On ‎11‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 8:28 PM, Earl Hood said:

And me as well and I would add DC and maybe Moons,  not sure about the others though! 

dc and Moons! FMD Earl, I realise you are, like myself, of genteel ilk but those two are certainly f.....d !

4 hours ago, daisycutter said:

The Duke of Kent..........says it all really

He looks like his head is melting. 

Englishmen in the midday sun?

16 hours ago, Redleg said:

I think the original joke was, in Parliament a Cabinet Minister stood and said " I am a country member" and a voice from the opposition benches yelled out " yes we remember".

Red that would be a different joke and one regularly used by a late friend Master Evans.

Days in the week according to the Beatles.

20 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

As usual Ankles, I shall ignore your crass posts .

And Ernie, your cheap “like” has been noted.

Just acknowledging Biffin's beautiful prose.

It shows insight and lucidity and was just wonderfully descriptive.

And I know you appreciate being in the limelight. 

3 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Just acknowledging Biffin's beautiful prose.

It shows insight and lucidity and was just wonderfully descriptive.

And I know you appreciate being in the limelight. 

Having met the great (size) man, I can confirm your summation is 100% accurate Ernie.

BBO makes The Donald look like a recluse. 

21 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Having met the great (size) man, I can confirm your summation is 100% accurate Ernie.

BBO makes The Donald look like a recluse. 

Moon, are you telling me that Bitter But Bent actually exists in a recognizable form ?

Just assumed that he was an insecure little man with big man complex seeking reassurance, a sense of identity and a purpose in an otherwise sad existence in rural Romsey .

You mean he is not a little guy in hat, glasses, gaberdine overcoat and a kit bag with cut lunch in rainbow paper ? 

Edited November 14, 20187 yr by hemingway

22 hours ago, Redleg said:

I think the original joke was, in Parliament a Cabinet Minister stood and said " I am a country member" and a voice from the opposition benches yelled out " yes we remember".

It was Gough yelling in response to a member of then then Country Party, probably Doug Anthony, IIRC.

3 hours ago, hemingway said:

Moon, are you telling me that Bitter But Bent actually exists in a recognizable form ?

Just assumed that he was an insecure little man with big man complex seeking reassurance, a sense of identity and a purpose in an otherwise sad existence in rural Romsey .

You mean he is not a little guy in hat, glasses, gaberdine overcoat and a kit bag with cut lunch in rainbow paper ? 

Rainbow paper Ernest my God you are old. Not sure there are more than two of us who know what you are talking about.

58 minutes ago, old dee said:

Rainbow paper Ernest my God you are old. Not sure there are more than two of us who know what you are talking about.

Ernie is beyond old od he's dead. And good luck to him.

However, I also know what rainbow paper is. FMD, is there any benefit in this aging process?

1 hour ago, old dee said:

Rainbow paper Ernest my God you are old. Not sure there are more than two of us who know what you are talking about.

Old and proud OD. 

But as they say your only as old as you feel, although my creaky bones, dust and shroud suggest otherwise. But the spirit is strong. 

On 11/13/2018 at 4:54 PM, Redleg said:

I think the original joke was, in Parliament a Cabinet Minister stood and said " I am a country member" and a voice from the opposition benches yelled out " yes we remember".

We used to say this about Doug Anthony if anyone remembers.

On 11/13/2018 at 4:54 PM, Redleg said:

I think the original joke was, in Parliament a Cabinet Minister stood and said " I am a country member" and a voice from the opposition benches yelled out " yes we remember".

That voice was none other than Edward Gough Whitlam. 

The same man who, when asked by an annoying journalist about his position on abortion, replied, "In your case, I believe it should be retrospective."

Edited November 14, 20187 yr by Moonshadow

3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Ernie is beyond old od he's dead. And good luck to him.

However, I also know what rainbow paper is. FMD, is there any benefit in this aging process?

I have yet to discover one Bbo. But as my wife constantly reminds me ageing is better than the alternative.

9 minutes ago, old dee said:

I have yet to discover one Bbo. But as my wife constantly reminds me ageing is better than the alternative.

That’s a matter of opinion. 

15 hours ago, hemingway said:

Moon, are you telling me that Bitter But Bent actually exists in a recognizable form ?

Just assumed that he was an insecure little man with big man complex seeking reassurance, a sense of identity and a purpose in an otherwise sad existence in rural Romsey .

You mean he is not a little guy in hat, glasses, gaberdine overcoat and a kit bag with cut lunch in rainbow paper ? 

I must admit Ernie, that I have found a gaberdine overcoat a useful accessory when out strolling in the park.

3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I must admit Ernie, that I have found a gaberdine overcoat a useful accessory when out strolling in the park.

Very handy when walking the dog. 

14 hours ago, hemingway said:

That’s a matter of opinion. 

Well I suppose for a ghost it might seem that way Ernest.

The grapes of wrath.

50 minutes ago, old dee said:

Well I suppose for a ghost it might seem that way Ernest.

You suppose I am a ghost, however remember that all the main religions believe in some form of afterlife whether it be spiritual, the separation of body from soul, or the on-going cycle of death and rebirth. Of course the details vary but the essential elements remain the same whether it be early Yiddish teachings, Vedic (Hinduism) philosophy, Christian theology or  Islamic teachings. That is the explanation of why I have returned in a form that allows me to watch footy and write on this site. 

Philistines, boors, oafs, ignoramuses, louts, yahoos, hoons, vulgarians, plebeians, atheists, sceptics, heathens, beasts, brutes, peasants fail to understand these deep issues.  

That excludes you OD but perhaps not some notable posters on this thread who are concerned with their vanity and matters of the flesh.  Short term pleasures but forever condemned to hell, a rabid dog scouring the gutters of Mumbai looking for scraps. 

Hineni, Hallelujah, Samsara OD. 

4 hours ago, hemingway said:

You suppose I am a ghost, however remember that all the main religions believe in some form of afterlife whether it be spiritual, the separation of body from soul, or the on-going cycle of death and rebirth. Of course the details vary but the essential elements remain the same whether it be early Yiddish teachings, Vedic (Hinduism) philosophy, Christian theology or  Islamic teachings. That is the explanation of why I have returned in a form that allows me to watch footy and write on this site. 

Philistines, boors, oafs, ignoramuses, louts, yahoos, hoons, vulgarians, plebeians, atheists, sceptics, heathens, beasts, brutes, peasants fail to understand these deep issues.  

That excludes you OD but perhaps not some notable posters on this thread who are concerned with their vanity and matters of the flesh.  Short term pleasures but forever condemned to hell, a rabid dog scouring the gutters of Mumbai looking for scraps. 

Hineni, Hallelujah, Samsara OD. 

Hemingway: "all thinking men are atheists"

10 hours ago, hemingway said:

You suppose I am a ghost, however remember that all the main religions believe in some form of afterlife whether it be spiritual, the separation of body from soul, or the on-going cycle of death and rebirth. Of course the details vary but the essential elements remain the same whether it be early Yiddish teachings, Vedic (Hinduism) philosophy, Christian theology or  Islamic teachings. That is the explanation of why I have returned in a form that allows me to watch footy and write on this site. 

Philistines, boors, oafs, ignoramuses, louts, yahoos, hoons, vulgarians, plebeians, atheists, sceptics, heathens, beasts, brutes, peasants fail to understand these deep issues.  

That excludes you OD but perhaps not some notable posters on this thread who are concerned with their vanity and matters of the flesh.  Short term pleasures but forever condemned to hell, a rabid dog scouring the gutters of Mumbai looking for scraps. 

Hineni, Hallelujah, Samsara OD. 

I'm busted.

As a youthful peasant, with vulgar, loutish  tendencies, veering into oafish boorish and ignorant behaviour, my scepticism leading me to atheism, I gathered together with a bunch of heathen brutes to form the Plebians and wrest the Traralgon basketball title from the reigning elites.

One of my esteemed number was Bernie Quinlan.

 

Aah those were the days, short term pleasures indeed. I still recount that I played with two browlowmedalists having also played tennis with Kelvin Templeton.

On 11/14/2018 at 9:18 PM, Moonshadow said:

That voice was none other than Edward Gough Whitlam. 

The same man who, when asked by an annoying journalist about his position on abortion, replied, "In your case, I believe it should be retrospective."

Gough was known to refuse door stop interviews (apart from his last one ).

When a young lady tried to ask him a question on the street she got;

"Madam, I, try to avoid speaking to strange ladies on the street".

They just don't make arrogant ,pompous, conceited ,well educated, urbane socialists like they used to.

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by Biffen

Hell busted again

5 hours ago, Biffen said:

Gough was known to refuse door stop interviews (apart from his last one ).

When a young lady tried to ask him a question on the street she got;

"Madam, I, try to avoid speaking to strange ladies on the street".

They just don't make arrogant ,pompous, conceited ,well educated, urbane socialists like they used to.

Hell busted again!

Dean Martin's partner.