Recent content by Adeptus

From what I've heard about it, it is intended to keep out the people that, in other parts of the world (and maybe Canada too, don't know) insist on being treated differently or having the wider community change to suit them - eg demanding Sharia law, banning christmas decorations, etc. Our...

My wife found out that her father was part Canadian Indian (Inuit I think is the preferred term?) And her mother's parents were both Scottish. So can she claim to be a Scottish-Inuit-Australian? :D Me, I'm an English-Irish-and-a-bunch-of-other-things-Australian :p

I find it's funny that this is one of their big selling points... but Vista Home Basic doesn't include it...

Julia Stiles - The Bourne Identity IMDB'd cos I had a mental blank on her name!

Check down the back of the couch... :p

I don't know for sure, but I think Australia falls in the middle somewhere... people don't get sued left right & centre, but it can be done. There's a legal firm advertising on the radio that they're the best in personal injury law, so obviously there is some call for it.

They're obviously not fans of Piers Anthony's Xanth series, or (Robert Asprin?)'s Myth series of punny fantasy novels. Some of the ones in the Myth series particularly, you need to think with an American accent :D

I think I almost understand that... scary considering I don't speak Dutch ;) "Not good, gold (quit?). Guarantee dead at the door."?

Mike Myers - So I Married An Axemurderer

Certainly is. Australian David Hicks is still in there. The Brits got sent home because their government asked for it. Australian government hasn't done the same for its citizens, despite the public feeling they should be. Notice that the government are saying that if he feels that way he...

Like the Patriot Act? Like Guantanamo Bay? Like Fox "News"?

Whoops! :o Let's see if I can look up the right movie this time... Leslie Nielsen - Naked Gun

Paulina Porizkova - People I Know Yes, I IMDB'd that one!

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From what I've heard on the news recently, a lot of Iranians are not happy with their government's anti-West agenda. So if "the people" get their way, we may see a more reasonable government in the not too distant future.