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46 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

My real name’s Ethan Chase, Ethan Tremblay is my stage name. 

Obviously not into cars then, Ethan.

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    TISM reference with a slight allusion to Colin Garland.

    If you know the band members, you will know that one of the vocalists was Ron Hitler Barassi. I thought that that indirect reference to the MFC should be parlayed into my natural user name: Humphrey B. Flaubert. However, as Col's early nickname at the club was Humphrey as he never talked, I added the Colin bit.

    I once got a private message on here once  (unironically I think, it's hard to tell on the internet sometimes) asking if I was the bloke from TISM. Alas, I'm not 

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    Hold onto your hats, because it just so happens that my first name is Jack and I follow the Demons. It goes without saying that 16 year old me wasn't that inspired during the making of this account.

    Edited by Demon Jack

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    I'd like to explain mine but I"m still too traumatised from when BBO hit the c button instead of the p button many years ago !

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    I've worked with explosives in the farms of Victoria, the coal mines of Qld, and gold mines of the Solomon Islands since 1999

    Any time a blast doesn't fire as intended, you dont accept blame yourself, you blame a faulty detonator.

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    33 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    I've worked with explosives in the farms of Victoria, the coal mines of Qld, and gold mines of the Solomon Islands since 1999

    Any time a blast doesn't fire as intended, you dont accept blame yourself, you blame a faulty detonator.

    Does a preaedjactualtion count as a faulty detonator ?

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    I was in a ZZ Top phase and this song was playing when I signed up.  Liked the idea that to be a demon tragic often feels like you got no clothes on.  People stare and wonder aloud how small your stocks are.  Not any more, proud to have my membership out at every opportunity.

    Avatar is from the tv show the Banana Splits.

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    I live in Mansfield and DeeMan was taken. I am not a cross dresser not that there is anything wrong with that.

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    I visited Prague for the first time in 2007, and noticed "Praha" brandished everywhere, which, obviously, is Czech for "Prague". I always thought it would be a cool name for the bar I was going to open before I turned 30.

    Anyway I never opened the bar so thought I'd change my username to this. Prior to that it was "Cudi_420" which was just a joke name (Kid Cudi, 420, blaze it... ya know?), and before that, calabreseboy, which was a username I used online, dating back to my teenage years when I was a fully sick wog boy.

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    14 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Warner Brothers Cartoons

    Series 1 of “the Simpsons” used it as well. When the Family was ultra violent to each other. 

    When the Simpson’s became PC i knew life as we knew it was over!! :)

    Along with the associated visual of Homer throttling Bart - parenting 101.

    As an aside SWYL, I presume the Knighthood was earned for various.... err "services" in Asia.

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    Im a dinosaur playing very occasionally for the Hampton Rovers

    Which claims to have spawned brayshaw salem etc

    Never saw them in the thirds though

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    4 hours ago, puntkick said:

    Does a preaedjactualtion count as a faulty detonator ?

    Sorry mate, I only speak English and Tagalog.

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    Bart Simpson's horse Duncan had the racing name furious d. It seemed fitting as I often get furious while watching the demons.

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    15 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    In all honesty I picked my stage name before I realized that such direct reference to former players wasn't exactly the done thing on Demonland.

    But that all said, this bloke was pretty much my favorite player as a kid and an absolute bloody legend of the MFC, so I'm sticking to it.

    You chose well

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    ‘McQueen’ was actullay inspired by my then 2 year old son who was obsessed with Lightning McQueen the racing car. That coupled with my deep regard for the ‘King of Cool’ is why I wear and cycle the Steve McQueen avatars. 

    Edited by McQueen

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    Back in the early 90s I spent a bit of time in the Old Magistrates Court in Spring St. The part I loved was the breaks when the various legal teams would adjourn to the Central Courtyard and the debates would start. I was there as a subject matter expert and informant and the Legislation the proceedings where being brought under was very new.

    I would get questions about what various things meant, from our team of Solicitors and the Barrister. It was a great education as the barrister in particular would ask my opinion and then proceed to argue against everything I said (sounding familiar?) Where I could point him towards supporting facts I was on much safer ground. There was more than one occasion when his interpretation of the Legislation  caused me to re-think my position or change how I was arguing it.

    As a barrack room lawyer I love a debate (when I have time) but what really irks me is people who offer an opinion as fact and they haven't done the research or read the rules/legislation and essentially cannot provide any evidence to support their argument. If you ever have time, go sit in some open court sessions. You'll very quickly see what happens when opinion given on the basis of feelings is used to support an argument. I would love to see more people educated in this area instead of getting their opinions from "social" media or the "Media" in general, but I digress.

    For a long time on this site I was a guest and didn't post. But I was always struck by the similarity with my Magistrate Court involvement.

    When it came to choosing a name I thought it a nice homonym to use "worship", as a Magistrate was addressed as "Your Worship"

    I know there are a number of members here who have a legal background and yes, I know Magistrates are now referred to as "Your Honour". Probably because the great unwashed never new the difference between a Magistrate and a Judge, (that's an "opinion").                

    Unfortunately, DHonour just doesn't work and besides, I'd rather have the name shortened to DW than DH

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    7 hours ago, faultydet said:

    I've worked with explosives in the farms of Victoria, the coal mines of Qld, and gold mines of the Solomon Islands since 1999

    Any time a blast doesn't fire as intended, you dont accept blame yourself, you blame a faulty detonator.

    Do people still crimp dets on with their teeth?

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    8 hours ago, faultydet said:

    I've worked with explosives in the farms of Victoria, the coal mines of Qld, and gold mines of the Solomon Islands since 1999

    Any time a blast doesn't fire as intended, you dont accept blame yourself, you blame a faulty detonator.

    Yes, but who inspects the faulty det'...  fd.?

    Edited by DV8

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    5 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

    I was in a ZZ Top phase and this song was playing when I signed up.  Liked the idea that to be a demon tragic often feels like you got no clothes on.  People stare and wonder aloud how small your stocks are.  Not any more, proud to have my membership out at every opportunity.

    Avatar is from the tv show the Banana Splits.

    Hangin' proverbially... like a dog,  b_n...

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    2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Along with the associated visual of Homer throttling Bart - parenting 101.

    As an aside SWYL, I presume the Knighthood was earned for various.... err "services" in Asia.

    I was actually knighted when Tony Abbott was in charge (Remember the Dark Ages) He was just throwing them about. So i grabbed one!!

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    8 minutes ago, dworship said:

    Do people still crimp dets on with their teeth?

    Only in fairy tales

    .8g of high explosive sounds like nothing, but its enough to blow your face off

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    3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I was actually knighted when Tony Abbott was in charge (Remember the Dark Ages) He was just throwing them about. So i grabbed one!!

    R U a captains pick, SWYL ...

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    17 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    In all honesty I picked my stage name before I realized that such direct reference to former players wasn't exactly the done thing on Demonland.

    But that all said, this bloke was pretty much my favorite player as a kid and an absolute bloody legend of the MFC, so I'm sticking to it.

    Legend? Absolute champion, please! Great name to have, and well selected. I still have dreams about the accuracy of his clearances and his superb kicking to a teammate some 60 metres away....and his desire for the ball no matter what! Only the opposition 'stagers' got a kick off him - and that was gifted by some snot-gobbling umpire misreading the purity of his work ethic. 

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