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Well as there’s nuthin up here and we’re thinkin about the 26th January…….
Silly Billy Lids – ?
M.L.angford © 6/1/10, Tune: Tradf Aust, “All For Me Grog”
CHORUS:
It’s all 4 the kids – those silly Billy Lids.
It’s all 4 the kids that ya do it.
U might think ya goin mad – u might think ya bein had.
But it’s all 4 the kids that ya dooooooooo it!
V1
4 most blokes it’s a shock, when ya hear those tootsies knock,
Thumping through the belly of ya lover.
Ya don’t know what to do – do ya laugh or do ya spew?
Cause now you’ve got a kid – n you’re a “PAAAARENT”!!! ………….
CHORUS.
It’s then that u will find u are partin from ya mind.
N ya nights are all lost 2 fun n sleepin.
U get woken with a start – by this cranky little fart -
Who said that kids were sweet n cute n – fuuuuuuuunny?! ………..
CHORUS.
They are such little charmers n they’re always inta dramas -
Calls from the cops, the school, the neighbours.
“Hey come and get these kids – these rascal Billy Lids -
Come and get them now – yer useless baaaaastard! ………
CHORUS.
If ya live until that age, when they’re wisin up from rage
U know they think u know sweet freakin nuthin.
They tolerate somehow – these oldies 4 some chow
And they think u are a cash cow needin milkin …………
CHORUS.
If ya start ta lose ya shine – n ya lurching in decline
Ya lost ya mind, ya teeth, n now ya oompher.
U’ll be looking 4 those kids, those SPLENDID Billy Lids
And u’ll hope against all hope that they will waaaaaant ya!
FINAL CHORUS:
Yes it’s all 4 the kids – those splendid Billy Lids.
If it weren’t 4 the kids we’ll all be rooted.
So thank them from ya heart – hug them til u really spark
N green the world up smart – 4 Eons’ children.
REPEAT FINAL CHORUS – until u run out of breath.
Wisdom of the Mountain – stunning free exhibition at the NGV St.Kilda Rd. 34 nioge (barkcloths) by 14 Ömie women artists from Oro Province in Papua New Guinea.
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Up the coast for the week, so spent today at the Heliconia Festival at Buderim Ginger Factory in Yandina. Looked at plants, ate ginger ice cream, and stocked up with the year’s supply of chilli cordial.
Getting hot again – did it really stop? So indoors – tennis – best seat in the house.
And now for some unexpected, Andy Roddick’s ad for My Kitchen Rules – he isn’t afraid to let them take the p**s (even if he does get paid)- almost makes him an honorary OZ. This year everyone’s a bit more laid back.
I went to a lovely wedding in Bright.
And the second highlight of my weekend thus far has been joining the Hume Highway Rooster Tree Appreciation Group on faceplant. This won’t mean anything to anyone who isn’t from Melbs.
Great movie on ABC tonight (Saturday).
Lucky Miles.
Saturday. Spent a fair bit of the day reading Wendy Moore’s Wedlock. Usual St, night TV fare.
Sunday. Note taking from various primary source accounts of the battle of Bunker Hill. Feeling terrible with a cold. Dosing up on Panamax. Good thing I read the instructions. Nearly O.D.’d on them. On LP. More note-taking. Watched horror stuff on SBS. Turned the Dracula episode off in disgust its been so badly cut by the censors, Besides it was the same old story about Vlad the Impaler I’ve heard/read a thousand times before,
renovating, frigging renovating. But this is in order to make the place lettable, so we can move to our lovely new house where we get woken up by kookaburras.
The tenants we got offered us $40 a week extra in order to keep a dog.
Spent Saturday afternoon editing the photos from my Christmas trip to Melbourne. Began re-reading The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Went shopping on Sunday. Bought a new pair of black tracky daks, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Robert Service’s A History of 20th Century Russia, and CDs by Redgum and Deborah Conway (the latter to replace the cassette which died). Came home and watched the cricket whilst listening to the Redgum CD.
Went fishing – FAIL.
Made a beef stock and oxtail ragu for a dinner party later in the week – WIN.
My partner made some curry puffs. We ate them.
And then watched Lucky Miles on ABC1. T’was noice!
It’s a few days ago but the Decemberists did I fine version of the Go-Betweens “Bye Bye Pride.” I have to be disappointed with the audience response – the vibe I got was that noone seemed to know this song. As a result I felt a little disappointed that this fine band from the US had put all this effort into playing one of our national songs, and the appreciation wasn’t returned. Maybe it needs to be added to the citizenship tests and affirmation ceremonies Scott Morrison is barking on about.
Going to celebrate Australia Day down at Enmore where I’ve got tickets for Dirty Three + Laughing Clowns.
Bought crayfish, sold same. Went to friends’ place for bbq and ate too much, as usual.
Cost of return bus ticket from Circular Quay to Town Hall for one adult and one child: $15
Cost of a one-way flight from Sydney to Melbourne on Tiger Airways: $28
This is a gross mis-pricing of carbon emissions. No wonder we’re driving more and flying more!
I woulda caught a train.
Google removes the Aboriginal Flag from its winning Australia Day doodle: Compare the winner with Google’s main page.
I’ve been trying to find an e-mail address for Google so I can tell them how disgusting.disgraceful, racist etc they’ve been in removing the Aboriginal flag from their Australia Day doodle, but all I can find is a postal address and a phone number. Funny, that.
Google’s explanation for the missing flag is
And
So why didn’t they ask permission?
Any flag that requires copyright permission to be obtained before displaying it ain’t a flag.
Copyright permission isn’t needed before displaying the Aboriginal flag.
STAP,
THen I don’t suppose the UK would object if some mad monarch/president somewhere scrapped their country’s flag and claimed the Union Jack as there own?
(Yeah, I know about the Union Jack in the lefthand top corner of the Oz flag.)
“Copyright permission isn’t needed before displaying the Aboriginal flag.”
That’s not the copyright holder’s view, zarquon.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/oh-dear-google-flagged-over-logo-dispute-20100126-mvhd.html
There’s a difference between display and reproduction. If you have an authorized copy
There is indeed. But Google’s request was presumably to reproduce it rather than fly it.
Paul Burns #22. The Union Jack is in the top corner of a lot more flags than just the Ozzi flag. The relevance of your question is what exactly?
Anybosy, SATP, can pinch a flag. In fact, I know people who have done so. I think they were protesting at overt Australian nationalism or something.
As a matter of interest, the union flag/jack in the canton of the Australian flag is not the legal flag of the UK, but the “jack” of the reigning monarch.
So ironically, the jack is supported by law in Australia (and AFAIK every other commonwealth country) but not the UK.
“As a matter of interest, the union flag/jack in the canton of the Australian flag is not the legal flag of the UK, but the “jack” of the reigning monarch.”
I think you’re confusing the Union Flag or Jack with the Queen’s Standard, Fran. “Jack” was originally a maritime term used to describe any flag flying on a ship but Union Jack is used interchangeably with Union Flag these day – and that’s the one on the Australian flag.
Five countries – Australia, NZ, Tuvalu, Fiji and the Cook Islands – include it in their national flags and one US state – Hawaii.
I suspect you have misread my claim, Geoff …
Try again …