it's official#australia

yertle-the-turtle · 07-03-2003, 08:43 AM

I have this huge desire to visit Australia right now. Never been there, but I want to hop on a plane this minute and hob nob with the people from Who Dares Wins and tour the Gold Coast, travel the outback, visit Uluru, and of course, make the Alice Springs joke on the flight.

WildeIrish796 · 07-03-2003, 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by yertle-the-turtle
I have this huge desire to visit Australia right now. Never been there, but I want to hop on a plane this minute and hob nob with the people from Who Dares Wins and tour the Gold Coast, travel the outback, visit Uluru, and of course, make the Alice Springs joke on the flight.

what a coincidence, i just got back from Australia(Mulwalla and Tasmania)

Angela Harlem · 07-03-2003, 09:55 AM

whats the alice springs joke?

brettig · 07-03-2003, 11:02 AM

Who Dares fucking Wins, isn't that right Michael Whitney?

yertle-the-turtle · 07-03-2003, 12:02 PM

ah yes. i think i saw dear ol' mike whitney on some soap when we got the aussie channel on cable tv here (it's cancelled now, but it was fun watching aussie rules even if i know fuck all about it)

the alice springs joke is the one where this lady asks a flight attendant where alice springs is and she looks flustered and says, hey, i'm sorry, she's not on this flight.

i still want to visit australia though.

Salome · 07-03-2003, 12:24 PM

never even thought about australia
but it does sound good

samralf · 07-03-2003, 12:29 PM

I'd like to go but I don't think I could stand to be on a plane for 20 hours.

WildeIrish796 · 07-03-2003, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by samralf
I'd like to go but I don't think I could stand to be on a plane for 20 hours.

i left from boston and the flight to australia was fifteen hours and the flight back from melbourne was only 12 or 13...still terrible, though, however, they keep you amused

brettig · 07-03-2003, 02:16 PM

Mike Whitney was a cricketer, yertle! And angie keeps telling me you know so much!

yertle-the-turtle · 07-03-2003, 06:41 PM

Mike Whitney, as in,

I'm going to give you $50 if you jump off this cliff right here Mike Whitney?

tiny dancer · 07-03-2003, 11:54 PM

I want to go there!

Angela Harlem · 07-04-2003, 12:37 AM

That'd be the same Mike Whitney Yertle.

He rates up there with Eddie McGuire. Betty and I LOVE Eddie McGuire! So much so that if we ever saw him in the street we'd run him over

And Betty, it was about music der!

cass · 07-04-2003, 01:23 AM

aww you got to love a man who would do this.....now what comedy show was it, Money or the Gun?? at the end of each episode they would get in a person to sing the song they were famous for...but they always got it slightly wrong eg. Joan Kirner instead of Joan Jett singing "I Love Rock and Roll"
The first one I ever saw was Mike Whitney, (instead of Whitney Houston), in full drag i.e the outfit she wore in "The Bodyguard" gold metal bra etc. seriously singing "I Will Always Love You". He put his heart and soul in to it( a lot of Aussie sports ppl fancy themselves as musicians). I shall never forget that image...he even got the high notes...almost

I thought the "Alice Springs joke" was going to be something about the dead centre

to burning desires...good luck yertle

Salome · 07-04-2003, 08:00 PM

I still don't get it

love the 12th man though

meegannie · 07-05-2003, 05:35 PM

I want to go, but I'll never be able to afford it.

zonelistener · 07-05-2003, 10:41 PM

Some day. Some day soon (As long as I am working for an airline).

I was JUST talking with my friend...her sister's neighborhood was detroyed in those fires last year.

yertle-the-turtle · 07-06-2003, 01:30 AM

my understanding of cricket can be neatly summed up by Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans) in Mind Your Language. Unfortunately, I don't recall the exact quote, but it went something like "cricket is fairly simple, you try to get the person out by going in by putting the ball out so the person can go out when you go in"

verte76 · 07-06-2003, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by samralf
I'd like to go but I don't think I could stand to be on a plane for 20 hours.

That'd be tough for me, too. I have a cousin in Australia and she does it all the time.

07-03-2003, 08:43 AM	#1
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 12:51 AM	it's official#australia I have this huge desire to visit Australia right now. Never been there, but I want to hop on a plane this minute and hob nob with the people from Who Dares Wins and tour the Gold Coast, travel the outback, visit Uluru, and of course, make the Alice Springs joke on the flight. __________________

07-03-2003, 09:55 AM	#3
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 03:51 AM	whats the alice springs joke? __________________

07-03-2003, 12:24 PM	#6
Salome you are what you is Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22,043 Local Time: 05:51 PM	never even thought about australia but it does sound good __________________ “Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.” ~Frank Zappa

07-03-2003, 11:54 PM	#11
tiny dancer Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: small town Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 95,165 Local Time: 04:51 PM	I want to go there! __________________ Into the heart of a child...

07-04-2003, 12:37 AM	#12
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 03:51 AM	That'd be the same Mike Whitney Yertle. He rates up there with Eddie McGuire. Betty and I LOVE Eddie McGuire! So much so that if we ever saw him in the street we'd run him over And Betty, it was about music der! __________________

07-03-2003, 11:02 AM	#4
brettig New Yorker Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: heehee, ask george Posts: 3,194 Local Time: 11:51 AM	Who Dares fucking Wins, isn't that right Michael Whitney?

07-03-2003, 12:02 PM	#5
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 12:51 AM	ah yes. i think i saw dear ol' mike whitney on some soap when we got the aussie channel on cable tv here (it's cancelled now, but it was fun watching aussie rules even if i know fuck all about it) the alice springs joke is the one where this lady asks a flight attendant where alice springs is and she looks flustered and says, hey, i'm sorry, she's not on this flight. i still want to visit australia though.

07-03-2003, 12:29 PM	#7
samralf War Child Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 999 Local Time: 12:51 PM	I'd like to go but I don't think I could stand to be on a plane for 20 hours.

07-03-2003, 02:16 PM	#9
brettig New Yorker Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: heehee, ask george Posts: 3,194 Local Time: 11:51 AM	Mike Whitney was a cricketer, yertle! And angie keeps telling me you know so much!

07-03-2003, 06:41 PM	#10
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 12:51 AM	Mike Whitney, as in, I'm going to give you $50 if you jump off this cliff right here Mike Whitney?

07-04-2003, 01:23 AM	#13
cass Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Australia. Posts: 6,117 Local Time: 02:51 AM	aww you got to love a man who would do this.....now what comedy show was it, Money or the Gun?? at the end of each episode they would get in a person to sing the song they were famous for...but they always got it slightly wrong eg. Joan Kirner instead of Joan Jett singing "I Love Rock and Roll" The first one I ever saw was Mike Whitney, (instead of Whitney Houston), in full drag i.e the outfit she wore in "The Bodyguard" gold metal bra etc. seriously singing "I Will Always Love You". He put his heart and soul in to it( a lot of Aussie sports ppl fancy themselves as musicians). I shall never forget that image...he even got the high notes...almost I thought the "Alice Springs joke" was going to be something about the dead centre to burning desires...good luck yertle

07-04-2003, 08:00 PM	#14
Salome you are what you is Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22,043 Local Time: 05:51 PM	I still don't get it love the 12th man though __________________ “Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.” ~Frank Zappa

07-05-2003, 05:35 PM	#15
meegannie Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 15,798 Local Time: 04:51 PM	I want to go, but I'll never be able to afford it.

07-05-2003, 10:41 PM	#16
zonelistener ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2001 Location: six convenient metro locations Posts: 14,747 Local Time: 11:51 AM	Some day. Some day soon (As long as I am working for an airline). I was JUST talking with my friend...her sister's neighborhood was detroyed in those fires last year.

07-06-2003, 01:30 AM	#17
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 12:51 AM	my understanding of cricket can be neatly summed up by Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans) in Mind Your Language. Unfortunately, I don't recall the exact quote, but it went something like "cricket is fairly simple, you try to get the person out by going in by putting the ball out so the person can go out when you go in"

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