Comments on: HMAS Kruddy http://www.grods.com/post/2146/ 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: Damian http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13688 Damian Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:44:22 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13688 I still can't work out what the fuss is all about. This arvo, while making a point of not buying any of them, I saw the Sydney on the front page of no less than three daily papers. I must have missed something. For mine, this is the kind of historical thingy that the likes of Howard would latch on to as an excuse for a week-long nationalist diversion. Bridgit's response was indeed reasonable. <i>Unreasonable</i> would have been letting Ant do the HMAS Fleshlight photoshop he is itching to do. Dave, it's a bit late now, but much lolz from me re your serious pseudonym. Is anyone else watching their feeds in anticipation of Aurora's next turd? I still can’t work out what the fuss is all about. This arvo, while making a point of not buying any of them, I saw the Sydney on the front page of no less than three daily papers. I must have missed something. For mine, this is the kind of historical thingy that the likes of Howard would latch on to as an excuse for a week-long nationalist diversion.

Bridgit’s response was indeed reasonable. Unreasonable would have been letting Ant do the HMAS Fleshlight photoshop he is itching to do.

Dave, it’s a bit late now, but much lolz from me re your serious pseudonym. Is anyone else watching their feeds in anticipation of Aurora’s next turd?

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13687 Dave from Albury Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:02:50 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13687 Thank you Ant, praise from the high priest of Fleshlight Photoshops is truly humbling. Thank you Ant, praise from the high priest of Fleshlight Photoshops is truly humbling.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13679 Ray Dixon Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:05:24 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13679 <i>I don’t think I’m the best person to suggest the “big Fleshlight” to Wangers ...</i> It could be a peace offering krypto. Drop the law suit and I'll give you this winning idea sort-of thing. It's sure to get him plenty of votes in "The Redneck Capital of the Country" - Wodonga. I don’t think I’m the best person to suggest the “big Fleshlight” to Wangers …

It could be a peace offering krypto. Drop the law suit and I’ll give you this winning idea sort-of thing. It’s sure to get him plenty of votes in “The Redneck Capital of the Country” – Wodonga.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13673 Ant Rogenous Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:31:59 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13673 Dave, that's brilliant work. Dave, that’s brilliant work.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13672 krypto Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:29:09 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13672 I don't think I'm the best person to suggest the "big Fleshlight" to Wangers, he's still itching to sue me over revealing his stooge candidate scam in the local election I think. I don’t think I’m the best person to suggest the “big Fleshlight” to Wangers, he’s still itching to sue me over revealing his stooge candidate scam in the local election I think.

]]> By: John Surname http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13642 John Surname Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:07:02 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13642 Jesus, Bridgit. Can't you get anything right? Here I am thinking I am part of some hard-left blog, when Club Troppo go and call what you wrote "the reasonable response." Jesus, Bridgit. Can’t you get anything right? Here I am thinking I am part of some hard-left blog, when Club Troppo go and call what you wrote “the reasonable response.”

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13639 Ray Dixon Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:41:35 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13639 Just noticed Dave, in that aerial shot the top seems to be more than a bit off-centre to the tower (look at the shadow). It could result in a bit of disappointment following initial entry - there'd be nowhere to go. Better make sure the Wanger lines it up properly when he builds it. Just noticed Dave, in that aerial shot the top seems to be more than a bit off-centre to the tower (look at the shadow). It could result in a bit of disappointment following initial entry – there’d be nowhere to go. Better make sure the Wanger lines it up properly when he builds it.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13638 Ray Dixon Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:29:53 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13638 Brilliant, it's what 'donga needs (in more ways than one). I think you or <strike>krypto</strike> AWOL should present this idea to the Mayor of Wodonga, Cr Rod WANGman post haste. I've got the headline already: <b><i>Wanger wants 'Big Fleshlight' for 'Donga</i></b> Brilliant, it’s what ‘donga needs (in more ways than one).

I think you or krypto AWOL should present this idea to the Mayor of Wodonga, Cr Rod WANGman post haste. I’ve got the headline already:

Wanger wants ‘Big Fleshlight’ for ‘Donga

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13637 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:18:04 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13637 Sorry Bridgit, this is the only place that fleshlight humour feels right. Sorry Bridgit, this is the only place that fleshlight humour feels right.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13636 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:12:17 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13636 And the aerial view from Google Maps <a href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii313/Dave_from_Albury/aerial.jpg" rel="nofollow">is right here.</a> The aerial view gives a better perspective I believe. And the aerial view from Google Maps is right here.

The aerial view gives a better perspective I believe.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13635 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:50:58 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13635 Ok then Ray, <a href="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii313/Dave_from_Albury/wodonga_tower.jpg" rel="nofollow">click on this.</a> Ok then Ray, click on this.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13634 Ray Dixon Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:05:01 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13634 So Krypto (aka AWOL, now that you outed yourself) about that suggestion for brightening up Wodonga, setting it a"light" so to speak. Could we have an artist's impression please? So Krypto (aka AWOL, now that you outed yourself) about that suggestion for brightening up Wodonga, setting it a”light” so to speak. Could we have an artist’s impression please?

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13631 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:10:12 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13631 Don't laugh at me or I'll submit you to an exorcism. I can see evil everywhere. Don’t laugh at me or I’ll submit you to an exorcism. I can see evil everywhere.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13630 krypto Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:47:17 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13630 ha ha ha ha ha etc. ha ha ha ha ha etc.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13625 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:33:27 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13625 It's OK Krypto, I also have a serious face. I go by the pseudonym Aurora..... It’s OK Krypto, I also have a serious face. I go by the pseudonym Aurora…..

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13624 krypto Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:24:46 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13624 gah the secret of the 30 metre tall Fleshlight that is the Wodonga watertower is out, I feared this day would come. gah the secret of the 30 metre tall Fleshlight that is the Wodonga watertower is out, I feared this day would come.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13623 krypto Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:22:15 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13623 yes Ed. I also go by the handle AWOL, it's kind of my "serious" face. yes Ed. I also go by the handle AWOL, it’s kind of my “serious” face.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13618 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:43:47 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13618 Ant, I thought about firing up photoshop to have a go at the water tower, but in my attempt to find the other half of the composition I had my retinas burned out. Ant, I thought about firing up photoshop to have a go at the water tower, but in my attempt to find the other half of the composition I had my retinas burned out.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13617 Ant Rogenous Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:39:06 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13617 Whoops. In that case I take back what I said about you, Krypto. But really, <i>someone</i> should have tipped GrodsCorp off about <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/WoodlandGroveWodonga.JPG" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Whoops. In that case I take back what I said about you, Krypto. But really, someone should have tipped GrodsCorp off about this.

]]> By: single mum of two http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13616 single mum of two Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:31:24 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13616 Ed, I was confused too. Further up the posts is Krypto and Ron's banter. Krypto - I agree, GOLD! Ed,
I was confused too.
Further up the posts is Krypto and Ron’s banter.

Krypto – I agree, GOLD!

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13615 Ant Rogenous Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:29:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13615 More importantly, Krypto, I will <i>never</i> forgive you for not telling me about that suspiciously shaped water tower before Bridgit Gread laid down the law about certain jokes that are no longer considered funny around here! More importantly, Krypto, I will never forgive you for not telling me about that suspiciously shaped water tower before Bridgit Gread laid down the law about certain jokes that are no longer considered funny around here!

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13611 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:15:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13611 Did Krypto just out himself? Did Krypto just out himself?

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13609 Ant Rogenous Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:09:13 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13609 Aren't PIN numbers what you use at ATM machines? Aren’t PIN numbers what you use at ATM machines?

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13606 The Editor Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:03:06 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13606 A small but important point, Dave. I'm an apostrophe Nazi and you're a PIN-number-number Nazi. A small but important point, Dave. I’m an apostrophe Nazi and you’re a PIN-number-number Nazi.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13605 Dave from Albury Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:01:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13605 Kruddy also continually fucked up by referring to the ship as "the HMAS <i>Sydney</i>". It's either "HMAS <i>Sydney</i>" or "the <i>Sydney</i>", he sounded like a fool repeatedly messing up this little detail. Time to increase the staff sizes again. Kruddy also continually fucked up by referring to the ship as “the HMAS Sydney“. It’s either “HMAS Sydney” or “the Sydney“, he sounded like a fool repeatedly messing up this little detail. Time to increase the staff sizes again.

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13583 Wah Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:18:54 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13583 You're right Bridget, sad is the wrong word. Though it is kind of sad when a piece to life's jigsaw is found and changes things as you always knew them. We grew up with this mystery and now, bang it's solved like that - throw out all your history books that mention it. In many ways the theories and mysteries make a better story than the reality. This wasn't the only Australian ship lost in WWII but the mystery made it legendary. In time people will gloss over the fact that it was found and continue the mystique. People still go on anout the five US Navy aircraft that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. They were found a decade ago and it appears and it was foung they got lost and ran out of fuel. But people still go on about the "mystery" of Flight 19. This story has raised a pet hate. Ship names should be italicised, but not the HMAS bit - HMAS <i>Sydney</i><i> Loads of media organisations have got this wrong today.</i> You’re right Bridget, sad is the wrong word. Though it is kind of sad when a piece to life’s jigsaw is found and changes things as you always knew them.

We grew up with this mystery and now, bang it’s solved like that – throw out all your history books that mention it. In many ways the theories and mysteries make a better story than the reality. This wasn’t the only Australian ship lost in WWII but the mystery made it legendary.

In time people will gloss over the fact that it was found and continue the mystique.

People still go on anout the five US Navy aircraft that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. They were found a decade ago and it appears and it was foung they got lost and ran out of fuel. But people still go on about the “mystery” of Flight 19.

This story has raised a pet hate. Ship names should be italicised, but not the HMAS bit – HMAS Sydney

Loads of media organisations have got this wrong today.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13579 The Editor Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:44:45 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13579 Hang on, I'm confused. Are you AWO, Krypto? Hang on, I’m confused. Are you AWO, Krypto?

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13578 krypto Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:42:00 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13578 speaking of absolute linguistic guffaws. Check out this guy's response when I pull him up for using the wrong WORD in an entirely incorrect CONTEXT. Apparently insisting people actually use words in their correct context makes me an "overeducated wanker". http://kingvalley.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/freezing-weather-exposes-global-warming-swindle/#comment-735 Gold. speaking of absolute linguistic guffaws.
Check out this guy’s response when I pull him up for using the wrong WORD in an entirely incorrect CONTEXT.
Apparently insisting people actually use words in their correct context makes me an “overeducated wanker”.
http://kingvalley.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/freezing-weather-exposes-global-warming-swindle/#comment-735
Gold.

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13566 The Editor Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:08:48 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13566 I'm glad they found it. I wasn't sad. Next. I reckon Krudd is going to be even worse than The Man Of Steel at popping up to give the Happy Feet Seal Of Approval (TM Tim Dunlop) at the slightest provocation. I’m glad they found it. I wasn’t sad. Next.

I reckon Krudd is going to be even worse than The Man Of Steel at popping up to give the Happy Feet Seal Of Approval (TM Tim Dunlop) at the slightest provocation.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13561 Ant Rogenous Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:55:43 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13561 It became an 'a' when we began pronouncing the H, unlike the French. It became an ‘a’ when we began pronouncing the H, unlike the French.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13560 krypto Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:55:08 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13560 or indeed any consonant or indeed any consonant

]]> By: skeptic http://www.grods.com/post/2146/comment-page-1/#comment-13559 skeptic Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:53:10 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2146/#comment-13559 Of greater concern is what ever happened to 'an' before a word beginning with 'h'? Of greater concern is what ever happened to ‘an’ before a word beginning with ‘h’?

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