OT - Wind up the POMs
Submitted: Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:23
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Member - Ivan (ACT)
Yes I know this is childish, but if we didn't get so much fun out of winding up the English we would stop doing it, wouldn't we?
It's that time of the year again for Australians to play havoc with an online vote. This time around its being conducted by the London Development Agency who want the public to name the new
bridge which will lead up to The new Wembley Stadium.
Go onto this link and vote for the name of the new Wembley Pedestrian
Bridge to be "The
John Eales Bridge"
Link is here
Pass this on to everyone!!
Do your best!
Reply By: Member - Karl - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:25
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:25
I put my vote in for
John Eales and I have passed this on.
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 19:28
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 19:28
Yup ,
I did it too,
Willie
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Reply By: greydemon - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 14:43
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 14:43
Love it!
Vote registered, link passed on.
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Follow Up By: Member - Russell B (SA) - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 19:51
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 19:51
Will "skippy" - "not british" fit the bill.
And I haven't even been drinking either.
Silly POMS
Regards
Russell
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Reply By: Utemad - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:05
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:05
I got this email too. Funniest email I've received in a long time.
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Follow Up By: Member - Ivan (ACT) - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:10
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:10
Mate, the funniest thing! - is it's fair dinkum ;-)
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Follow Up By: Utemad - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:48
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:48
I know. I voted and forwarded the email :-)
Would be funny if this gets a mention on their website when the votes are tallied.
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Reply By: Member - Bradley- Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:33
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:33
Voted for, pot stirred :-))
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Follow Up By: Member - Alan- Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:56
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 15:56
I voted to call it Jonny's
Bridge cos he shoved it up the Aussies at the World Cup!
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Reply By: Chaba - Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 23:57
Friday, Mar 04, 2005 at 23:57
Ivan,
Reluctantly voted for it... although "Tana Umanga Bridge" (yeh yeh, expat Kiwi, love sheep and all that stuff) was my personal choice, but then I wouldn't feel comfortable asking you the the following question...
I'm driving the same rig as your good self and was looking at some Tough Dog
suspension. Did you look at this gear before making your decision???
Cheers,
Chaba.
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Follow Up By: Member - Ivan (ACT) - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 06:56
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 06:56
Mate,
Never looked at Toughdog... - tried OME for six months, and then rode in GO_OFFROAD's 90 series. (Lovells/Bilsteins)
After that, I didn't want to try anything else (because they would have been an 'unknown', whereas the L&B were a 'known' quantity.
Very happy
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Reply By: timglobal - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:09
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:09
I have tentatively named it Rugby World Cup 2003, since references to the Bledisloe, Tri-Nations or Calcutta Cup would be as pointless to Wembley as they are to the ARU.
For Oz comedy value, I'd suggest Campo would be a far funnier name for it. Also, Wembley is the
home of soccer, not rugby so the whole gag will be lost on their intellect anyway.
That should stir the pot in the other direction.
ROTFL
Tim
ps - What weighs two tonnes, lives in N
Sydney and echoes with its emptiness...
...the ARU trophy cabinet
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Reply By: Patrolman Pat - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:17
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:17
Now now you colonial types. Leave our bridge alone or we might send Camilla to live over here to get even.
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Reply By: Steve - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 15:40
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 15:40
you can get every ocker in the world to send in
John Eales' name but not many people would know who he is. England winning the World Cup may have lifted Rugby's profile over there but a real "footballer" (as opposed to an egg-chaser) is more likely to get the accolade. Rugby is and always will be a minority sport compared with football
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Follow Up By: Member - Ivan (ACT) - Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 17:15
Saturday, Mar 05, 2005 at 17:15
You had me confused where you talk about football - but then I realised you mean soccer ;-)
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Reply By: Steve - Sunday, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:36
Sunday, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:36
nah, I mean the game you play with your feet, hence "football".
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Follow Up By: Brian - Monday, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:52
Monday, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:52
What about all the flatheaded continental and old Dart types who have had the misfortune to head that wet soccer ball ??!!! Can hardly call it pure football
Go St Kilda Saints
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