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Lucian
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Happy Australia Day! May I ask what the froggy-looking thing above the koala is?
Akhenaten
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Sideroxylon
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The old toad is no longer a QLD exclusive, though one holding a bottle of Bundaberg or Beenleigh would seem the most authentic choice.
HawaiiBigSis
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With good ol' American Whiskey no less!
Magenta
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It's worse than that I'm afraid. It was declared an icon by the National Trust of Queensland in 2006 (along with the colour maroon, would you believe). Sometimes I despair of my fellow Queenslanders...
(I wonder if those things in the photo are actually made here? I seem to recall seeing toad "artefacts" in Indonesia.)
Akhenaten
Heretic Pharaoh
Heresy!!!
Oh, wait . . .
Say . . .
There's an idea!
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Blaming Indonesia sounds reasonable to me, although I don't know how we're going to duck responsibility for these atrocities:
Scene of the crime:
Marino Leather Exports P/L
129A Lake Street,
Cairns 4870 QLD,
Australia
129A Lake Street,
Cairns 4870 QLD,
Australia
We're a weird mob, no doubt about it.
Damien Evans
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That looks like a bloke I play cricket with...
Magenta
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Oh gawd, it's even worse than I thought.
ETA: Actually it's not so much about blaming Indonesia as being surprised that we still make things here.
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Hallo Alfie
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Evidence please!
Anyway, let's hope you didn't pick up a dose of chlamydia from it. Nasty!
Akhenaten
Heretic Pharaoh
Koala Stew
Bon appétit . . .
- Fill a 44 gallon drum with 40 gallons of bore water, build fire around drum and bring water to boil.
- Add 7 handsfull of gum leaves and a smidgen of gidgea bark.
- Carefully throw in your just caught Koala.
- From a distance of about 2 metres, toss 1 standard size house brick into the mix. (the 2m distance is an OH&S requirement)
- Continue to boil mix until water level becomes 8cm from bottom of drum.
- Carefully remove Koala and bury a minimum of 500 metres from campsite.
- Remove brick and place on plate.
Bon appétit . . .
Hallo Alfie
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Yep that's the about the size of it. The stinking pissing flea bags are inedible, so I've been toad.
Sideroxylon
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Let's hope the Socceroos can knock over Japan and take the Asia Cup. It would be a great reward for the likes of Kewell, Schwarzer and Neill.
Hallo Alfie
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That would be nice, but I just can't see us winning.
Sideroxylon
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Really? I reckon we have a great team that is certainly capable of doing the job. It will not be for want of effort and I am certain that if they were to lose, they would go down fighting. The hunger to take this cup among the squad must be immense.
Huh? We are a higher rated team than Japan, which has just lost their gun player.
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A better way for me to have said that would have been "I just don't feel that confident but I hope I'm wrong". 
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