Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend 2011 in association with Mix and Mash!
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recordari, in reply to
their fine, manly selves.
We can still do this too though, right?
<ducks>
Think I might go make up some more duck quotes. Seems wholly safer. -
Gee, in reply to
but I think you'll find, smarty arse, that in the days when that particular phrase was popular, men didn't bring food, they brought money, and their fine, manly selves.
I thought it was
"Ladies a plate, men a crate" ? -
Kumara Republic, in reply to
This will probably go down as one of The Times's more memorable front pages too.
And of course, the Daily Mirror's "FILTH AND THE FURY!" headline.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
As I understand it, it was " Gents half-a-crown, ladies a plate”. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jac1.htm
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Sacha, in reply to
"Ladies a plate, men a crate"
Need someting to sit on, after all..
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Not a fan of this paper in general, but the Daily Telegraph's headline is pure gold.
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The 168 year old newspaper...
That's a lot of lineage to flush down the toilet by being money grubbing douches hungry for a scandal.
Oh well, slash and burn.
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Not that I’m encouraging anyone you understand and Dr Haywood might find it useful in his talk. And OK I’m doing it for the kids, some advice for when you get high. I’ll be off working rugby.
It is possible, however, if not actually plausible, to seize this datum from the other end and argue, and Aldous Huxley did in his classic essay, The Doors of Perception, that the primary function of the brain could be eliminative: its purpose could be to prevent some vast, transpersonal dimension of mind from flooding consciousness, thereby allowing apes like ourselves to make their way in the world without being dazzled at every step by visionary phenomena irrelevant to their survival. Huxley thought that if the brain were a kind of “reducing valve” for “Mind at Large,” this would explain the efficacy of psychedelics: They could simply be a material means of opening the tap.
Unfortunately, Huxley was operating under the erroneous assumption that psychedelics decrease brain activity.
And I know Shayne Carter so will be dazzling you may need a reducing valve opener. -
Gee, in reply to
As I understand it, it was " Gents half-a-crown, ladies a plate”.
I'd never heard that before! Thanks for the link! I wonder if the "men a crate" is a Kiwi twist on it? I heard it as a common phrase used by older family friends and whanau in the 70s and 80s (though often talking about the 50s and 60s).... Curious....
(sorry for being OT)
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
I'd heard of it, because when my Dad would talk about his early life in Hobsonville, he mentioned it. (One of the advantages of having a much older father.) His tales of his social life in the 1930's always interested me. Very different time! I just think the "ladies-a-plate" tradition (and modernising it, of course, to just everyone bringing a plate) is a lovely one. Community spirit and all that that implies.
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Gee, in reply to
I just think the "ladies-a-plate" tradition (and modernising it, of course, to just everyone bringing a plate) is a lovely one. Community spirit and all that that implies.
Absolutely!
Sorry for the sidetrack, got sucked in with the saying ('fraid that's my weakness!).
Anyway, if I could be in Aucks, I would absolutely be bringing a plate to this too...
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guess this is a remix of a type..
A tribute to the late White Stripes, and Jacks guitar wizardry.. -
To Craig Ranapia,
If I say hi to you, you won't run away will you?From the guy you slay 4 years ago,
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Islander, in reply to
We call 'em potlucks here - but they involve everything from roasts to Neenish tarts, salads of all kinds to vegan treats...
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Not wishing to be a gift horse mouth looker but does the Town Hall have the same catering regime that the Civic has, ie. crap beer only?
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
If you had any idea how utterly charming, and bewilderingly lovely our Craig is, you wouldn't even need to ask that. I can't speak on behalf of Craig, to be sure, but I'm pretty sure you have nothing to worry about. Much.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Much.
Much...;) I'd even suggest his tongue is mightier than his..... oh, nevermind.
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Russell: will you be needing willing lackeys again, to write out name badges*, direct people to the dunnies, sell stuff etc etc? Happy to do that again.
* or do enough of us know enough of others by now?
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BenWilson, in reply to
* or do enough of us know enough of others by now
My vote is to play safe and assume the answer is no. Think of the lurkers...
Also, I forget names.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
Also, I forget names.
Also, just sayin', but everyone is called Stephen.
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BenWilson, in reply to
That suggests we need numbers.
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Malcolm Ibell, in reply to
Steve, I have it on pretty good authority that the beer may well be named after a large native, extinct, flightless bird... which will save us drinking so much whisky!!
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
you beauty...
That suggests we need numbers.
anaesthetic choice perhaps...
...oh numerals ;- )
perhaps you could try
nominative synaesthesia:
Stephen 'blue haze'
Stephen 'dull hum'
Stephen 'wintersweet smell' -
Steve Barnes, in reply to
which will save us drinking so much whisky!!
I, myself, am not too sure about the concept of "Too much Whiskey"
Dull hum indeed. ;-)
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recordari, in reply to
Think of the lurkers...
Proof of their existence is merely circumstantial.
I was thinking that there are so many 't-shirt' moments on here, that we should all go out and get one made in a representative moniker. Or not.
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