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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:32:11 +1000
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, Iain Templeton <iaint@css.tuu.utas.edu.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)
Message-ID:  <19980618193211.50586@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980617104203.58315@papillon.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 10:42:03AM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617160740.6279B-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au> <199806170712.RAA10821@cimlogic.com.au> <19980617180813.64169@welearn.com.au> <19980617104203.58315@papillon.lemis.com>

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On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 10:42:03AM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wed, 17 June 1998 at 18:08:13 +1000, Sue Blake wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 05:12:59PM +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> >> Iain Templeton wrote:
> >>> Or we could just give guns to all the people who voted for One Nation on
> >>> Saturday, and tell them that the American Wheat subsidies are killing the
> >>> country.[Iain runs and hides]
> >>
> >> I thought that a One Nation government would _give_ out guns with their
> >> low interest loans for all the ordinary people. The problem we'll
> >> have is pointing out to them which ones are americans, though. We might
> >> have to paint all americans red just in case all those One Nation supporters
> >> aren't bright enough to differentiate. Now _I_ better run and hide... not
> >> under the bed because they're looking there. After all, that's where all
> >> the foreigners are, isn't it?
> >>
> >>> Do I hear someone point out that I'm not aboriginal, so that makes me
> >>   technically a foreigners too? ]
> >
> > Believe me, in Queensland you're safer as a foreigner. Paint your hair
> > red and look dumb and confused whenever numbers are mentioned, and leave
> > out a syllable or two when you say Australia. Spell it how you say it for
> > good measure. You might be accepted as a supporter. Then you'll only have
> > to worry about the 75% who didn't vote for her.
> 
> OK, for the sake of us expatriates, how did the election go?  Are they
> moving the Queensland parliament to a fish and chip shop?

They're still trying to count her votes, can't find enough volunteers to
take off their shoes.


-- 

Regards,
        -*Sue*-


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