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Jason Taylor's avatar

Bodybuilder magazines everywhere and a system for when one of us had a girl over.

This system was for the other two guys to ashamedly go out and stay out till midnight watching movies and drinking tea in a cafe..." - Loved that bit.

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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

I loved that system. The best system.

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Wendy Varley's avatar

"Now I’m middle-aged and still SO Goth I fart dead bats" :D

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Peter Maguire's avatar

Spot on about mate=cunt, cunt=mate, bastard=mate

Also, if an Aussie, like the one who sold me my Kombi in 1984, says,

"she'll be right" and "no worries" in the same sentence, you are well and truly fucked.

19 year old Seppo Me: "Will this here van make it to Lennox Head."

Aussie Used Car Grifter: "No worries mate, she'll be right."

The engine blew 50 miles outside of Sydney and my new "mate" was not quick to return my calls.

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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

Facts.

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Ginjure's avatar

The ball 🤣

I cannot.

You are most certainly my people!

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Bart Bounds's avatar

God dammit Wez! Prompting me with more fuel when I am too busy to write more!

Keep it coming!

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Marissa Phillips's avatar

“ Now I’m middle-aged and still SO Goth I fart dead bats” - hah, love it!

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

Yes. The freaks! I feel like average people have declared themselves the freaks now, and they yell at us old hat freaks for not being up to date with the latest freak interests. :(

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Rosie Whinray's avatar

Possibly the stone dust on your face acted as a kind of pallor-whitening Goth attractant

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Wez's avatar

Very likely... also working on these old Gothic Mansions and mini castles all day infused me with the Vampire ESSENCE !! !

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