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- From: egev05@castle.ed.ac.uk (B A Page)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: Australian peeves
- Message-ID: <27769@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 15:18:04 GMT
- References: <1d5l9iINNlqk@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> <lfdeplINNcbk@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> <1db20vINN54s@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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- In article <1db20vINN54s@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> rab@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Richard Alan Brown)
- writes:
- [Peeve about gullible, ignorant Merkins]
-
- A friend of mine was once party to a magnificent airhead-baiting session
- in good ol' Utah, credulity capital of the US
-
- In one small session she managed to convince the maggot-brain concerned
- that;
-
- a. Yes, the UK does have television - we have had one black-and-white
- channel available for several months now
-
- b. No, Scotland does not have Central Heating. What's Central Heating?
-
- c. Yes, Scotland is in London
-
- d. Australia suffers from a surfeit of bush fires because Koala bears
- explode if they get too hot.
-
- e. Yes of course she met good ol' Bud on his trip round Yurrup;
- everyone knows everyone in Yurrup
-
- etc etc (Marianne may remember more details)
-
- I don't know what depresses me more:
-
- a. That such a large percentage of the Merkin population has to share
- such a pathetic brain-cell
-
- or b. Despite the above, the US has had a change in government over the
- past year and we haven't. What does this say about the intelligence of
- the masses here in old Blighty?
-
- Bring me my portable gibbet now...
-
- Babs
-