HMR group possibly stealing the Ubuntu Logo

That's not how people in Australia entitle a 'bill' they have to pay?

So Australians wrap their teapots in their bills and burn the bills?

Hey, I know a funny game. Let's see how we can turn this useless thread into something which violates TOS(S).

Any bad pun involving Bill and bongs would probably devolve quickly into a TOS violation.

it's only a violation if you exhale

billy http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-b.asp?page...

noun:- A tin used for boiling water over a campfire, usually for a cup of tea. Originally made from an empty jam tin with a loop of wire for a handle and used by swagmen during the depression years. Also called a "billy can".

> Let's see how we can turn this useless thread into something which violates TOS(S).

Could be done, but I think I'd need Bob's help. :)

Not true, TA just brought a depression into the mix with her definition, which by internet rules now makes it a fair target for debate. So it was TA who introduced the topic of how multiple failed social reforms presented to the public as 'necessary for public safety' has brought the economies of multiple nations to the breaking point, but is now being blamed on the banking industry (who were complicit anyway).

jd, was that a good enough attempt?

*/humor* */sarcasm*

Jeez what a mob of drongos. Pointing percy at them is too good a fate.

> jd, was that a good enough attempt?

It's a start, but Scott is the final authority on such matters. :)

Can you get some sort of heavy metal poisoning if the wrong can is used for the billy?

I'm sticking with my ceramic teapots.

Quoting:Can you get some sort of heavy metal poisoning if the wrong can is used for the billy?

If you made it of lead I guess; it would end up in the boiled water. That's why you shouldn't drink from a lead gutter. Or weren't you taught so?

It never occurred to me to drink from a gutter.

I'd bet rusty cans aren't a health thing to drink from either.

caitlyn, when you're a Swaggie, a rusty tin is the least of your worries.

Swaggie? Tracyanne, I speak five languages but sadly Australian isn't one of them.

The only secret to understanding Strine (Australian) is to remember all words are too long and need to be shortened.

That still doesn't tell me what Swaggie means :( Maybe I'm just thick today.

Intelligence tells me that's an itinerant worker; though not sure.

{quote]..... used by swagmen ....[/quote]

Singular Swagman, one who carries a swag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swag_(bedroll) and all their life possesions therein. Swaggie is 1 syllable, Swagman is 2, So a speaker of Strine would abbreviate to the single syllable version.

Oh, like graduates of Texas Agriculture and Manufacturing University are called "Aggies".