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Absolute Tradgedy!

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The poms are outperforming the aussies at the topic titles.... :D

Tradgedy

Who would ever have thought this possible? What is the world coming to? :o

'nuff said.

:D

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Nothing can ever, ever, ever, ever make amends for Skippy.

Tck, tck tck tck tck.

What's that Skip? say again, the rayyyydio was too loud.

Tck, tck tck tck tck.

Ah, Sonny is trapped down a well with a broken leg.

Never mind the melting ice-caps, sometimes I'm surprised that we have managed to last this long.

Garry Pankhurst who played "Sonny Hammond" the human star of the show has a company that exports kangaroo products ie skins, meat etc all over the world. He was involved in the deal with Addidas to make football boots made of kangaroo skins

Tck tck tck tck tck

Wat's that skip there are illegal roo shooters in the park

tck tck tck

And they said kangaroo is going for 4 bucks a kilo dressed and butted

jeez skip - out of interest how much do you weigh

bang bang

Wat's that skip there are illegal roo shooters in the park

tck tck tck

And they said kangaroo is going for 4 bucks a kilo dressed and butted

jeez skip - out of interest how much do you weigh

bang bang

I thought it was OK to shoot illegal 'roos??

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The poms are outperforming the aussies at the topic titles.... :D

Tradgedy

Who would ever have thought this possible? What is the world coming to? :o

'nuff said.

:D

Only took a week for somebody to pick up on that! :D What a travesty.

Skippy is not dead yet. :o

Tony Bonner wants a cut of Skippy's profits

August 16, 2008

AFTER 40 years it appears there's one last adventure left for Skippy, Australia's iconic television kangaroo - Skippy Goes to Court.

Actor Tony Bonner, the heart-throb star of the show that debuted in the late '60s and sold into more than 128 countries worldwide - and is still running in foreign territories like Hong Kong - has lodged a statement of claim with the NSW Supreme Court seeking declarations that he's entitled to a share of four decades worth of profits from the show, merchandising and associated film and music spin-offs.

Made by Fauna Productions Pty Ltd, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, which ran for three seasons between 1968 and 1970, has entered Australian entertainment folklore and the marsupial is arguably the country's greatest and most enduring showbiz export.

Sydney lawyer Rick Mitry, representing Bonner, said the claim was conceivably "worth millions".

"I believe he's entitled to be compensated for his role in the show," Mr Mitry said yesterday.

Bonner, 64, said he had no malice towards the show's producers, but wanted to at least be recognised for his work and his contribution to the series' successful longevity.

Bonner played the dashing helicopter pilot, Flight Ranger Jerry King, in only the first series of the show, and starred alongside the late Ed Devereaux, Ken James and the ubiquitous Garry Pankhurst as Sonny Hammond. Bonner has never received any residual payments for his part in the series, despite its phenomenal worldwide success.

Trivia.

The paw that 'Skippy' used to point/jab at things was one of those cheap kangaroo paw bottle openers that one can buy at a souvenir shop.

The poms are outperforming the aussies at the topic titles.... :D

Tradgedy

Who would ever have thought this possible? What is the world coming to? :o

'nuff said.

:D

Speaking of Tragedies. .......

The less said about the brothers Gibb the better.

Ended up giving them to the yanks. :D

The poms are outperforming the aussies at the topic titles.... :D

Tradgedy

Who would ever have thought this possible? What is the world coming to? :o

'nuff said.

:D

Speaking of Tragedies. .......

The less said about the brothers Gibb the better.

Ended up giving them to the yanks. :D

was a good trade - we got them from the Poms for a pittance and then on sold them to the Yanks for their weight in cocaine

:D

CB

What about that youngest brother, didn't he jump start the Miami economy.

What about that youngest brother, didn't he jump start the Miami economy.

Barry, Robin and Morris were quite versatile ...... Andy, however, only sniffed in one key.

As this started about medal tables in the Olympics - shall we move on to the Paralympics?

Current medal table :

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL

1 China 63 54 42 159

2 Great Britain 41 23 26 90

3 United States 30 26 26 80

4 Ukraine 20 15 24 59

5 Australia 18 26 24 66

6 Canada 17 8 18 43

7 South Africa 17 2 5 24

8 Russia 16 20 18 54

9 Germany 13 20 20 53

10 Spain 13 19 17 49

11 Brazil 12 9 14 35

12 South Korea 8 6 11 25

13 France 7 20 12 39

14 Mexico 7 2 7 16

15 Tunisia 6 8 2 16

16 Czech Republic 6 2 13 21

17 Cuba 5 3 6 14

18 New Zealand 5 3 4 12

19 Sweden 5 2 3 10

20 Kenya 5 2 1 8

21 Italy 4 6 4 14

22 Belarus 4 6 1 11

23 Egypt 4 3 4 11

24 Algeria 4 1 5 10

25 Poland 3 10 11 24

26 Japan 3 9 6 18

27 Netherlands 3 8 7 18

28 Greece 3 6 5 14

29 Nigeria 3 3 1 7

30 Denmark 3 1 4 8

31 Austria 3 1 0 4

32 ran 2 5 1 8

33 Switzerland 2 2 4 8

34 Hong Kong 2 1 1 4

34 Ireland 2 1 1 4

34 Morocco 2 1 1 4

37 Croatia 2 1 0 3

38 Portugal 1 4 1 6

39 Thailand 1 3 5 9

40 Azerbaijan 1 3 4 8

41 Norway 1 3 3 7

42 Cyprus 1 2 1 4

42 Slovakia 1 2 1 4

44 Latvia 1 2 0 3

45 Finland 1 1 2 4

46 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 2

47 Hungary 1 0 5 6

48 Venezuela 1 0 2 3

49 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2

49 Turkey 1 0 1 2

51 Mongolia 1 0 0 1

52 Israel 0 5 1 6

53 Jordan 0 2 1 3

54 Angola 0 2 0 2

54 Lithuania 0 2 0 2

54 Serbia 0 2 0 2

57 Argentina 0 1 3 4

57 Singapore 0 1 2 3

58 Slovenia 0 1 2 3

60 Iraq 0 1 0 1

60 Pakistan 0 1 0 1

60 Romania 0 1 0 1

63 Lebanon 0 0 2 2

64 Belgium 0 0 1 1

64 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1

64 Colombia 0 0 1 1

64 Estonia 0 0 1 1

64 Jamaica 0 0 1 1

64 Lao PDR 0 0 1 1

64 Malaysia 0 0 1 1

64 Namibia 0 0 1 1

64 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1

64 Syria 0 0 1 1

Doas this mean there's more disabled people in UK (doubt it - Aussies show a treference for being legless) or is the welfare state giving better oportunites (see Boayer's current posting on Essex man in <Being British> thread) or is it just that we're so much better than our colonial cousins - as are the Warriors compared to the Sea Eagles.

Edit - sorry about the formatting - it was all OK on the preview

New Zealand have won a breathless Test against Australia in Brisbane, claiming the Tri-Nations title and the Bledisloe Cup with a 28-24 victory.

bugger

sigh

CB

New Zealand have won a breathless Test against Australia in Brisbane, claiming the Tri-Nations title and the Bledisloe Cup with a 28-24 victory.

bugger

sigh

CB

The annoying thing was - I was watching this on Australia Network - saw the Wallabies go ahead just before half-time, saw the Kiwis come back just after half-time, then Aus Network went off air in Vietnam. So I had to wait until this morning to find out the result.

But I watched the NFL match between Manly and the Kiwis and - provided you tuned out the commentator - who is more jingoistic than some of the English idiots - it was a good match. Only the rules and the ref detracted from the overall game.

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ssshhhhhh - don't tell pete :o

yep - the aussies managed to squander a reasonable lead and let the opposition take the prize - dissappointing - must be something to do with the current inpet, scandel wridden government - anyone notice the sussie exchange rate off around 20% in nearly a month! :D

ssshhhhhh - don't tell pete :o

yep - the aussies managed to squander a reasonable lead and let the opposition take the prize - dissappointing - must be something to do with the current inpet, scandel wridden government - anyone notice the sussie exchange rate off around 20% in nearly a month! :D

That's only because you've started this "Be nice to immigrants" policy. Put some Queensland pol's in charge and see the changes.

ssshhhhhh - don't tell pete :o

yep - the aussies managed to squander a reasonable lead and let the opposition take the prize - dissappointing - must be something to do with the current inpet, scandel wridden government - anyone notice the sussie exchange rate off around 20% in nearly a month! :D

Wooo Hoooooooooo....... The ALL BLACKS......... ROOL again.

Da Warriors showed The Mighty Melbourne Storm that they are no "Sons of IKE"...... more like daughters..hehe

NZ Warriors rooooooool.

Kiwi $buck has bin dropping it's gutz too........ hope this Lehman caper drops the greenback down again.

Need decent KIWI rate for my trip next month.

I understood every word..... that's quite worrying.

Wooo Hoooooooooo....... The ALL BLACKS......... ROOL again.

Bloody NZ coach! :o

Not sure how a change of bus will help the Aussies ?

Never mind - the Ockers have still got Kevin Stonor.

But Rossi beat him last weekend.

Evans?

Second in the Tour de France after being pre-race favorite

Are the Aussies more than second best at anything these days?

They are only marginally worse than the Irish at AFL.

Kevin Stonor? Any relation to Casey Stoner?

Screwed it up, didn't I?

Not the first time - certainly won't be the last, either.

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