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HaoZi
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That's regional? I thought it was nationwide.
Ok, people are really getting gross...
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Marg's Man
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Nup -international but it DOES depend on context.
You lot!
You lot!
Star*
call 911........call 911
Regional? Is THAT a double entendre? OMG you guys are too much! (sits innocently in the corner watching the big girls) SEE? and I'M the one that gets sent to the corner all the time.....HA....or is it HUH!? Or whatever HazOi said...goopgooglygoo.
(whip crack sound) ghee ha!
(whip crack sound) ghee ha!
Marguerite
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When we're talking about salami, are we talking about cabanossi or pastrami? I remember husband & I went to a Halloween party once, for my drama group, and someone turned up dressed as a flasher. He had gone to a lot of trouble - wore a large full-head mask (so we couldn't see his face at all) and a large overcoat. Under the overcoat he WAS dressed, but he had attached a long stick of cabanossi to his shorts. The cabanossi was attached cunningly with string running inside the coat and down his sleeve so when he opened his coat, the cabanossi would - rise up suggestively. He never said an intelligible word all night (not even when one very pretty girl attacked him and bit the cabanossi in half) and we just couldn't work out who he was... not even by elimination.
The first time I heard about salami tactics, was in an episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" (a brilliant British sitcom from the 80s). The new Prime Minister was discussing the nuclear deterrent with a political advisor who was trying to prove to him that he, the PM, would actually never push "the button". The advisor, Rosenblum, says that "if they try anything, it will be salami tactics." He then proceeds to explain.
From the book "Yes, Prime Minister" volume 1 (Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay). The new PM is meeting with an academic military advisor who is asking if he believes in the nuclear deterrent. The PM says that of course he does. The professor asks why. PM doesn't understand, so the professor presents a hypothetical scenario.
So that, politically, is a hypothetical explanation of salami tactics. Slice by thin slice, a little at a time. Of course the book (and the TV series) is dated, but if you watch it in historical context, it is still brilliant stuff.
Marg
The first time I heard about salami tactics, was in an episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" (a brilliant British sitcom from the 80s). The new Prime Minister was discussing the nuclear deterrent with a political advisor who was trying to prove to him that he, the PM, would actually never push "the button". The advisor, Rosenblum, says that "if they try anything, it will be salami tactics." He then proceeds to explain.
From the book "Yes, Prime Minister" volume 1 (Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay). The new PM is meeting with an academic military advisor who is asking if he believes in the nuclear deterrent. The PM says that of course he does. The professor asks why. PM doesn't understand, so the professor presents a hypothetical scenario.
So that, politically, is a hypothetical explanation of salami tactics. Slice by thin slice, a little at a time. Of course the book (and the TV series) is dated, but if you watch it in historical context, it is still brilliant stuff.
Marg
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ThreeShadows
Quid me anxia?
Marge, you Aussies must have some wild parties!
Marguerite
Active Member
Our political parties are the wildest!
A famous modern Aussie play is "Don's Party" by David Williamson. He's Australia's answer to Neil Simon. "Don's Party" is set back in the 70s on the eve of an election where the Labor party was expected to win, after about 25 years of Liberal rule. Don and his friends are pro-Labor but among the guests are a couple who are pro-Liberal. How they all interact with one another before, during and after the party (while they watch Labor lose the election on the TV) is interesting social commentary. It's not about politics, it's about society.
And speaking of wild parties - last night was Mardi Gras here. They're just covering it on the morning TV show. Our Mardi Gras is just a tad different...
Marg
A famous modern Aussie play is "Don's Party" by David Williamson. He's Australia's answer to Neil Simon. "Don's Party" is set back in the 70s on the eve of an election where the Labor party was expected to win, after about 25 years of Liberal rule. Don and his friends are pro-Labor but among the guests are a couple who are pro-Liberal. How they all interact with one another before, during and after the party (while they watch Labor lose the election on the TV) is interesting social commentary. It's not about politics, it's about society.
And speaking of wild parties - last night was Mardi Gras here. They're just covering it on the morning TV show. Our Mardi Gras is just a tad different...
Marg
ThreeShadows
Quid me anxia?
Dare I ask in which way the Aussie Mardi Gras differs from other wild parties???
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HaoZi
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I'm waiting to hear it.
Marg's Man
Member
It's not your 'normal' Mardi Gras
Marguerite
Active Member
Maybe a little more clarification needed.
The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras started as a very small protest march, held one wet night, which would have been a total non-event if it wasn't for one of our politicians, a notorious "wowser" (very conservative person). Rev Fred Nile made such a loud noise AGAINST the march, that they decided to do it again the following year, thanks to the publicity they got because of his objections. And it has grown from there. We have seen it grow and seen attitudes shift over the years as the event has become far more mainstream, but always outrageous. The event always starts with lesbians on motorcycles (I think the site would censor what they are called - pity). We do like rhyming couplets in Australia...
Interestingly, we have never personally gone to the Mardi Gras although easy child 2/difficult child 2 was asked to be in the Actors Equity part of the parade one year, and as she was under age, I would have had to go with her. But she had school next day and I would have had a hard time explaining to the school (and possibly welfare authorities) why she was there. Although I saw some reporters interviewing some little kids who were in the parade - children of same-sex couples. And no, I do not think the welfare authorities will have any problems with that, not any more. It really has become a lot more accepted, even if it's still a long way from acceptable (in some senses of the word).
husband has a work colleague who goes to Mardi Gras every year and as a result, the guy puts in for a day off on the Monday following. The hangover from Saturday night is THAT big!
If ever you're in Sydney and it's NOT Mardi Gras, you can still see the evidence of it in the area where the parade is held. Some of the gay community have been campaigning (unsuccessfully, thankfully) to have that part of Sydney a "straight-free zone".
We have some interesting places in Sydney. Homosexuality is not restricted to any place, but some areas are much more open about it.
There were only 18 arrests on Saturday night, mostly for minor stuff. Considering the size of the crowd, that is amazing. But despite the outrageous stuff in the parade, they really are a well-behaved mob.
husband will undoubtedly get some interesting gossip about the whole shenanigans on Tuesday, when his offsider crawls back in, still wearing his dark glasses and pink feather boa...
Marg
The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras started as a very small protest march, held one wet night, which would have been a total non-event if it wasn't for one of our politicians, a notorious "wowser" (very conservative person). Rev Fred Nile made such a loud noise AGAINST the march, that they decided to do it again the following year, thanks to the publicity they got because of his objections. And it has grown from there. We have seen it grow and seen attitudes shift over the years as the event has become far more mainstream, but always outrageous. The event always starts with lesbians on motorcycles (I think the site would censor what they are called - pity). We do like rhyming couplets in Australia...
Interestingly, we have never personally gone to the Mardi Gras although easy child 2/difficult child 2 was asked to be in the Actors Equity part of the parade one year, and as she was under age, I would have had to go with her. But she had school next day and I would have had a hard time explaining to the school (and possibly welfare authorities) why she was there. Although I saw some reporters interviewing some little kids who were in the parade - children of same-sex couples. And no, I do not think the welfare authorities will have any problems with that, not any more. It really has become a lot more accepted, even if it's still a long way from acceptable (in some senses of the word).
husband has a work colleague who goes to Mardi Gras every year and as a result, the guy puts in for a day off on the Monday following. The hangover from Saturday night is THAT big!
If ever you're in Sydney and it's NOT Mardi Gras, you can still see the evidence of it in the area where the parade is held. Some of the gay community have been campaigning (unsuccessfully, thankfully) to have that part of Sydney a "straight-free zone".
We have some interesting places in Sydney. Homosexuality is not restricted to any place, but some areas are much more open about it.
There were only 18 arrests on Saturday night, mostly for minor stuff. Considering the size of the crowd, that is amazing. But despite the outrageous stuff in the parade, they really are a well-behaved mob.
husband will undoubtedly get some interesting gossip about the whole shenanigans on Tuesday, when his offsider crawls back in, still wearing his dark glasses and pink feather boa...
Marg
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HaoZi
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Just one question: Do they do the traditional bead necklace tossing?
You know--
I was watching a movie last night, and this thread popped into my head because - like so many movies and tv shows - a man and woman met, launch into flirtatious talk, and in the next moment...we see the bedroom scene...
I can't help but wonder how many people expect life to work the same way they see on TV ? There's no "dating", "courtship", "getting to know one another" in the movies....it takes too long AND it's not as exciting as jumping right into the steamy sex scenes
PLUS - overall, we are developing a kind of "hook-up culture" where casual sex is the norm and actual "dating" is the exception...
Marg's Man
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Movies & TV probably have a part but I don't think it is as big a part as they being given 'credit' for.
I think quick into bed was almost as common (if not just as common) a hundred, two hundred, two thousand years ago as it is today. Tow thousand years ago it was ancient Rome and they, like we are today, were much more laissez faire about it than they have been in the last couple of centuries.
I've been doing a lot of Family History research lately and I turned up more than a few skeletons in the various closets I've poked into.
Marg's Man
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HaoZi
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I don't think it's so much more common as it is more openly acknowledged now in some cultures. And hey, I wouldn't buy a car without test driving it either.
Marguerite
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Sorry, Star, but I did warn people - Sydney's Mardi Gras is now world famous. Once our politicians realised it was bringing in millions to the economy, it suddenly became acceptable and respectable.
I gather it's just coming in. easy child 2/difficult child 2 said the word is on the street to the girls, flash your bits and get beads thrown to you. However I saw no sign of it on the news. I think there's so much going on and so much distraction, that something as tame as a few bare breasts in the crowd would pass unnoticed.
Star, move over in that corner...
Marg
I gather it's just coming in. easy child 2/difficult child 2 said the word is on the street to the girls, flash your bits and get beads thrown to you. However I saw no sign of it on the news. I think there's so much going on and so much distraction, that something as tame as a few bare breasts in the crowd would pass unnoticed.
Star, move over in that corner...
Marg
nvts
Active Member
Aye.......makin' room Shelia...makin' room!
See? It's the angel corner...neener neener. (Star admits she's NOT so bad to the mods)
How come I'm not allowed in the good corner? I started this thread with self-rightous indignation?!!!
Beth
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