taken a different turn.
Simm was also in “State of play” which was rather good and had a bit in Cracker which was cracking. Come back Jimmy McGovern! Life on mars was twaddle. I found Laura Linney’s character in LA unbearably depressing and so I cannot watch it ever again and really, how many times are the Brits going to riff off Firth’s wet shirt scene in other films? I mean, I could bear a few more… if they absolutely must.
Has there been a wet shirt scene in Dr. Who yet? Can’t remember.
I’ll take Captain Jack in no shirt never mind wet.
Oh c’mon JahTeh; I am 100 per cent with you re Captain Jack, but there’s nothing quite like a wet white shirt for having it both ways. What about the paradox of subtle revelation by part concealment? The whisper of promise? The hint of forbidden glories yet to come?
No …?
GregM;
You can’t abolish Belgium. Where else are we going to get such excellent beer, chocolates, TV dramas, etc., etc.?
Everyone:
Just because rents and grocery prices are going into orbit it doesn’t mean we have to stop being aspirational, does it?
Pav’s Cat: I have just spent the last half hour highly distracted by thoughts of Captain Jack and David Tennant running around in wet white shirts.
This has been most enjoyable. Thanks ever so.
Graham, we’ll just have to get by on Swiss chocolates, Danish beer and Austrian dramas.
Think of the birds.
Tigtog, we aim to please.
I liked the ep where Cap’n Jack kissed his boyfriend.
Just sayin…
I miss the sumptuous Rose Tyler. And in any case, right now I’d rather imagine Richard Ford in a wet T-shirt. That man’s mind (and face - all I’ve seen) begs worshipping. His latest novel “The Lay of the Land”, the latest in the Frank Bascombe trilogy, is the first piece of fiction in a while to make me really laugh and really weep, hard, and yet so much of it is quotidian. Go figure, and marvel at his genius.
Ants,
Firstly, it’s the theme from the original Taking of Pelham 123, composed in innovative fashion by David Shire.
And secondly, I throughly endorse your recommendation of shaving oil. Bought some David Somerset shaving oil from my local Coles before my last os jaunt, mainly to avoid all that 100 millitres or less of carry on fluids hoo-ha and it works a treat. I’m a convert too. My cheek’s pressed up against the screen right now. Go on, rub it. See, smooth as as a baby’s bottom*
*This is an unrehearsed and unsolicted testimonial.
You just don’t get these quality men’s grooming tips from the LP feminist hive mind collective now do you?
Also, why are people picking on “Love Actually”? It was a perfectly harmless piece of fluff with some very nice acting turns - especially by Bill Nighy. There are far more insidiously pernicious productions out there.
Sha….ving?
Kids today, I dunno….
Just turned on SBS in time to catch the deathless phrase;
“Thomas is the world’s leading rhino inseminator.”
It is Philip with one “l” thank you very much.
And anyone who can’t understand each and everyone of Philip’s missives is a dullard and a nincompoop.
Oh no! There’s a riot in Belgium!
I can’t speak for the rest of the Hivemind, she said in her best Alice in Wonderland mode, but if a gentleman were to ask me for a grooming tip I would reply that I never met an aftershave, or indeed any “men’s fragrance”, that I liked. Give me a nice freshly-washed unscented bloke any day. Especially if he has just shaved, and is wearing a wet white shirt.
A dry silk one is all right in a pinch. I suppose.
GregM:
Re Belgium - yeah, I suppose so. How does this title sound: King of the Belgians, Master Weaver of Flanders, Paramount Chief of such Gaulish Tribes that do flock to his banner, Emperor of Europe? Chuck in as well
C500 000 pocket money, a couple of palaces and unlimited first-class RyanAir travel within Europe.