tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post6589401760717046244..comments2023-10-07T21:22:42.209+10:30Comments on Quilting in My Pyjamas: Translation Tuesday -Dedicated to Bridging (or Widening) the Cultural DivideShayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032969125788408807noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-91902342969087610272010-05-20T14:01:33.502+09:302010-05-20T14:01:33.502+09:30LOL no-one is ever going to come to FNQ again!! I...LOL no-one is ever going to come to FNQ again!! I told my kids about the dropbears and they still talk about them ;-) That and me having eyes in the back of my head that can see thru walls and round corners (they just twigged to that one and they are 9 and 7 Bugger!) Brilliant post...I have a photo of an iced VoVo on mine and that took some explaining!Baa-Me Kniitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532601173550095905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-28783447073425478212010-05-20T13:06:41.434+09:302010-05-20T13:06:41.434+09:30Entertaining as always, but I was fully caught up ...Entertaining as always, but I was fully caught up until the bunyip! Thanks for the extreme adventure translation this week!AnnieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619125197850685345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-23018851826071041982010-05-20T09:27:06.964+09:302010-05-20T09:27:06.964+09:30Mrs. P how did I miss this one? You know, you had...Mrs. P how did I miss this one? You know, you had me enthralled at "Taste like Chicken". I was terrified by the time I got to the basketball sized spiders and swore I was never ever ever going to Australia. Then I read about the emus. You may have overdone it a little there. I got the feeling I might be listening to an Aussie tall tale. You know what would have been REALLY funny? If you included DavidThorne in your report. hahaha. Maybe I'm the only one who would have laughed, though. You probably would have gotten an email....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-43786107628073652362010-05-20T00:50:55.509+09:302010-05-20T00:50:55.509+09:30Thanks, now I can cross another item off my Bucket...Thanks, now I can cross another item off my Bucket List.<br />OR! I could just leave it til last and then it won't matter if I get eaten by a rabid emu/koala/spyder/snake.Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279052922234819133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-82864105742576625622010-05-19T22:08:51.232+09:302010-05-19T22:08:51.232+09:30you are a HOT MESS! you had me going...i'm gul...you are a HOT MESS! you had me going...i'm gullible, so sue me. LOL!!!! way funny.<br /><br />a friend moved to Australia with his bride about two years ago and loves it.Janeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199479552850644959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-64740286089707524412010-05-19T12:07:49.374+09:302010-05-19T12:07:49.374+09:30You forgot to mention the phantom kangaroos, which...You forgot to mention the phantom kangaroos, which are actually linked on Wikipedia! We have some pretty big scorpions and mosquitos here in Texas. And walking sticks (some really large insect that actually looks like a stick), I've seen some that are probably four or five inches long! Although, that was a long time ago, they could be extinct by now. I'm sure you could come and visit our gulf coast, no worries, I'm sure the oil has killed everything by now. Sorry, had to say it! Oh and watch out for our crazy drivers!<br /><br />Anna<br />Great translation by the way! Hilarious!Crafty Girls Workshophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244225447661249605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-65793584533677851342010-05-19T11:57:19.289+09:302010-05-19T11:57:19.289+09:30You got bunyip. We got bigfoot. Scotland has Nes...You got bunyip. We got bigfoot. Scotland has Nessie. Nepal has yeti. If we put them all in a room together, who do you think will win?GaAmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645536686358270199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-11995352699466839962010-05-19T08:48:12.663+09:302010-05-19T08:48:12.663+09:30I have no comment appropriate for the level of awe...I have no comment appropriate for the level of awesomeness that is this post. I mean, how do you follow an act that fabulous? You are my blogging idol. Cheers! -EElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980461113595763030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-9813796785049748592010-05-19T06:12:39.949+09:302010-05-19T06:12:39.949+09:30You are soooo going to be in trouble with Tourism ...You are soooo going to be in trouble with Tourism Australia! They might as well bring back the ad campaign, "Where the bloody hell are you?", because nobody is ever going to visit here now!<br /><br />Bunyips!!!!!!....I am still recovering from a Drop Bear attack, I was lucky. <br /><br />You forgot to mention about the Magpies, we are not safe from bird attacks either.<br /><br />However, there are still a few of us here in Oz that have made it to the grand old age of 30 without being attacked, poisoned, maimed or killed.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659940271976716013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-27500839603441028192010-05-19T04:58:50.775+09:302010-05-19T04:58:50.775+09:30LOL! I love it! And despite practicing a bit of ...LOL! I love it! And despite practicing a bit of CYA (cover your a*s), I *know* you're not joshing. I've watched many a wondrous nature show on Australia's nature, and it's darn scary. That said, if I could beam in the way they do on Star Trek, I'd make the trip. :-)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805403370463885686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-54216772150119430842010-05-19T04:54:46.740+09:302010-05-19T04:54:46.740+09:30OK, seriously, this post was AWESOME. Because my ...OK, seriously, this post was AWESOME. Because my husband and my Dad joke about this stuff all the time. They're both really well-read and they know everything. So they have all these weird conversations. One of the conversations they have is about how they have agreed to never go to Australia no matter how badly they want to. Because they are CONVINCED (and I'm literally QUOTING them here) that the minute they step off the plane, one of the deadly flying spiders will be gunning for them and they will be dead right there on the tarmac.<br /><br />Then they watched an episode of Man vs Wild or something in Australia and that sealed their pact. <br /><br />We really do want to go there sometime. But Brett is CONVINCED about the instant death standing next to the plane!!!TheLabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805494195436969713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-39363887816290084302010-05-19T04:41:49.407+09:302010-05-19T04:41:49.407+09:30That post was genius. There isn't a phobia on...That post was genius. There isn't a phobia on earth unaffected by that post, and I like it. I will be laughing and swatting imaginary jumping spiders off of me all day!Simply UnFlabuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303983788740577695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-4099665395310070712010-05-19T03:59:34.334+09:302010-05-19T03:59:34.334+09:30Okay, call me naive but you had me at the mouse sp...Okay, call me naive but you had me at the mouse spiders *shiver*. Also the fact that Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray and he was extremely animal/reptile smart. Or dumb don't know which - he thought all animals were his friend *LOL* All I know is he was darn cute and too young to leave this earth, even Australia. You forgot to mention the barbie though. You know, "Throw another shrimp on the barbie mate" as opposed to the American Barbie who every woman would be glad to throw shrimp at with that perfect body at 50+ years old. I read a little known fact yesterday about Winnipeg (capital of Manitoba in Canada). Apparently it's legal to sit on an alligator, poke it with a stick and/or pull it's tail. But for some reason in 1996 they found it necessary to enact a Bylaw which states that none of this is considered llegally provoking or agitating an alligator. It is illegal to provoke an alligator into a fight. Don't know how you could provoke it any other way other than commenting on what nice shoes it would make. On the other hand alligators aren't found in great numbers in Manitoba which is basically miles and miles of flat land with wheat growing on it if they're lucky.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778110892578808447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-77242017849810008302010-05-19T03:49:04.037+09:302010-05-19T03:49:04.037+09:30The ladies at Victor Harbor's Quilt Basket hav...The ladies at Victor Harbor's Quilt Basket have a prize winning Dunny quilt with redbacks embroidered on it. I got my photo taken with one of the quilter and the quilt.<br /><br />When I was out at Warrawong, the tour guide explained about drop bears (-;. And went on to tell us that the duck-billed platypus has toxic stingers. We saw four platypus that evening, swimming in the ponds. I was shocked at how small they were. Every photo I'd seen made them look like they were about 45 lbs. or so-- like a raccoon or a beaver. They were very tiny, maybe 1.5 lbs or so and about 8-10 inches end to end. <br /><br />It was so much fun, I wish I could afford to risk another trip to Adelaide.lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-21008554502083428932010-05-19T03:34:00.243+09:302010-05-19T03:34:00.243+09:30Hmmm.... there goes the moving to Australia theory...Hmmm.... there goes the moving to Australia theory! Funny post! But scary.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-12708877929079846882010-05-19T01:24:26.346+09:302010-05-19T01:24:26.346+09:30Hahahahaha, I HAVE heard there are scary creatures...Hahahahaha, I HAVE heard there are scary creatures in Australia - plus on our "Funniest Home Videos" show - there are lots of kangaroos kicking people - mostly men, in the groin.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123520405709193418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-48348633845133622572010-05-19T00:00:41.915+09:302010-05-19T00:00:41.915+09:30And thats the reason I'm staying in England. N...And thats the reason I'm staying in England. Nothing to do with the full days flying time, the cost or the heat when I get that that will fry my pale freckled celtic skin. Snakes and spiders! No chance!Shevvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597474715523695213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-43153997743927995332010-05-18T23:38:45.147+09:302010-05-18T23:38:45.147+09:30you are a crack up!! I think there are also bird s...you are a crack up!! I think there are also bird spiders .....and wolf spiders....LOLOL....when we were kids we always had to burn a sheet of newspaper under the "seat" of the long drop dunny before we sat down...to get rid of the red backs! I love a trip down memory lane!!Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464945754300570558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-87953629989832960992010-05-18T23:31:36.016+09:302010-05-18T23:31:36.016+09:30You have managed to hit all my hot button horrors ...You have managed to hit all my hot button horrors in one post--congratulations!<br /><br />Cancel my reservation at the M&S B&B.<br /><br />This is hilariously funny, despite the nightmares it will give me!vawriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776688234339103879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-33862761526242560512010-05-18T23:15:19.110+09:302010-05-18T23:15:19.110+09:30No, I did NOT know you were joshing! My skin crawl...No, I did NOT know you were joshing! My skin crawling with the mere mention of snakes, not to mention giant spiders (anything larger than a nickel is a giant spider to me).<br /> <br />If you come to Wisconsin, you better watch out for the hodag!Paulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181665241824945247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-1223897606987950162010-05-18T22:54:51.777+09:302010-05-18T22:54:51.777+09:30Look, I don't care if you put a little post sc...Look, I don't care if you put a little post script on there saying you are joshing about these things because frankly, you can NOT josh about spiders at all with me. You cannot show me a spider. I am 36 years old and it's taken me this long to be able to kill a spider the size of a pinkey fingernail. I can't look at pictures without serious, hardcore willpower to think of something else before I FEEL the creepy crawly. I could live with it all but those. <br /><br />you just talked me out of Australia, which, btw, I once saw a show on the "most poisonous creatures on earth" and they were in Australia and South America... that show talked me out of both places as a vacation spot. I was willing to overlook that... thinking you lived in civilization but well, you are renovating. You are disturbing living spaces and I don't think you have a plastic bubble large enough for me. <br /><br />I might have to talk to the hubs about buying you a ticket here instead. Your man can work on the redo, you can be warm in our summer. <br /><br />btw... I'm not sure I'm kidding. I have to go golf and see if I can get the freaky out of my head. :DSarcastic Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260818745110503205noreply@blogger.com