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- From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
- Subject: Re: Reaperman Annotations
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1993Jan26.163904.1@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:29:19 GMT
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- bertram@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au writes:
-
- >G'Day Leo,
-
- >I have just picked up your wonderful annotation file (the ps version). It is a
- >great document and you have done an incredible amount of work.
-
- >Here is some information on Reaperman
-
- >[p 132] ``On the fabled continent of Xxxx, somewhere near the rim, there is a
- >lost colony of wizards who wear corks around their pointy hats and live on
- >nothing but prawns.''
-
- >XXXX is indeed a brand of beer produced by Castlemaine brewery, they once had
- >an add witch included I can feel a XXXX coming on, which is unintentionally
- >amusing in Canada where XXXX is a brand of condoms.
-
- >The corks around the pointy hats refers to the traditional headwear of
- >Australian Swagmen (similar to American Hobos) who wear corks around the rim of
- >their hats to keep the flies off their face.
-
- Which I have never seen anyone around here do seriously.
- Please do not ask any australian for a hat like this.
- Especially if you're from Finland.
-
- >The shrimps reference comes from an Australian tourism add featuring Paul
- >Hogan in which he tells tourists to come on down to Australia and we'll toss
- >another shrimp on the Barbie for you. Hence the misconception that all
- >Australians cook shrimps on the BBQ. (Shrimps are bloody big prawns).
- No, its.... super yabbiE!
-
- Eccles
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