Aussie wrote on Jun 30^th, 2016 at 5:17pm:

I've confirmed nothing other than my opinion that Brexit voters are not racist.

But if it had been "another Muslim bash," what's it to you? Are you the resident defender of Islam? Big fan of female genital mutilation, honor killings, tossing gays off rooftops, genocide against Christians and Yazidis, beheadings and such? Subscriber to Islamic Playboy, with all those hot centerfolds of chicks flashing their ankles?

Aussie wrote on Jun 30^th, 2016 at 5:17pm:

Oh yeah, especially my comments about Harry Connick Jr. on this same thread.

Aussie wrote on Jun 30^th, 2016 at 5:17pm:

So if you could not care less about the gist of my post, why don't you keep your nose out of the thread? 

I mean, I could not care less about knitting. That's why I don't log on to knitting blogs and criticize people for talking about nothing besides knitting.

Aussie wrote on Jun 30^th, 2016 at 5:17pm:

No, I'm a Yank, remember? If you happen to forget again, just check those three little letters underneath my icon -- the ones that start with "U" and end with "A."

(Hint: It's not "Ulgaria.")

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 30^th, 2016 at 9:29pm:


Actually, the term 'Paki' means 'Pakistani' in the UK too, for the not unsurprising reason that they are ...... ....... Pakistanis ... who as an ethnic community never fail to transfer millions per annum as sizable portions of their saved earnings back to Pakistan where these monies benefit a foreign nation rather than the economy of the UK.

The UK is a workplace for these people, not a homeland. Their tight-knit ghettoes in Britain's larger cities are replicas of their Muslim homeland.

During summer, Britain's native people go south to Spain and Portugal to spend time on their sunny beaches, with meanwhile the UK's airport lounges are stiff with faux 'Brits' heading off to Pakistan, India, and the Middle Eastern Arabic countries.

'Pakis' is a very apt word for describing ... Pakistanis .. and it's an own-goal for Britain's legions of Pakistanis to take offence at being referred to as who they really are.

 

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 1^st, 2016 at 9:51am:

See, that's an expression that would draw blank stares among many Americans, or at least those of us who aren't that familiar with slang in other English-speaking countries.

Around here, if you're rooting for someone, you're simply cheering them on, as in, "Good luck in the talent show, Sarah. We'll be rooting for you from the audience."

Not that I've never been perplexed by an Australian slang expression. I was once on a game site that featured the four-handed card game of euchre. People played with both regular partners and random partners, and one day I wound up with a random partner from Australia.

One of our opponents was a blowhard who kept making bad calls, losing points and then accusing us of cheating, and when we won the game, he went off on us. I just laughed at him and said, "Cheating? I've never met my partner before this game. In fact, I don't even know if my partner's a male or a female."

Afterward, my partner (who turned out to be female) said to me, "He really spat the dummy," and I said something like, "Yeah, he sure did," but I had no idea what she meant by that.

In the U.S., a dummy is either a mannequin or an idiot, so I had to look it up before I understood it was what we call a pacifier. 

Lord Herbert wrote on Jul 1^st, 2016 at 9:33am:

Paki is a derogatory term in the UK to describe south Asians generally, including Pakistanis, Indians, bangladeshis. I have never heard the term in Australia mean any other than the Pakistani cricket team.

Lord Herbert wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2016 at 12:28pm:


Herbie racism 101.

Marla wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2016 at 12:45pm:


Ah! She who must NEVER be obeyed, has arrived! ... (on a Magic Carpet made of what else but beaten hemp).

So! How have you been occupying your time, Miss Cogenial Colorado? What particular kind of music is associated with Colorado. We've been playing Louisiana Cajun and Kentucky Blue Grass here on the other thread. Very distinctive sounds. And a bit of Ol' New Orleans.

Speak, O skirted one!

I give up.

Marla wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2016 at 1:46pm:



An ideal place for socialism. It has always been on the horizon and it will stay on the horizon for ever.