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Thread: Hell: Fijians say sorry to eaten Briton's family
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Sine Nomine*
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Actually, I don't deal in euphemisms very much, which may be why people frequently turn red and abruptly walk away from me.
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terce
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<BOREDOM WARNING FOR RUGBY HATERS>
I was at the game! It was a pretty scrappy affair (lots of dropped balls ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ) but the end really more than made up for it!
The US team was unable to get the last-second try (not just last-minute!) under the goal, and were forced to the side, where they scored. I looked up, & the clock said 80 minutes even.
It was a very difficult conversion ... Hercus tried hard ...
Hey, the Americans played better than I thought they would!
The crowd was behind Fiji all the way, though ...
</BOREDOM WARNING FOR RUGBY HATERS>
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mousethief
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It's not that we hate rugby, it's just that (1) we don't understand it, and (2) have little opportunity of watching it. Speaking just for myself of course.
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Grits
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Yeah, I'd rather eat someone than watch rugby.
(Notice how neatly and unobtrusively I got this thread back on track?)
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tomb
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Not unobtrusively enough, Grits. There are too many vegetables and not enough long pork to justify keeping this thread open much longer.
It's dying soon (like.tomorrow?)
And if that's a hellhost pronouncement (which it is), may I say as a shipmate that I still have my pony tail and that any of you who cut yours off have sold out to The Man?
Discuss.
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mousethief
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Grooming is a personal matter and not necessarily indicative of anything greater.
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The Bede's American Successor
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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.
Oh please let me lose!
Is this the time to point out there are gay rugby teams and leagues around?
There is one such team in Seattle that would like to make it to the next Gay Games. One of their former players has proposed raising money to get there by auctioning their used jock straps on E-Bay.
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Peppone
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Originally posted by terce:
I was at the game!
I watched it live on TV here in the Kong. Excellent, though crass, commentary from a couple of Aussie blokes incongruously shoved into suits and shaved between the eyes for the occasion.
e.g.
[as a Fijian casually smacks an American in the teeth about 40m away from the ball]
Commentator 1:"Oh, a bit of rough and tumble there!"
Commentator 2: "That's all right, it's a man's game! The yank'll be right in a minute, you'll see."
[or when the Fijians get a scrum moving]
Commentators 1 and 2, chanting in unison: "Su-mo! Su-mo! Su-mo! Haw! Haw! Haw!" (they collapse into helpless guffaws at their own wit.)
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Peppone
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The same two guys did also did an excellent job on the Italy game. Like when a try was disputed:
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"The Italians are waving their arms around! Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw!"
Well, that's what Italians do, gentlemen. Now if some Fijians had been waving some Italian arms around, then this thread would have been back on track.
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Sine Nomine*
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Originally posted by tomb:
may I say as a shipmate that I still have my pony tail and that any of you who cut yours off have sold out to The Man?
tomb, it was quite stressful to see all my hair lying on the floor of the salon. But young hair around a middle-aged face just doesn't work. There comes a time when you have to let go. Otherwise you just look silly.
You can do it. I know you can. There's probably a support group out there somewhere for aging hippies who want to update their look.
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
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Originally posted by Duo Seraphim:
Finally here are some Fijian Rugby fans, making the traditional "loser gets eaten" sign.
Oh please let me lose!
Uh, Sign? I don't *think* the Fijians mean to eat people in the same sense as you might ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Sine Nomine*
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I like the one on the right. Although the one in the center with his mouth wide open isn't half bad.
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Presleyterian
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They said it couldn't be done, but yes, indeed, I shall re-rail this thread. Bear with me.
For years I've been something of a rugger hugger and remember the other famous button worn by ruggers: RUGBY PLAYERS EAT THEIR DEAD. The derivation was the 1972 incident recounted in the book Alive. A plane carrying a rugby team from Uruguay crashed in a remote part of the Andes. The survivors lived for 72 days by eating the teammates who died in the crash.
There you have, it. Cannibalism and rugby all tied up in one neat package. Thank you, thank you very much. You're too kind.
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Alt Wally
Cardinal Ximinez
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You just had to dredge up all my painful, repressed memories of the War of the Triple Alliance didn't you.
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Sine Nomine*
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Well, if it wasn't those painful, repressed memories, it would have been something else.
BTW, suckers, I'm off today and still in my pj's and bath robe. Hope you're having fun at work.
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Eanswyth
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Re: Donner Party
When I went to Lake Tahoe, I make a sidetrip to Truckee to visit Donner Pass. I was shocked to learn that there are no wonderfully tacky souvenirs for Donner Pass. Just think of the marketing opportunities. Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?
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Sine Nomine*
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Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?
I'm thinking it doesn't reflect well on us that we can have a thread on cannibalism that goes four pages.
I thought this was supposed to be a Christian web site.
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RooK
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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
I'm thinking it doesn't reflect well on us that we can have a thread on cannibalism that goes four pages.
Are you saying we have poor taste?
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
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Either that, or we all like the other white meat.
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Nunzia
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Originally posted by Eanswyth:
Re: Donner Party
When I went to Lake Tahoe, I make a sidetrip to Truckee to visit Donner Pass. I was shocked to learn that there are no wonderfully tacky souvenirs for Donner Pass. Just think of the marketing opportunities. Who wouldn't just love a t-shirt that said "I ate my date at Donner Pass"?
You just went to the wrong state. If you want tacky, go to Colorado and visit
Colorado's Cannibal Trail
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Nunzia
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Then Google "Alferd Packer". You're in for a heap of fun.
The article didn't mention the motto of the grill is Serving Our Fellow Man Since 1847
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Sine Nomine*
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You're right.
quote:
In the state of Colorado
In the year of seventy-four
They crossed the San Juan Mountains
Growing hungry to the core.
Their guide was Alferd Packer
And they trusted him too long:
For his character was weak
And his appetite was strong.
They called him a murderer, a cannibal, a thief;
It just doesn't pay to eat anything but Government-inspected beef.
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Eighteen years he stayed in jail,
It was a dreadful fate,
For he suffered indigestion
Every time he ate.
Still, it's hard to blame this hungry guy
Who went searchin' for the mines,
For when he ate his friends
He'd never heard of Duncan Hines.
Link to the whole words and the events behind the ballad.
{Edited for copyright and added in link to whole ballard. Sine you really should know better.}
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Nightlamp
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Sine I am assuming that the song is an old folk song written before 1923. Am I correct?
Nightlamp
Hellhost
[ 18. October 2003, 13:26: Message edited by: Nightlamp ]
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Sine Nomine*
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Akshually, I don't think so. Probably ought to kill it.
Sorry.
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Nunzia
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It was written by legendary folkie, Phil Ochs.
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Nicolemr
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at one time, don't know if it still exists, there was a conservation organization named after aferd packer too. their motto was "take a land developer to lunch."
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
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Sine you really should know better.
Yeah, well ain't that the story of my life.
Yours in Christ,
Brother Rugburn
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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Ya know, if this missionary had been circum cised, there would have been just that much less for those Fijians to eat.
[ 22. October 2003, 00:39: Message edited by: Mousethief ]
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Alt Wally
Cardinal Ximinez
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Mousethief, you've been moving pretty fast. Stop a second and look behind you. Do you see that invisible boundary?
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