Australian Christmas?
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02-20-2008, 08:19 PM
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 Re: Australian Christmas? On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 GMT, rm@biteme.org wrote: >What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have >reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. We have them in the ashes instead  Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/      |
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02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? Grant <g_r_a_n_t_@dodo.com.au> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 GMT, rm@biteme.org wrote: > >>What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have >>reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. > > We have them in the ashes instead Is that some sort of an inside joke? cordially, as always, rm |
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02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? rm@biteme.org wrote: >> We have them in the ashes instead > > Is that some sort of an inside joke? Its a cricket reference. You could therefore regard it as an "inside joke", detectable only by those who know what the 'Ashes' are, a series of test matches between Australia and England, and/or the small trophy of the same name. -- Two Ravens "...hit the squirrel..." |
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02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? rm@biteme.org writes: > What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have > reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. They are a little short on snow in lapland this year too :-) All-terrain animals, reindeer. atb Glyn -- RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html GAFC http://slackbook.org/ The Official Source :-) STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...inux.slackware JFGI http://jfgi.us/ |
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02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? Grant <g_r_a_n_t_@dodo.com.au> writes: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 GMT, rm@biteme.org wrote: > >>What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have >>reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. > > We have them in the ashes instead Now that was *cruel*!! :-) atb Glyn -- RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html GAFC http://slackbook.org/ The Official Source :-) STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...inux.slackware JFGI http://jfgi.us/ |
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02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 +0000, rm wrote: > What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have > reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. > > Do you have a Santa Claus? If not, who gives you your presents? > > cordially, as always, > > rm Six White Boomers, of course. You really should have known. http://users.tpg.com.au/sharenet/c/sixwhite.html Mike |
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02-20-2008, 08:24 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:39:45 -0500, Mike Denhoff wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 +0000, rm wrote: > >> What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have >> reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. >> >> Do you have a Santa Claus? If not, who gives you your presents? >> >> cordially, as always, > > Six White Boomers, of course. You really should have known. > > http://users.tpg.com.au/sharenet/c/sixwhite.html http://www.lyricsplayground.com/alph...uckingho.shtml Back when I had W95, somebody sent me an .exe that played this like an animated music box - just the first verse, repeated. W2K wouldn't play it, it said it was a virus. It wouldn't play "cokegift.exe" or "clean.exe" either. )-; Cheers! Rich |
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02-20-2008, 08:24 PM
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| Re: Australian Christmas? On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:34:42 +0000, Rich, but drunk wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:39:45 -0500, Mike Denhoff wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:53:02 +0000, rm wrote: >> >>> What do you Aussie and Kiwis do about Santa Claus? You can't have >>> reindeers in the snow because Christmas is in the summer down there. >>> >>> Do you have a Santa Claus? If not, who gives you your presents? >>> >>> cordially, as always, >> >> Six White Boomers, of course. You really should have known. >> >> http://users.tpg.com.au/sharenet/c/sixwhite.html > > http://www.lyricsplayground.com/alph...uckingho.shtml > > Back when I had W95, somebody sent me an .exe that played this like > an animated music box - just the first verse, repeated. W2K wouldn't > play it, it said it was a virus. It wouldn't play "cokegift.exe" or > "clean.exe" either. )-; > Oh, yeah, it's performed to the tune of "Jingle Bells". %-} Cheers! Rich |
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