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#203921 12/29/2011 3:23 PM
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More on-line news. Larter is the name of the mayor of the town in Australia near where the accident took place. "As anyone would be in a vehicle lying upside-down for three days over Christmas, I imagine anyone would have been distressed," Larter said. "You'd be missing your family over Christmas and I suppose you'd be wondering when somebody was going to come and rescue you."

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Okay, Jackie. I didn't know I was playing, but you win.

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You should know us Aussies have a reputation for being 'laid back'

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I didn't know I was playing, but you win. Eh?

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What do you two think you're playing at?

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
Eh?


The Game of Understatements.

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Oh, I thought you meant the game of underwear... blush

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Is that the game invented by the Basques, jackie?


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Originally Posted By: Candy
You should know us Aussies have a reputation for being 'laid back'


Anything an Aussie says is understated. whistle

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And therefore anything we say is overstated?

Sorry, I didn't get the Basques reference.

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I think Jackie...that Rhuby is being very clever with Basque (language + underwear). Double entendre even maybe laugh

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
.... "As anyone would be in a vehicle lying upside-down for three days over Christmas, I imagine anyone would have been distressed," Larter said. "You'd be missing your family over Christmas and I suppose you'd be wondering when somebody was going to come and rescue you."

It sounds very Winnie-ther-Pooh-ish to me.

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Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

(language + underwear) Well--evidently I am either ignorant and/or stupid; I don't get even this explanation.

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c'mon, J; YCLIU.. I had to. link

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thanks, M. smile Boy--speaking of double-entendres! If I'd known, I'd have used that in the post I just made over in W&F.

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Had I but known, I'd have basqued in my superiority. Corsets tough after the fact.

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crazy laugh

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Had I but known, I'd have basqued in my superiority. Corsets tough after the fact. Sounds like you've got a vested interest.

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