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Old Feb 12th 2012, 11:16 am
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
Yeh but it's good exercise and good for the soul.

Besides, one of us has to look physically stunning.

And I don't have gardens, they are yards.
Get a goat then

....and it will make you look better when you stand next to it
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Old Feb 12th 2012, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by Grayling
Get a goat then

....and it will make you look better when you stand next to it
We have horses to keep the grass down and they get inferiority complexes when I am around.

No need for more goats in a nanny state, I'll get me goat ...
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Old Feb 12th 2012, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
We have horses to keep the grass down and they get inferiority complexes when I am around.
Because you have a longer face than them?
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Old Feb 12th 2012, 10:26 pm
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Because you have a longer face than them?
Only if they are very little horses
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Old Feb 27th 2012, 10:21 am
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YKYIAW You open a packet of well known quality biscuits and they are some a bit burnt...or misformed in some way......the quality control person was obviously on a smoko
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Old Feb 28th 2012, 7:56 am
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....the swans are black and they honk at you
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Old Feb 28th 2012, 8:39 am
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YKYIAW You open a packet of well known quality biscuits and they are some a bit burnt...or misformed in some way......the quality control person was obviously on a smoko
I like the burnt ones best. Wish they'd put them in a packet and sell them, I'd buy them
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...the parking bays in the multi-stories show green "i'm empty" lights so that crazed maniac drivers can hurtle all at once towards them
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YKYIAW The hose pipe and irrigation section in Bunnings (B&Q) takes up nearly two aisles
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...you pay more for compulsory third party injury only motor insurance than you do for fully comp in other countries.
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Originally Posted by paulry
...you pay more for compulsory third party injury only motor insurance than you do for fully comp in other countries.

Mine was only $311 for the year fully comp.
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Default Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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Mine was only $311 for the year fully comp.
Not everyone drives a Trabant Wendy
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Not everyone drives a Trabant Wendy
A what!?

Never heard of one (will google...)
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Default Re: You know you are in Australia when...

Originally Posted by Wendy
Mine was only $311 for the year fully comp.

He's talking about Rego I think.
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