Strewth- Oz has only gone and got it's first Shelia prime minister...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asi...c/10393918.stm

And the good news is it looks like Conroy and his great Aussie firewall are getting the boot too.

[MarkF]

I wonder if she'll declare Shelia Law..?

[Zeener Diode]

This is what happens when you give birds the right to vote.

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Now- using my expert knowledge of past female Prime Ministers, I say it is only a matter of time before she declares war on New Zealand.

[Locked In The Trunk Of A Car]

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Now- using my expert knowledge of past female Prime Ministers, I say it is only a matter of time before she declares war on New Zealand.

I think it's more likely she'll take her party from 43% of all seats, to 0.6%.

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by MarkF

I wonder if she'll declare Shelia Law..?

I think that's pronounced 'She-Rahhh'.

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Shelia don't like it!
Rockin' the casbah,
Rock the casbah ... ♫

[I, Claudiot]

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Now- using my expert knowledge of past female Prime Ministers, I say it is only a matter of time before she declares war on New Zealand.

I suppose they could fight over Norfolk Island, or an argument over whose flag is a knock-off of whose...

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

I suppose they could fight over Norfolk Island, or an argument over whose flag is a knock-off of whose...

Aussie comedian Adam Hills was taking about the great English rugby chants at an Australian match:

"Get your shit stars,
get your shit stars,
get your shit stars off our flag..."

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

Aussie comedian Adam Hills was taking about the great English rugby chants at an Australian match:

"Get your shit stars,
get your shit stars,
get your shit stars off our flag..."

They consider that a great chant?

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

They consider that a great chant?

Well, Adam Hills does and he's an Australian.

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

Well, Adam Hills does and he's an Australian.

Good enough. Far be it from me to criticise. Banging rocks together (and missing occasionally) is about my speed.

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

Good enough. Far be it from me to criticise. Banging rocks together (and missing occasionally) is about my speed.

We are talking about the same guy who voided his bowels the first time he heard the Irish national anthem played at a match.

[I, Claudiot]

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We are talking about the same guy who voided his bowels the first time he heard the Irish national anthem played at a match.

Can't say as I blame him. Ireland's wonderful, magical, brilliant musical tradition, and you pick Soldier's Song for your anthem?

What were you thinking?

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

Can't say as I blame him. Ireland's wonderful, magical, brilliant musical tradition, and you pick Soldier's Song for your anthem?

What were you thinking?

What is this Soldier's Song you speak of? Our national anthem is Amhrán na bhFiann.

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

What is this Soldier's Song you speak of? Our national anthem is Amhrán na bhFiann.

Apologies. It's my English supremacy showing again. How embarassing.

I've always wondered, are there actual rules for using the fada, or do you just throw it in randomly to piss off the Sassenach?

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

Apologies. It's my English supremacy showing again. How embarassing.

I've always wondered, are there actual rules for using the fada, or do you just throw it in randomly to piss off the Sassenach?

That- and packing our words with too many letters (it's not uncommon in Irish to have a 2 syllable word consisting of 18 letters) and randomly placing capital letters in the middle of perfectly normal words.

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Actually- I think our favourite way of screwing with our English cousins is the word "Mná" meaning woman. You will find this on the doors to the ladies toilets. Non-Irish speakers (and dyslexics) assume that "Man" has been misspelt and the hilarity ensues.

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

Actually- I think our favourite way of screwing with our English cousins is the word "Mná" meaning woman. You will find this on the doors to the ladies toilets. Non-Irish speakers (and dyslexics) assume that "Man" has been misspelt and the hilarity ensues.

Well, that and labelling the damn' things "leathras" in the first place. I don't need leather, I need a toilet!

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

That- and packing our words with too many letters (it's not uncommon in Irish to have a 2 syllable word consisting of 18 letters) and randomly placing capital letters in the middle of perfectly normal words.

Mostly vowels. I've heard that this is the result of Irish raids on the Welsh coast back in the day, when you stole all their vowels, which led us to the current day, where as you say, and Irish word 18 letters long, with 15 vowels, is two syllables, whilst a Welsh word consists entirely of consonants (all doubled) and a single "y" or "w."

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Originally Posted by I, Claudiot

Mostly vowels. I've heard that this is the result of Irish raids on the Welsh coast back in the day, when you stole all their vowels, which led us to the current day, where as you say, and Irish word 18 letters long, with 15 vowels, is two syllables, whilst a Welsh word consists entirely of consonants (all doubled) and a single "y" or "w."

But then Wales got its own back by foisting that herpaphobic St Patrick on us. We tried to get them back by sending over St Pirran but the Cornies took a shine to him.

[I, Claudiot]

Originally Posted by blank

But then Wales got its own back by foisting that herpaphobic St Patrick on us. We tried to get them back by sending over St Pirran but the Cornies took a shine to him.

Inter-Celtic warfare is always the bitterest.

On the upside, it's also usually the funniest.