Comments on: Bolt right for a change http://www.grods.com/post/2111/ Australia's leading blog that starts with 'G' and has nine letters in its name. Join us for a latte as we discuss politics, media, society and the internet. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:15:58 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13202 krypto Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:48:58 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13202 perhaps they were South African backpackers and the hostel thought they'd feel more at home by having "apartheid day". Hope no Israelis turn up, they'd have to blow up a school to make them feel at home. perhaps they were South African backpackers and the hostel thought they’d feel more at home by having “apartheid day”.
Hope no Israelis turn up, they’d have to blow up a school to make them feel at home.

]]> By: fred http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13180 fred Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:11:41 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13180 Thye management could have, should have told the complaining white tourists [presuming they existed as such] to ".....off". Thye management could have, should have told the complaining white tourists [presuming they existed as such] to “…..off”.

]]> By: Mikey http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13148 Mikey Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:44:07 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13148 Yeah Alice is a fucked up place. The sheer waste of humanity that wander through the streets like yet to die ghosts is horrid. Of course when they banned public drinking they just moved to the outskirts where they were out of reach by emergency workers (cops and ambos) and as such the injury/murder rate has increased. Yeah Alice is a fucked up place. The sheer waste of humanity that wander through the streets like yet to die ghosts is horrid.

Of course when they banned public drinking they just moved to the outskirts where they were out of reach by emergency workers (cops and ambos) and as such the injury/murder rate has increased.

]]> By: Zombie Mao http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13132 Zombie Mao Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:33:46 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13132 No. You all have it wrong It s the aborignal women that should take the blame. How dare they inflict their non-whiteness on white tourists. See anyone can be MK for a day. No. You all have it wrong

It s the aborignal women that should take the blame.

How dare they inflict their non-whiteness on white tourists.

See anyone can be MK for a day.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13128 The Editor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:08:20 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13128 Je-sus <i>Christ</i>! I go offline to record a GrodsThink and come back to this comment thread. Nice work, team. Je-sus Christ! I go offline to record a GrodsThink and come back to this comment thread.

Nice work, team.

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13126 Bridgit Gread Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:40:44 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13126 Some things, my dear Terry, are best left unenvisaged. Some things, my dear Terry, are best left unenvisaged.

]]> By: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13123 Damian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:06:56 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13123 Tez, that is <i>SO FUCKING WRONG!</i> Tez, that is SO FUCKING WRONG!

]]> By: Terry Wright http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13122 Terry Wright Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:01:02 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13122 Bridgit: <i>just book in the entire crew from AWH. One room with two double-beds should be adequate.</i> The thought of Dr. Tingtong naked, skinny white legs with grey black hair, showing off his 4 inch purple, right pointing erection with hands on hips is just way too scaryeeeeeee....... ARRRGGHHHHHH! Bridgit: just book in the entire crew from AWH. One room with two double-beds should be adequate.

The thought of Dr. Tingtong naked, skinny white legs with grey black hair, showing off his 4 inch purple, right pointing erection with hands on hips is just way too scaryeeeeeee……. ARRRGGHHHHHH!

]]> By: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13118 Damian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:34:55 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13118 Fuck, I am regretting that already. Ed? Is there a delete button somewhere? Fuck, I am regretting that already. Ed? Is there a delete button somewhere?

]]> By: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13116 Damian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:29:12 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13116 Bridgit, that's a grousome idea. Although I am choking back a poor-taste joke about booking them into another hostel somewhere in SE Qld. Something tells me to bight my tongue, however. Bridgit, that’s a grousome idea. Although I am choking back a poor-taste joke about booking them into another hostel somewhere in SE Qld. Something tells me to bight my tongue, however.

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13115 Bridgit Gread Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:17:29 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13115 Actually forget reserving a room for the Grods-ers - just book in the entire crew from AWH. One room with two double-beds should be adequate. Actually forget reserving a room for the Grods-ers – just book in the entire crew from AWH. One room with two double-beds should be adequate.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13114 krypto Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:38:20 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13114 I reckon an equal opportunities commission is going to take a dim view, by their own admission discriminating on the basis of ethnicity....hmmmmm. I reckon an equal opportunities commission is going to take a dim view, by their own admission discriminating on the basis of ethnicity….hmmmmm.

]]> By: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13112 Bridgit Gread Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:33:25 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13112 <i>In a statement issued to The Age, Ms Ball said: "Haven Hostels is a backpacker hostel catering for international backpacking tourists, which this group was not."</i> Someone ring up and book the entire Grods readership in for a week at Haven Hostels, making it clear we're all Australians. I bet they swallow it. In a statement issued to The Age, Ms Ball said: “Haven Hostels is a backpacker hostel catering for international backpacking tourists, which this group was not.”

Someone ring up and book the entire Grods readership in for a week at Haven Hostels, making it clear we’re all Australians. I bet they swallow it.

]]> By: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13106 Damian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:26:43 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13106 Surely, Surnami, you are singing "Kumbaya" while your latte cools. Surely, Surnami, you are singing “Kumbaya” while your latte cools.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13105 krypto Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:25:02 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13105 testicle sniffer....BOOYA!! testicle sniffer….BOOYA!!

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13104 John Surname Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:21:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13104 Do I ever drink anything else while I'm reading the Green Religion Bible? Hey, who else wants to force their leftist cliches upon me? Do I ever drink anything else while I’m reading the Green Religion Bible?

Hey, who else wants to force their leftist cliches upon me?

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13103 The Editor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:19:01 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13103 Are you drinking a latte while skipping that class? BAM!! Are you drinking a latte while skipping that class?

BAM!!

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13102 krypto Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:17:49 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13102 oh you are SOOOO all about being a socialist. oh you are SOOOO all about being a socialist.

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13098 John Surname Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:12:48 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13098 I'm skipping <i>Socialism Rocks!</i> actually. Did you know I'm a socialist? I didn't! I’m skipping Socialism Rocks! actually.

Did you know I’m a socialist? I didn’t!

]]> By: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13097 Damian Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:12:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13097 I love the excuse given: they aren't international backpackers. So why did you give them a room when they first arrived? "Oh, yeah, well, they looked like they might be, um, international backpackers from, like, Kenya, ay, doing a lifesaving course..." I love the excuse given: they aren’t international backpackers.

So why did you give them a room when they first arrived?

“Oh, yeah, well, they looked like they might be, um, international backpackers from, like, Kenya, ay, doing a lifesaving course…”

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13096 krypto Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:12:28 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13096 I've never seen a more racist hole than Alice Springs. It sickens me but it doesn't surprise me. I hope they close that toilet of a hostel down. I’ve never seen a more racist hole than Alice Springs. It sickens me but it doesn’t surprise me.
I hope they close that toilet of a hostel down.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13094 Ant Rogenous Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:52:51 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13094 Time management. Time management.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13093 The Editor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:57 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13093 Which lecture are you currently skipping? Which lecture are you currently skipping?

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13092 John Surname Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:49:09 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13092 I'm a busy man. I’m a busy man.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2111/comment-page-1/#comment-13091 The Editor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:48:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2111/#comment-13091 A six word post, John. I know you normally shun articles of more than two lines but this one's short even by your standards. A six word post, John. I know you normally shun articles of more than two lines but this one’s short even by your standards.

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