I'm now obsessed with this "fillet" thing.
t Trudy wanders off across the internet to find a French/English dictionary.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 1:39:51 am PDT #3260 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:41:23 am PDT #3261 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.
Um, I don't think so. "Fille" (girl) is pronounced "fee", with a slight y-y wobble between the ees.
Erm, that's what I said, isnt it? That a double L after an I isn't pronounced?
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:41:48 am PDT #3262 of 9843
Meanwhile, my aerial ping-pong team (Northern Kangaroos) seem to have managed a rather heart-stopping tie.
OK, what in the world is aerial ping-pong.
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:42:41 am PDT #3263 of 9843
Um, I don't think so. "Fille" (girl) is pronounced "fee", with a slight y-y wobble between the ees.
Erm, that's what I said, isnt it?
Oh, I think I misread you, billytea. You said in front of and I read after. Sorry.
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:42:52 am PDT #3264 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.
OK, what in the world is aerial ping-pong.
What Angus, sadly erroneously (but we must make allowances), terms 'real football'. Otherwise known as Aussie Rules.
Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:43:59 am PDT #3265 of 9843
Roguish Laird
"Aerial ping-pong" is a NE Australian putdown of Aussie Rules, because they can't understand a game that actually involves grace and athleticism rather than brute force.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 1:44:12 am PDT #3266 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
'Healthy' is a good example of a word with a -y ending, but it doesn't mean the same thing as 'Health'.
Does this make sense?
Perfect, naturally. I would shop in a “Health-y Food Shop” in an instant but walk straight by a “Health Food Shop”
The French pronounce double L, don't they? I thought it was just Spanish that makes it a Y.
No “fille” is almost pronounced “feey” but I see a few people have already posted on the subject.
Who are your team?
I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:44:48 am PDT #3267 of 9843
What Angus, sadly erroneously (but we must make allowances), terms 'real football'.
Aha! See, I wouldn't put it past the Aussies to have invented some team sport involved ping-pong balls and bungee-jumping, or gravity boots, or something. Hence the dumb question.
Man, judging by how I've been doing so far this morning, I really need a second cup of coffee.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 1:46:57 am PDT #3268 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Ahh well, the Aussies went to Ireland and nicked the gaelic rules and gave them a respray ;-) ...see you all at the next game.
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:54:08 am PDT #3269 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.
"Aerial ping-pong" is a NE Australian putdown of Aussie Rules, because they can't understand a game that actually involves grace and athleticism rather than brute force.
Again, pfffft. I've watched said game. You get much the same effect by tossing a handful of sweets into the middle of a kindergarten class. (Though I confess to laughing like a drain at the game a couple of years ago where the umpire took a mark.) This is why they call it Aussie Rules. As Sir Humphrey was fond of mentioning, you get the difficult part out in the title.
And seriously, if you think you win rugby league through brute force alone, or for that matter that Plugger weighed in on the 'grace and athleticism' side...
Ahh well, the Aussies went to Ireland and nicked the gaelic rules and gave them a respray ;-) ...see you all at the next game.
Pretty much. Which is just as well, because it means that the AFL is now able to join League and Union in actually forming an Australian side with a point to it.
ETA: I actually quite like Rules. It doesn't lack for excitement, and since Irish jokes aren't always appropriate it's good to have Collingwood to take up the slack. But for a thinking man's game, I have to go with league. They're both games of skill, but league is weighted more towards the strategic end, and Rules the tactical.