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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: CMC Airboss on August 19, 2005, 01:53:58 PM
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Kinda makes you scratch your head to think that the saying was actually banned... Can they still cook prawns on the barbie?
Updated: 9:14 a.m. ET Aug. 19, 2005
CANBERRA, Australia - A ban by Australia’s Parliament House on the term “mate,” a popular colloquialism and symbol of egalitarianism, has been overturned following a barrage of protest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9004937/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9004937/)
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context check.
The 'ban' was in refrence to parliment security types casual use of the term when speaking to stuffed shirt pompus twits during the course of their duties on the job at Parliment... and had nothing to do with the use of the term by the general population.
Funny as hell tho.. thanks for the chuckle.
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I wonder who thought that pernicious legislation up?
What on earth is next, banning London bobbies from saying "Hello, Hello, Hello, what's all this then?"
- SEAGOON