spiny norman

Wow, people are clamouring for this one. And yes, that was purely to see if being an arsehole would get me extra points, I am told it works.

I picked Walken, though I think Ed Harris is my character actor cult hero.

Admittedly my online forum persona here sucks, but I did win the "Most Memorable" Award from my school, and my school did actually have an interesting group of people. Sorry to not display that side of me here. I might get round to it sometime. Though let's face it, it's likely to never happen.

I currently have a dog who is twelve, and a cat who is almost two. Have had several cats before her, he's my only dog ever. Once had a bunch of hermit crabs, but they all went into hibernation and never woke up.

Agreed on LA Woman, though I'd stick Strange Days in there ahead of The Soft Parade.

This administration sucks. I didn't vote for you.

Yes, because no popular enduring artist before has ever created dance music with political statements within their music. He's a joke. I think people knew that before clicking on this thread.

NASCAR is popular over here. I'm not a big cricket fan, I must admit. When held in comparison to a sport such as football (I mean real football, wogball), it doesn't hold a candle to it. In comparison to USA's most popular sports, however, it's in a league of its own.

What kind of a name is Not Awful!?

The Beatles, Hendrix and The Byrds would all be more associable with the 60s than the 70s.

I was under the impression that the gimmick posters ban was laxed. Hence Fongus Bellpop.

This makes no grammatical sense.

You're not really one to talk about someone else's poor grasp of the English language.

I didn't think he was bad. He was okay. There are/were worse posters here. This thread, however, shows the worst side of him. It really is downright terrible.

Oh dear. I apologise to all, as I feel somewhat responsible for this tragic thread. If this were to fade into obscurity forever, never to be dug up again, I would be happy.

I really have to say, the debate that you get better education from private schooling is a bunch of crap. The best schools in the state (this state, anyway, and let's face it: it's the only one that really matters) are public schools. You can pay for a schooling amongst a group of people who are more wealthy, or from the same religious background etc, but going to a private school does not by any means guarantee you a better education, and the myth that this is the case is a foolish one in this country.

My school is a 35 year old public school. It is in the top five schools in the state. We had air conditioners installed into each classroom about five years ago and had our school hall built last year. Before that we had neither. Both of these had to be done through donations from parents, because the funding from the government was purely not enough. Almost everything in our school, such as sporting equipment etc. we get from parents paying fees. Somebody please justify why this school does not get sufficient funding, to the point that parents must pay. Yes, and it's the people who receive the public education who are ignorant in terms of what they believe the other side is like.

God, just give half these people the nickname "complete and utter wanker"

I thought Janet Leigh was the first of the supposed three.

Because he's nowhere near as far right as Howard is. Costello is someone who think could easily be either Labor or Liberal, as he's to the right of most of the Labor party but to the left of the majority of the Liberals. For that very reason, I too hope that Howard is relieved sooner rather than later. Unless of course Abbott somehow beats Costello in the leadership challenge, as he's possibly the only potential PM worse than Howard. And tommy, I too am saddened that Family First look possible to be the one person the Coalition has to swing in order to control the Senate. However I'd prefer that one member of Family First to be there than a government majority. As is I think that the next three years will be amongst the worst for Australia. I fear for the environment, I fear for our national security, I fear for our health and education systems (as someone going into university next year especially) and I fear for refugees and I fear for gays. It really will be a time of backwards movement (especially with this talk of abortion being an issue, which really worries me).

Enjoy the free healthcare while you can. And teke, there were two polls. One said 50-50, the other said 54-46. The final result was 53-47, I think, so it was kind of the middle ground of what the two polls were saying.

Well, John Howard has officially won this election. This is a big thing for Americans in that he not only led Australia into both Afghanistan and Iraq, but is the one leader in the world other than Bush not to sign the Kyoto Agreement. Thus this decision could be an important indicator as to what would happen in the US and possibly UK too.

In one of those great ironies in life, the Liberal Party is in fact conservative.

I too am ecstatic that Australia is not accepting change.

Yes, his single for Musicology did quite well here too. And Cinnamon Girl is probably the best track on the album. I wouldn't be surprised if it does well for him.