Stan Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Team of Australian researchers estimate 18 million spoons go missing each year in Melbourne Australia. Full INFO and SOURCE Any idea where they go???? Sydney? Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Beryl Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Of course! They go home with the people! Souveniers "Just a little something to remember this place by" "They never supply a spoon in the room. I'll just take this one." "No, I did NOT steal it. I just happened to walk off with it in my hand." "What's this spoon doing here? Well, we can't leave it here, they might think we were planning to steal it!" Quote "Grace is God doing for us, in us and through us that which He requires of us but which is impossible for us to do in or for ourselves." But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor. 12:9.
Amelia Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 I lost a spoon during an earthquake. Never did find it again. Possibly the spoons from Australia go to the same fold in the space/time continuum? Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
carolaa Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Just a sidebar: Since listening more to the BBC these days, I've noticed they use the term "go missing" quite a bit. It's not a phrase I hear a lot in the U.S. Quote
Dottie Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 Maybe they wouldn't worry about the spoons if they used plastic ones that are worth very little and also disposable. Soft of compare the cost of disposable versus the cost of replacing the missing ones. Quote
Neil D Posted May 17, 2008 Posted May 17, 2008 18,000,000.....spoons.....Ozzie reseachers... Was that limited to just the land of Oz? 'Cuz, I am wondering...if there was 18 million missing on that ..[ahem]small island, you'd think that maybe some aborigional or someone would find a few.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Moderators LynnDel Posted May 17, 2008 Moderators Posted May 17, 2008 Maybe a spoon artist needs 'em. Creative persons can, and do, make all kinds of creations using spoons (forks, too), some of which are sold to tourists, at least here in the US of A. Those living in Oz should keep their eyes out for a giant spoon mural appearing on a wall sometime in the future. Alternatively, perhaps the burgeoning drug culture is using them. Another possibility: They are being melted down for, hmmm, well for what I couldn't say. Quote LD
Stan Posted May 17, 2008 Author Posted May 17, 2008 So, if Aussies come to visit..... who's going to lock up their spoons?? Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Neil D Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 Maybe a spoon artist needs 'em. Creative persons can, and do, make all kinds of creations using spoons (forks, too), some of which are sold to tourists, at least here in the US of A. Those living in Oz should keep their eyes out for a giant spoon mural appearing on a wall sometime in the future. And continuing this thought, and broadening it out some, if you DON't find that large, giant spoon mural, it just goes to show that there are no creative persons in Oz. [and what about THE Bravus????] ....And thus, we still have 18 millions spoons in limbo somewheres..... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Stan Posted May 18, 2008 Author Posted May 18, 2008 That is 18,000,000 missing per YEAR from only one city in Australia... Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
olger Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 This is a job for Harlow Doyle...PPPPrivate Eye. Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
Amelia Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 To whom does one report missing spoons? Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Moderators Nan Posted May 18, 2008 Moderators Posted May 18, 2008 Amelia, it is early Monday morning here and that question is entirely too philosophical for now!!!! Sort of like, does a falling tree make a sound if there is no one there to hear it. The topic can now return to its scintillating brilliance. Quote
Amelia Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 There must be a Ministry of Missing Spoons or something. Rather like this: Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Neil D Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Pom, or Pommy, has long been used in strine as meaning English, or an Englishman. And its use brings up the whole Australian England relationship, which has always been somewhat of a love hate dichotomy. In the earliest of days, of course, we were predominately English (apart from the aboriginals, of course). We arrived in our convict ships, and set up camp. And we owe much of our culture and language to the English, that can't be denied and is discussed elsewhere. A large proportion of these wasters are not Australians, but Emmigrants from England. There are some very bad Australians I admit, but their badness is of a different type. The Australians' chief weakness has been drink and violence but the Englishman is a dirty sneak and in some cases a deserter from the Imperial Service. When I say dirty I mean slovenly and filthy... Digger Carl Jannsen, Mena Camp, Egypt, 1914 You got me curious...I didn't know that....so I looked it up....thought I would share so that everyone is up to speed. I wonder if the Canucs have a fond reference to the Brits.....I know of thier reference to the US....Yanks! Or is there more...? Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Amelia Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Actually, when I was over there I was more often called a "Colonial" than "Yank". Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Moderators Nan Posted May 19, 2008 Moderators Posted May 19, 2008 I think the origin of Pom is Prisoner Of his Majesty - a reference to the 'founders' of this country - which of course came to be extended to all from the Old Dart. One of the things Australians hate most is to be patronised, and the attitude of some English towards "Colonials" would be a great start to an ongoing ambivalent relationship! Quote
Amelia Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 It was rather strange to be called either name. Especially since that time has long passed and you'd think the Brits would move with the times. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Stan Posted May 20, 2008 Author Posted May 20, 2008 An ALLEGED person reportedly said that Kiwi's are going for the forks!!! Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Moderators Nan Posted May 20, 2008 Moderators Posted May 20, 2008 It was rather strange to be called either name. Especially since that time has long passed and you'd think the Brits would move with the times. I am afraid that persons of the southern part of North America still get the generic Y word in this country - southern as in south of Canada I mean. Quote
Moderators Bravus Posted May 20, 2008 Moderators Posted May 20, 2008 poms = soapdodgers (lo steve/laz) Quote Truth is important
Neil D Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Quote: I am afraid that persons of the southern part of North America still get the generic Y word in this country Assuming that you mean "Yank", I don't think you have to avoid using the term. At least, I don't get offended when those not of my country use it. It's the tone that I would be offended by, more than the word itself. "Pom=soapdodgers" Would you say that those fellows would be a bit slippery?....he said with tongue in cheek.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Moderators Nan Posted May 20, 2008 Moderators Posted May 20, 2008 No not slippery as they avoid the soap. The reference is much more to the Aussie perception that the daily bath or shower is not part of their routine. I was listening to an account (by the Seekers) of living in an English boarding house in the 1960's. They asked where the bath was and were told which bus to catch to go there!!!! Quote
Amelia Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Yeah, they do have an aversion to washing. They think the American "daily bath" is a bother.LOL This is what I was told at one B&B. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
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