The truth about Onion Isle.... - Page 2

finbar · April 21, 2001, 21:21

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ker'uwak

Damn! Are you ever wrong?
Wait...don't answer that.
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Your rhetorical question did the job for me.

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April 22, 2001, 00:17

I'm going to stick with Mc-ayo. The other formulations are too uncouth for my ear.

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Rasputin · April 22, 2001, 02:17

I always assumed it actualy was Mar key oh

War4ever · April 22, 2001, 14:07

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You can't stop me saying Mak-eeeeee-0ohhhhhh

LOL

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thats how i pronounce it too

And Deity...... no offense but how can you claim an Island without troops or settlers

BTW good for you guyz and the dinner...... what was on the menu other than each others heads?

finbar · April 22, 2001, 18:54

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And Deity...... no offense but how can you claim an Island without troops or settlers

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He decided he had a claim on the island many centuries after I'd found, explored and settled it. Many centuries after asking my permission to settle a tiny corner of it and accepting my polite refusal. Historical revisionism rules in the Diety universe.

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</font>BTW good for you guyz and the dinner...... what was on the menu other than each others heads?

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The menu was posted in the OT forum. Briefly - Insalata Caprese; Marinated Baby Lamb Cutlets on a bed of Cos Lettuce and Radicchio with Miniature Roasted Vegetables with Oregano; Homemade Hazelnut and Ricotta Cake served with Vanilla Sugar-flavoured Cream. Pity you couldn't make it, War. I'd've whipped up a Maple Syrup Burger in your national honour.

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April 22, 2001, 19:54

The truth and Onion Island are strangers. The main interest is it blows out of the water Deity's spotless rep myth. He's just a predator like all the rest.

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finbar · April 22, 2001, 20:05

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The truth and Onion Island are strangers. The main interest is it blows out of the water Deity's spotless rep myth. He's just a predator like all the rest.

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Yep. The truth was out there after all.

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War4ever · April 23, 2001, 00:24

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The menu was posted in the OT forum. Briefly - Insalata Caprese; Marinated Baby Lamb Cutlets on a bed of Cos Lettuce and Radicchio with Miniature Roasted Vegetables with Oregano; Homemade Hazelnut and Ricotta Cake served with Vanilla Sugar-flavoured Cream. Pity you couldn't make it, War. I'd've whipped up a Maple Syrup Burger in your national honour.

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sorry we Canadians eat pancakes with syrup and peanut butter..... its like having a reeses peanut butter cup

Well it sounds like a great meal.......i had to settle for barbecued potatoes, corn on the cob and chicken breasts....... with homemade apple cobbler and vanilla ice cream for desert

April 23, 2001, 03:37

Ya, but we had grown up food War.

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SuperSneak · April 23, 2001, 03:53

One can only imagine the conflict that took place in several Aussie bowels and bathrooms later that night, given the rich and hedonistic cuisine.

Why do I imagine Horse fluffing covers toward his dear, sainted wife?

And why, for that matter, do I imagine Finbar, in great pain and agony, riding the bus to the outskirts of town before letting go with a dainty squeaker, only to excuse himself, though he's completely alone?

You'll not have to wear carnations when we meet...I'll know you from a mile away.

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April 23, 2001, 04:08

I suppose we could have set up a kiddy table and invited a few of you for the children's meal.....

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SuperSneak · April 23, 2001, 04:13

Nah...somebody has to show you which cutlery to use...no doubt Finbar had eight different forks and an array of spoons.

I'm guessing you and Hydey would have lifted them, or put them in your pockets, assuming they were party favors.

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Hydey · April 23, 2001, 04:19

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I'm guessing you and Hydey would have lifted them, or put them in your pockets, assuming they were party favors.

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I would have but I was not there, I am not one of the chosen ones

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SuperSneak · April 23, 2001, 04:35

Well, dammit, Hydey, that's just not right!

Tell you what...Lancer (you know, Horse's buddy?) and I are getting together this Saturday. We'll eat some nearly raw meat and drink some good strong beers. You jump on a plane and meet us. Portland, Oregon.
If you can't make it, we understand. We'll leave a seat empty and put a beer there for you, ok? Guest of honor kind of thing.

I can assure you, there will be no mincing around the living room, Pink Chablis in hand, pinkies extended, as we play a sad game of one upmanship and name dropping! There will be no finger sandwiches, no ambrosia, no abstract art or shocking nude sculpture, unlike the den of horrors I imagine these so called "chosen ones" found themselves in!

And I'm sure you'll walk out of OUR meeting on your own power, unlike Horse, who I hear was discovered, scandalously passed out on Finbar's bed, cuddled among the guest's coats, at only 11 in the evening!

Really, nephew...I thought you had eschewed your father's commie pinko bourgeois ways?

April 23, 2001, 06:51

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The truth and Onion Island are strangers. The main interest is it blows out of the water Deity's spotless rep myth. He's just a predator like all the rest.

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I have NEVER declared war! I have only EVER responded to aggression.....

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April 23, 2001, 06:52

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Yep. The truth was out there after all.

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Out where? Help me......

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April 23, 2001, 06:54

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Hydey's invited to my BBQ

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April 23, 2001, 07:45

Eh? Hydey never said he wanted to come. Must have lost the power of speech. Melbourne is 1100kms from Sydney, or about 12 hours drive.

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Hydey · April 23, 2001, 08:29

http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum2/HTML/002111-4.html

on this page you will find Horse saying this

"But anyway I thought it would be better if you stay in Melbourne and then we contact you on icq. If you played up I was looking forward to sending, "Oh go and have another pie Hydey!" and "Yes thank you finbar, I'll have more of the 78.""

Perhaps I did say I was coming Horsey

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April 23, 2001, 09:45

That's the way Hydey, keep up appearances - go and be the first to write something rude at my new web site.

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finbar · April 23, 2001, 22:30

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Tell you what...Lancer (you know, Horse's buddy?) and I are getting together this Saturday. We'll eat some nearly raw meat and drink some good strong beers ...

... I can assure you, there will be no mincing around the living room, Pink Chablis in hand, pinkies extended, as we play a sad game of one upmanship and name dropping! There will be no finger sandwiches, no ambrosia, no abstract art or shocking nude sculpture, unlike the den of horrors I imagine these so called "chosen ones" found themselves in!
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Very Falstaffian, Sneak, I'm sure.

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April 23, 2001, 22:33

Hmmm, I wonder why Lancer didn't invite me...............

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SuperSneak · April 24, 2001, 11:57

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Very Falstaffian, Sneak, I'm sure.

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"I call thee coward! I'll see thee damned ere I call thee coward, but I would give a thousand pounds I could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough in the shoulders, you care not who sees your back; call that backing of your friends. A plague upon such backing..."

Sorry, Fin...had to buck up the nephew at your expense.

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Hmmm, I wonder why Lancer didn't invite me...............

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We were afraid you'd steal the pennies out of the "Make a Wish Foundation" fountain downtown. Didn't feel like explaining it to the authorities.

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Rasputin · April 24, 2001, 19:42

Ahh a good old fashioend Aussie BBQ,,, how does that old song go,,

"When the summer sun is shining
On Australia's happy land
Around countless fires in strange attire
You see many solemn bands
Of glum Australians watching
Their lunch go up in flames
By the smoke and the smell you can palinly tell
That it's barbie time again.

Chorus
When the steaks are burning fiercely,
and the smoke gets in your eyes,
your snags all taste of fried toothpaste,
and your mouth is full of flies.
Its a national institution,
its Australian through and through,
so come on mate, grab your plate,
lets have a Bar B Q.

The Scotch eat lots of haggis
The French eat snail and frogs
The Greeks go crackers over their mousakis
And the Yankees love hot dogs
The Welshmen loves to have a leek
The Irish love their stew
But you just cant beat the half-cooked meat
At an Aussie Bar B Q

Chorus again

There's a fly stuck in the margarine
The bread has gone rock hard
The kids are fighting and the mozzies are biting
Who forgot the Aeroguard?
Ther's bull ants in the esky
And the beer is running out
And what you saw in mum's coldslaw
You just dont think about

Chorus again

And when the barbie's over
And your homeward bound again
With a queezy tummy in the family dunny
Many lonely hours you'll spend
You may find yourself reflecting
As many often do
Come rain or shine that's the very last time
You'll have a Bar B Q

Chorus again .......... "

finbar · April 24, 2001, 23:06

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"I call thee coward! I'll see thee damned ere I call thee coward, but I would give a thousand pounds I could run as fast as thou canst. You are straight enough in the shoulders, you care not who sees your back; call that backing of your friends. A plague upon such backing..."

Sorry, Fin...had to buck up the nephew at your expense.

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Still not crediting the source?

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SuperSneak · April 25, 2001, 14:16

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Still not crediting the source?

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Oh, yeah...some English guy who wrote a bunch of plays. Can't recall his name, really. Ben Johnson? Yeah, that's it.

I really can't be bothered. Besides, in the rarified air you and I inhabit, I thought it would be understood. If I start quoting comic books, I'll identify the source...otherwise, I don't think the locals are too concerned.
Heck...I put it in quotes at least...that's a start!

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April 25, 2001, 22:26

If Deity ever did psychological therapy one day he'd have to face up to the terrible dark secret of Onion Island. The subject would probably only be touched upon after many hours of therapy - like Tony in the Soprano's

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finbar · April 26, 2001, 01:19

Therefore the question is, does Deity wander around his swimming pool late at night in his dressing gown watching ducks - or is it swans? - taking off into the moonlight?

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finbar · April 26, 2001, 01:25

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I really can't be bothered. Besides, in the rarified air you and I inhabit, I thought it would be understood. If I start quoting comic books, I'll identify the source...otherwise, I don't think the locals are too concerned.
Heck...I put it in quotes at least...that's a start!

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It's called attribution, Sneak. One day, when you're quoted, you'll understand. Good grief, even the "reply with quote" option in these dang forums acknowledges attribution.

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Rasputin · April 26, 2001, 02:08

who cares about attributuon, plagurize is my motto