#77157 - 07/30/02 10:01 PM
Re: Salesmanship
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old hand
Registered: 07/19/02
Posts: 742
Loc: Akina
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>Sellen sand ta the Arabs
Weeeelll, if we're goin' down that road,
selling braggadocio to Ockers
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#77158 - 07/30/02 11:17 PM
Re: Salesmanship
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addict
Registered: 01/28/02
Posts: 477
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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selling braggadocio to Ockers
What quantities does that come in? And how can I get some?  
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#77159 - 07/30/02 11:56 PM
Re: Salesmanship
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old hand
Registered: 07/19/02
Posts: 742
Loc: Akina
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>What quantities does that come in? And how can I get some?
As I understand it, your state is particularly bleesed with it. What was that Sydney Morning Herald headline that caused such displeasure in the other penal states? Something like, "Forget the rest of Australia, NSW is third in the CG medal table". Wonderfully self-effacing stuff.
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#77160 - 07/31/02 01:51 AM
Re: Salesmanship
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Registered: 01/28/02
Posts: 477
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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your state is particularly bleesed with it (EA)
I couldn't find a dictionary definition for this, so I'm taking it that you mean bleeped. 
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the Daily Telegraph aksherly, and no one here credits that paper with being anything other than a trashy tabloid.
I mean, who could possibly think that we would want to split our country into competitive states, so that our highest achieving team would only be coming third? [rolleyes] [sigh] Where do they get these people?
As an aside, CONGRATULATI ONS on your newbie status (that would be statt-US), sjm! Glad you're here.
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#77161 - 07/31/02 02:18 AM
Re: Salesmanship
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old hand
Registered: 07/19/02
Posts: 742
Loc: Akina
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I couldn't find a dictionary definition for this, so I'm taking it that you mean bleeped.
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the Daily Telegraph aksherly, and no one here credits that paper with being anything other than a trashy tabloid.
My apologies to the SMH. As for bleesed, a particularly deft save from the accusation of typo would be to claim it as an attempt to represent phonetically the way the word is uttered in the land of the deengo.
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#77162 - 07/31/02 06:46 AM
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
Posts: 2204
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As an aside, CONGRATULATIONS on your newbie status
May I second that, sjm? Your presence here goes a long way to make up for the defection of one of your fellow-countrymen.
Long mayest thou prosper, O welcome ex-stranger!
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#77163 - 07/31/02 06:57 AM
Re: best dam site of the day
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
Posts: 2204
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you just don't have the same je ne sais quoi
It's not that I don't have it, shona, it's just that my je ne sais quoi is je ne sais ķu.
And as to a universal equivalent to "coals to Newcastle" etc
How about:
"Trying to sell moonbeams to the Sun."
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#77164 - 07/31/02 07:05 AM
Re: best dam site of the day
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Registered: 08/03/01
Posts: 131
Loc: Alabama
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Your Boulder Dam site got me a'lookin and I stumbled upon this. http://newdeal.feri.org/library/ag57.htm I'm thinking I don't want to jump in!
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#77165 - 07/31/02 07:54 AM
Re: best dam site of the day
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Carpal Tunnel
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