Inconsequential Chat

He probably got carried away with the annual corroboree festival based on the Bogong Moths and then decided to spin a couple of extra yarns...I’m just surprised he didn’t build in a girl called Doreen cheese

Speaking of bogong moths, did you read about that incredible archaeological find showing 2000yr-old remains of bogong moths on stone tools? Evidence of ancient food prep.

https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/aboriginal-populations-used-bogong-moths-as-a-food-source-2,000-years-ago,-researchers-find


joanne said:

https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/aboriginal-populations-used-bogong-moths-as-a-food-source-2,000-years-ago,-researchers-find

The moths would have been quite nutritious and loaded with a deal of natural fat.

Now if they'd added the ground up moth paste to a scrambled emu egg, it could have turned into an omelette with a difference.


I vaguely remember hearing about recipes with quandong flour, and other native nuts. I wonder if Black Olive has any recipes?? (An emu egg could feed several families!)


Parking spaces - in Israel


Another earworm coming up!


Apropos about nothing in particular, but I've just seen this about John Cleese (there is a similar comment about it in Wikipedia) and thought I'd share it here.

Cleese was expelled from Clifton College school for the following incident: There was a white statue of (Field Marshall) Earl Haig in the grounds. Cleese painted white footprints from the statue to the toilet and back again.

That would have been something to see!

Also from Wikipedia:  

"The biggest influence was The Goon Show. Kids were devoted to it. It was written by Spike Milligan. It also had Peter Sellers in it, who of course is the greatest voice man of all time. In the morning, we'd be at school and we'd discuss the whole thing and rehash the jokes and talk about it. We were obsessed with it."

—Cleese on his greatest comedic influence growing up, 1950s BBC Radio comedy, The Goon Show.



I'm in!  Anyone care to join me?


marksierra said:

Apropos about nothing in particular, but I've just seen this about John Cleese (there is a similar comment about it in Wikipedia) and thought I'd share it here.

Cleese was expelled from Clifton College school for the following incident: There was a white statue of (Field Marshall) Earl Haig in the grounds. Cleese painted white footprints from the statue to the toilet and back again.

That would have been something to see!

Also from Wikipedia:  

"The biggest influence was The Goon Show. Kids were devoted to it. It was written by Spike Milligan. It also had Peter Sellers in it, who of course is the greatest voice man of all time. In the morning, we'd be at school and we'd discuss the whole thing and rehash the jokes and talk about it. We were obsessed with it."

—Cleese on his greatest comedic influence growing up, 1950s BBC Radio comedy, The Goon Show.


 When I was a kid, my friends and I were addicted to a TV program called "The Telegoons". It was a puppet show, and tremendously funny. We were completely unaware at the time that it was actually the old radio Goon Show with visuals added through the puppets.


I heard about the Telegoons when I was in my teens, but had never seen the program.  The Goon Show was broadcast on our National radio service every Saturday from midday.

I was an avid listener, Jim.


Noted in passing .. and apparently attributed to Mark Twain:

'Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.'


marksierra said:

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 Picnics? BBQs?   smirk


joanne said:

marksierra said:

 Picnics? BBQs?  

smirk

 Perhaps, but not a knife I'd use to carve initials into a tree.


The ever-handy boy Scout pocketknife with handy horses’ hoof cleaning tool?? cheese doesn’t that model also have a neat corkscrew for opening small bottles of wine/old-fashioned bottles of ginger beer? See, you just need a little imagination ... 


joanne said:

See, you just need a little imagination ... 

 And a somewhat vandalistic bent to carve initials into a tree.

Youth these days are more likely to seal their relationship with a padlock attached to a railing.


...or a tattoo.  big surprise 


At the expense of repeating myself, I thought I'd put this here, as well (as in the Uncaged Bird thread)

Apart from the fact that they don't know the words (Thank you, I'll see myself out), this is why hummingbirds hum...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/16/scientists-unlock-secret-of-why-hummingbirds-hum


The etymology thread reminded me ...
     (Translation available if needed)


Oh well, so what if it's late?

Sometimes you find things that are too good not to share.  I'm not going to hang on to this until next year, it's worth enjoying it now!

"What shall we do with the middle matzah?"

https://youtu.be/VQON0ipv6iI


In the 'Close But No Cigar...' thread, https://maplewood.worldwebs.com/forums/discussion/close-but-no-cigar-and-other-interesting-sayings-an-etymology-thread?page=next&limit=180#discussion-replies-3544153


DaveSchmidt
said:

... and other dangling participles - an intentionally funny antipodal thread

Antipodal?  

Reminds me of 

Footloose and fancy free?

My two left feet?

Travels with my a(u)nt?

(Yes, I know what it means!)

Many words in English (and possibly other languages - German, for instance) are made up of compound words. One that immediately springs to mind is 'disgruntled'. If you can be disgruntled about something, why can't you be gruntled? Somebody had a comedy routine about that - it could have been The Two Ronnies. However, I believe the writer P.G Wodehouse may have been the originator. More on this from William Saffire - https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/14/magazine/on-language-how-to-be-gruntled-kempt-and-couth.html

All of the above is just a long-winded introduction to my favourite compound word. One that I can't help remembering whenever I watch late night TV and see all the ads for the various hair-cleaning products.

I mean, really, do you only use the sham stuff if you can't lay your hands on the real poo?


Very interesting ... This happened to me a few years ago and created all kinds of fears

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/the-day-i-lost-my-mind/13285892


Thank you for the info, and the really interesting program. I always find Dr Swan’s programs reassuring, even if he’s only introducing or moderating the discussion.

I note that the info in the program link is in many ways fuller and more helpful than the Mayo Clinic info

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/transient-global-amnesia/symptoms-causes/syc-20378531?p=1
As someone else who lives with memory loss, from other causes, I’ve found it’s always helpful to access fuller, clearer information.  Pity that our Brain Foundation doesn’t cover TGA 

https://brainfoundation.org.au/

NJ brain injury support:

https://bianj.org/traumatic-brain-injury-fund/

marksierra said:

Very interesting ... This happened to me a few years ago and created all kinds of fears

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/the-day-i-lost-my-mind/13285892

 


I thought our northern American and Canadian friends might find this intriguing, @marksierra - who knows, someone might even be able to solve the town planning mystery? I’d love to learn why there are so many Canadian streets named after Australian places:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-15/australian-street-names-in-canada-aussie-expat-in-brantford/100069082 


While looking for something else, I came upon this lovely 1930s piece of Australiana, courtesy of Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam.

Is e an Aussie Is e Lizzie_.mp3

I wonder if @ridski heard it as often, growing up, as we did? It seemed to be playing in the background of sketch comedy shows, radio plays, amateur musicals/neighbourhood concerts etc up until I was about 12 or 13 yrs, then seemed to fade away unless public sentiment turned to WW2 or Depression local history and heroes. cheese


This is so clever - both the set-up and how the music is matched to the train’s journey around the model landscape. How many of the challenges can you complete? cheese (I was too lost in admiration to keep track, tbh)



joanne said:

This is so clever - both the set-up and how the music is matched to the train’s journey around the model landscape. How many of the challenges can you complete?
cheese
(I was too lost in admiration to keep track, tbh)

 A wonder!  Think how much planning and organisation went into creating that!  (The end of the video shows some of it.)


One for our musical friends..


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