It's odd when stories about ancestors being multiple murderers is told the same way most families talk about how their ancestors were the first to move to Peshtigo after the fire. I went to school with the great-nephew of Bugsy Siegel (his part of the family made their money from white collar crime) and he'd talk about his Uncle Ben as if protection rackets and bootlegging were just some wacky old-fashioned hobbies like flagpole sitting.
So in Australia, having proof that a relative was a convict is the equivalent of those people who trace back to the Mayflower - I'm just having all these great images of DAR matrons proudly describing the exploits of their ancestors who were transported for prostitution and theft.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
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Madrigal Costello - Feb 03, 2003 9:54:25 pm PST #1714 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
billytea - Feb 03, 2003 9:58:54 pm PST #1715 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
So in Australia, having proof that a relative was a convict is the equivalent of those people who trace back to the Mayflower - I'm just having all these great images of DAR matrons proudly describing the exploits of their ancestors who were transported for prostitution and theft.
Yep. It does help that most of them were transported for relatively minor offences (or, as noted, for fighting against English rule in Ireland). But you do occasionally find a doozy.
Madrigal Costello - Feb 03, 2003 10:01:30 pm PST #1716 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
Well, due to the American method of teaching history, much of what I learned about transportation of criminals began with "Moll Flanders", so it leads to picturing ships full of Diana Riggs and Alex Kingstons being sent off with David Attenborough narrating.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2003 12:04:29 am PST #1717 of 9843
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Devil Hunter Yoko is pretty similar to BtVS in basic set up. But, as noted, there's a whole genre of supernatural high school stories.
Jim - Feb 04, 2003 4:12:58 am PST #1718 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Billytea - as Robert Hughes pointed out, more people were transported for sheep-buggery than for nationalism and trade unionism combined.
evil jimi - Feb 04, 2003 7:36:09 am PST #1719 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Brings a whole new meaning to a nation built on the sheep's back.
Can I get an ewww?
pardon
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 04, 2003 7:51:05 am PST #1720 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I don't wish to clog up my RAM with that kind of talk.
t looks sheepish Sorry.
t tries to resist 'oh dog, I can't stop'
evil jimi - Feb 04, 2003 7:57:06 am PST #1721 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Stop trying to lambpoon us.
evil jimi - Feb 04, 2003 7:57:49 am PST #1722 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
It's that kinda woolly headed thinking that leads to being eaten.
billytea - Feb 04, 2003 8:01:46 am PST #1723 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It's that kinda woolly headed thinking that leads to being eaten.
Ok, really: Ewwwwww.
Oops. Sorry: Ewwwwwwwe.