On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:50:27 +1000, hopper
>Pixie <Pixie@AnnWheatley.com.invalid>wrote:
>
>[..]
>
>.had to scrub all that.. left me speechless<G>
>
Hah... yeah... like that ever happens!
>/snippage
>
>>>
>>We'll see... /grin... would you 'fess up if'n just one Oprah news
>>story makes it to Aunty??
>>
>Tis all over Aunty, now... now the Tourism Bureau is
>"onto it".
>Gotta love the way our State gummint is eager to
>spend our bucks promoting ITSELF..mheh heh
>
Anna is grasping at the Oprah straw that will save Her butt!
>>I'll take that bet.../grin... what do I win?? Sucker's bet!
>>/laff
>>
>>>>Scoff all you want. The Far North needs the dollars. And She's BIG
>>>>tourist dollars. This will be bigger than the Olympics. Betcha.
>>>>
>Seems we (_I_) jumped the gun?
>
"We" nuffin'!
I haddun heard Cairns at all. Diddun think Cairns had anywhere big
enough to host Her.
I thought She wouldun get past Brisbane, only to sight see the Barrier
Reef.
>Apparently Oprey has NOT put Cairns as a definite
>thing.. "looking at options" is what the TB guy said.
>
The only thing I knewed was WA was falling over theirselves trying to
get Her over their side (and spend some money!).
>If any of them have any sense they will pull the
>options up at Gladstone, feed them and turn them
>around..!
>/laffffffff
>
/rolls eyes... your share portfolio won't be complaining when She
lands.
>>QANTAS alone is just peein' itself wiff excitement!
>>It's just a small tme She is gonna be here, but it's gonna be worth a
>>fortune in tourist dollars.
>>
>I hear this... tis the argument being put.
>
Well, dah!
What part of ka ching, ka ching don't you understand?!
>Still doesn't make it right these terrorists get to
>tramp through our backyard.. and the dollars go
>south, don't forget THAT caveat :-/
>
All in your head... there's so much space in there.../laff
>[insert grumbles too complex to post ]
>
Such a whinger!!
Call yer bank manager - He may put it in better "terms" than I can.!
/grin
>Anyway.. it likely wont happen now.
>Oprey is reading ABCP..!
>/laaaaf
>
You never saw The Color Purple??
You never saw Oprah's right hook??
You doan wanna mess wiff Oprah.../laff
>>I doan mind Oprah. I get a bit sick of Her "I can't help I'm fat"
>>spiel... a hint Oprah... stop putting Twinkies in your mouth...
>>/laff
>>But I like Her style.
>>
>mmmmmmm...
>.. couch time popping chocolates??
>
Mehehe... dream on...
>>>Oprey mebbe reads my post herself may start looking..
>>>and do some of that American "kicking ass" because of
>>>the trip timing.. mheheh
>>>
>>Yeah... bit of a bad time to go to Queensland.../laff
>>But Sydney and Melbourne should make up for Qld's shortcomings.
>>/laff
>>
>feh... yer welcome to 'em... and the shortcomings that go with it <g>
>
When you come up with some (shortcomings) you let me know!
/laff
>>Hopper... think of the dollars... that's all you have to think about.
>>
>I am... mine :->>
>
Well, start counting ... the profit margin is about to go up.
>>She's not lookin' to emigrate.../laff
>>
>One look and they ALL do.. there is the fskn problem.
>Bloody terrorists here 365 days a year now.. thanks to
>fskn TB..!
>
Yeah... some bus shelter that... /LAFF
>If it isn't the Mandarins, Mongolians or Eskimos.. it
>..and that mob bring their own frogs..!!
>Seems our climate suits many at one time or
>another.. being always colder or hotter
>somewhere else..!
>
Grumpy old man is you... /grin
>>In the spirit of tourism... embrace it!
>>
>pffffffffffffftt..
>
Don't do a lot of travelling yourself? (Fishing ain't "travelling").
One has to be welcomed into someone else's country first as a visitor,
to appreciate a visiting tourist.
They go home!! There's no place like home!
>>>December any year has to be the peak of the _worst_
>>>time to visit FNQ.. and Cairns especially so.
>>>
>>She will love it... get a bit of Vegemite into Her and She woan feel a
>>thing.../grin
>>
>..after what has and what hasn't gone through that
>woman's stomach it is a good bet that situation (numb)
>already exists..!
>
And you know this, how?? You been reading those trashy tabloids?
/laff
She sayed She is gonna try anything that issun still crawling.../grin
I woulda sayed "breathing"... not much crawls here!
Hope they doan give Her a witchety grub... :-<
>>They only see rain over there... it's never sunny in Chicago!
>>Cairns will be a novelty for Herself!
>>And do you honestly think, anyone is gonna let a fly get anywhere near
>>Her!! /laff... She is a protected species. There will be a spraying
>>campaign to get rid of them before She gets there.../grin
>>Enjoy it!
>>
>You aint never seen one our "black bombers".. eh??
>
And in English, that would be a ??
I have been to Cairns twice, both times not long enough to do more
than brush flies from me face.
>oH.. and I didn't forget to mention the Stingers... I
>didn't want to lose any audience <g>
>
Oprah won't be swimming.../grin.
>>Tourism is the only reason to go there... not much else there but
>>shoeless kids and pantsless old blokes.../laff
>>Mebbe I should email Oprah and tell Her to not "look down"...
>>/laff
>>
>The woman could do with some "culture shock"...
>
Pantsless old guys is not "culture shock".../laff
That's just plain torture...
I doan think Oprah is into "dried arrangements"....
ROFL...
>I may just change me mind and shoot off a special invite to
>the Mansion <g>
>
Watch that right hook is all I can say... /laff
>>>http://www.cairns-australia.com/cairns-weather.html
>>>http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/55222/March_Flies.aspx
>>>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1506527
>>>
>>>
>>>>Units will be full of paying customers... you just think about that!
>>>>
>>>All locked in and grizzling.. as disgruntled/disappointed terrorists
>>>are wont to do :-/
>>>
>>As long as they pay in advance.../grin
>>
>Where is that good ol' Aussie welcome..!
>
I'm not sure... you're the one hiding your welcome mat.
>"Share a sheep.. share the bread".. or is that shear
>the sheep and scoff the bread.. that furriner lingo is
>often confusing.. even for me.
>
Be careful in NZ with your shearing and sharing.../laff
It sounds the same thing to them!
>How long you been hitched to that k1w1, now?
>
You plannin' on sending me an anniversary present?!
>Long enough to swallow the "theory of economics", I see..!
>
Have just about bashed His "eccint" out. So much so that His own
Mother doesn't recognise His voice any more.../grin
As to "theory of economics"? He's liking the Aussie economy much
better than the NZ one... mehehe.
>You know... not every Country can be bought with a few
>baubles and a bit of polished tin..!
>/lafff
>
Not sure which country you are referring to with this premise...
Australia... NZ... same situation.... even the Yanks did it.
>>>I can hear it now..
>>>"Gawd Damn..!.. these fries are limp..!"
>>>
>>You will have to pull a double shift at the drive through.../laff
>>
>The day I have to support staff in that way is the day
>I tell Ronnie to stick his franchise where the sun doan shine <bfg>
>
Desperate times... desperate measures...
>>>>You might wanna move out over December. All you will hear is 'Merkin
>>>>accents for a while!
>>>> /grin
>>>>
>>>Don't you worry abowd dat... I am loaded for Grizzly at our place.
>>>One "yew cute thang" twang in the air and 'kapow'..
>>>it's flying "asshole", everywhere :->>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>You are gonna haveta leave town for a few days.../laff
>>You will get arrested... /chortle...
>>I will be watching the news...mehehe.
>>
>Keep away from that Telly... its perverting ya..!
>
Hey! I ain't the one with pay tv... who's the pervert??!!
>>>>She ain't visiting the Bush... we're safe down here in the sticks!
>>>>
>>>Yeh.. like a tram trip to your door.. you suburbanite
>>>regionalist you..!
>>>
>>>/ducks
>>>
>>/sniffs fresh country air... suffer in yer stubbies, you schitty
>>schlicker!
>>
>They are airconditioned.. no suffering(crutch rot), and
>no bending over..!!
> [guffaw]
>
They should also be illegal in public areas.../laff
>>>>We can just watch Her on telly...
>>>>/laff
>>>>
>>>hah..!!
>>>
>>>/hands over mouf
>>>/splutter
>>>
>>>See,, shot down by your own utterance.. since
>>>when has "the Bush" gottin TV??
>>>
>>Oh, diddun I tell ya?
>>We got satellite to the drive in, we all jump in the ute and spend
>>Saturday nights catching up on reruns under the stars...
>>
>... Crikey..!.. you have roads..!!!??
>
Diddun mention roads... we only just got long drops.../laff
>>Just plug the speaker into the cigarette lighter... throw the blankie
>>in the back... no march flies here...
>>/snigger...
>>
>>>Out here (boonies) we are still trying to figure what
>>>to do about avoiding the family block of eight members..!
>>>Some are talking about loading a satellite with
>>>blankets and aiming it at the moon.. for a direct hit..!
>>>That will stuff the menstrual cycle..!
>>> /LMAO
>>>
>>You would have it worse than it already is?... Brave is you!
>>Lots to learn about wimmins has you... lots to learn.
>>
>huh..!!??
>Ses who..?.
>No moon, no hormones.. yeh?
>Without them hormones popping up a bloke can just
>devote his time to growing corn.. yeh?
>
If that is His only option left... then yes!
>:-> /snicker....
>>>In parting?
>>>Stupidest idea I ever heard is Oprey bringing a crowd
>>>of Seppos over here in December.. I can hear the Whine
>>>out of Kentucky in January 2011 now..!!
>>>
>>You think, that 300 Yanks are gonna knock back a free holiday to
>>anywhere, after just going through the Depression they just did??
>>Nah... yer dreamin'... dreamin' I tell ya!
>>
>You forgetting they PAID to be there at Oprey's giggle
>show?
>And I bet THAT was "on the plastic" also... heh heh
>
And you would be wrong... fancy that.../laff
>>You just be nice to the tourists... you live in the feral land where
>>tourism rules.... you should be used to it!
>>
>Nuppp. doan see 'em until they escape from the buses
>and wander out here.. lost.. well they seem lost. Lots
>of pointing and "ooooh"..."ahhhhh"... then there are
>the cries that sound something like a feigned orgasm
>when they tread on one of our local critters..!
>
You know how to tell a feigned orgasm??
Yeah.... roight!.../laff
>Like never mind how the critter fares.. it's cries of
>"get an ambulance"... is all you hear.
> And like, out here..!.. yer gotta be kiddin'!
>
Just exactly what are they standing on?? I live in the sticks and you
can't get close enough to anything for a pat.
Oh, 'cept snakes... but you ain't tokkin' 'bout snakes....
>>You will be whining louder than they.../grin
>>This I knows!
>>
>You heard of Skyrail?
>http://www.skyrail.com.au/
>
Yup, but we hired a car instead. I diddun wanna be trapped with all
the geriatrics in the air.../laff
>When that thing first was mooted as a project
>there were those who petitioned to have it built as a
>"tube".. for "noise pollution" reasons.
>Now today the local populace has largely abandoned the
>area and bought blocks away from the route.
>Why?
>Cos they couldn't stand the constant drone of
>"look at that fskn flies here"... coming from above.
>That and the constant jet-stream noise as the flies
>attack the chairs. .. it (vibrations) positively
>"drums" in one's ears.
>
Mehehe... Lucky we hired a car then... /grin
It looked like a not so hot way to see the area, that sky thing.
You were kinda trapped into a certain agenda of what you saw.
We just drove all over the place instead.
>.. mheh heh
>
>..enjoy your Sunday.. weather came up, up here better
>than +20knots.
>Seems fine today though :-)
>
Diddun rain here but the sun disappeared.
>ooRoo
>
Pixie :-))
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