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Have a mug, you go.
Posted by: Tony | 07 June 2010 at 21:23
Chuckle. This reminds me of that news story I was transcribing, from the ACT, about a week ago. The Government had released for public inspection a very important and visionary 'infrastructure blueprint'. Trouble is, they mispelled the title. It was called
INFRASTUCTURE BLUEPRINT.
Naturally the journos were all over the 'error-riddled' document. They even had an interview with ACT Green polly Caroline Le Couteur, but here was where the self-righteous journos fell down. They mispelled the name 'Le Couteur', called her 'Le Couter'.
Posted by: TimT | 07 June 2010 at 22:27
Idiots. It's just a Y on the end not ACK.
Posted by: Cam | 08 June 2010 at 00:52
Is this the March 2010 Presidential tour cancellation commemorative mug, or the June 2010 Presidential tour cancellation commemorative mug?
Does anyone else think he'll sneak in a trip to the FIFA World Cup, oilspill/healthcare reform or no oilspill/healthcare reform?
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 08 June 2010 at 06:46
And now we're sending illegal refugees to desert camps.
Waiting for Left Wing Howler Monkeys to protest loudly just like they did the last time Australia incarcerated in illegal refugees in desert camps. 5-4-3-2-1...
OK, let me start the count again 5-4-3-2-1...
Hello? Is this thing turned on? Left Wing Howler Monkeys??? Hellooooo?
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 08 June 2010 at 15:32
Er, son? Is this the place to vent?
Posted by: Big Rammer's mum | 08 June 2010 at 15:38
Seen near the M7: Pic of Obama with the headline "Where the bloody hell are ya??"
I'll try get a pic on my way back tomorrow.
Posted by: Vindicate | 09 June 2010 at 20:52
Gold. I demand a copy! Please.
Posted by: Tony | 10 June 2010 at 19:38
No pic sorry, will try again next week when it's not friday and I'm not in so much of a hurry to get back to good old.... wet.... windy.... zero degree.... Melbourne.
Posted by: Vindicate | 12 June 2010 at 10:28
Well, tried last night but a combination of it being night, my shitty camera phone, and said side of building with Obama being some several hundred metres away from the M7 meant I got nothing more than a colourful blur. Getting off the M7 onto Wallgrove road to get closer might be a goer, but going places in a B-double without knowing where one can turn around on said unknown road can lead to unfortunate situations. Like low bridges.
Posted by: Vindicate | 18 June 2010 at 07:30
Vindicate, maybe you are someone who can explain what a "B-double" is and where the name comes from?
It seems to have cropped up maybe 5 years ago on news reports. For a long time I thought they were talking about "v doubles", i.e. Volkswagen.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 18 June 2010 at 07:55
I assumed a B-Double - Big Double? - was eastern states modern media hipster fvckwit code for what 'Gropers call a road train.
Posted by: Tony | 18 June 2010 at 09:25
Pic says a thousand words, at the same time demonstrating how terrible my phone is at night shots: http://members.optushome.com.au/bulletrat1/52.jpg
As for where the name comes from, the "B" part is in reference to the second trailer known as the "B" trailer - take a guess what the front trailer is called? We're an imaginative lot we are, yep-yep.
Ironically the "double" part is a misnomer because they don't carry double the amount of freight that a semi does, more like 1.5, but I guess it's easier than saying B-one-and-a-half.
Most of the time the media has no clue about what a B-Double is and will refer to pretty much any large truck as one, that accident on the M7 a couple of months ago where a truck hit some cyclists is a case in point - it was a truck and dog tipper, used pretty much exclusively for local work. B-doubles are used primarily for long-haul work, although I'm sure the cyclists involved didn't particularly care as being hit by either vehicle wouldn't be much fun.
Posted by: Vindicate | 18 June 2010 at 18:44
Thanks for the explications.
Now that I know there's an A and a B, I think I'll refer to such vehicles as A-B Babies. I hope to hear a chopper traffic reporter using the term soon.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 18 June 2010 at 18:56
Vindicate, just thought that journos and subbies could have a field day if a B-double DID hit some cyclists and they were on a tandem bike.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 18 June 2010 at 19:03
Or dumped a load of bubble gum on the road.
Posted by: Tony | 18 June 2010 at 21:39
Or if both loads were bubble bath, that would be double bubble trouble for B double.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 19 June 2010 at 08:30
If the lads from the Bobby Fischer thread stroll in here this could really get out of hand...
Posted by: Vindicate | 19 June 2010 at 09:55
I'm sure someone could work in the following:
Posted by: Tony | 19 June 2010 at 10:47
My favourite ice-cream is Bubble-O Bill -- I like to get the green bubble gum.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 19 June 2010 at 12:37
Mirza has learned a valuable lesson from this episode "He has vowed never to chew gum in a court of law again" -- now, how to get to the next step, "He will never appear in a court of law again"??
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 19 June 2010 at 12:40