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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:32 PM
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I'm an Australian...and I don't vote!
I haven't voted anywhere in twelve years.

Left Australia in 1992, lived in Britain for four years, couldn't vote there.....and have been here since and I cannot vote here.

I'm seriously considering becoming a fully-fledged American so maybe that will change in the future.

I hope so.

I miss being able to pull a lever! :P
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:35 PM
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1. so why not vote in Australian elections then?
presumably you're still an Australian citizen - that means you just need to go to an Australian embassy with your ID
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:37 PM
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2. Apparently not
I've been away from Australia too long and am not permitted to vote in Australian elections.

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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:48 PM
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44. If you travelled for work reasons you still can
and we could really use the help in getting rid of the "arselicker"
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:39 PM
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3. Become an American
We will throw a party for you.
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:41 PM
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4. OK. Done!
I'll do anything for a party.

Heck, I'd even move to Texas!! :evilgrin:
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:42 PM
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6. Come on Down, we'll clean out the north 40 for you
and we won't make fun of the way you talk.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:43 PM
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7. What makes you think Texas is part of America

It's a Facist republic

We will be changing the Constitution so they can be expelled.

It'd be nice to give them back to Mexico but like they wouldnt want them either.



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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:47 PM
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8. Oh, I dunno
Texas has provided the US with some great things.

Like.............

and...................

See. It's not all that bad. :evilgrin:
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:49 PM
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9. One thing...
The Red Raiders!! :bounce:

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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:51 PM
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11. God Spare me
You had to go there. I can't stand the raiders.
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:51 PM
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12. What???
How can you not like them?

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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:56 PM
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14. Because of this
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:51 PM
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13. Must be a Yankee
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:05 PM
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21. Respectfully
go do the unmentionable to yourself.

You were not at our convention this weekend to see the great stuff happening this year, and I'm sick and tired of seeing these bullshit posts about this state. They're hateful, they're nasty, and they completely belittle those of us down here who are busting our asses trying to change things.

If you can't anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Teddy, we'd love for you to move here. To prove spinzonner wrong.

FSC
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:11 PM
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23. Where do you live in Texas?
I want to know so I never make you mad.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:43 PM
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36. Rowlett, near the Metroplex.
My husband will tell you the same thing. Don't make cookay mad.

;-)
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:02 PM
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41. I lived up in the Metroplex for two years
Going to college at UTA.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:31 PM
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29. There just arent enough of you to make it worth saving

You know, sometimes you need to cut off a limb to save the body.

Y'all just be Collateral Damage - principle product of the Bush Misadministration.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:33 PM
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30. Oh yeah and ...

lighten up.

I'm from Kahlifonia. Talk about verbal abuse and getting no respect ...
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:34 PM
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31. Well your state voted for Ahnuld
How messed up is that?
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:42 PM
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34. No, I won't.
California has a well-deserved reputation as aliberal haven. Schwarzenegger in all his idiocy cannot destroy that during one administration.

I don't care where you live. You've just been welcomed to my ignore list.
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:41 PM
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5. Yeah!
I'll bring BBQ :9
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:49 PM
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10. And I'll bring the salad dressing
:bounce:
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:56 PM
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15. What no margaritas?
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:18 PM
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25. There are ALWAYS margaritas
But the dressing is for me... :evilgrin:
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:19 PM
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26. Oh my god
She pulled herself away from Six Feet Under
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 07:59 PM
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16. Yeah, I guess you have to be literate to vote.
Drongo.
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:01 PM
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17. Ahhh....ya flamin' galah!
Edited on Sun Jun-20-04 08:02 PM by Teddy_Salad
Go stone the crows ya dickhead! :evilgrin:
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GregW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:04 PM
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19. Fair dinkum, Teddy!
You'd have to be a stubby short of a bloody six pack not to vote!

Next question is ... are you a banana bender, sand groper, crow eater, or something else?
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:06 PM
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22. Sandgroper, mate
A born and bred West Aussie.

:hi:
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:16 PM
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24. What the hell is a sandgroper?
Edited on Sun Jun-20-04 08:35 PM by texas1928
I am Interested, what does that mean?
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:40 PM
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33. Western Australians are called Sandgropers
Western Australia, Australia's largest state, is virtually all desert, hence the name, Sandgroper.

And no, no such animal exists.

And FYI, South Australians are nicknamed Croweaters and Queenslanders Banana Benders.
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:43 PM
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35. oh I thought that was just a euphemism
For a... oh nevermind.
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:04 PM
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20. Aussie slang cracks me up.
Some clever shit going on there. :thumbsup:
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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:04 PM
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18. Yo Aussie brother
You can skip Texas and come down to Az (we're not as right wing as Texas) I always have an extra bed for a fellow Yankee fan! B-)
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:26 PM
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28. Ya got a deal there mate!
Always wanted to go to Arizona.

Especially during winters here in NY. :hi:
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m-jean03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:20 PM
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27. "Pull a lever"?
Is this a euphemism? :D
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:38 PM
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32. Oh m-jean03...get ya mind outta the gutter for chrissakes!
Yes, you are right.

It was a euphemism. :evilgrin:
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m-jean03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:44 PM
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37. Well, then, you can do that anytime.

You don't need to vote. :D

Boy, take a look at this thread. Afire!

We love Aussies..yes we do...
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:51 PM
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38. But I'm sick of pulling my Australian lever
I wanna pull one here in the states! :evilgrin:
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belladonna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:54 PM
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39. Hey you, c'mere
I'll show ya how we pull levers here in the States.... watch closely :evilgrin:
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 08:55 PM
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40. But Aussies Were With Me In Vietnam
and you would vote for KERRY if you could.
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:03 PM
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42. Damn right there!
I only wish I could.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 09:20 PM
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43. You Got a Home at My House, O.K.? n/t
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