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Jib
Apprentice
Member # 5170
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 00:21 Profile #0
Just wondering how many Aussies use the boards

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Posts: 29 | Registered: Saturday, November 6 2004 08:00
Spring
Shaper
Member # 5450
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 00:26 Profile Homepage #1
A lot.

Myself, Thuryl, Ash, Milla, dreamqueen, and The Stew Boy, just to name a few. There are more, but I can't think of any.

EDIT: And you.

Do you mean just Australian residents, and do Australians living overseas count?

[ Tuesday, November 08, 2005 00:27: Message edited by: Spring ]

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Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Jib
Apprentice
Member # 5170
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 00:38 Profile #2
I mean people that are an Australian citizen

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Posts: 29 | Registered: Saturday, November 6 2004 08:00
Student of Trinity
Electric Sheep One
Member # 3431
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 06:25 Profile #3
Hey, now there's an instance of downunder difference that hasn't been mentioned before. Attitudes to censorship surely pale as an issue before the radical question of how many people it takes to constitute one citizen. And there are a host of vital questions which the rest of us simply didn't know to ask, before now; like, is inter-citizen marriage allowed, or do you have to find mates within your own citizen? How do the constituent people decide how their citizen's vote will be cast? Can individual immigrants only become naturalized citizens in groups, or can they join existing citizens?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
premonition
Shock Trooper
Member # 3377
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 08:07 Profile #4
<waves>
Posts: 356 | Registered: Saturday, August 23 2003 07:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 12:33 Profile Homepage #5
In my opinion, no one should get counted as part of an Australian citizen until they've dodged at least one drop-bear.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Drew
By Committee
Member # 4233
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 14:23 Profile #6
... or have gone waltzing Matilda.
Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00
Who Made Who?
Warrior
Member # 1688
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 14:56 Profile #7
I didn't realise there were so many Australians here. I'll have to brush up on my Aussie ockerisms.

"Crikey! Look at the norks on that sheila!"

Translates into:

"Goodness! Observe the breasts on that woman!"
Posts: 60 | Registered: Wednesday, August 7 2002 07:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 14:59 Profile Homepage #8
Norks? Never heard that one.

And "look at" should be "take a gander at". :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Who Made Who?
Warrior
Member # 1688
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 15:28 Profile #9
City boy. :P
Posts: 60 | Registered: Wednesday, August 7 2002 07:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 15:37 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

And "look at" should be "take a gander at". :P
Or a squiz. Or a butcher's.

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 16:00 Profile #11
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

In my opinion, no one should get counted as part of an Australian citizen until they've dodged at least one drop-bear.
Well I haven't dodged any drop-bears but I have warned others about them. Does that count?

I've also warned people about Wombats and sticking their hands in Wombat holes... and the snakes... and the spiders... and the jellyfish... and the sharks...

But not about the vicious way male kangaroos can rake your stomach with their hind legs if you try to get too friendly with them for a photo...

Ain't Australia grand!
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Or else o'erleap.
Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #12
If a jackalope and a drop bear got into a fight, who would win?

—Alorael, who already thinks he knows the answer. The drop bear, but only if it made its drop really count. Any disagreements?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 17:00 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Mind Worm:

City boy. :P
Not even close. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
VCH
Shaper
Member # 247
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 17:09 Profile Homepage #14
I can vouch for that ^ if I remember past discussions correctly.

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The Knight Between Posts.
Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
Jumpin Salmon
? Man, ? Amazing
Member # 5755
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 17:16 Profile #15
quote:
Originally written by Skippy the bush kangaroo:

I've also warned people about ... sticking their hands in Wombat holes ...
That's good stuff.

*this message sponsored by the perkins school*

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quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Well, I'm at least pretty sure that Salmon is losing.
Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Milla
Infiltrator
Member # 65
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 17:39 Profile Homepage #16
Strange how no one has mentioned the Hoop Snakes yet.

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Milla-Displacer Beastie

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Posts: 650 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 18:14 Profile Homepage #17
Oh, there's so many gloriously dangerous things it's impossible to name them all. The box jellyfish is another one.

Alorael: I think it would depend on the weight of the drop-bear and the speed of the jackolope.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Icshi
Mongolian Barbeque
Member # 1528
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 18:45 Profile #18
This place is crawling with Antipodeans!

Hmmm... So what does that make us in North America? Propodeans?

Sounds like some neo-fascist political party.

EDIT: Or maybe an obscure 18th century religious denomination.

[ Tuesday, November 08, 2005 18:49: Message edited by: Icshi ]
Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 19:00 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

Oh, there's so many gloriously dangerous things it's impossible to name them all. The box jellyfish is another one.
Hey, no fair naming real hazards. :P

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 19:14 Profile Homepage #20
Hey, they might not be as nasty as box jellyfish, but those drop-bears are still pretty hazardous. :P

[ Tuesday, November 08, 2005 19:15: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Milla
Infiltrator
Member # 65
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 22:45 Profile Homepage #21
Here is some infomation on the elusive Drop-Bear.

[ Tuesday, November 08, 2005 22:46: Message edited by: Milla ]

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Milla-Displacer Beastie

This is also a good site
Posts: 650 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 22:48 Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

In my opinion, no one should get counted as part of an Australian citizen until they've dodged at least one drop-bear.
Do drop bears actually exist? I somehow got the impression they are a joke told to mess with stupid tourists...

Edit: Wiki says no.

Also, someone didn't research properly:

quote:
Drop bears appear in the Game "Escape Velocity: Nova" when a vendor offers to sell you "drop bear repellent" if you do the people snicker at you, but later in the game if you did not purchase any, a drop bear will indeed fall on you and eat you.
In fact, if a bear gets the drop on you down in Aurora, you get knocked out either which way, no matter whether you bought some or not. You don't get "eaten". However, having bought the repellant and telling the doctors so will cause great amusement among the hospital staff. :D

[ Tuesday, November 08, 2005 22:51: Message edited by: NaNoWriMo ]

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Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 23:11 Profile Homepage #23
Drop bears do in fact exist. We like to tell the tourists that they're made up, but that's just so we can laugh at them when they get hit by a "cute, cuddly Koala" when they're trying to get a close look at them. The Wikipedia article is either an elaborate joke, or more likely, written by someone who believes the urban myth. Even some of the Australians I've talked to think they're just a story. You do have to get a fair way inland before you'll start seeing them, but they're for real.

They aren't really all that dangerous. They'll give you a fairly bad headache and a few bites, but they aren't as bad as they're hyped up to be. Mainly they're just funny. Nowhere near as bad as feral pigs.

The whole "never been captured on camera" thing is BS. It's just that they look pretty much like any other kind of Koala. There are subtle differences, but you need to know what to look for. I don't know if anyone's gotten footage of them actually dropping, though. They're nocturnal, so it's not too easy to get a good shot.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, November 8 2005 23:32 Profile Homepage #24
Your serious tone and your general honesty makes it hard for me to doubt you. But doubt you I do...

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