#65522
04/15/2002 5:37 PM
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the wwftd site has been listed on Beyond... the Blackstump -- is this a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? http://home.mira.net/~lions/anew.htm()
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#65523
04/15/2002 7:02 PM
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Dear tsuwm: I took a look at Beyond Blackstump, and it looks as though you are in good company. http://www.blackstump.com.au/
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#65524
04/15/2002 9:18 PM
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is this a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Well, tsuwm, you know the old adage: The only bad publicity is no publicity.
Your Happy Epeolatrist!
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#65525
04/15/2002 10:29 PM
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is this a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
As a randomly selected representative of Oz (ie. the first one here today) I can safely say that I have *no idea! Had never heard of the Beyond the Black Stump site before.
I'm with Juan, all publicity is good publicity! 
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#65526
04/16/2002 5:32 AM
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It's a good thing. There's also a (really bad) comic strip with the same name. I can't find it, but I did find this: http://members.tripod.com/~thisthat/slang.html
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#65527
04/16/2002 7:06 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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Good thing
Well, it lists the Queen Mother and the apocalypse. Seems fine to me.
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#65528
04/16/2002 6:31 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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neither good nor bad
but worthless
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#65529
04/16/2002 6:43 PM
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subscriptions are up from oz.... is this a good thing or a bad thing? 8 )
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#65530
04/16/2002 8:27 PM
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#65531
04/16/2002 8:33 PM
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>is your esteemed service as underused by K1W1s as this one?
I'd say yes -- currently there are 35 AUs and 8 NZs (out of say ~1300).
-joe stats
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#65532
04/16/2002 11:05 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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A very good thing, I'm sure, -- but, if you please, what is oz?
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#65534
04/16/2002 11:40 PM
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#65535
04/17/2002 12:30 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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#65536
04/18/2002 2:16 AM
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Inselpeter: try this phonetically: oz-tralia.  I know nothing of the site, but certainly down here the mythical "black stump" is a place that is always far, far away. It is used to illustrate the magnitude of any item in question, eg: "It's the best deal you'll get this side of the black stump" or "She has the best legs this side of the black stump" etc etc etc.
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#65537
04/18/2002 2:34 AM
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Wow, thanks, zootie! [taking liberties e] (heck, helen set the precedent, so go blame her... ) Where did that expression come from?
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