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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 re: koalas #4204 07/31/2000 3:21 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's the way I heard it: The zoo at Mersey is famous for its collection of koala bears. As you know, koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves. But one day the painters working on the cages spilled paint on the leaves, and the koalas refused to eat them. The painter finally found a solvent which removed the paint without killing the leaves, and reported proudly, "The koala tree of Mersey is not stained." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: re: koalas #4205 07/31/2000 9:16 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... ok, now explain for those of us who are ignorant to Australian sayings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: re: koalas #4206 07/31/2000 9:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass hardly an Australian saying... The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes ... though justice be thy plea, consider this, that, in the course of justice, none of us should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much to mitigate the justice of thy plea; which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there. [Portia, to Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"] the rest is just a paronomasia, a kind of shaggy-dog, a feghoot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: re: koalas #4207 08/01/2000 12:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Wonderful, wonderful, Ted and tsuwm -- keep 'em coming! There's an area in Northern Tasmania known as Mersey and I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Mersey Tea Room somewhere. I'll hunt around next time I'm in the area. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: daggy #4208 08/02/2000 6:04 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia Bridget addict Bridget addict Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia >>But its now't to do with an Australian heritage -- I'm actually a pom from Lancashire! Cotton weaving country!<< Aha! The Wars of the Roses are back on. Longest I ever lived anywhere was Leeds, so if I have to name a homeland... Battle to be joined when I get back from NZ (oh no, more sheep.....) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: centenniels #4209 08/03/2000 6:57 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 31 Long Beach, CA, USA michaelo newbie michaelo newbie Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 31 Long Beach, CA, USA TEd Remington— I agree with your pun/humor philosophy. As a student of such maybe you can tell me where Sigmund Freud "once wrote that the first human laughter probably followed a murder" (Los Angeles Times). michaelo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: centenniels #4210 08/04/2000 1:35 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >>>I agree with your pun/humor philosophy. As a student of such maybe you can tell me where Sigmund Freud "once wrote that the first human laughter probably followed a murder" (Los Angeles Times). Freud I. Kant. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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