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WCT: August 31-September 4, 2009
Watched Pot:
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--- Quote from: jonarus_drakus on 02 Sep 2009, 22:46 ---In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms.
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In America we have both.
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[Linnaeus]Technically we have opossums which are distinct from Australian possums, though in common parlance the words are often used interchangeably.[/Linnaeus]
danman:
--- Quote from: maddness on 03 Sep 2009, 06:44 ---Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
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WTF? I know a lot of czechoslovak country (a large part of it consists of US songs with remade lyrics) but none of it can be characterised as whining. Usually the songs are about village people. or people who go kind of camping with friends , or some love histories (for example Thin Black Veil has the lyrics close to the original in content) but no such rubbish as you seem to describe. I think this knowledge is just as with the man who spoke a lot about sheepcheese dumplings (our national food, but originating from the east of the country) and someone asked him, since what he spoke did not quite fit his other info: Did you actually eat halusky (the name of the food) ? No , but my brother saw them once.
Dliessmgg:
So that's why my philosophy teacher always sayd that somebody without knowledge is somebody without an opinion! /insert now-you-know-more-pling
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: danman on 03 Sep 2009, 10:50 ---
--- Quote from: maddness on 03 Sep 2009, 06:44 ---Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
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WTF? I know a lot of czechoslovak country (a large part of it consists of US songs with remade lyrics) but none of it can be characterised as whining. Usually the songs are about village people. or people who go kind of camping with friends , or some love histories (for example Thin Black Veil has the lyrics close to the original in content) but no such rubbish as you seem to describe.
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Well, there you go - Czeckoslovak country. I imagine some things may get a little lost in translation. But the themes are still there - village ("country") people, and how great they are; camping (or hunting, or fishing) with the "good ol' boys", and how great that is; and love. That's where you get the split - love songs are either tragic or euphoric,, there's rarely any in-between! You just don't hear, "I'm pretty satisfied, and my sex life's not bad" too often!
And songs of lost love just seem whiney to some people. Personally, I'm trying to lose someone, and it ain't workin' yet. But that's a whole 'nother story... and maybe a new country genre?
--- Quote ---I think this knowledge is just as with the man who spoke a lot about sheepcheese dumplings (our national food, but originating from the east of the country) and someone asked him, since what he spoke did not quite fit his other info: Did you actually eat halusky (the name of the food) ? No , but my brother saw them once.
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Mmmmm... haluski.... Damn, drooling on the keyboard again!
Random832:
--- Quote from: jonarus_drakus on 02 Sep 2009, 22:46 ---annoying tourists which is thier primary diet.
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Now, wait. With all these dangerous creatures around, is your tourism industry really so large as to be able to support both them and Drop Bears in that same ecological niche?
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