Not one swear word, I promise. No bad language at all.
Most of you won’t understand the underlying politics, or recognise the players in this drama, but you must have heard of Libya and The Middle East.
Rebel forces and the threat of a Canberra Spring
You may find it funny, or you may find it hard work and give up on it. 😀
Well, since everybody else is talking about them, I thought that I would lob my thoughts in.
It is always difficult to know what is unacceptable in a different culture. If truth be told, it still rankles a wee bit that I got called to task for using ‘keech’ which is, I assure you all yet again, a totally innocuous word in Jockish. Whatever, water under the bridge and JulieT took it in the spirit intended, being a Jockess. Haven’t spotted her yet at the Embran Fringe/Festival, by the way, but I hope that she has/is enjoying it/them.
Recently returned from Oz, I am in awe at their relaxed attitude to absolutely everything, particularly their humour and their ability to poke fun at everybody, including themselves. Sometimes in robust language which I was able to cope with, having had an induction course from Bearsy and Donald. Mrs M was occasionally at sea with the whole thing.
Continue reading “Sweirie Words”
We are not talking International Cricket Council here but the International Criminal Court, the one that sits in The Hague!
Some here may remember that when our representative voted for the UN resolution to go and bomb the daylights out of Gadaffi and his mob that I suggested our representative on the Security Council perhaps mistook the vote for one of ordering lunch.
A couple of months later I reported that our lot admitted that they in fact had no idea at all what they had voted for and regretted the decision.
Well, would you believe that the second in command down here (that would be Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe) has now suggested, no, urged the International Criminal Court to investigate NATO and its commanders for ‘crimes against humanity.’ Continue reading “S.A. call for NATO to appear at the ICC”
Some of you may remember these guy’s take on the London riots, this made me smile this morning.
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“Commanders-in-Chief in the field submitted periodical lists of officers and soldiers who were “mentioned in dispatches”. Award of a Mention ranked below MC or MM and could be for gallantry in action or for a wide range of services on and off the battlefield.”
Perhaps one should be awarded on a monthly basis to a worthy member on this site. I should like to nominate myself as the very first recipient. 🙂
Originally posted on MyT the following re-post, prompted by Bearsy’s post, Has The Chariot jumped the shark? links to a full explanation of ‘jumping the shark‘ with a take on ‘progressives’ and mission creep.
A few days ago, our respected and treasured third moderator raised a reasonable objection to certain crass acronyms which have, of late, become prevalent in posts and comments within The Chariot. As the site’s undisputed coward, I swiftly sidestepped the issue and tossed it upstairs to our leader, who rather uncharacteristically sat on the fence, pleading ethnic corruption.
I fear that I may have detected some disappointment emanating from the South African branch office.
However, as so often happens, the matter has serendipitously arisen elsewhere, and Annabel Crabb (the ABC’s chief online political commentator) has leapt into print to explain. One doesn’t have to read the full article on The Drum or know who Craig Thomson is – although he is currently a reviled political cause célèbre in Australia – to gain an understanding of the contemporary language pool in which Boadicea and I now swim.
Here is an extract from Annabel’s article –
… But I love FFS, for its pithy and very Australian blend of implied obscenity with genuine, palms-to-the-skies, you’ve-got-to-be-kidding exasperation.
Jumped the shark? Look it up, FFS! 😀
Sitting here watching the news I began to wonder about Libya and all the bullets these guys fire into the air; don’t they come down somewhere and if they hit someone on the way down would it kill them?
Any answers to this from some of our weapons oriented bloggers?
Just heard from my son in Washington DC. There has been quite a big earthquake in Washington DC. Not too much damage and no injuries reported, but it was 5.8 magnitude at the epicentre in Virginia.
As is my want, I recently bought the Tom Tom APP for my iPhone. I used it yesterday for the first time. It worked well on the motorways where down here in deepest darkest Wales all motorway signs are in both English and Welsh. The problems started when I left the motorway and started to use A & B roads. Continue reading “Tom Tom App for iPhone”
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