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Northern Raider wrote:
greeneyed wrote: August 7, 2019, 11:10 am Well that’s not like a castle at all!
It will be once he fills the moat with crocodiles.
with lasers attached to their heads?
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Just wait till you see his dogs with bees in their mouths


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So..

When our Queen her majesty turns 100..who's writing that letter ?
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I reckon you. Or Fergus
-PJ- wrote:So..

When our Queen her majesty turns 100..who's writing that letter ?
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dubby wrote: August 10, 2019, 5:39 pm I reckon you. Or Fergus
-PJ- wrote:So..

When our Queen her majesty turns 100..who's writing that letter ?
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Ya see, there's no one higher than Lizzy..Lizzy rules the commonwealth..she's the boss.

God must write that one.
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-PJ- wrote:
dubby wrote: August 10, 2019, 5:39 pm I reckon you. Or Fergus
-PJ- wrote:So..

When our Queen her majesty turns 100..who's writing that letter ?
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Ya see, there's no one higher than Lizzy..Lizzy rules the commonwealth..she's the boss.

God must write that one.
Nah it goes Meninga > God > Queen. So I think Mal would send her the letter

I think it just reads “Dear Queen, I give up. I can’t do this. Sincerely, Mal”
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-PJ- wrote:
dubby wrote: August 10, 2019, 5:39 pm I reckon you. Or Fergus
-PJ- wrote:So..

When our Queen her majesty turns 100..who's writing that letter ?
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God must write that one.
By then the dementia will have set in. She can write it to herself.
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Putin can write it
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Charles will be putting a hit out if she goes that long

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Maybe she plans on outliving him and has already organised a hit..

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T_R wrote: Front yard

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I'd LOVE to come around for dinner, TR. Thanks for the invite!!

I'll pick Albi up on the way, all right if we just crash in your garage for a couple of months??
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Well, not Albi....I just filled the bar fridge, and you know how he is.
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You’re worried he’ll squat in your fridge??

Valid concern really
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The Rickman wrote:You’re worried he’ll squat in your fridge??

Valid concern really
Cold in the there. I worry for the little guy.

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You want moderation because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that forum -- you need me on that forum. We use words like "stay on topic," "use the appropriate forum," "please delete." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very moderation that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you get a green handle and edit a post. Either way, I don't give a DAMN what you think about moderation.
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T_R wrote:
The Rickman wrote:You’re worried he’ll squat in your fridge??

Valid concern really
Cold in the there. I worry for the little guy.

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-3.2° in 2325 this morning - hot air balloons were up though no stopping those money makers
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bonehead wrote:-3.2° in 2325 this morning - hot air balloons were up though no stopping those money makers
Temperatures like that are absolutely ridiculous. I have no idea why people willingly choose to live in garbage like that

It’s gone down to below 8 here the last two mornings, **** that
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I couldn't live where you do either, it's a cracker outside now - glorious. I can't stand the humidity of QLD.
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Yeah look, Summer up here can get a bit garbage... although January 2019 was the best one I've ever encountered, not a day over 40!
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The Rickman wrote:
bonehead wrote:-3.2° in 2325 this morning - hot air balloons were up though no stopping those money makers
Temperatures like that are absolutely ridiculous. I have no idea why people willingly choose to live in garbage like that

It’s gone down to below 8 here the last two mornings, **** that
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Dubs just taught me a new word scrolling through other threads. Ad Hominem.
I think it’s to do with commercials featuring white rappers meditating


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That's racist

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How’s an Eminem joke racist?


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bonehead wrote:-3.2° in 2325 this morning
I would never have picked that bonehead was from the future? Or that climate change was wrong after all it seems?
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Fuifui Bradbrad wrote:How’s an Eminem joke racist?


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gangrenous wrote:
bonehead wrote:-3.2° in 2325 this morning
I would never have picked that bonehead was from the future? Or that climate change was wrong after all it seems?
you're from Perth aren't you.....

ftr- -3° again, off to work - lovin it
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Where’s Bipolar Bear?! Realised yesterday he hasn’t posted in forever!

In other news, faith lost in Sydney’s new Metro train. It’s had 3 breakdowns in a week, 2 of them were yesterday. Because of the way it’s built, there’s no contingency for breakdowns, so if one of them shuts down it blocks the whole line up. Plus where the train goes, there’s no back up trains, and Buses in those areas were cancelled to be replaced by the Metro.

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Hahaha imagine my surprise that something in Sydney is a complete **** show, will you?
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To be honest, I’m really getting in a funk over things like this. It’s just been a **** week.
Literally 2 secs before I posted this, I went into Subway and ordered my legendary Sub I posted not long ago. Told the guy that I’d like a big line of BBQ Sauce, guy does a big line of Garlic instead. The line was too big and I don’t have the time to make them do a new one.

Monday I went into work and saw this massive split on the inside of my pant leg, and needed to frantically go out and buy new work pants.

Add Tuesdays train problems, and life’s starting to get to me a bit this week


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Headspace, Fui

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Yeah I know, swings and roundabouts. The universe must be preparing me for something awesome around the corner.

I can’t control my pants splitting, train breakdowns or a Sandwich Artist grabbing the wrong sauce bottle, but I can control how it makes me feel.
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More than likely punishing you for being a massive ****.
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Ridiculous. Stunning day in Sydney. Come over to Manly and have a bowl of Pho with me


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Hmmmph. He's never invited me for a bowl of pho.
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