Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #701 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hokey Pokeymon? I'll see myself out. Lol, be careful or we may Peek-at-you.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #702 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Wikipedia, that great source of incorrect information, indicates that Corey, to key and pokey are used in different countries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_cokey I don't think it really matters as most people are too drunk to notice when adults are dancing the Hokey Pokey, tokey, cokey, spokey, lokey, or shokey:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #703 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Anyway, Hokey Cokey, Hokey Tokey, Hokey Pokey - who cares, as long as they don't put hokey cokey or hokey tokey in the ice-cream. :D Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted August 5, 2016 #704 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I don't think it really matters as most people are too drunk to notice when adults are dancing the Hokey Pokey, tokey, cokey, spokey, lokey, or shokey:p And then they follow it with the chicken dance, the macarena, a conga line, and finish with auld lang syne - at which point everyone collapses in a heap on the floor. :eek: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketts Posted August 5, 2016 #705 Share Posted August 5, 2016 And then they follow it with the chicken dance, the macarena, a conga line, and finish with auld lang syne - at which point everyone collapses in a heap on the floor. :eek: :D Now that sounds like a fun deck party!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted August 5, 2016 #706 Share Posted August 5, 2016 And then they follow it with the chicken dance, the macarena, a conga line, and finish with auld lang syne - at which point everyone collapses in a heap on the floor. :eek: :D Sounds like most parties I went to in the 70s except I don't think the Macarena hit till the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell21 Posted August 5, 2016 #707 Share Posted August 5, 2016 More than happy to help our Ozzie mates out anytime.:D:DIts always best to get things right.;) I don't know what we'd do without NZ, we'd have a lot of empty houses in Sydney.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #708 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Now that sounds like a fun deck party!! I would prefer to watch.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #709 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Sounds like most parties I went to in the 70s except I don't think the Macarena hit till the 80s. Add the Bus stop and the Nutbush then.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell21 Posted August 5, 2016 #710 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Sounds like most parties I went to in the 70s except I don't think the Macarena hit till the 80s. I'm a little vague about the 60's and early 70's for some reason.;):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted August 5, 2016 #711 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I'm a little vague about the 60's and early 70's for some reason.;):D Funny that isn't it. What do they say about remembering certain eras and not being there.:eek::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted August 5, 2016 #712 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I'm a little vague about the 60's and early 70's for some reason.;):D Being a 68 vintage,i feel the same, but sometimes have a terrible cough.:);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted August 5, 2016 #713 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Being a 68 vintage,i feel the same,but sometimes have a terrible cough.:);) 68 vintage = Baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted August 5, 2016 #714 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I know, because of my maturity, diplomacy and tactfulness, people probably thought I was way older. And yes our first child was when we were very young.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell21 Posted August 5, 2016 #715 Share Posted August 5, 2016 68 vintage = Baby. I'd been married for 4 years by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpos Posted August 5, 2016 Author #716 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) WARNING TO OVERSEAS VISITORS - AUSTRALIA TO BE CLOSED ON 9 AUGUST 2016. Dear Valued Overseas Visitor Please be advised that we shall be closed for business on 9 August 2016 in order that every household in Australia can completed a very long and detailed census form to determine our future. Indeed any Australian who does not comply with filling out the form can be fined $180 for every day they do not put pen to paper. It is not appropriate that we go into the many detailed and personal questions we shall have to answer, that is only for Australian's to know (and really none of your business) - but suffice to say Question 435 on the Census form asks us to indicate if a Koala is a bear or not. As that has been a hot topic for discussion on this thread, I felt it should be mentioned. Please stock up on drink (preferably beer and wine), food and petrol for your hire car, make sure accommodation is booked if not staying onboard your ship as services everywhere will be limited. Thank you for your consideration in the matter. Business will be back to normal on 10 August - we hope Edited August 5, 2016 by Bpos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #717 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I'm a little vague about the 60's and early 70's for some reason.;):D Me too, I was just a child in the 70s.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #718 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I know, because of my maturity, diplomacy and tactfulness, people probably thought I was way older. And yes our first child was when we were very young.:) Happens to a few of us.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #719 Share Posted August 5, 2016 WARNING TO OVERSEAS VISITORS - AUSTRALIA TO BE CLOSED ON 9 AUGUST 2016. Dear Valued Overseas Visitor Please be advised that we shall be closed for business on 9 August 2016 in order that every household in Australia can completed a very long and detailed census form to determine our future. Indeed any Australian who does not comply with filling out the form can be fined $180 for every day they do not put pen to paper. It is not appropriate that we go into the many detailed and personal questions we shall have to answer, that is only for Australian's to know (and really none of your business) - but suffice to say Question 435 on the Census form asks us to indicate if a Koala is a bear or not. As that has been a hot topic for discussion on this thread, I felt it should be mentioned. Please stock up on drink (preferably beer and wine), food and petrol for your hire car, make sure accommodation is booked if not staying onboard your ship as services everywhere will be limited. Thank you for your consideration in the matter. Business will be back to normal on 10 August - we hope LOL, you may be right but my place will be open for its usual business as I have already completed my Census online and submitted it (along with around 1.5 million others).:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell21 Posted August 5, 2016 #720 Share Posted August 5, 2016 LOL, you may be right but my place will be open for its usual business as I have already completed my Census online and submitted it (along with around 1.5 million others).:D My crystal ball is broken, I'll have to wait until the appointed time.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted August 5, 2016 #721 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) She'll be right,the government has virtually already just thrown its hands in the air. WE Surrender. Edited August 5, 2016 by mrs and mrs spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 5, 2016 #722 Share Posted August 5, 2016 On Wednesday night the ABC radio national had the ABS spokesperson (Duncan Young) advocating for people who know where they will be on Tuesday 9th august to fill the online forms in early, so I did it last night.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted August 5, 2016 #723 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Does anyone know what is actually happening,because the government dosent. If it wasent so serious it would be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpos Posted August 7, 2016 Author #724 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) Food, food, glorious food. Yes, you will find food here in Australia - if you look hard enough you may even find Eskimo cruisine being sold from an igloo somewhere in the outback - if that is your thing? From Apple pie to Zucchini slice, it is all here. Our home is girt by sea - we have the freshest, the best and huge variety of seafood - think crayfish, tuna, prawns, crabs, bugs and fish galore. Then there are our famous meat pies with all sorts of fillings, anyone for crocodile fillets, kangaroo steaks, roo tail soup, mystery bags, emu on a skewer, whitchetty grubs, bush tucker etc - exotic foods for sure. We have beef steaks growing on stations, some the size of Belgium (the farm, not the steer)- imagine that. You must eat while you visit us downunder, it will give you plenty to talk about when you get home. But one food item stands up against the rest - been around for some 90 years and adored by all Aussies - Vegemite - a must for breakfast. Oddly enough - some overseas visitors, when trying it for the first time, have likened Vegemite to, wait for this, axle grease!!! That is odd don't you agree? I must say I have wondered what they do with all that used axle grease produced daily from servicing cars. Well is it axle grease (You know the old saying - if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck - then it must be a duck) then axle grease must be good for you. So famous is this spread that songs have been written about it, our troops take cartons of it when serving overseas and generations of Aussie kids and adults have been reared on Vegemite. So make sure you try Vegemite on your trip. If you cannot find it in the hotel, motel, or cafe restaurants at breakfast time then you are obviously Not in Australia at all!!! Take that up with your travel agent when you get home. Perhaps they have booked you to Austria by mistake. See the attached photo to help,you identify our iconic national spread Edited August 7, 2016 by Bpos Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted August 7, 2016 #725 Share Posted August 7, 2016 ;););) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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