tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2784974786600523058..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond gets distracted by biblical incidents, instead of focussing on leakers dripping into the lizard Oz and Mike Baird's plans to turn Sydney into LA ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14853148667637967162015-03-16T11:12:20.439+11:002015-03-16T11:12:20.439+11:00We have our own Portlandia here in Melb. Miss pp.
...We have our own Portlandia here in Melb. Miss pp.<br />https://plus.google.com/113902128001555625155/about?hl=en<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-69243596250270536112015-03-16T08:19:26.531+11:002015-03-16T08:19:26.531+11:00There is no such thing as society. We are all alon...There is no such thing as society. We are all alone m'dear. Everyone for themselves. No hope, no charity, and certainly no love. It's the Christian way. Oh and eat your children if you must ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65896540720766989762015-03-16T06:46:00.755+11:002015-03-16T06:46:00.755+11:00On the matter of lifestyle choices I wonder if Mr ...On the matter of lifestyle choices I wonder if Mr Abbott actually has it right?<br /><br />How much of MY tax dollar is funneled into roads and other stuff I don't use in country areas? Well, country areas that I don't get to. Do they really need phones and shit it the country?<br /><br />Is it fair that those whose lifestyle demands they life on beachfront properties have their friggin' beaches and foreshores replenished (at my expense) every time there's a cyclone?<br /><br />Not that anyone really believes that sea levels are rising but should those whose lifestyle includes living on Sydney's harbour foreshore expect that I will help them as their yards submerge? Hypothetically, of course.<br /><br />No. I thought not.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-86353720101704223262015-03-16T01:16:43.926+11:002015-03-16T01:16:43.926+11:00"I've had enough booze"
"Then ..."I've had enough booze"<br /><br />"Then have some chai?"<br /><br />Thanks Kovsky"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48343890094622367312015-03-16T00:56:48.886+11:002015-03-16T00:56:48.886+11:00Cini was desperate to go to the toilet.
"Hol...Cini was desperate to go to the toilet.<br /><br />"Hold your poo, cini!"<br /><br />"Hey Meyer! Beer?"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-72836797419851407122015-03-15T20:32:58.269+11:002015-03-15T20:32:58.269+11:00Ms Credlin wouldn't look out of place as a Fox...Ms Credlin wouldn't look out of place as a <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/fox-news-pundits-blame-clinton-high-cost?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" rel="nofollow">Fox News pundit</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77807142068361282882015-03-15T17:50:06.625+11:002015-03-15T17:50:06.625+11:00Sir Duke's Jokes - Science is a joke at 2:58.....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMZGT3BM0TU" rel="nofollow">Sir Duke's Jokes</a> - Science is a joke at 2:58... rather Abbott-like...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utuk2p4WoXk" rel="nofollow">Five Decades of Sir Dukes's Gaffes</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1JkJJpw44" rel="nofollow">Sir Duke Insults Tony Abbott, Forgets about his Knighthood and talks about Being a Party Animal</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe/featured" rel="nofollow">British Pathé</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71472020746947625022015-03-15T17:40:14.548+11:002015-03-15T17:40:14.548+11:00..."Some of them say it’s part of their tradi......"Some of them say it’s part of their tradition, that is their lifestyle, that is the way they live, (...) really, should we reward them for an act of foolhardy bravado?" <br /><br />"Wouldn't they be better off living in temperate climate zones, where costs could be contained, and there'd be no need for local welfare or international aid?" <br /><br />"... we do the right thing by those who live in cyclone-afflicted areas." <br /><br />Sure.<br /><br />What Javanese transfer costing will Rabbott/Asbestos again attempt to charge for any aid now to Melanesian cyclone ravaged Vanuatu?<br /><br /><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/q84/p480x480/10891700_751696871578019_9016998237020457939_n.jpg?oh=f2009b04a1959eb42b178ca2e8c5cd8f&oe=55714FA0&__gda__=1433865997_25099f23458d95b95ad1a30901b956c3" rel="nofollow">Lamap at sunset</a><br /><a href="http://www.humansofvanuatu.com/" rel="nofollow">Humans of Vanuatu</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HumansOfVanuatu" rel="nofollow">Humans of Vanuatu fb</a> <br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HumansOfVanuatu/photos/a.346233535457690.82677.346171795463864/654719577942416/?type=1" rel="nofollow"> Free West Papua, Vanuatu style</a> <br /><br />Saw him downtown, had to take a photo !<br />I like your t-shirt. Where did you get it ?<br />"I got it from a friend"<br />"Everybody in Vanuatu wants a Free West Papua. Vanuatu is not like Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Papua New Guinea's coward leadership is turning a blind eye to the gross human rights abuses in West Papua."<br />Papua Merdeka !<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HumansOfVanuatu/photos/a.346233535457690.82677.346171795463864/638287852918922/?type=1" rel="nofollow">Melanasian freeman</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/freewestpapua" rel="nofollow">Free West Papua</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnYE4HsNHM0" rel="nofollow">West papuan women</a><br /><a href="http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2015/03/13/isolated-surfing-and-human-rights-west-papua" rel="nofollow">Movie - <i>Isolated: Surfing and human rights in West Papua</i></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/freewestpapua/photos/a.310692780009.322467.53611440009/10155337784760010/?type=1" rel="nofollow">17 years old. RIP Deni Bahabol</a><br /><a href="https://ericsonsuhun.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/pembunuhan-misterius-anggota-knpb-wilayah-yahukimo/" rel="nofollow">RIP Deni Bahabol</a><br /><a href="http://freewestpapua.org/take-action/" rel="nofollow">Free West Papua Campaign - Take action</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Gz4QsKklQ&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">"La Revolucion" by Alborosie</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRI11n3Nbc" rel="nofollow">Alborosie - La Revolucion (spanish lirycs, b&w)</a> <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHu8yz19m50" rel="nofollow">Alborosie - La Revolucion lLYRICS IN DISCRIPTION</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-87671592564983338922015-03-15T17:13:49.362+11:002015-03-15T17:13:49.362+11:00Guess 'em allGuess 'em allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65331263330928824532015-03-15T17:01:29.350+11:002015-03-15T17:01:29.350+11:00Classicaliana.
The doorbell rang. Mendel answered...Classicaliana.<br /><br />The doorbell rang. Mendel answered it.<br /><br />"Hi Mo and Zart! How's it hanging? Meet my sshon, Come and join the party."<br /><br />"Bach, bach - sorry I've got a cough. Scheidt, now that's better!"<br /><br />Beet was in the groove, Schu hove into view. <br /><br />"Bert! I haven't seen you for a Weil."<br /><br />Vaughan was getting Tippetsy.<br /><br />"Williams! Come over here and have a beer with verdi."<br /><br />"Cripes, that's a bit of how's-your-Mahler!"<br /><br /><br />"Never mind, take your corsets off."<br /><br />"Rimsky, are you here too?"<br /><br />"Shera's hard too."<br /><br />"Stock, get in here!"<br /><br />"The house, in here?"<br /><br />"You bet your Monti", said verdi.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12252810451314942882015-03-15T15:58:51.951+11:002015-03-15T15:58:51.951+11:00Tomorrows front page of "That" Brisbane ...Tomorrows front page of "That" Brisbane newspaper?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107583055049435121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11027114450334260282015-03-15T15:06:43.630+11:002015-03-15T15:06:43.630+11:00Never forget the tch tch. Frank was up for anythin...Never forget the tch tch. Frank was up for anything (yes, the pond means anything) and thank the long absent lord someone else remembers the joys of Samson and Delilahdorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84960811972016146562015-03-15T15:04:59.490+11:002015-03-15T15:04:59.490+11:00Thanks Miss pp, the motion to close down Canberra,...Thanks Miss pp, the motion to close down Canberra, or at least Belconnen, is carried, and yes Anon, the pond knows just such a village as yours and with a PO just like it, and meanwhile all we have on the agenda is more motorways for Sydney...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89963530192575259562015-03-15T15:02:21.552+11:002015-03-15T15:02:21.552+11:00:)³:)³dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67838132866434575082015-03-15T14:53:30.248+11:002015-03-15T14:53:30.248+11:00:):)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55755454604330817072015-03-15T14:47:06.106+11:002015-03-15T14:47:06.106+11:00" Bilardi could have ended up a bible carryin..." Bilardi could have ended up a bible carrying American sniper killing hundreds ... as a contribution to a most successful colonial adventure ... "<br /><br />But no such tools could end up as their holy book carrying inspired fearless leader flops. There have been recent scripture bearing contenders, some also hearing the guiding voice of god. Hitler, who always carried a well thumbed and notated bible in the pocket, so far still safely holds the record. <br /><br />Without such tools such adventurous record attempts could not be made. Too bad homo is the so far surviving supremo tool maker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89382017477520333772015-03-15T14:14:42.601+11:002015-03-15T14:14:42.601+11:00Dear Anon above
Thankyou for your heart-warming ac...Dear Anon above<br />Thankyou for your heart-warming account of your PO.<br />Guard the warmth and connection you find in your little community all the 'lifestyle' police will shut you down.<br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73047168524673846522015-03-15T13:45:01.296+11:002015-03-15T13:45:01.296+11:00And SkippyAnd SkippyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-35535710645023419852015-03-15T13:40:04.417+11:002015-03-15T13:40:04.417+11:00For the younglings, that's Frank Thring,along ...For the younglings, that's Frank Thring,along with Errol (in like Flynn) and Peter Finch one of Australia's most successful exports to Hollywood. And I believe the pic is from King of Kings. He even played in Mad Max!<br /><br />Now there's an actor with spirit.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Thring<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-4240986962265065982015-03-15T13:39:45.926+11:002015-03-15T13:39:45.926+11:00Speaking of the magnificent Frank Thring, I see th...Speaking of the magnificent Frank Thring, I see that fraud Shane Warne has been big note'n about being crowned the King of Moomba. What a pathetic pale imitation of the real thing he is<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79GfuzkBTEMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6995526755053113522015-03-15T13:18:51.211+11:002015-03-15T13:18:51.211+11:00There are so many good quotes in Samson and Delila...There are so many good quotes in Samson and Delilah, a most adorable piece of Hollywood kitsch.<br /><br />Saran of Gaza: He was not captured by force of arms, but by their softness. <br /><br />Samson: Your arms were quicksand. Your kiss was death. The name Delilah will be an everlasting curse on the lips of men. <br /><br />Tom Jones followed up on Samson's curse.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMMUve9nd4E<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-23892735818521645352015-03-15T12:44:13.229+11:002015-03-15T12:44:13.229+11:00It’s a photoshopped image but it should bring out ...It’s a photoshopped image but it should bring out a smile<br /><br /><br />https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAFqeYPU0AAwDjt.png:large<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71721565347989785082015-03-15T12:34:35.792+11:002015-03-15T12:34:35.792+11:00Miss pp
In the little country town that I live i...Miss pp <br /><br />In the little country town that I live in - we call them free range retirement villages - we have to pick our mail up at the PO franchise. A few years ago when our population reached a critical level - I don't know the actual figure required for this service - we had a chance to vote for the mail to be delivered or to continue to pick it up. <br /><br />The dear man who has the PO franchise is all on his own - a widower - and he would have to do the delivery himself or pay someone and he barely makes a living for himself, so 70% of us voted to not take the delivery option. <br /><br />Our PO man is a true blue Aussie public servant from the good old days. He joined when he left school and has given his best for the 50 or so years since then. He opens from 6 am to 6 pm and even earlier or later depending on residents needs. You only have to ask and he will do almost anything legal to serve the public.<br /><br />He moved out here for a lifestyle change so he doesn't mind that except that it's such a shame because there could be so much more happening out here if the new non-govt we have had some vision for small communities and the people who like to live in that sort of environment. <br /><br />It is rather lovely going to our PO, there is always a car park and even some under the shady trees that line the street; no need to even lock the car. Not often a queue or if there is one it can be interesting as people often start chatting.<br /><br />We are all worried now about our lifestyle choice. Are we sustainable or will we have to move back to the big city and a Portandia PO?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40755750142856403112015-03-15T11:10:33.522+11:002015-03-15T11:10:33.522+11:00And the good citizens of Kiribati and Tuvalu, who ...And the good citizens of Kiribati and Tuvalu, who made an incorrect lifestyle choice in living there; and the citizens of Iraq and Syria and Sri Lanka - all bad lifestyle choices. Can't they just move into good old Sydney? They could help build new motorways.<br /><br />Incidentally I think Mikey is doomed. DOOMED I tells ya!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47322942855151479162015-03-15T10:48:55.592+11:002015-03-15T10:48:55.592+11:00Jeeze Dot, where did you get the leading quote fro...Jeeze Dot, where did you get the leading quote from?<br /><br />It's a measure of my regard for this Prime Minister that I have serious doubts that you made it up.<br /><br />Having been under a cyclone and thereby obviously living in a remote, cyclone-affected area, I am a bit concerned because I know how much our "lifestyle" depends on the rest of society. <br /><br />Fortunately for my heart rate, I soon realised that you could just as easily have substituted 'drought prone', 'flood-prone' or even, for goddess' sake 'urban' instead of 'remote cyclone prone'.<br /><br />As I said, anyone else and I would simply have chuckled at your incisiveness but with Abbott......<br /><br />Cheers Dot, have a nice Sunday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com