Hiya Swiss Miss Gus, it's 5.30pm here and wet, wet, wet (rain not surf).
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
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moonlit - Jul 23, 2004 10:36:23 pm PDT #7053 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
Fiona - Jul 23, 2004 11:22:10 pm PDT #7054 of 9843
Cool! I'll be in Heidelburg at Akademie für Fremdsparchen for a language immersion dealy the last two weeks of August.
Oh dear - that's a really bad time for me, we're on holiday for most of it, and things are pretty hectic afterwards (B. is starting pre-kindergarten, etc.). But we'll see, keep me posted. Heidelberg is about 3 - 4 hours drive from here.
Angus G - Jul 24, 2004 4:57:23 am PDT #7055 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Frankenbuddha, the bush kangaroo was Skippy, I think the Skipinder Fiona is referring to was a parody of same.
As for Skippy being the roo equivalent of Flipper, well it's unfair to make comparisons but I would think that Skippy's record of crimes solved and international drug cartels foiled far outweighs Flipper's, to be frank.
sumi - Jul 24, 2004 6:36:45 am PDT #7056 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
But, but Flipper was King of the Sea. . .
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2004 7:40:50 am PDT #7057 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frankenbuddha, the bush kangaroo was Skippy, I think the Skipinder Fiona is referring to was a parody of same.
Still, it's all well and good to know that it was a show I actually saw instead of, say, an acid flashback.
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As for Skippy being the roo equivalent of Flipper, well it's unfair to make comparisons but I would think that Skippy's record of crimes solved and international drug cartels foiled far outweighs Flipper's, to be frank.
So, the marsupial equivalent of the Avengers instead?
evil jimi - Jul 24, 2004 11:22:26 am PDT #7058 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Goodness Gracious Me was broadcast in Oz. Bloody funny show, though I don't remember the Skipinder skit.
Kate P. - Jul 24, 2004 3:44:51 pm PDT #7059 of 9843
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
(B. is starting pre-kindergarten, etc.).
Seriously?? I remember when he was born! It doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
Fay - Jul 24, 2004 4:12:24 pm PDT #7060 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
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Hiya! All is well in the land of the Pharaohs - I've now completed my first year of employment in my shiny new career. Go me!
Meanwhile, should explain that on Goodness Gracious Me they either got the actual reels of Skippy or else constructed something close using footage of kangaroos - I presumed it was the real thing. Only they had Skippy thinking out loud, with a Punjabi accent, and having an alcohol problem, and just generally being very funny.
Gus - Jul 24, 2004 7:39:25 pm PDT #7061 of 9843
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Six AM-ish in Bern. My new apartment (above a Gasthaus, for those who know what that means) is near a bakery. The air coming through the window is probably fattening. Switzerland is all about sugar and yeast and chocolate. Poor dead Dr. Atkins' ghost haunts Switzerland, shaking his head.
Since no one wanted to advise me on the satellite TV issue, I got Sky+ (German). Go ahead and correct me.
Goodness Gracious Me was available in the States on BBCA for a while. It was not very accessable for a Yank, or anyway, for this Yank.
Kate P. - Jul 24, 2004 7:42:13 pm PDT #7062 of 9843
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hey Gus! Sounds like Switzerland is treating you very nicely.