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2005-08-20 Down Under

Australia Parliament Overturns 'Mate' Ban

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Posted by Fred 2005-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh, fercrissakes.

Talk about a legend in their own minds.

Sounds like Australia has some DemocRats, god help them. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-20 00:53|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-08-20 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I find Mac offensive

Posted by Annoyed A Celt 2005-08-20 12:09|| 2005-08-20 12:09|| Front Page Top

#3 ...following a complaint from a senior civil servant

Bureaucrats. Same in all countries. F**K them all. No can't do that. They have corks surgically implanted in their anuses. There is no access.

Posted by Tell D Truth 2005-08-20 14:34|| 2005-08-20 14:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess that "Senior Civil Servant" is going after Paul Hogan next because he besmearched crocodiles three times!

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-20 14:37|| 2005-08-20 14:37|| Front Page Top

#5 "I can't call you 'mate?' Surely, you're kidding."

"No, and don't...."

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-08-20 14:38|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-08-20 14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 It seems that these Australian Parliament House chaps have a lot of extra time on their hands, mate. Hell, me pap picked up quite a bit of the lingo and held on to it after being there with the Marines in WW2. They were cobbers back then, ya know.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-20 14:43|| 2005-08-20 14:43|| Front Page Top

#7 A Complaint From A Senior Civil Servant
Sung to "Waltzing Matilda"

Once an angry bureaucrat sat behind his lonely desk,
Ticked off so bad âcause the internet was out.
And he fussed to the IT boys who just simply blew him off,
Couldnât access porn on his desktop today!

Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
I teach âem all not to make fun of me.
And he planned carefully which leftist member he would ask
âCalling someone âMateâ is offensive to me".

The bureaucrat found his sympathetic member there,
Entering the Sydney branch; A C L U,
âIâm offended that these folks are callinâ each other "mate",
Is there a way we can make âmateâ hate speech?"

Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
I teach âem all not to make fun of me.
And they planned carefully which day they would request the vote
âCalling someone âMateâ is offensive to me".

The A C L Us really thought idea was brill-e-ant,
So they lobbied with a million dollars worth of gifts.
Then they found a time when the quorum was majority
For a day the word âmateâ was but a sad memory

Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
Ban the word âmateâ, mate!
I teach âem all not to make fun of me.
And I got my vote â revenge! revenge is the sweetest thing!
âCalling someone âMateâ is offensive to me".

The publicâs anger drove bureaucrat to hide away,
Though he got invites to a shark infested beach,
Old Howard reversed it in but a blink of an eye,
The ban was removed in less then a day!

Use the word âmateâ, mate!
Use the word âmateâ, mate!
An Aussie cultural âthingâ that sets them apart.
And the ban is on the ash heap of his-toe-ree
And the straight jacket fits the bureaucrat so well

Posted by Ogeretla 2005 2005-08-20 17:23|| 2005-08-20 17:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Classik!

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-08-20 19:27|| 2005-08-20 19:27|| Front Page Top

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