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johnnyx0 Nov 9th 2009 11:42 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8085526)
Mugabe for president of Australia i reckon , may give it back to it real owners .Good onya bob

Well at least it'll get the exchange rate going back down, so everyone wanting to change pounds for dollars will get more..... oh, hold on they've just cancelled their visa applications....

king kong Nov 9th 2009 11:42 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 8085521)
One queen replace by another,oh dear.

and ofcourse all the irish will leave australia when the official title will be KING BILLY OF AUSTRALIA , god i can see a war coming .

Bernieboy Nov 9th 2009 11:43 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8085528)
Unfortunately, its canoe has capsized in moderate seas.

We have two actually and when the other one has been repaired by next year we will be battle ready,just need a couple of lifejackets mind;)

Bernieboy Nov 9th 2009 11:44 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8085534)
and ofcourse all the irish will leave australia when the official title will be KING BILLY OF AUSTRALIA , god i can see a war coming .

We will take all the white horses with us,the b'stard will have to walk:p

king kong Nov 9th 2009 11:45 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by johnnyx0 (Post 8085533)
Well at least it'll get the exchange rate going back down, so everyone wanting to change pounds for dollars will get more..... oh, hold on they've just cancelled their visa applications....

well britain has brown , australia can get mugabe , even the economies out a bit .;)

king kong Nov 9th 2009 11:45 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 8085540)
We will take all the white horses with us,the b'stard will have to walk:p

:rofl:cant see many irish swearing allegiance to KING BILLY OF AUSTRALIA ,might stick in the throat a bit .Makes you think sometime what the royal family thinks of when naming their children ,especially with the sensitivities of the 6 counties .

johnnyx0 Nov 9th 2009 11:55 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 
Now here's an idea (hear me out, it's a bit odd-ball, but I think it'd work).

How about instead of the Queen, we get to elect a head of state every four or five years, who is a dead historical person, so they have no actual power. The country then has to act in the spirit of the dead person with every policy.

So if we elected Bob Marley, everyone has to chill out. We could elect Janis Joplin and the government issues a bottle of Southern Comfort as a tax stimulus.

I reckon it's a winner :thumbup:

Bernieboy Nov 9th 2009 11:58 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8085544)
:rofl:cant see many irish swearing allegiance to KING BILLY OF AUSTRALIA ,might stick in the throat a bit .Makes you think sometime what the royal family thinks of when naming their children ,especially with the sensitivities of the 6 counties .

Oh i dont know i think Paddy windsor has a certain ring to it:rolleyes:

king kong Nov 9th 2009 11:59 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by johnnyx0 (Post 8085569)
Now here's an idea (hear me out, it's a bit odd-ball, but I think it'd work).

How about instead of the Queen, we get to elect a head of state every four or five years, who is a dead historical person, so they have no actual power. The country then has to act in the spirit of the dead person with every policy.

So if we elected Bob Marley, everyone has to chill out. We could elect Janis Joplin and the government issues a bottle of Southern Comfort as a tax stimulus.

I reckon it's a winner :thumbup:

well its got to be better than this dead head chardonney socialist britain and australia have now .
i think australia is well on the way to the bob marley way of life already though , i hardly know of anyone who aint on the weed

MartinLuther Nov 9th 2009 11:59 pm

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8085115)
Just what Australia needs... yet another layer of politicians.

But it wouldn't be an extra layer. Replace the GG with a president. Get rid of the Monarch and get rid of the State Governors, they're not needed any more.

king kong Nov 10th 2009 12:00 am

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 8085576)
Oh i dont know i think Paddy windsor has a certain ring to it:rolleyes:

:rofl:it has .

MartinLuther Nov 10th 2009 12:01 am

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8085348)
"It would give you one additional position at most"

...and how much backup/entourage would that post start to acquire?.
How much would it be a direct rival to the Prime Minister?.
As for the House of Lords... isn't that still Australia's highest legal court?.

We're already paying the back office for the GG and 6 state governors.


It could be the same as the Irish President. Doesn't have to be a rival to the PM.

Bernieboy Nov 10th 2009 12:02 am

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8085584)
:rofl:it has .

Esp Paddy windsor de turd:p

king kong Nov 10th 2009 12:03 am

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 8085583)
But it wouldn't be an extra layer. Replace the GG with a president. Get rid of the Monarch and get rid of the State Governors, they're not needed any more.

how about we remove all names of countries and politicians and have david beckham as president of the world .;)oh no best not ,dont want another english queen , how about shane warne .

king kong Nov 10th 2009 12:04 am

Re: Australian Republic?
 

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 8085590)
Esp Paddy windsor de turd:p

i love the french influence , it sort unites us all as one , makes me feel all fuzzy inside with happiness ;)


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