- Revenge of the Evil Bunnies history trivia quiz -- Ratbat, 21:51:12 08/10/00 Thu
How well do you know your Bunny lore? I kept having so many suggestions for questions the next time Leila put one of these up that I decided to bite the bullet and do one myself. There's no prizes, just a bit of fun and probably a source for all kinds of debate and argument.
1) Who are the Evil Bunnies that correspond to the following nicknames and/or titles? (A) Dread Pirate (B) Castle Boy (C) Stuff Hunter (D) Petron Gratowski.
(For extra points, tell us how they each got their names.)
2) Cast your mind way back to the proto-EBs in the year of our Narrabundah College 1994. Who of the following wasn't involved in the seminal On A Whim theatre show, The Life and Times of Edward Earley? (A) Euan, (B) Leila, (C) Steve, (D) Rob or (E) Bobbi?
3) True or false?: This is a trick question.
4) Which Evil Bunny ran across Jackie Chan in a department store?
5) If Peter & Paul are Sam IV and Nick, who are Daria & Jane?
6) Who wrote the first ever episode of Star Trek: The Last Generation?
7) What were the dismal wastes of celluloid at Crap Video Night Two?
8) When (month and year) did Da Site first go online?
9) Name four non-humans to have lived in Chez Bowen.
10) When Ratbat says 'Glenda', who is she alluding (probably too much) tribute to?
11) Which utter bastard ditched his friends to go and have to endure the complete dross that is the film Michael while he snaked off for coffee, and it had been his idea in the first place?
12) How many episodes did the sleeper-classic Recycadelic Cacti Evil Bunnies series Nth Canberra run before it died?
13) For each one, the following clothing on an Evil Bunny suggests who? (A) Hawaiian shirts by the thousand, (B) Leafy-pattern jacket, (C) Big black fedora, (D) Chinese clothes, (E) Mostly black, waistcoat almost essential.
14) Leila and Graham's projected ideal date is...?
15) Who were the hosts of 3D Radio?
16) What is the name of Suzy's dog-collar?
17) Len (the da of Euan), Mark and Ratbat share what feature of nomenclature?
18) If someone offers you a trip to Bribie Island, what should you do?
19) Through Teo's example, what did we all learn not to do while drunk?
20) In WWAA, who was Evil Bobbi's sidekick before Jess from Zamel's?
I'll post the answers sooner or later after everyone's argued over them a bit. Have fun.
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- "This job's too hard!!" -- Tim, falling behind in his pursuit of trivia, 11:08:23 08/11/00 Fri
- Re: Revenge of the Evil Bunnies history trivia quiz -- David H, 19:41:27 08/11/00 Fri
- I'll take Australian Youth Cults for 500, please... -- The Dark Virgin, 22:37:13 08/11/00 Fri
- The secret's of Castle Boy Revealed -- Steve, 11:25:19 08/12/00 Sat
- Actually, Eddie, I'd like to phone a friend. -- Leila, 17:55:59 08/13/00 Sun
- Revenge of the Evil Bunnies history trivia quiz - the answers -- Ratbat, 16:37:06 10/17/00 Tue
- Revenge of the Evil Bunnies history trivia quiz - the answers -- Ratbat, 17:14:36 10/17/00 Tue
- Here we go again... -- Steve, 17:18:05 09/25/00 Mon
Same deal as last time, people, please don't reply, This needs to be after Suz's Message.
Move along...Nothing to see here....
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- Here's to the lurkers... -- Ratbat, 09:34:59 09/14/00 Thu
You know, I was wondering something about this board. Do we have many lurkers? People who read here on a (semi-)regular basis, yet never post? You know who you are...
Come on, pop up a post, let's see who you are and we can all say hi... we're all a friendly bunch (except the ones who are not)
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- Ah yes, another year... -- SpiderTeo, 23:39:02 09/15/00 Fri
W'sup necks!
Does anyone here remeber what happened at about one year ago? Yeah, that whole stupid adventure with a bad haircut and geting it dyed...
Well, it also coincided with another event. Yes, it be my day of birth! I now be 23 years old (that's 23 years young as well). So please feel free to celebratewith me as I again gain one more year of existence, experience, a new job as a security guard, undyed hair that soon needs another haircut (oh not again!), and one more year since I have been lurking on Da Site.
I won't be drinking or doing anything too stupid tonight since I'm the designated driver and I got work early in the morning, but please get toasty on my account. It would make me feel so happy if at least one person gets wasted on my birthday!
Uh? what? Oh how I'm celebrating? I'm getting together with a bunch of guys and playing the new D&D game tonight. But then, they don't even know it's my birthday...
Anyway, late!
SpiderTeo
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- Departures, Gate 3, Mr Henstock to Cavity Search, Mr Dingwall to Customs. -- Steve, 21:15:03 09/14/00 Thu
And so the times comes, where the older birds must spread their wings, and seek greener pastures away from the dominating influences in their life.
To this end, I have tendered my resignation to The Times, and have been offered a job with Asia On Line Internet as a Support Operator. Better pay, Cushy office, all the shit I don't have here, and none of the shit I do. What more could you ask for?
So, anyone who wishes can join me at the George Harcourt Inn on Sunday the 1st of October, at 8pm to attain the state some call Religious Enlightenment, others call Shit Faced, to celebrate not only this new phase of Bunny World Domination PLC, but also my (early) 26th. Come one, come all.
Hope to see as many as possible there.
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- Phew, made a start on that!! -- Ratbat (the site manager one), 22:48:45 09/12/00 Tue
Well, at last the issues described a few posts by me ago have lifted, and I was able to make a start tonight on getting this page back in order. What can I say? Almost a month, that's a bit shocking to sit through, whatever the reason. Sorry, everyone.
Anyway, tonight I added to the GBU section, review section and recipe section. Expect a lot more quite soon.
My next coming-soon involves a call to any of you that attended either of the EB paintball sessions so far...I'll be doing a feature on them, naturally, using largely the stuff from this very board. So, if anyone wants to drop in any last minute war tales, or (Glenda forbid) a bit of a structural commentary to the experience...or indeed anything else, send 'em in. (And, as ever, if you've got anything for Da Site, send it in or post it here.)
And here's the other bit.
Jared's response to my response to his column made me think of writing, and from there to a way to add just that amount more to Da Site. A Fiction section. No, hear me out here. I don't mean like the RCP series that have their own sites or WWAA ('cos that's not so much fiction as drivel with narrative), but I know some of you like to take the odd crack at fiction, short, long or otherwise. I don't even mean EB-based fiction per se (not that I utterly don't mean it, either), but some of us may have lumped together some story or stories that we want to share with the world, but haven't or won't put to any other forum. What do people think of this idea? Good? Bad? Ugly? A welcome addition or not our thing? Tell me, I'm here to serve.
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- Anything new under the sun? -- David H, 19:47:51 09/09/00 Sat
I sent a message late Friday night, but it seems to have mysteriously vanished into the cyberspace ether (if such a place actually exists)... Can anyone report anything else besides this message arriving since Friday?
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- This could be scary... Runcible has an idea... ;) -- David H, 23:19:17 09/08/00 Fri
I've had an idea tumbling over in my head for the last hour or two. Fusing together recent events as documented on this same message board, half-remembered classic threads from the other place, and possibly even an in-joke or two, into a story...
On the old board, I can remember there was a thread about the music the Bunnies would put on an album. I don't have the old board's address any more (didn't think I'd need it, knowhatImean...), but blow me down if that just happens to be exactly the kinda information I need to get this thing started!
Can anyone give me any of these possibilities please:
- The address to the old Message Board
- The tunes listed in that old thread (title and artist)
- Or just drop me a line with what your favourite tunes of the moment are... ;)
Contrary to what one may think, please don't restrict yourselves to any particular era, artist or album -- and nothing from Jeff Wayne, okay?! I've got enough of his stuff already... ;)
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- On about the Olympic Flame again... -- David H, 20:26:36 09/06/00 Wed
Wednesday June 14th was the day the Olympic Flame came to Brisbane. The schedule the torch relay was running to meant that the convoy took all afternoon, running a convoluted route through the inner Western Suburbs, to travel the six or seven kilometres between the lunchtime Community Celebration venue of the Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens and the evening venue of the City Botanic Gardens.
Well, I don't think anywhere else has had the Flame stay in town for a whole day, as Canberra has on Wednesday September 6th -- did anyone attend an event? ;)
Notice I got the dates right this time... hehehe
The funniest moment of the night was when Perkins went to light the Community Cauldron where the Flame would burn for the rest of the event -- it wouldn't ignite! It took him three or four tries to light the sucker (it helps if the stagehands put the gas on, y'know...).
From the sublime to the ridiculous... I hear one of today's runners has actually been burnt while carrying the torch... Life imitating art, I dare say -- that was a plot element in an All Saints episode not too long ago, I seem to recall... hmmm...
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- Celebration -- Relapse, 08:19:19 09/05/00 Tue
Two reasons for celebrating.
1) Got a mention in a WWAA. If only I could get the Cupboard involved somehow...
2) I'm getting married this Saturday. Much happiness abounds, cos it also means I get a month off from work [it was the only way I could get it too], and I look forward to catching up with you all in a less singulary state.
Now, since its late notice I expect there to be a party held down in Canberra by someone [or everyone, heck I don't care]. Not that you need an excuse, really, but I thought that since I had one handy I'd let you all borrow it.
All the best for the next month.
'Lapse
[ Oh, and new HP too :-) www.crosswinds.net/~binc ]
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #54 -- hellboy, 19:46:06 09/03/00 Sun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #54
THE GOOD
Sterling Mortlock - Kicking an impossible field goal through the uprights and winning the Australian Rugby Union team the only piece of silver they could possibly win the Tri-Nations Trophy. We now own all the crockery possible. Well don Ster………nah who are we kidding, we still haven't forgiven the bastard for losing the Super 12 Trophy for Canberra all those months back. Bitter and twisted? You better believe it.
The Essendon Bombers - They won the AFL Grand Final yesterday by 60 points and only lost one game all season. If that isn't "good" then it has to be bloody amazing.
www.nick.com - They have a Rugrats game. 'nuff said.
www.funlinked.com/critter/johnny.html - When he grows up head GBU HQ staffer is gonna be something like Johnny Bravo and Elvis Cole. You got warned here first.
Odyssey Number 5 - New Powderfinger album out on Friday. Buy it.
www.microsoft.com/reader - We hate Bill Gates at GBU HQ. We refer to him regularly as the anti-christ, but only because we use too much of his technology and he possibly has more cash than actually will ever exist as hard currency. However, do go and download reader from the site then go to the Get Books link and then go and download a free copy of the Encarta Pocket World Dictionary then have a poke around the U of Virginia eText centre.
Kate Carnell's impression of a rabbit caught in the headlights - Spot on after she was questioned by Journalists over the failing of the Bruce Stadium resurfacing to a test by Olympic Soccer officials. It is now being done for a third time at tax payer expense.
THE BAD
www.brooklynbizarro.com - It's sick. Which is why we like it. Oh and yes that is the new Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics on the front page there. About time they got someone like him in charge of the party.
The Screaming Jets - Tacky eighties Australian rock band they may be but I think they did all of the nation proud when they managed to delay the Impulse Airlines maiden flight from Brisbane on Monday. The gentlemen were thrown off the aircraft for being drunk and disorderly. The flight was due to leave at 10 am but didn't get off the ground till 11am. Despite numerous reports of the existence of a GBU HQ staffer at the incident GBU HQ is delivering a solid "no comment".
Nick Bideau - The former fiancé and manager of Cathy Freeman, and current total prick, took out the Ernie award this year for the most sexist comment in the sports arena with the classic line "I never turned away from Cathy, no matter how fat she was in '97'.
Jerry Hall Vs Sir John & Sir Alec - Seems the former Mrs Jagger accumulated more column inches in the British press about her debut on stage as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate than was given to the coverage of the deaths of Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness combined. Why? Because she goes nude and supposedly that's bigger news than the deaths of two of the greatest actors the world will ever know.
The West Indies losing to England in the Cricket - Shit.
Shooting someone in the forehead during a paintball game - Then doing a quick celebration after making such an amazing shot and then discovering you had managed to shoot the game referee.
Having a moral dilemma on the paintball field - Because you won't solve it and will end up having your arse shot up.
South Sydney City Council - After SOCOG finally got something done right with the painting of the blue line that indicates the marathon course along the city streets, the council came through and dug up half of Oxford St for resurfacing. Nice work people.
THE UGLY
Damir Dokic - The pain-in-the-arse father of Australian young tennis phenom Jelena Dokic got thrown out of yet another tennis tournament this week, when he got turfed out of the U.S. Open for starting a brawl about the price of fish in the player's cafeteria. Everyone says he destroying his daughters chance of a tennis career, but that's because they haven't seen the big picture. We have. He's going for the grand slam is all. He was booted out of the Australian Open, thrown out of Wimbledon and now turfed out of the U.S. Open. All he needs to do is get kicked out of the French Open and he would have become the first man to have been ejected from all four majors. Now that's impressive.
The U.S. Open - Because in one week we've lost Pat and the Poo, said nighty night to Agassi, got no sleep and now have little Leyton as our only hope.
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- Mostly in response to Shane Warne's pants (but I couldn't get it to post there...) -- j-girl, 16:52:04 06/28/00 Wed
tee hee - wakatta!
The Warne-y bit I did not know about, but Ratti darling, of all the people in the world you might need to explain the underwear colour thingie too... me is not one of them...
but v. cute...
He is such a disgustingly smug pig he deserves to be caught out.
Oh... and I never mentioned it here but last week i got my first weird phone call in japan! i was most impressed!
I had been in a friend's room until rather late that evening (well, rather late the next morning to be precise) and had just got back so I was getting ready for bed when... almost completely naked, my phone rings! (the naked one would be me here rather than the phone... although my phone wasn't wearing all that much either...) And this was 3:00 in the morning! Wha? thinks I, and answers the phone.
moshi moshi? (Japanese style...), the reply?
moshi moshi?. Weird? yes I thought so to so I tried again...
hello? (Engligh style), the response...
hero? (Japanese style) Hmm... no clues yet.
dare desuka? (Japanese style= who is it?)
Just someone trying to find someone to talk to...(translation mode)
(?????)
Who were you trying to call?
Oh, anyone is OK. I'm just trying to find someone to talk to. Is that alright?
Erm... (looks at watch - 3:00am) No.
No?
No.
click. (that would be the click from suzy's end)
And thus my unknown assailant and I parted ways in the middle of the night, never to meet again - at least not knowingly...
The weirdest thing is this. Aparently it is not all that uncommon. Not that they are dirty phone calls or anything, but it is a recognised, if a little rare, method of Nanpa (picking up) in this country! Guys ring numbers at random until they find a girl to talk to and from there they try to make friends, then meet up for a date or something... and what's worse? Many of these guys are successful in their endeavours! Like 30 times worth of success!
So how about it guys - for those of you desperate and dateless guys out there, how about you let your fingers do the walking? All you need to do is put your calling number display block on and dial away... if you think it'll work in Aus that is...
luv
s.
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- We have liftoff! -- David H, 22:10:22 09/02/00 Sat
This week sees the third annual RiverFestival in Brisbane, and tonight's "opening ceremony" of the festival is a pyrotechnic display known as RiverFire. Two city centre bridges and half a dozen skyscrapers are decked-out in fireworks which are detonated in synch with a rock music soundtrack broadcast on the local Triple M.
It's really quite a spectacle if one manages to get the right vantage point to view it from, but the finale is something which literally be seen from practically anywhere in the region -- a "dump-and-burn" by an F-111 from Amberley. A D&B is most spectacular at night, I think, with a great tongue of flame spearing into the sky. I tell you, this is something words just cannot adequately describe. :)
Tonight's D&B was seen from as far away as Redcliffe and Caboolture in the North, and Marsden (near Beenleigh) in the South -- which is where I'm going on this thread, believe me... ;)
It was reported shortly after the display, that observers out that way mistook the D&B for an ultralight plane crashing, and called the cops. As if the emergency services haven't got enough on their plates with bushfires burning between Ipswich and Loganholme, and even on Mount Coot-tha!
I just hope the cops who answered the call are a little understanding over this little misunderstanding -- people can still be prosecuted in Queensland for giving information to the cops that turns out to be incorrect...
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- Another Recipe -- The Dark Virgin, 00:29:58 08/27/00 Sun
Here goes folks, time to combine three of the things Australia is famous for in Euans...
(Fanfare please) Beef, Roo and Brew Stew!!
You will need;
500g Kangaroo Rump fillet
500g Diced Steak (nice steak, 'cause roo's expensive and desrves good company)
1 1/2 Bottles of Coopers Extra Stout Ale (Hellboy, it's worth it)
1 Litre beef stock
5 Small Potatoes
3 Small Onions
2 Medium Carrots
A good palmful of pepper corns or about two teaspoons (mebbe more) of ground black pepper
4 Bay leaves
salt
This is a really simple one peoples. Dice your kangaroo and then roll it and the steak in flour (this will help the stew thicken) then brown the meat in a frying pan.
Chunkify the potatoes, carrots and onions. Boil the potatoes for about 10 minutes, then add to the stock and stout which you have already got boiling in a big pot (and you'll need a *very* big pot) like a good little chef.
Also add the meat, the rest of the veges and the seasonings. Now watch Con Air for about 45 minutes, or until the stew starts to thicken. Longer cooking equals more reduced stock, and tenderer meat (the remains of tonight's stew are currently simmering in the stock pot).
Now the choice between pepper corns or ground pepper is there because the pepper is an essential part of the taste, but *some* people (just for argument's sake, we'll call the... ooh... I don't know... Callum) complain if there's whole pepper-corns in the stew. :)
Serve with a crusty roll and the deneaumont of your favourite action film.
The Dark - and replete - Virgin...
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- Re: Strange callings in the night -- The Dark Virgin, 23:45:17 08/26/00 Sat
Well *some* people think I'm that cute.
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- Road Trip Review -- The boy from down below, 16:08:43 08/21/00 Mon
Road Trip review
The "road trip" is a classic movie premise. A metaphor for the journey a person, or persons, takes towards change. We've seen thousands of them in the past and there will be thousands more in the future. So what does this one have that no other has? Well Felicity's Amy Smart topless for a start. So that's got the guys sorted. They'll be heading for the cinema in droves now. But what is there for the women out there? Nope, not a lot.
The way too cute Josh (Breckin Meyer) is facing college life away from his girlfriend. It is approaching the end of their first semester apart and the strain is beginning to show after they made that stupid, but inevitable, decision to remain faithful to each other. Temptation comes-a-callin in the form of Beth
(Ms. Smart), and what a temptation it is, who eventually succeeds in getting her man both into bed and onto videotape. When Josh's room-mate sends this tape to the girlfriend instead of a soppy video love letter we get our road trip. Josh, his room-mate, a friend and the, necessary, geek who owns the car set across the country from Ithaca, New York to Austin, Texas to intercept the package and save the relationship. Interlaced with this we see Beth trying to find Josh, the parents of one of the trippers searching for their missing son and the narrator having an interesting relationship with a large python.
All the clichés are here. Things go wrong, things blow up, they meet some freaky locals, they dance, they swear and one of them has sex for the first time. What makes or breaks films like this is how the clichés occur. In Road Trip some of them stand and some of them don't and that really explains this movie. Road Trip>/I> doesn't really have anything to say. It is just going out to have some fun. It's T&A aspects lead it to comparisons with the earlier American Pie and the great eighties films such as Zapped, Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds etc etc. So don't go expecting something insightful. . It is what it is - good, mindless fun that is instantly forgettable, not social commentary.
Three and a half pairs of pert young breasts
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #52 -- Jared, 19:27:48 08/20/00 Sun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #52
52 already? You know it only seems like a couple of weeks ago we were celebrating number 50. Yeah OK a bad joke. But to my defense everything like this needs a bad joke to start. Just look at the Logies.
So it's been 365 days since I started this thing, guess it's time for a little look back at just what it is all about. Only one problem, I can't really remember how it started. This probably due to the fact that it began late on a Friday night after the imbibing of a little too much alcohol rather than the amount of time that has passed.
Those of you who have been with me since the start may have noticed some things have changed during the last year. Firstly you may have noticed that at some point the column changed its' point of view. When it first started it was all "I. I. I." (better stick that ego back in the box). Along the way it became a case of "we" instead of "I", this wasn't because I had some desire to use the royal plural (though that would have got the ego going again) it was instead my way of acknowledging the fact that GBU was no longer just a solo effort. There were some other people lending a hand.
First and foremost I have to mention Ratbat. Ratbat is the Jack Kirby to my Stan Lee, Quentin Blake to my Roald Dahl. Each week she works magic and is fully deserving the title I bestowed upon her; "Goddess of HTML". Twice she has stepped in and covered my arse with the barest notice, plus she does her own weekly column "Ugly Ugly Talkback" and don't forget she manages the whole of "The Coffee Table Book Website" solo. Where would we be without her? Where would I be? Actually right now I'd probably be at the bottom of a margarita glass instead of writing.
Then there are the "Deep Throats" the wonderful people who help me search out the dark ugly corners of the web, give their opinions on many things and alert me to the crap, sorry important information, I may have missed. It was these people that led to the creation of GBU HQ. Thankyou all of you.
So where do we go from here? What will year two bring? Well it will be more of the same really. I'm going to continue the Good, Bad and Ugly format that we know and love but I'm also going to increase the number of stand alone columns such as "Hair" and "Old Age". They were an experiment that seems to have paid off (there goes the ego again) and I'm kinda happy about that. But they are going to be fairly erratic in their appearances, so don't hold your breath.
So finally thanks to you for reading it each week, or every other week or actually reading it at all. It's nice to have you along for the ride. Now join me and the GBU HQ crew as we go in to the one, the only
GBU #52.
THE GOOD
48 Shades of Brown - Prophetic, that is what we are here at GBU HQ. We plugged this book by Nick Earls and proclaimed its greatness and earlier this week so did the Children's Book Council of Australia when they announced it as Book of the Year in the Older Readers category.
Powers - Go to a comic shop and buy it now. Go on. Get.
It doesn't matter - So what if Wyclef Jean has only made one appearance, the South Park:Bigger, Longer and Uncut soundtrack, since the last Fugees album. It doesn't matter. Sorry couldn't resist. But this latest single is being played loud and often at GBU HQ plus for the kitch value you can't go past wrestler The Rock on backing shouts.
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches may have been responsible for the dreadful track Undersea Communication but we are more than willing to forgive them now they have given us the funky soundscape of Frontier Psychiatrist. It is only available as an import single or a free tape, or from Napster if you are really lucky, but is well worth tracking down.
Cuban Baseballers - In a dreamworld it would be these guys versus Australia in the Olympic Gold Playoff. Cuba produces the best baseball players in the world and pays them bugger all. Needless to say the American agents will be out in force to see how many they can entice to defect.
Festival of the Boot Part 1 - Next weekend it's the first part of the festival that grips a nation around the reproductive organs and gives a good squeeze. Yes it's the Rugby League Grand Final next Sunday where the Brisbane Broncos will go up against the Sydney Roosters. So whack on the cathode ray nipple, turn the radio to Triple j and watch the boofy blokes run up and down the paddock to the strains of Rampaging Roy and H.G. Nelson.
THE BAD
Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes - Kerry Stokes, owner of channel seven and their boss, as got a little hot under the collar after the news of the two television personalities affair broke across the nation and actually managing to knock off Russian subs and Olympic screw-ups. Seems Stan and Tracey have been sneaking around for ages, the naughty little bunnies. Kerry lost complete control and has fired the both of them. Overreaction? Quite possibly. A plot to remove Stan from an ailing tabloid TV show? Could be. Do we really care? Nope.
Brittany Spears - What has she done this time? Well besides sending lusty email to one Prince William and getting her hand slapped by the Palace (which almost endears her to us) she has also gone off and done a cover of the Rolling Stones classic "Satisfaction". When will this girl learn that there is being Bad and being bad.
Elvis movies - Which is I guess is why we like them so much.
Being a leading Australian stage actor - It's been a bad week for some of Australia's top actors. Hugo Weaving, currently starring in The White Devil in Sydney, collapsed unconscious after the blokes who were strangling his character with a rope got a little too enthused. Thankfully it was during a media rehearsal and Hugo was up and about for opening night. In Canberra 4 shows of The Beauty Queen on Leenane were cancelled after Tracey Mann almost came to tears at the closing of opening night. We have heard she has a nasty chest infection and hope she gets better soon.
President Vladimir Putin - Not letting a nasty little international incident that resulted in the deaths of a couple hundred Russian sailors get in the way of a holiday. What happens if war breaks out? Will he stay in his room?
Video referees - Firstly they take all the pressure of the field ref, which is where it belongs. Secondly you take the situation in the Parramatta Vs Brisbane rugby league semi-final where the idiots up in the box pressed the wrong button not once but twice.
University Admissions Offices - ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Having friends who own firearms - Because the temptation is there to give them call and ask them if we could borrow their weapon and go shoot some University staff.
THE UGLY
Survivor hype - There is politics going on that has all of America buzzing but it isn't happening at any convention (after all who wants to talk about Al Gore?) it is happening on a small desert island. We don't understand Survivor or why people watch it. To get our fix of the ugly side of humanity we watch the news and our politicians during question time.
The odds of making it to 100 - Can we make it to the next milestone? Do we have the right stuff? Do I have the attention span? Will Jared get a girlfriend beforehand? All these questions and more you didn't ask will be answered in the next 48 weeks. Stay tuned.
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- Happy Independence Day! (the American one) -- SpiderTeo, 08:03:57 07/05/00 Wed
Happy Fourth of July to all my Australian Internet companions. But I believe you could all care less since you guys aren't Americans (lucky bastards).
Well, to celebrate the anniversary of when "our" founding forefathers bitched and whined about being taxed for tea, We americans take pride in our nation by being all patriotic, honoring those people who killed and got killed in wars, and blowing stuff up. Usually we just blow up fireworks, but since this is the United States, anything is up for grabs if it's not nailed down or isn't already on fire.
Still, my country isn't all bad. Hey, if it's willing to accept me as a native citizen.. um, well, nevermind. Anyway, I will be going to Santa Ana to make some fun and blow stuff up with my family. Santa ana is probably one of the few cities in Orange County that hasn't outlawed fireworks yet (yeah, like we really have to worry about idiots burning their hands on fireworks over all the gangbangers runningaround with firearms, but I digress).
Point of interest, Americans blow things up in fireworks for their Independence Day. Do Australians have an Independence Day of their own and what do they do traditionally to celebrate (other than drinking, of course)? What do you girls and guys do?
SpiderTeo
just a curious little flip looking for your love
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- God smiles upon us -- Tim, 12:37:28 08/14/00 Mon
For those of you unfortunate enough to have missed the previous airings of seasons 1 and 2, your chance is here at 10:00 on Wednesday night to start catching up on the best show to come out of the ABC since... well, since... ehhh, never mind.
Gearing up for the brand new season three, we are graced with reruns of The Shaun Micallef Program(me). He is one of the funniest men in Australia today; don't miss it. Or I'll unleash my atomic fury upon you all.
And since we're on the subject of great comedy, you should all also be religiously watching Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (Two Blokes, One Sofa, No Script) on SBS, Mondays at 8:30. Otherwise you suck.
These are the opinions of me. Any opinion which does not match mine is plainly inferior and those responsible will be hunted down and mercilessly slaughtered. Thank you.
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- Cool Review Site -- John, 05:47:32 08/14/00 Mon
this isnt my site but a friend told me about it: http://www.pbreview.com
I think it could be very useful if people contribute.
I just wrote a quick review about a model 98 here: http://www.pbreview.com/view.php3?id=34
There are lots of guns there to be reviewed and some other stuff, but it seems like they are adding stuff as fast as they can.
I think it would be really cool to have a site that you could go to and see multiple reviews by fellow paintballers on a product
saying whats good about it...bad about it...etc.
tell me what you think
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- Run for your lives!!! -- The Dark Virgin, 22:50:19 08/11/00 Fri
Oyez! Oyez!
As of about 18:40, Canberra time, on Wednesday the 9th of August (some 5 months after his birthday), Euan Bowen became the proud, *legal* owner of a Glock 17L 9mm handgun, which currently resides behind lock, key, dog, wall, keypad, 3 D cell MAg-lite and finch at the aforementioned Bowen's place of residence.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The Dark - mostly sane except I get these headaches - Virgin...
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #50 -- hellboy, 18:11:08 08/06/00 Sun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #50
Fifty. Can you believe it? Fifty weeks I've had a relationship with this column, which puts it about 6 months longer than any romantic relationship I've had, and it will go at least another two weeks. Pretty bloody pathetic really.
I guess you're wondering why I'm bothering to make a big deal about 50 as 52 (a whole year's worth) is just a fortnight away? Well I wasn't planning on it, but it was brought up over margaritas the other night and heck any reason for a celebration is good enough for me. So I'd just like to add that I'm proud to join Glen McGrath in finally scoring 50. Now let's get on with the show.
THE GOOD
Those who have provided inspiration, antagonisation and libation - Rabat (goddess of HTML), My Family (you know who you are), Crystal (can I ask you a question?), Family Moore, Family Oldland, Graham, Nickos, Benos, Ollieos, SpiderTeo, Amber, Lukie and Vinnie, The slut top girls, Jase, Sean, Garth, The guys at Zeitgeist, Mez and Tim, little johnny, The Evil Bunnies, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Relf, all the anonymous contributors, Mr. Gates (though you are still a bastard) and everyone else I have forgotten.
Dark Horses - The new CD from Tex "is sex" Perkins, front man for The Cruel Sea, isn't really like an album of songs. It's personal and brilliant and more like he sauntered up to you at the bar and decided to sing to you instead of being a CD.
Tigerlilly - We know this album from Natalie Merchant is a couple of years old but of course we only just got around to discovering it. It songs are just lovely and perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
The Colour and the Shape - GBU HQ is now up to it's fourth copy of this sophomore release from Dave "I used to sit behind Kurt" Grohl's band the Foo Fighters. It is quite possibly the best rock album of the 90's and the fact we have had three previous copies go missing from our collection attests to this.
Wonder Boys - Put Michael Douglas in his best role since The Game, then add into the mix a glorious script, Tobey Maguire, Katie "Yum Yum" Holmes and a pink chenille dressing gown and you have a really nice film.
Dumped - An anthology of stories by Australian authors all about the unfortunate but sometimes necessary title act. Some are great, others just OK but the book is certainly worth a look.
The Hubble Telescope Screen Saver - Go to www.hotfiles.com and grab the best screensaver we've seen in ages. Just type Hubble into the "Search For" box, whack it on and space out.
John Eales - Captain of the Australian Wallabies and the man known as "Nobody" , because "Nobody's perfect" for slotting through a penalty goal in injury time allowing us to retain the Bledisloe Cup over those nasty New Zealanders.
www.pornolize.com - For the junkie for whom too much porn is barely enough this site translates normal every day sites into porn sites. Telstra never looked this good.
THE BAD
The University of Texas - It seems those cocky bastards declared war on Australia last week. It seems they are pushing for a surrender, which shows what they know. Worse than this however is the expressive demand that we take back Crocodile Dundee. Hey you wanted him you lot can keep him.
Having you Four Wheel Drive bombed by the RAAF - Happened to a Darwin man on Friday, thankfully the car was parked in his back yard at the time and he was inside, the RAAF is investigating how a dummy weapon managed to come lose from an F/A -18 Hornet during a training flight. The RAAF is said to be pleases with the outcome of the training program as we Australians will never have to worry about being over run by Toyotas ever. However those nasty Hyundai cars are a whole other story.
Shane Warne - The bad boy of Oz cricket finally got his comeuppance after being dumped as Vice-captain. Maybe that will induce him to stop harassing nurses, little kids and cartons of cigarettes. Of course the other bad side of this is Adam "Mr. Everything" Gilchrist has now got the gig adding to his already very full job description of wicket keeper, occasional opener and match saver.
Jessica Simpson - The fact that she is a Britney Spears clone is bad enough but it does get worse. Her latest single samples a well known guitar riff from, of all things, a John Cougar Mellencamp song proving the fact that two wrong do not make a right.
THE UGLY
John Howard - This week our esteemed Prime Minister outdid himself by attempting to have the Sex Discrimination Act amended and thus exclude single women and lesbians from IVF treatments. Mr Howard declaration about how every child should have a father as managed to divide the country. We just wonder that if Howard believes so much in this then why hasn't he made a move to change adoption legislation that still allows for gay couples and single people to adopt?
George W. Bush gets one step closer - After winning the Republican nomination the other day, like it was ever in doubt, it seems this decade will begin just like the last one with a Bush as the most powerful individual in the world. And that has got to scare just about any one.
Tissues in the wash - GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Little white pieces of fluff. ARRRGGGHHHHHH.
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- Wonder Boys Review -- hellboy, 21:41:48 08/06/00 Sun
Wonder Boys Review
I want to lick every inch of Katie Holmes body slowly and lovingly with my tongue.
Now that we got that out of the way I guess we can start on the review of the film she also happens to be in.
Curtis Hansen and Scott Rudin have put together a beautiful film about life and it's choices. It's a testament to these gentlemen and their cast that everything seems natural.
Michael Douglas gives a beautiful performance at what should be a stereotype but his understated acting means that the thought never crosses your mind. He plays a rumpled College English professor, named Tripp, whose award winning novel is several years behind him and his current novel taking up several draws of a filing cabinet. Into the mix is thrown the lives of two of his students. One a social outcast brought to life by Tobey Maguire and the other a lodger played by the previously mentioned Ms. Holmes. With the college hosting an annual literary event Tripp is beset upon by his Editor, Robert Downy Jr. who made the film between stays in rehab and prison, a popular author called Q, Rip Torn, the school's chancellor, Frances Mcdormand. From here things set on their merry way. A way which is always beautifully shot.
I want to keep this under 400 words so now might be time to get to the point. Those who fear a film by the guys who made the Aussie film L.A. Confidential shouldn't be put off. This film is miles away in subject matter but does share a likeness in production. Everything is just like it seems in the parent novel and brought to life on the screen with dignity and respect. About the only complaint is the sudden vanishing act that befalls a character. It's a mystery where they go and since the character made such an entrance it would have been nice to have seen how they left.
This is, and it's going to sound pathetic, a really nice film and well worth the almost fifteen bucks you have to put down for a cinema ticket these days. Take your current love interest, your family or a good friend.
Four and a half old pink dressing gowns
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- Bugger me with a flag pole - It does get bigger -- hellboy, 10:01:10 06/15/00 Thu
Way Hey Hey.
Good job Ratti my pal.
Wish i was there to give ya a hug in person, but that will just have to wait.
It's all so beautiful it's brought me to tears.
Then again that could just be last nights curry giving a repeat performance.
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- A new review from Runcible -- of what appears to be the beginnings of a franchise... -- David H, 10:26:01 08/06/00 Sun
JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS:
ULLAdubULLA -- THE REMIX ALBUM
(p) and (c) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
I found a lot that could have been implemented differently (possibly even better) with the game, but I did find one positive -- the music rocks! Lately I've found playing the music more enjoyable than the game itself.
And it seems that some people may have felt the same way, as one of the latest CDs from Sony Music that's come to our record store shelves is a compilation of remixes derived from the music of War of the Worlds. And yes, like practically everything else associated with this title so far (except maybe the Playstation version of the game), the mixes are spread across two CDs -- this time however, it's a 7-inches and 12-inches arrangement, following the lead of dance music compilations.
The majority of material is new, and has been produced by mixers as diverse as Apollo 440, Sakin & Friends and Dario G. However I've spotted samples and motifs from at least four of the game mixes in Max Mondo's takes of various tunes -- understandable, as he was involved with most of the game mixes -- and another, Dead London as mixed by Mister JoyBoy, is transplanted whole.
Also transplanted whole from the '95 re-release of the original album are The Spirit of Man '95 and the Dark Autumn Dub (eight-and-a-half minutes of noise in '95, and still eight-and-a-half minutes of noise in '2K). If the retrospective angle was to have been fleshed out completely, Ben Liebrand's version of The Eve of the War from the '91 re-release should have been included as well, and it's a minor disappointment that it hasn't been -- that piece is a particularly good mix.
The new mixes are markedly different from the originals, and range from pumping to moody to downright scary. But as a whole, I find the remix album doesn't really add anything to the mythos that's grown around the original. With a history of three re-releases ('85, '91 and '95), a licenced video game and this new remix album, it appears that War of the Worlds is being developed into a franchise. It has worked in the past with some sci-fi series, but I for one am not sure if it will be as successful with this one.
Recommendation: For devotees, dance music fans and those who don't mind being frightened out of their minds all over again... ;)
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- You can't keep a good Spademan down!!! -- Dingers, 03:40:19 08/03/00 Thu
Hey Hey Hey
Hello to everyone I haven't emailed yet, and or didn't get to say goodbye to. This is Tim of The United States. Just thought I would drop a big mass inpersonal hello to everyone.
Things over here are very strange, mostly because it is so much the same as Australia. There are just the small things that really freak you out. Like the small Macdonalds meal here is the size of the large in Australia, and the large here would keep Graham happy for, well at least a minute. Also everything here tastes of sugar, cherry, mouthwash or cinnamon. Hello they have cinnamon tic tacs. Alos I worked out that Americans aren't rude, it's just that Australians are really polite.
Anyhow I gotta run, anyone who feels compelled please email me.
See you in the funny pages
tim
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- Bing-bong, update calling. -- Ratbat (the site manager one), 13:22:00 08/03/00 Thu
A controversial review has been added. A less controversial but possibly more strange ramble is now up. A less strange bu maybe more controversial poll is also there. A rather uncontroversial but somewhat interesting journey has been added. And the ever-controversial GBU is up-to-date.
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- Preacher Issue #65; Alamo Part 7 -- The Dark Virgin, 23:37:49 08/01/00 Tue
The Commonwealth Government and Internet Monitors would like to advise that the following message contains Medium Level Coarse Language...
One word review, not much for Ratti to transcribe;
Fuck.
That is all
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- Come paint with me, let's paint away..... -- Steve, 18:48:40 08/01/00 Tue
OK...Paintball is happening on the 2nd of September, so $25 is required from all participants to me (or Euan if that's easier) by the end of next week.
For those who want to try and give it to me in person, I will be at Theatre 3 between 6 and 7.30pm Wednesday night, from 5.30 to 7.30 this Friday night, and from 4.30 to 7pm this saturday.
Otherwise, pass it on to Euan, and then email me or give me a call to let me know you've done so.
Steve
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- Let it Begin -- Steve, 12:26:27 07/27/00 Thu
And so it starts again. Let the word go forth that the time to hurl paint at each other has returned.
I have 15 tickets for paintball, so those that get in quick are those that must be slick(Man, this rhyming shit is hard).
So far, I have confirmation from Euan, Callum, Carmen, Damian H and Imogen P . I'm waiting confirmation from Barry, Iain G, Petron, and Ratti. There are only 2 or 3 places left, so hurry and mail me.
Decision shall be by Payment of the $25 deposit (which will also include 2 drinks this time) to save the problem of last time. So, the rule is, you don't pay, you don't play...Remember that before you set off to Michelago.
The dates I am looking at are either the 26th of August, or the 2nd of September, Both Saturdays. Sorry for the short notice, but if we don't play then, it's high summer in T-Shirts and Shorts..And you've all seen the photo's of my little bruise, and that was through 3 layers.
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- "Don't Bonk" (?!) -- David H, 22:30:34 07/26/00 Wed
Now I know what most of the Aussie-based Bunnies are thinking -- WTF?!
This is actually the slogan out of the current PowerBar commerical from over Stateside, and I've seen it twice -- once on Sportscene (Seven, Brisbane) and again on The Panel, and IMHO this is the craziest thing about this ad.
Now for a US-English-to-Australian-English translation request... Teo, you there? According to our questionably-informed linguists, "Don't Bonk" translates as "don't choke" or "don't fail us now" -- is that correct? Thanks. ;)
I also have cause to wonder if this commercial is any indicator of the extreme as far as pre-Olympic hype is concerned...?
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- Nicks new toy -- Nick, Not the cop., 17:09:14 07/26/00 Wed
well here we are at the new site. looks good from where i am.which is at my computer playing with my new modem. so look out for now i to can haunt the internet and send gra heaps of rude stuff.
While i am here can we have a nice calm weekend this week, friday being the 28th of july. if anyone cries or breaks up or is nasty to anyone i may have to kill the people involved.
good job on the site ratbat.
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #48 -- the man who knew too much, 18:35:34 07/23/00 Sun
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly #48
THE GOOD
Throwing Copper - Contrary to popular opinion this album was actually the second from American rockers Live. They recently released their fourth but this one still remains their best. Its angry rock sounds may take you back to high school, but then again sometimes that's just what we need.
Beauty of Grey - While we are on the topic of Live just thought we would mention this track off their first album Mental Jewelry. To us it is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and while good on this album the MTV "unplugged" version brings us almost to tears.
Glen McGrath - Australian Cricket Fast-Bowling Hero he may be but that never stopped the majority of the population making cracks about his poor batting skills. However a few of us held firm that one day McGrath's bat would bludgeon it's way into saving a game for his team. And it has. Last week McGrath scored his first ever 50 winning the game for the English first class side he is currently playing for. We are now looking forward to the maiden century this summer.
The Bledisloe Cup - Preferred by Australian rugby union players over the supposedly more prestigious World Cup. Why? Could it be because the Bledisloe pits us against those farm animal preferring New Zealanders in a local derby and so is more important? Nope it's because it's bigger and holds more alcohol.
www.themeworld.com - Yay, free pretty stuff. Want to make your computer look a little better? Then go here and grab one of the thousands of themes.
www.newsoftheweird.com - Pretty self-explanatory really.
www.weirdal.com - While we are on the weird why not check out this official site for Weird Al Yankovic, the performer famous for his parody songs but whose originals are always better.
Seeing your friends on the front page - In no reference to the story below (see The Ugly) it was a surprise to see the face of a good friend on the front page of The Canberra Times earlier in the week. Way to go Estelle.
Women who use their cleavage as a distraction - Sure it may cause us to blow the occasional pool shot but damn if it ain't worth it.
THE BAD
Win Roy and H.G.'s Money - 'Rampaging' Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson are an Australian Institution and we are completely mystified as to why they have decided to do this American TV rehash on a commercial network. We are so pissed about the whole thing we are not going to even mention when it shows, instead we will plug their national radio show This Sporting Life, Sunday's on Triple J at 2pm. And leave you with the immortal line 'Shame Boys, Shame'.
New Card Craze sweeps British Schools - Teachers in British Schools are in despair over the latest card craze to sweep the playground and it's not Pokemon. Nope it's Prostitute Calling Cards. For years British ladies of the night have been leaving their calling cards in phone booths, much to Telecom's disgust. The cards list contact methods as well as the types of services available allowing the kids to come up with a game much like trumps (or should that be 'tramps'). Current top cards include Danielle the Dominatrix and Sultry Sophie while reports of a Sarah Ferguson card remain unjustified.
Benjamin Davis - 23 year old Benjamin Davis was recently arrested by New Hampshire police for "keeping a house of ill fame for lewdness". Apparently he had been running S&M parites out of his house every two weeks for six months before police raided the house and found "55 men and women in various states of undress along with whips, chains and other paraphernalia". Davis also happens to live with his mother who says she was "stunned" by the discovery. She also stated "I'm proud of him. But the other part of me wants to spank him" perhaps explaining how he got started on the whole thing in the first place.
Mini-skirts - Very bad according to Swaziland School Officials who have banned the dangerous piece of clothing from Schools. Why? Because they think it will cease the transmission of AIDS. Seems teachers and boys alike are falling victim to the allure of the skirt and in a country were reportedly ¼ of the population is HIV positive any measure, no matter how stupid, is to be considered.
The death of Don McLean inventor of the Tim Tam - American's have their Oreo's and we in Australia have our Tim Tam's and both biscuits have a special place in the national psyche. The Tim Tam has alleviated the heartbreak of many a female, and the occasional male, showing that a good chocolate biscuit can possibly cure all.
Killer Condom- SBS, Monday Night 10.00pm. Don't ask us we don't know. But with a title like that it has to be bad and perhaps bad enough to be really good.
Headline of the week - "Spaghetti arrested for Tortellini" (Reuters). After Stephano Spaghetti was found helping himself to Tortellini in a closed restaurant in Italy this week.
THE UGLY
Front Page of the Canberra Sunday Times - Nice relaxing Sunday morning (or afternoon for some of you) and then we opened the paper and were subjected to the mangled visage of Tom Jones (no not the one who gets panties thrown at him). Mr Jones is the victim of a road rage attack that occurred on a Canberra street in January. Sure road rage is an ugly crime but that doesn't warrant disturbing our Cornflakes does it?
Kathy Watt - Australian bike rider and resident pain-in-the-arse who failed to make the Olympic team and so has ,surprise surprise, resulted to legal action against the selectors, again. What is her problem? Is she jealous now that Mark Philippoussis is the most loathed Australian athlete right now and not her or what?
.Net - Microsoft (TM, Copyright and every bloody thing else) has a new plan for world domination and the plan is '.Net'. What does it mean? We don't know and neither apparently does Microsoft. Their press releases and quotes on the topic seems to be nothing but garbled language about "clouds", "domains" and "tablet". Oh and Microsoft is in the process of copyrighting those words as well.
Heath Ledger - Not that we have anything personal against the guy (except that he is cuter, more talented and richer than us) but we are absolutely sick and tired of being unable to pick up a magazine or newspaper without seeing a picture of the chap. Of course we have the small comfort that this being Australia the backlash won't be too far behind.
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- I know you have all heard this but... -- Steve, 12:35:38 07/19/00 Wed
Hey everyone. This is important. Don't junk without reading. Apologies to anyone who's already seen this.
Hi everyone!
This is not a story about plagarism, rather one of thievery! On Saturday night, I was out finishing up the celebrations of my birthday with some friends in Barton. In the extremely hot conditions of a Canberra winter's night (I think it was -4), some kind people decided I needed some extra air conditioning in my car, and so helped out by smashing a window.
Obviously such kindness needs to be rewarded, so they thought the useless looking bulging bag would be a fair swap. Unfortunately, my PhD notebook was in the bag, along with my diary containing all my contacts for getting my research off the ground and my personal portfolio. This really hurts in terms of repairs to the car and the extra time I will have to put in to make up the lost research.
The notebook has the last 18 months of effort in it, and my research will be down the toilet if it is not recovered. The notebook is a Collins A4, with loads of paper stuck in it.
My diary is a Collins as well, burgundy colour, B5 in size.
My personal portfolio is blue and has all my academic transcripts, referees reports etc in it. If I am really lucky, they would be in or near a Katmandu "Cane Toad"
backpack, which is khaki in colour, and perhaps some clothes scattered around.
If you could bomb this e-mail to other people you know in the ACT, and maybe I can get my PhD back. I can be contacted at jason.mazanov@anu.edu.au
Cheers,
Jason Mazanov
Division of Psychology
Australian National University
CANBERRA ACT O200 Australia
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #47 -- hellboy, 18:55:13 07/16/00 Sun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #47
THE GOOD
Tony Blair - For making a stand and saying that drunken loutish behavior, such as vomiting in gutters, would no longer be tolerated by his Government. Blair went on to suggest on-the-spot fines for such offences be implemented as soon as possible and that no one would be out of reach of this law. Tally Ho Mr. Blair. Let's tackle the important issues first.
Euan John Blair - For being the good son and showing complete disregard for his father's words and being arrested by police while vomiting drunkenly, or should that be drunkenly vomiting, in a Leicester Square gutter on last Thursday Night. According to reports Euan gave a false name and old address to police in order to mislead them. We think it was more likely that he was so drunk he couldn't remember who he was, where he was or where he lived. Seems much more likely to us.
'The Naked Chef' - The British population is seemingly made up of comedians, chefs and the badly behaved sons of parliamentarians. However from amongst the rabble rose a golden child and his name would be Jamie Oliver. ABC has returned with a second series of 'The Naked Chef' on Wednesday's at 8.00 pm. Jamie's food is simple and exceptional. We like his stuff a lot even if he is too handsome for his own good and sends females into a swoon……the bastard.
'X-Men: The Movie' - A nine inch dildo shoved into the sexual organ of the comic book movie genre. It buzzes around causing all sorts of delight amongst the masses and reinvigorating a seemingly dead concept.
http://acw.activate.net/roughcut/x-men_intrvw1-300.ram - Once you've seen the film then go see this magical piece of footage that was remarkably cut from the film. It's a touching moment between two of the characters that would have lifted the film to a whole new level. Heh Heh Heh.
'Hot Six' - Author Janet Evanovich gives her creation, inept female bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, another run around in her sixth novel. Where things had sagged over the last couple of books Evanovich kicks it back into gear and gives the 53 Buick a good old rev resulting in a nice pulpy detective novel with a wacky set of support characters and an ending that can't be good.
'Planet of the Apes' - With all the news buzzing around at the moment about a supposed remake it's time to go to your local video store and go grab the original. Why? Because once you see it again you will realise how stupid an idea it is to remake it. You will then tell this to your good friend Matt Damon, Mark Wahlburg of Tim Burton who are all considering making the film who will then watch it themselves and thus save them all from future embarrassment. GBU HQ saving the world from itself.
www.whowouldyoukill.com - Feeling stressed? Take a few shots at Seinfeld. Always makes us feel better.
John Newcombe - Declaring after the Aussies win the Davis Cup tie that "The only thing that would make this day better would be for the Wallabies to kick the All Black's Arse". Yep now that man is certainly an aussie.
Friday Night at Gypsy Bar - We danced like maniacs, played pool like gods, drank like politicians and witnessed the foils of human endeavor. Not bad for a couple of hours.
THE BAD
Starbucks has landed - The infamous American mass coffee chain with it's double strength extra large low fat chocolate lattes and other crimes against coffee opens it's first store in Sydney this Monday. Now if it was Dean & Deluca it would be a whole different story you see at least then we would be able to chat up Felicity while she made us a coffee.
The death of A.D. Hope - The grand old man of Australian poetry passed away this week. Old A.D. has been ill for quite some time and those in the poetic circles of life knew the event was imminent. It still brings a tear to the eye and a nod to the heavens to say farewell to a great old man of letters.
Boxing - GBU HQ has no problems watching two individuals (men or women we don't care) turning each other black and blue when inside the ring. However with the Tyson thirty-seconds from last week and the Mundine Minute this week it has become a sport of all hype and no hustle. Hemingway must be turning in his grave, we say dig him up then and put him in the ring, he would most certainly last longer and we think even Tyson would balk at taking a bite out of the crusty old bugger.
University lecturers who change their minds at four o'clock on a Friday afternoon - Miserable bunch of old goat shagging bastards.
Jonah Lomu - 110kg of six foot five New Zealand muscle who single handedly (again) ran over an opposing player to win another Rugby Union game for the New Zealand All Blacks. While we quite enjoy watching Lomu in his prime it is only when the team he is mauling is not our own beloved Wallabies like he did the other night resulting in a 39 - 35 New Zealand win.
Friday Night at Gypsy Bar - Specifically about an hour after we walked out the door. Human endeavor is all well and good but what a tangled web we weave.
THE UGLY
'The Dream Factory' - More reality TV, it's fucking dreadful and also resulted in forcing us to go out and buy another TV after unloading a Glock into the old one that was showing the program.
Friday Night at Gypsy Bar - Come Sunday afternoon we had heard so much about Friday Night at Gypsy Bar we all just wished it would fuck off. Which it will. Until next Friday night that is.
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- Beware all who can't handle powerful language -- hellboy, 11:38:50 07/17/00 Mon
Hmmmmmmm. Just noticed something on this weeks GBU. Cetain language that never used to make it now does. Hence i'm posting this to give me a shot at some rather interesting verb and noun combination. Oh i'll do it as a reply to this just so any innocents stumble across it and think i'm a crass bastard who enjoys using such disgusting terms such as
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- An update -- Ratbat (the site manager one), 00:44:01 07/14/00 Fri
There's a new review, an activity for all you drunken sots on the rambling page, and of course, GBU 46 is now in the archive.
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- A warning for the faint hearted -- j-girl, 18:35:45 07/11/00 Tue
Warning - do not play with Japanese fire extinguishers at parties last Saturday night, even if there is a fire (albeit a small one) as they happen to be filled with a nasty pink powder which gets up your nose and all over your boots and they have the nasty feature of emptying the *entire* cannister all in one shot... and it takes hours to clean the shit up....
And they make you pay for it after...
The princely sum of 600 (that would be A$8)
And everyone laughs at you too. Which is less than nice considering that my actuions were based on experience based authority of the 'I went to high school too once' kind, meaning that I *knew* how fire extinguishers worked - well, Australian ones at least... leaving me somewhat surprised by the behaviour of this one.
sigh,
But I have annother mission to keep me out of trouble for the rest of the week (Jared, you'll appreciate this one)
It's called the Kokubuncho Passport and Kokubuncho being that notoriously club and Hostess bar filled stretch of Sendai, the passport gives holders one free entry *and* drink at 44 listed clubs in the region, between Sun 9th and Thur 13th, all for the Princely sum of.... 1000!
That's right Folks!, $15, less than two fire extinsuishers and considerably more fun.
Episode one occurred on Subnday night where Leah and myself took on the town, and despite starting *after* 10:00 we hit 15 places that night. Mission Party no.2 'The Boys, lead by 'The-other-Australian' had a head start of over an hour on us, but we managed to maintain our dignity by beating them - Girls lead 15-10.
To up the odds, Leah and i find ourselves having to admit that neither of us can actually make it back into town until WEDNESDAY NIGHT - when we have plans to start earlier (6) and knock over a casual minimum of 20 in one night (no classes thursday) which should leave us on a total of 35, and only committed to 9 for the following night to get the lot done.
Sounds like fun, ne?
luv
s.
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #46 -- hellboy, 22:02:29 07/09/00 Sun
Okay. I'm sorry but i'm too tired, too cranky and too drunk to actually finish this weeks column. So i'm doing what all writers do in this situation - I'm going to the archives. Here in place of this weeks GBU i present a little piece i wrote earlier in the year. It has all the sarcasm, cynicism and foul language you expect from me each week as well as a personal message. I hope you enjoy it, if you don;t you can go stick your head up the anus of your nearest farm animal.
Jared, Narrabundah, 9/7/00.
-OLD AGE-
I refuse to acknowledge the fact that I am getting old. I'm writing this on my 25th birthday. Which really is nothing but a drop in the ocean when you consider those blokes of almost 100 who tottered down major roads in capital cities just last week. However everyone is incessant in proclaiming that I have hit old age.
Well bugger to them. It's time to set the record straight. If no one will stand up for me then I guess I'll have to do it myself.
Old age, or to use a scientific term as I am won't to do - senescence, is a malady that will affect us all eventually. With it comes a number of very interesting side effects or signs. These signs include bits of your anatomy heading south for longer than the winter, the loss of hair on your head and the appearance of hair in what were, and should, remain hairless places, the loss of………hang on I know this……yeah memory, the inability of the body to shake it's booty till dawn and the incapable urge to complain about everything and anything.
Sure I may exhibit some of the signs. All right so I exhibit most of them, but they can easily explained. And so this will be my task to you now. To prove that the symptoms I listed above that I exhibit are not a result of an impending nursing home stay but a result of living in the fast lane.
1. Saggy bits - Those who know me would certainly vouch for the fact that the term "hard body" is never used in the same sentence as my name, except perhaps in the negative case. I'm not fat mind you, just nicely rounded, much like Winnie the Pooh or an aging Kevin Costner. So the formation of a rounded mid section is not a recent occurrence. I've been laying the foundations for that one since conception, and those who know me may actually suggest I have slimmed down over the years. But they are just being nice.
So you see saggy bits has nothing to do with me getting old so can we get off the topic of my man boobs now? Good. Next?
2. Hair loss - Here is something we have discussed previously. I am not going bald, I just have a habit of getting my hair cut very short thus giving the impression of going the route of Winston Churchill. I have very thick hair as any former paramour of mine will attest to. So there. Plus I have never grown a ponytail as every person who starts going bald and still wants to appear young seemingly does. When the revolution comes those bastards with ponytails and sportscars will be the first up against the wall, closely followed by those who put Hot Chocolate in tall glasses.
Number two is down with the notion that I won't go bald unless it is of my own choosing. Batter up?
3. Weird Hair Growth - Lycanthropy and old age have a lot in common. Hair growth in weird places is just one of them. Urinating in public is another but we won't go there. Old men have hair out of ears and noses and some old women can grow mustaches almost as good a Newk and Merve. I have neither. So there. Any stories you have heard about hair on my back are complete and utter lies by people I once considered close personal friends and I wear a t-shirt when I swim for medical reasons. I would die you see if someone made fun of me.
Number three gone the way of the other two and the home stretch is coming soon.
4. Memory Loss - My memory has always been crap. Any former girlfriend will attest to my inability to remember their birthdays and quite often forget my own. The experimentation with certain un-prescribed pharmacological products during certain years of my life may also have something to do with this along with a very important experiment I am conducting into the capacity the average human male has for the consumption of beer. Ground breaking stuff really. Ph.D. along the way for sure.
So any memory loss is a product brought about by my own misadventures and has nothing to do with me getting old. Very important.
5. Loss of Energy - I work anywhere from 40 to 70 hours a week. I have a right to feel bloody tired. Anyone who calls me a piker will have their teeth relocated to their intestinal canal. I have also pulled my fair share of big nights. Ask anyone. Go on ask.
Any problems? No? Good! Lets get to the final point.
6. The incapable urge to complain and whine - Don't you just hate how old people just pick on the smallest thing and drive it into the ground? The more insignificant the detail, the more stupid the argument then the harder they work at it. I tell you it just drive me nuts and…….. Shit. I'm doing it. Bugger.
Oh all right, so maybe, just maybe, I'm not as young and frivolous as I used to be. Just because I like to get eight hours sleep, enjoy a nice cup of coffee and prefer my music under 1000 decibels I feel, however. does not put me in the same class as my parents. I've just gotten to a time in my life where I am aware of my actions. I'm mature not senescent. Ah who am I kidding. I'm an old fart. Bring me my walking frame and my incontinence diapers and screw you all for pointing out this miserable fact. If you need me I'll be napping in the corner.
Jared, Canberra, 3/5/00
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- This is pretty damn funky -- Sam III, 22:08:41 07/06/00 Thu
have been doing a little web surfering, and i stumbled across this funky not so little site:
http://www.whatthefuck.com
go check it out, get free email and have a look around, it is actually quite cool, well if your into that kinda thing
seeya all later
Sam III
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- Who's the madder? -- Leila, 22:42:19 06/29/00 Thu
This issue came up on my regular newsgroup a while back, and I've been thinking about it ever since and thought I'd put it to the public for analysis.
One poster was talking about a date she'd had where the guy spent the whole time trying to impress her with how zany, whacky, off-the-wall and all-round loopy he was. Every time he said something really cringe-worthy, he'd just giggle inanely and say 'don't mind me; I'm mad'. And understandibly, the lady in question had a thoroughly bad time and never wants to see him again.
My question is this - I don't doubt that the Evil Bunnies are a very peculiar bunch. In most cases, I think that we have every right to identify ourselves as a bunch of kooks. But it must also be recognised that most of us are very intelligent and articulate, usually with quite a high level of education, and most of us hold down regular jobs. Is this really the work of serious lunatics? Is our special brand of idiocy that wonderful mix of the bizarre and the mundane which losers like the guy mentioned above seem to aspire to? Are we, in short, *really* insane?
I'll leave it up to you.
-L.
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #45 -- like you need to be reminded, 22:25:32 07/02/00 Sun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #45
THE GOOD
‘The Filth and The Fury’ - This new film is dirty, dirty, dirty and we loved every minute of it. The Sex Pistols may have been a technically dreadful band but who really cares?
‘The Perfect Storm’ – It may be set on the ocean and not have a happy ending but that is where the similarities between this film and ‘Titanic’ end. Directed with ompf by the man who brought us the brilliant submarine film ‘Das Boot’ and starring an excellent cast it is well worth going to see, even with the GST.
‘Gone in 60 seconds’ – Check your brain at the door and enjoy.
‘The Odd Couple’ – Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau in perhaps the best flatmate comedy of all time.
‘Bowfinger’ – Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in a black comedy about what it takes to make a movie if you have no money, no connections, no equipment, only a cluless bunch of friends and some illegal immigrants as your crew . Add into the mix a tight script, a loose Heather Graham and you have a great film.
Japanime – August 23 –27, Dendy Cinemas, Sydney. Five days of Japanese animation from the meek, Kimba the White Lion, to the grand, Princess Mononoke. Yea hah!
Meg Ryan single again – Hey we can dream.
The Human Genome Project – Perhaps the greatest scientific undertaking in human history came to an end this week with the announcement that scientists have completely mapped the human genome. We now know the location and function of each gene on our DNA. Pretty impressive really. As a side note the scientists were also happy to announce that they found no racial differences between the codes. Thus sinking that old white supremacy ship once and for all.
Scully in that black dress – Fwoah! Actually Gillian Andersen in any nice dress gets a Fwoah from us.
‘Machismo’ – It’s the new EP from Gomez and it’s a corker. They’ve gone for something different and it pays off in spades so much that the title track is also the second track on the soundtrack for ‘Gone in Sixty Seconds’.
Wizard of Oz + Dark Side of the Moon – It’s an urban legend that seems to have some basis, that if you cue the two up exactly then the Pink Floyd album acts as a soundtrack. Well the cable channel Turner Classic Movies has decided to put the theory to test by showing the movie while the album plays on the SAP channel. For those of us not stateside the hint is to press play on the CD when the MGM lion roars for the third time.
THE BAD
Damir Dokic – Being a young female on the International Tennis circuit is hard enough, but we feel sorry for Jelena Dokic who has to put up with he father Damir. He’s currently spending his time getting drunk and insulting just about everyone at Wimbledon, while his daughter fights her way through the rounds and through the angry public. Makes you wonder who the adult is.
Merrick Watts – Our dear friend was a very naughty boy this week when he pressed the red button he wasn’t supposed to, thus shutting down the national youth radio station Triple J for almost ten minutes.
Only one thing to say Mez. Helllllooooooooo Australia!
‘Survivor’ – Could TV get any worse?
‘Shipwrecked’ – Yes it can and trust the British to be the ones to do it.
Quiz Night: The Final Encounter – It may be the end of an era but we feel that we showed it out in style and wit. Of course now we have nothing to do on a Tuesday night. Guess we’ll just go to the pub then.
‘History’ – Very bad according to Stockport College who have banned the term ‘history’ from being used on campus and in any university publications. Why? Because they think it is a sexist term. Other words and phrases banned from use include ‘Slaving over a hot stove’, ‘lady’ or ‘gentleman’ and of course the blatantly disgusting ‘nitty gritty’. Huh? Why? Because they think it means to have sex with a slave woman. Yeah….sure…….We can see that……..Not!
The death of Walter Matthau – Another legend passes and we are the worse for it. We salute you Walter.
Having your car blown up, twice – Earlier this week Endre Pasztor's car blew up when it was parked behind a car targeted by shady crooks. Bad luck right? Not if you ask Endre. You see last year he lost his previous car when it was parked across the road from a car bomb. Endre has vowed to walk everywhere for the rest of his life.
Tommy Tavita – Love all those media stories announcing Tommy Tavita being offered a part in Star Wars Episode 2. Idiots. Tommy Tavita is the character actor Jay Lagaia plays on the Australian TV Show ‘Water Rats’. Whatever happened to research? Seems nowadays everyone just copies everything straight from the web.
THE UGLY
www.dds.nl/~beards – ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH. Heh Heh Heh. ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH.
The death of 8 people at a Pearl Jam concert – It’s a tragedy that will probably open a big bag of trouble.
The GST – Sure it may be only 48 hours old, but my last 48 hours have been mostly full of pain and anguish caused solely by this little bugger of a tax. We give it a big fat ugly so far.
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- Re: Strange callings in the night -- Leila, 21:36:32 06/28/00 Wed
Oi! Spider, I resent that slight on Euan's cuteness. Not that I'd want to have sex (phone or otherwise) with him, but that's not the point.
You have the weirdest life of anyone I've ever met who wasn't Graham. And second only to his love-life being completely comprised to phone text messages, I think this is one of the weirdest encounters I've ever heard about.
Congratulations, I have finally heard it all.
-L.
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- Re: Strange callings in the night -- hellboy, 09:24:38 06/29/00 Thu
Wow. Cool story Spider.
On a similar thing i was bumming around at home one suday afternoon when i got a call from someone within the Market Research department of the university i was at. They wanted to know about the service of the uni and all that. Being the evil bastrad that i am i began to ask the girl on the other end of the line what she thought of having to work for the university on a warm sunday afternoon. Anyway i amanaged to distract ther from her work for a hour or so and eventually conned her into having dinner with me that night. No sex of either the phone or wet squishy kind occurred but it was a fun night out. Of course i told her i would call her again and never did. Remember - Bastard.
The phone is an amazing thing as is the internet. Bringin people who would normally never meet into intimate relationships. But Why? Why do we open up completely to people we have never met except over the phone or computer screen? I've done it but i don't understand it. Any good explinations out there?
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- To explain the messageboard... -- Ratbat (the site manager one), 01:44:35 06/28/00 Wed
A few of you have come forth expressing concern about the operating capacity of our new messageboard. I thought I should reassure you all here and now that it's not as buggered as one might think (although one could be forgiven for thinking that).
The new Coffee Table Message Board is configured so that every thread that has something new posted to it becomes the topmost thread.
So, if (for example) Jared posts a GBU on Sunday, and Euan posts a film review on Monday, the review would be at the top after Euan posted it. However, if Leila then replied on Tuesday to the GBU, the GBU and its reply would be at the top.
I apologise here, 'cos I really see how it gets a bit confusing to those used to the previous messageboard where everything was static. However, I actually did this on purpose. I'd noticed a few times at our last home that a discussion that was otherwise active and dead interesting would simply stop because people were having to scroll further and further down the page to get to it. This way, any new points or conversations are brought up to, well, the place where you'd expect to find new stuff.
I realise I probably should have mentioned this at the outset, though, so I apologise for the confusion.
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- Ever adventuring... -- j-girl, 13:17:19 06/27/00 Tue
My latest jaunt over this end of the Pacific, was up to Hiraizumi were I stayed in overnight in a temple holding an Iris festival in their *Heian* period gardens, where there were 30,000 plants of around 300 varieties - I did not know that there *were* so many types of irises - many of them (varieties that is) dating from the Muromachi period - I did not know that irises like these were possible: big floppy crinkly flowers larger than an open hand! amazing!
Canberran's take note - Floride go jump this was excellent!
And up the hill was Chuzonji temple which houses the Konjikido a *golden* mauseleum houseing the *mummified* remains of some Fujiwaras. Now if you efver had a thought to visit the golden pavillion in Kyoto, it is simply shitty by comparison with this one. For starters, they never finnished the one in Kyoto, but this one was gold from roof to floorboards - only the wooden roof tiles were not covered in gold leaf! It is so precious that it was the first thing in Japan to be named as a National Treasure and has another building built *around* the whole thing to protect it behind glass in a carefully controlled environment. Inside are statues of Buddhas etc. and the pillars and railings are all inlaid with mother of pearl... But the colour of the gold...
Real gold has this amazing property of reflection where it is not only bright and shiny but somewhere in the shadows where it refects against itself comes this orangey glow like nothing else on earth. and on a grand scale up close (the glass allows you to get wihin metres of this place) it is simply breathtaking. -wow-
And then there was the stupidity of the annual Iris festival photography competition, where over a hundred wanna-be photographers, most of them *very* professional indeed, came along to get happy snaps of three models posing amongst the flowers and by the lake side. - These girls, dressed in lovely summer kimono, up to their waists in flowers, were also sporting rather attractive gumboots for tromping through the mud! It was very silly.
And - I also got to see a Noh style temple dance too. And I have to admit that I have a greater respect for Noh now - the dances may be a bit slow, but... the acting is amazing.
Suffice it to say I had a rather wonderful time -
Did *lots* of artwork and nearly finnished both my sketchbooks!
enough for now.
s.
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- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly #44 -- hellboy, 20:18:27 06/25/00 Sun
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly #44
THE GOOD
The Motorola v8088 - We want one. We know it's wrong but we crave new technology like it was caffeine the morning after a big night out.
Tiger Woods - Not just "good" but more like a "freak of nature".
'Best Laid Plans' - Clever, insightful, visually stunning and coming to you from slightly just off the right hand side of the planet.
Alfresco's Gelati - We've said it before and we just had to mention it again. You see being back in the burg the withdrawals have started and they are beginning to hurt so if you see us shaking on a street corner now you will know why.
Peter Norman - A gentleman and a true legend of Australian sporting history and yet most people wouldn't know his name.
Muppets Tonight - 1:30, Saturdays on Prime. Set the VCR then cheer as some new and old faces continue the Jim Henson tradition.
Café del Mar vol 7. - The party capital of the world is said to be the small island of Ibiza and the hottest place on Ibiza is most certainly Café del Mar. Each year the guys and gals of this place to be compile a CD with the tracks played by the guest DJ's during the year. Out this week is volume 7 and we here think it's the best yet.
Quiz Night at Filthy's on the 27th - The big bash brought to you by the Three Bald Bastards for the last time ever.
THE BAD
Seeing Catriona Rowntree on TV - Because it means she isn't in my lounge room sharing a bottle of wine in front of the fire with me.
Free Promo CD's from Burger King - Hopping onto the Net bandwagon this week was Burger King UK
who gave away free CD-ROMs to children as part of an instore promotion. However the excrement hit the cooling equipment after it was discovered that the CD's included thousands of links to porn sites. All remaining stock was instantly recalled however it took a few days to get the message out and by this point nearly a million of the discs were out in circulation. We are greatly disappointed in Burger King as a family orientated institution they should know better, they should also have sent us one as well.
The School of Hard Knocks - When little Aaron's teacher told him that if he didn't hand up his next assignment that the class would each be able to take a swing at him, like most people he thought the teacher was kidding. If that was the case then what would be the point of the story then? So when Aaron didn't hand up the assignment the teacher lined up the entire class in front of Aaron and told them each to take a swing in turn. The result was a few bruises for Aaron and a suspension for the Teacher. So where is the school of hard knocks? New Jersey of course.
Iron Mike and The Fight - A punch to the head, a punch to the ref and that was all Mike did to be granted a win sixty seconds into a massively hyped but completely unimportant fight in Glasgow this week. Just when it couldn't get any worse for Boxing Mike took it upon himself to orate to the audience as to how good he is and what he plans to do to everyone on the planet including the classic line 'I will eat your children, praise to Allah'. Thanks Mike, that's real nice of you.
Quiz Night at Filthy's on the 27th -- Because Jared is gonna sing.
THE UGLY
Teletubbies until 2008 - ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Damn American TV stations, damn them to hell.
Hansie shedding a tear - Nope nothing to say except it's just still as ugly as it was the first time we saw it.
Brooke vs Kate - The claws came out on Saturday nights Good News Week as two of Oz's beautiful people went at it in a verbal sparing match. We give the victory to Brooke for being calm and graceful while under fire but also 'cos we think she is much cuter too.
The Goods & Services Tax - Just in case you had been living under a rock on Mars for the last year you may not know about the Goods and Services Tax about to be imposed on the people of Australia in less than a week's time. From next week the services provided to you will have a 10% tax on them that will go to the government's big fat pockets. Since GBU is a service it will be subject to a GST, however we at GBU HQ have decided to fuck the government royally and not charge our loyal patrons the extra cost. That's how much we care about you all.
Quiz Night at Filthy's on the 27th - Come on….It's the last ever……You know it's gonna get ugly at some point.
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- The War Of The Bunnies (or What I Did On My Weekend) -- The Dark Virgin, 00:48:10 06/20/00 Tue
Well met,
Pop quiz...
Which is more cathartic? Shooting your brother twice in kidneys? Running around screaming as pellets whizz past your ears?
If you answered a), then you've won... well, nothing really. But you do have the chance to find out about what fun was had by those EBs of us (including your illustrious site-manageress who looked simply *stunning* in giggle hat and camouflage smock) who went paintballing. Even if ye didnae answer a), you still can.
After minor troubles to begin with (driving with the fuel light on is *bad*, Mr D), we got there, got our guns, got the rundown and had some fun!!!!!!
It was like the first reel of Saving Private Ryan, only without the blood, death, Tom Hanks or being in France. So, actually, it wasn't *that* much like the first reel of Saving Private Ryan...
The point I'm trying to make is that the whirring noise as a paintball hums past your ear really focuses the mind and the most satisfying rush of adrenaline is released when you run across open ground with no sound but your breathing and the rattling of your paintballs in your ears, then dive behind cover at which point you can hear the *thup thup thup* of said cover being liberally peppered with paint.
With the overall winners being Predator Paintball Inc. (we went through about 2500 rounds between the 9 of us - Steve got through about 700, I got through about 500 :) ), much fun and pain was had by all.
To sum up; friendly fire isn't, they hurt more when they *don't* burst and the paint tastes quite bitter.
The wound of the day was a tie between Sam IVs throat-hit courtesy of Callum, and Ratti's head-shot, courtesy of Matt (I think) and the quoet of the day was from Sam Iv, who, after leading a defeated Callum from the field of play at gun-point said; 'You are defeated. By the rules of war, that makes you my be-atch.' :)
And who wants to go again? Well *I* do!! The next one will be a not limited to ten, make sure you're *really* able to come session some time hopefully in September. Interested? Call me! I'm not sure about challenging the guys what work there, but who wouldn't pay good money for a chance to raise a few welts on his mates, 'eh?
In all seriousness, I hope to be booked by mid-late July, so get calling. The choices will (hopefully) by out of the four Saturdays in September, and I'll draw up a 'who can come when' thingy to work out which one.
So, until next time, adios and good splatting (oh, and re the first round of the Medic Game... Who's house? *my* house! :) )...
The Dark, still aching a *lot*, Virgin...
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- An update! -- Ratbat (the site manager one), 23:23:39 06/21/00 Wed
Yep, despite the troubles FortuneCity seem to be having (hopefully they'll smooth out soon, try reloading), we do have new stuff of our own on the journeys, recipe, gallery, Rogues and GBU pages. And some general fiddling. Oh, and thanks to Euan and Andrea for giving me many pictures to do stuff with.
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- confused..... -- cleo, 15:24:32 06/21/00 Wed
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Why is Matt Mcaren Benson now starring on home and away?
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Not that i watch the show of course.
from somewhere high in the hills - well the blue mountains anyway at a public library that beats act libraris hands down.
back to wagga soon.
tra la la.
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- When Runcible (and practically everyone else in Brisbane) saw the Olympic Flame -- David H, 15:34:16 06/18/00 Sun
Wednesday July 14th was the day the Olympic Flame came to Brisbane. The schedule the torch relay was running to meant that the convoy took all afternoon, running a convoluted route through the inner Western Suburbs, to travel the six or seven kilometres between the lunchtime Community Celebration venue of the Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens and the evening venue of the City Botanic Gardens.
As a result, the convoy didn't reach the City Centre until a fair tick or two after 5:00pm, which also gave the city workforce a chance to get out and line the route for what may be their only possibility for seeing it. I took the chance and found a reasonable vantage point to film from, roughly half-way across the Victoria Bridge.
Actually seeing the Flame pass by can be rather a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of event, but it was also possible for me to track the convoy's approach, firstly by keeping an eye on the Channel Seven chopper, which was hovering above the convoy relaying pictures back to the BTQ studios; and secondly by monitoring the police escort of the convoy, which organised rolling traffic blockades and crowd controls.
While the convoy took its little detour around Southbank and the 'Gabba (which will host soccer matches during the Games), I and a fair few fellow attendees walked up to the City Botanic Gardens to catch the Evening Celebration. When I arrived, the indigenous dance troupe were in the midst of their performance.
The torch finally arrived late, as seemed to be the norm for the evening events, and the final leg (from the middle of the Gardens to the Riverstage, where the event was being held) was run by Kieren Perkins. The funniest moment of the night was when Perkins went to light the Community Cauldron where the flame would burn for the rest of the event -- it wouldn't ignite! It took him three or four tries to light the sucker (it helps if the stagehands put the gas on, y'know...).
The rest of the event was mostly filled by local pub bands, so I decided to head for home after filming some stock footage crowd shots. It was still an enjoyable night, but gods were my feet sore at the end of it!
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- A few words from the US -- SpiderTeo, 20:41:21 06/15/00 Thu
First off, good work on this move. This new site is so phat, that if it were a joint and I was still a clucka', then I'll be tokin' it up! Seriously, nice site, and nice message board. Let's hope nothing falls apart now, right?
Oh yeah, w'sup from the US. Just chillin' and still trying to get employed (any need for a young and talented designer in the area?). I'll say more things later, 'cuz da Flip's got a score to make, and be makin' with the resources, you dig? But it's happy to see everyone trying to make life better on the Net for the rest of us. Peace in and peace out!
Late!
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- Impressive -- Sam 3, 03:11:21 06/15/00 Thu
i must say that i am most impressed! Ratbat and everyone thankyou muchfully for the work, i hope that you agree that it has paid off!
Tis good shit, i like, i like a lot.
P.S, Graham i am glad that you didn't come up here last weekend (ungrateful bastard) coz i actually did some study and didn't fail uni, but i also went out and danced and used some recreational substances that you would have found amusing!
ha, this message proves that Graham is not the centre of the universe, nor is he useful!
bye!
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