tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post2695181369333538003..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: Hold the OnionsStubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-33741913016647305022009-10-22T00:03:29.301+11:002009-10-22T00:03:29.301+11:00Jail vs gaol - easy enough to explain -
Australia...Jail vs gaol - easy enough to explain -<br /><br />Australia was settled by drunken, scurvy-addled Cockney recidivists. Do you suppose they had a snowflake's chance in Dubbo of spelling the word correctly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-39459211351496569752009-10-21T23:52:48.589+11:002009-10-21T23:52:48.589+11:00Can't remember what I was taught at school abo...Can't remember what I was taught at school about jail/gaol, but know jail is preferred in newspapers, online etc because it's easier to pick up a typo in that than gaol/goal.come.to.mummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624139616843975345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-55548911948520402652009-10-21T19:22:56.827+11:002009-10-21T19:22:56.827+11:00I'm over 50 and I always visited my brother in...I'm over 50 and I always visited my brother in "jail". And European fairy tales, especially Polish ones, are gruesome. Poles told a tale of the haggard witch who would visit in the night and lick the sugary teeth of children who hadn't brushed. Fucked UP!catlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460432521252091803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-90707432663622077122009-10-21T18:45:24.488+11:002009-10-21T18:45:24.488+11:00Ouch.Ouch.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-67280351039821444182009-10-21T18:30:50.036+11:002009-10-21T18:30:50.036+11:00Its harder to see on the webpage but there are lit...Its harder to see on the webpage but there are little drops of blood falling from where the kids thumbs were. And check out what happenned to Augustus who didn't eat his soup.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462983717621525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-18810126344067708842009-10-21T18:22:01.219+11:002009-10-21T18:22:01.219+11:00Clearly what I meant by Pauling was Pauline.
Alth...Clearly what I meant by Pauling was Pauline.<br /><br />Although I have a use for Pauling: when you leave a highly successful and influential band and become a total dickhead, you're said to be Pauling.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75227574815882884412009-10-21T18:20:22.849+11:002009-10-21T18:20:22.849+11:00Wow PG, that Pauling was highly combustible.
Than...Wow PG, that Pauling was highly combustible.<br /><br />Thank god I noticed (and corrected) a stray apostrophe in the above post before Melba did. Phew.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-45740296285681318282009-10-21T18:06:25.508+11:002009-10-21T18:06:25.508+11:00Holy crap, Patch! Those are awful!Holy crap, Patch! Those are awful!Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-13884899288963769642009-10-21T17:56:43.884+11:002009-10-21T17:56:43.884+11:00These English nursery rhymes are for wimps, black ...These English nursery rhymes are for wimps, black plague or not. Our German grandmother traumatised us with Struwwelpeter ("shock headed Peter)". This book is obedience through terror. Sorry I haven't figured out how to do a link yet but heres an online menu - check out what happens to the kid who sucks his thumb or pauline with the matches. We were given this as small children. This is the first time I've seen it in years and I can remember the illustrations clearly. I think you'll agree they are hard to forget. <br /><br />http://www.fln.vcu.edu/struwwel/struwwel.htmlpatchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462983717621525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-61217034883377911922009-10-21T17:37:59.307+11:002009-10-21T17:37:59.307+11:00It's "jail".
"Gaol" is a ...It's "jail".<br /><br />"Gaol" is a term used by dyslexic soccer fans.Mr Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920080753047166402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-64910489943198362132009-10-21T16:33:58.912+11:002009-10-21T16:33:58.912+11:001870s Glenrowan is probably where my school's ...1870s Glenrowan is probably where my school's library got all their books from. And their teachers, come to think of it.<br /><br />It was a tiny country school with 4 teachers, and barely enough students to fit into a clown car.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-6170726040184172102009-10-21T16:18:59.422+11:002009-10-21T16:18:59.422+11:00As this bloke says
An alternative and more proba...As <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/ring-a-ring-of-roses.html" rel="nofollow"> this bloke</a> says<br /><br /><i>An alternative and more probable explanation, and one which is almost always the case with nursery rhymes, is that the words are playful nonsense.</i>.<br /><br />So there!Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-69996805684666868092009-10-21T16:10:17.638+11:002009-10-21T16:10:17.638+11:00Cheers for the advice Ramon and Wari. I'm sure...Cheers for the advice Ramon and Wari. I'm sure I won't feel nearly as bad the next time I cut one of those people off in mid-sentence.<br /><br /><br /><br />I thought it was gaol right up until I went to 'proper school'. Probably because I was reading comics from the 40s and 50s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-8156069814418513252009-10-21T16:02:51.919+11:002009-10-21T16:02:51.919+11:00Yeah, I have young children and now I have warped ...Yeah, I have young children and now I have warped their delicate young minds with incorrect historical references to their favourite nursery rhymes. Damn straight Ramon should fix this abominable situation!WitchOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562967775567670188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-24038934186804618992009-10-21T16:00:41.993+11:002009-10-21T16:00:41.993+11:00I thought it was about the plague too. As Ramon sh...I thought it was about the plague too. As Ramon shattered the myth it's up to him to come up with an explanation I reckon.wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58077000523946847982009-10-21T16:00:12.631+11:002009-10-21T16:00:12.631+11:00Who the hell knows, Witchie.
I think Puss went to...Who the hell knows, Witchie.<br /><br /><i>I think Puss went to school in 1870s Glenrowan.</i><br /><br />This may explain why she's wearing a CrinolineRamon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-76454984357509428592009-10-21T15:59:24.481+11:002009-10-21T15:59:24.481+11:00Oh.
Ring a ring a ring rosy, a pocket full of pos...Oh.<br /><br />Ring a ring a ring rosy, a pocket full of posy, a tishoo a tishoo we all fall down.<br /><br />Cows in the meadow eating buttercups, a tishoo a tishoo we all stand up.<br /><br />Nope, still doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />Bugger.WitchOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562967775567670188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-20579865757651673002009-10-21T15:57:54.658+11:002009-10-21T15:57:54.658+11:00Were you educated by the Amish perhaps Puss? They ...Were you educated by the Amish perhaps Puss? They seem to like the quaint things in life, maybe if the Amish were in Australia they'd still be using gaol too.<br /><br />I never have though and I'm older than you. This does not (the being older thing), as it may appear, make me happy, not at all.<br /><br />I was certain ring a ring a rosy was about the plague. What the hell is it about then??WitchOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562967775567670188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-83376316229585534592009-10-21T15:52:26.913+11:002009-10-21T15:52:26.913+11:00I think Puss went to school in 1870s Glenrowan.I think Puss went to school in 1870s Glenrowan.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58171163006424155662009-10-21T15:51:00.298+11:002009-10-21T15:51:00.298+11:00Weird. I have no explanation for this.Weird. I have no explanation for this.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-26505128070596162472009-10-21T15:37:26.695+11:002009-10-21T15:37:26.695+11:00OK, I'm 45 and it's always been jail to me...OK, I'm 45 and it's always been jail to me.<br /><br />And Perseus, you need to get your arse to Thailand. You'll be married in minutes.wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-42353954762004336492009-10-21T15:25:27.265+11:002009-10-21T15:25:27.265+11:00I'm really really really late 30's, and I&...I'm really really really late 30's, and I've always spelt it as 'jail'. <br /><br />'Gaol' was where Ned Kelly went in the 1800's.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-67987622191617703942009-10-21T15:23:07.440+11:002009-10-21T15:23:07.440+11:00I've always used 'jail' and I'm 35...I've always used 'jail' and I'm 35. 'Gaol' has always meant a historic jail to me, you know, one with dodgy looking mannequins wearing pyjamas with arrowssquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-46863257330403144922009-10-21T15:13:26.860+11:002009-10-21T15:13:26.860+11:00Ramon's right Alex. If you give them any quart...Ramon's right Alex. If you give them any quarter at all they'll go on for ever. They have no right to walk up unsolicited to you in the street. Same for religious fuckwits. We were besieged by Indian (I think) guys in Bangkok walking up and saying, "How I know your mother name?" The reuired response is, "Fuck off, idiot"wari lasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510841562408680249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-5684773554267629552009-10-21T15:09:20.420+11:002009-10-21T15:09:20.420+11:00I don't know about that, Bob. I was taught to...I don't know about that, Bob. I was taught to use gaol at both primary and high school. And I'm not even 30 yet.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.com