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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Simon and Fiona)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Mon Apr 23 23:35:01 2001
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Hyde <shane@*******.co.nz>
To: 'shadowrn@*********.com' <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)


>> Don't ask me where the hell this whole "Bruce" thing comes from.
>> I think "Kevin" would be much more appropriate.
>
>Or 'Kev'...
>
>I think Bruce is more applicable to New Zealanders, but unfortunately,
>we're just a small Australian State situated just of that pearl of the
>South Seas, Tasman Island.
>
Buck up, it could be worse, you could be Canadian.
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shane Hyde)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Mon Apr 23 23:45:01 2001
> Buck up, it could be worse, you could be Canadian.

Worse than being 'almost Australian'?

French!

Shane
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Simon and Fiona)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Mon Apr 23 23:55:01 2001
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Hyde <shane@*******.co.nz>
To: 'shadowrn@*********.com' <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)


>> Buck up, it could be worse, you could be Canadian.
>
>Worse than being 'almost Australian'?
>
>French!
>
No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned, Canada is part of
the US.
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shane Hyde)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 00:10:01 2001
> No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned, Canada is part of
> the US.

Now I'm with you... Didn't the yanks invade Canada some time back?
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (BD)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 00:25:01 2001
--- Shane Hyde <shane@*******.co.nz> wrote:
>> No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned, Canada is
>> part of the US.

> Now I'm with you... Didn't the yanks invade Canada some time back?

There's been much burning of architecture on both sides of the border,
mostly (all?) in the war of 1812. We learned all this in school and
promptly forgot it... I'd be hard pressed to volunteer any info about our
history. Americans would be hard pressed to volunteer any info about our
present :)

And watch your "Canada as 51st State" comments. That's not supposed to
be common knowledge yet, the summit's only just ended... :P

====-Boondocker

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Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Dan Grabon)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 00:50:00 2001
On 4/24/2001 1:27 PM, BD at l3oondocker@*****.com wrote:

> And watch your "Canada as 51st State" comments. That's not supposed to
> be common knowledge yet, the summit's only just ended... :P

"In America, there are 51 states. Or maybe it's 80 by now. Does England
count?"
-- from (Canadian) Bruce McCullough's "America"

hee hee :)

Getting back to the whole Bob thing, we used that in our games, too--
despite the fact that we had a player named Bob. It's pretty widespread.
If anyone remembers the FPS game Marathon, all of the anonymous human
characters were called BOBs. Stood for something, but I'm too lazy to
check...

-Dan
Message no. 7
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 01:05:01 2001
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:56:42 +1000 "Simon and Fiona"
<sfuller@******.com.au> writes:
<SNIP>
> No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned, Canada is
> part of
> the US.

It's not? I thought it was that state that was almost as big as Texas ...
;)

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- Troutman's 6th programming postulate.
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Message no. 8
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Burke, Tim)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 01:25:00 2001
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> > No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned,
> Canada is part of
> > the US.
>
> Now I'm with you... Didn't the yanks invade Canada some time back?
>

Only in "South Park".....

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Message no. 9
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Strago)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 10:20:04 2001
BD wrote:

> --- Shane Hyde <shane@*******.co.nz> wrote:
> >> No, I mean that as far as most of the world is concerned, Canada is
> >> part of the US.
>
> > Now I'm with you... Didn't the yanks invade Canada some time back?
>
> <SNIP>
> And watch your "Canada as 51st State" comments. That's not supposed to
> be common knowledge yet, the summit's only just ended... :P
>

One of my friends referred to Canada as the US's younger brother (maybe he
stole that from a comedian), you know
Canada: "whatcha doin' over there, eh?"
US: "We're going to war!"
Canada: "Can I come?"

As for the Bruce thing, maybe it's a reference to that old Monty Python skit
where they were all Australian philosophy professors named Bruce.

>
> ====> -Boondocker
>
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Message no. 10
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Achille Autran)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 12:55:01 2001
At 12:05 24/04/2001 -0400, Shane wrote:
> > Buck up, it could be worse, you could be Canadian.
>
>Worse than being 'almost Australian'?
>
>French!

Nah, you got it all wrong, being french is quite enjoyable. I mean, how can
you feel bad when utter contempt for the rest of the world is your way of
life ? ;-)

Molloy
Message no. 11
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shane Hyde)
Subject: [OT] Re: Bob (Was A big fat DUH!)
Date: Tue Apr 24 22:35:01 2001
>Nah, you got it all wrong, being french is quite enjoyable. I mean, how can
>you feel bad when utter contempt for the rest of the world is your way of
>life ? ;-)

Fair point there then. That'll explain the Frogs blowing up our ship and
nuking an atoll in someone else's back yard.

Bitter? Not by a long shot. =)

Shane

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