Comments on: Here’s looking at you, kid http://www.grods.com/post/2346/ 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: Bridgit Gread http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16646 Bridgit Gread Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:16:28 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16646 "To my fellow commuters on the 6.50 from Penrith yesterday - <i>who fucking farted</i>??" “To my fellow commuters on the 6.50 from Penrith yesterday – who fucking farted??”

]]> By: Mikey http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16530 Mikey Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:53:54 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16530 What a McFuckstick. What a McFuckstick.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16505 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:36:54 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16505 <i>I believe he’s a graduate of the Eagle Boys University of Armidale.</i> Pfft. That's nothing. I'm a graduate of the Woolworths Academy of Trolley Collecting. I believe he’s a graduate of the Eagle Boys University of Armidale.

Pfft. That’s nothing. I’m a graduate of the Woolworths Academy of Trolley Collecting.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16504 Ray Dixon Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:35:59 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16504 <i>"All this time I’ve been wasting my effort getting published in the SMH and the <b>Border Mail</b> ..."</i> Your talents are wasted in the BM Dave, think of the target audience. “All this time I’ve been wasting my effort getting published in the SMH and the Border Mail …”

Your talents are wasted in the BM Dave, think of the target audience.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16503 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:28:53 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16503 <i>For once, I might just agree with Gerard Henderson!</i> It's funny, Robert Manne said that to me just the other day. For once, I might just agree with Gerard Henderson!

It’s funny, Robert Manne said that to me just the other day.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16502 Ray Dixon Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:25:34 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16502 Dave's a fast-food expert by the sound of it - I believe he's a graduate of the Eagle Boys University of Armidale. Dave’s a fast-food expert by the sound of it – I believe he’s a graduate of the Eagle Boys University of Armidale.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16501 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:21:58 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16501 Hehe, that's good too, Ray. Perhaps I should write Tristan a note: Hey Tristan, she don't want your McNuggets. Hehe, that’s good too, Ray. Perhaps I should write Tristan a note:

Hey Tristan, she don’t want your McNuggets.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16500 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:19:28 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16500 For once, I might just agree with Gerard Henderson! For once, I might just agree with Gerard Henderson!

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16499 Ray Dixon Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:18:52 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16499 "insult" him “insult” him

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16498 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:18:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16498 PPS And second thing I read (on Thursdays) is Danny Katz in the Age. He's fantastic. PPS And second thing I read (on Thursdays) is Danny Katz in the Age. He’s fantastic.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16497 Ray Dixon Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:18:33 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16497 If she really wanted to insuly him she could have called him "Chicken Nuggets". If she really wanted to insuly him she could have called him “Chicken Nuggets”.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16496 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:17:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16496 <i>Piss orf, showoff.</i> It's funny, Gerard Henderson said that to me just the other day. Piss orf, showoff.

It’s funny, Gerard Henderson said that to me just the other day.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16495 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:16:52 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16495 PS I love Column8. First thing I read when I log on. PS I love Column8. First thing I read when I log on.

]]> By: Terry Wright http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16494 Terry Wright Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:16:04 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16494 Yes, 2 *chortles* for Steveo's comment. Yes, 2 *chortles* for Steveo’s comment.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16493 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:15:41 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16493 Piss orf, showoff. Piss orf, showoff.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16492 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:14:12 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16492 First letter above the cartoon too, I might add, not down the right hand column with the lightweight stuff. First letter above the cartoon too, I might add, not down the right hand column with the lightweight stuff.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16490 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:13:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16490 Oh I've been published Bron, multiple Column 8s too if you must know. So ner ner nah ner ner. Oh I’ve been published Bron, multiple Column 8s too if you must know. So ner ner nah ner ner.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16487 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:09:14 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16487 That's bad, Dave. I've had letters published in the SMH AND The Age. So nerr. That’s bad, Dave. I’ve had letters published in the SMH AND The Age. So nerr.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16485 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:07:41 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16485 Oh Steveo. *chortles* Oh Steveo.

*chortles*

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16484 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:06:38 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16484 All this time I've been wasting my effort getting published in the SMH and the Border Mail while the real action has been unfolding in MX. All this time I’ve been wasting my effort getting published in the SMH and the Border Mail while the real action has been unfolding in MX.

]]> By: steveo http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16481 steveo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:02:53 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16481 Maybe the girl already has another lady-friend on the side and prefers a Fillet O'Fish??? Maybe the girl already has another lady-friend on the side and prefers a Fillet O’Fish???

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16480 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:01:52 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16480 Actually Bron (puts on maccas nerd hat) there's less meat in a big mac than in a quarter pounder. Actually Bron (puts on maccas nerd hat) there’s less meat in a big mac than in a quarter pounder.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16479 Dave from Albury Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:28 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16479 Ray delivers. Ray delivers.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16478 Bron Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16478 Quarter Pounder, eh, Ray? She ain't asking for much. She could have asked for a Big Mac. Quarter Pounder, eh, Ray? She ain’t asking for much. She could have asked for a Big Mac.

]]> By: Ray Dixon http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16476 Ray Dixon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:55:13 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16476 Tristan on the 6.30 to Waterfall, with a name like that I'd say you're only packing a Junior Burger. Sorry I'm looking for a guy with a quarter pounder. - Girl in the brown leather jacket Tristan on the 6.30 to Waterfall, with a name like that I’d say you’re only packing a Junior Burger. Sorry I’m looking for a guy with a quarter pounder.

- Girl in the brown leather jacket

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16471 Dave from Albury Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:37:44 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16471 I'd like to be a McStudMuffin, sadly I'm more like a vanilla thickshake, without so much of the shake. I’d like to be a McStudMuffin, sadly I’m more like a vanilla thickshake, without so much of the shake.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16467 Jeremy Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:24:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16467 Who doesn't like being compared to a McDonald's product? I await the new line of Hallmark cards. Who doesn’t like being compared to a McDonald’s product? I await the new line of Hallmark cards.

]]> By: Wah http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16465 Wah Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:05:50 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16465 I know the person who actually subedited those letters - I know him very well. He says that he had to delete a letter because of space and it was out of those two and another which began with the usual "To the blonde girl blah, blah, blah ... YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS!" What a cunt. My friend, who I know very well, deleted that that one to prevent mass vomiting on CityRail. I know the person who actually subedited those letters – I know him very well. He says that he had to delete a letter because of space and it was out of those two and another which began with the usual “To the blonde girl blah, blah, blah … YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS!”

What a cunt. My friend, who I know very well, deleted that that one to prevent mass vomiting on CityRail.

]]> By: krypto http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16462 krypto Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:33:03 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16462 ah you city folk, always have to complicate things. I guess simply approaching a person and saying "hello" translates to an admission that "I'm a deranged axe wielding serial multi-cide" in urban parlance huh? ah you city folk, always have to complicate things. I guess simply approaching a person and saying “hello” translates to an admission that “I’m a deranged axe wielding serial multi-cide” in urban parlance huh?

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16459 Ant Rogenous Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:38:03 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16459 That last one's pure gold, Bruce. Heaven knows where you'd get the idea for a character like that, though. That last one’s pure gold, Bruce. Heaven knows where you’d get the idea for a character like that, though.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16458 Bruce Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:23:58 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16458 It least it's not as bad as say... <blockquote>To the emaciated, Coulteresque blonde who gets on at 7:15 at Dingleberryton. If you like chocolate, I've got a bar you can wrap your mouth around. - Scum, Jerkington.</blockquote> Or... <blockquote>To the emo girl who gets on at Grodsvilla on the way to Stuffington's Girls School, your Doc Martins remind me of early 80's post-punk. Wanna come around to mine and listen to some tapes? - New Romantic, Peterpansyndrometown.</blockquote> Or... <blockquote>To the inner city leftie who won't respond to my advances. I have your photo; you will be named and shamed on my blog; with aerial shots. - Uncle "Jed"; from out of town, back-of-boondocks.</blockquote> It least it’s not as bad as say…

To the emaciated, Coulteresque blonde who gets on at 7:15 at Dingleberryton. If you like chocolate, I’ve got a bar you can wrap your mouth around.

- Scum, Jerkington.

Or…

To the emo girl who gets on at Grodsvilla on the way to Stuffington’s Girls School, your Doc Martins remind me of early 80’s post-punk. Wanna come around to mine and listen to some tapes?

- New Romantic, Peterpansyndrometown.

Or…

To the inner city leftie who won’t respond to my advances. I have your photo; you will be named and shamed on my blog; with aerial shots.

- Uncle “Jed”; from out of town, back-of-boondocks.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16455 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:26:56 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16455 Prophesy from The Editor! Prophesy from The Editor!

]]> By: The Editor http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16451 The Editor Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:52:11 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16451 One day some poor woman is going to get attacked and raped and the cops are going to trace a history of <i>MX</i> stalking. There'll be moral outrage from exactly the same people who religiously read the stalking column in <i>MX</i>. One day some poor woman is going to get attacked and raped and the cops are going to trace a history of MX stalking. There’ll be moral outrage from exactly the same people who religiously read the stalking column in MX.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16450 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:33:55 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16450 Chuck, it would just be my luck to enter the train station tomorrow through a different entrance - where there's no one pushing mX. So, don't you dare. Chuck, it would just be my luck to enter the train station tomorrow through a different entrance – where there’s no one pushing mX.

So, don’t you dare.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16449 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:32:39 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16449 No, Zombie Mao, only those from Cronulla. The Shire area. Bogan enclave. If you don't get that right, you're banned! No warnings. No, Zombie Mao, only those from Cronulla. The Shire area. Bogan enclave.

If you don’t get that right, you’re banned! No warnings.

]]> By: Chuck A. Spear http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16448 Chuck A. Spear Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:29:17 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16448 Tristan is a great name. I knew a kid called Tristan at school. Tristan Ludwig. He was Oliver in the school musical. That pretty much says it all about the name Tristan. --- That was you in the brown cardigan Bron? Check the MX letters section tomorrow then. Tristan is a great name. I knew a kid called Tristan at school. Tristan Ludwig. He was Oliver in the school musical. That pretty much says it all about the name Tristan.

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That was you in the brown cardigan Bron? Check the MX letters section tomorrow then.

]]> By: Zombie Mao http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16447 Zombie Mao Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:28:23 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16447 Sydney people are very weird. Sydney people are very weird.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16446 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:24:42 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16446 No, can't be. I don't wake up till 6.50am. Thank God for that. I was so worried for a moment there. No, can’t be. I don’t wake up till 6.50am.

Thank God for that. I was so worried for a moment there.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16445 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:23:18 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16445 Come to think of it, I was wearing a brown cardigan - maybe Tristan got the material type mixed up? He is from Cronulla after all. And that's my train. Oh shit. Come to think of it, I was wearing a brown cardigan – maybe Tristan got the material type mixed up? He is from Cronulla after all. And that’s my train.

Oh shit.

]]> By: Chuck A. Spear http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16444 Chuck A. Spear Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:18:33 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16444 Hey, Tristan must be talking about me. I was wearing a brown leather jacket today on the train. And yesterday too. Hey, Tristan must be talking about me. I was wearing a brown leather jacket today on the train. And yesterday too.

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16443 Ant Rogenous Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:08:06 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16443 I moved out after the riots. I still listen to Alan Jones, though. I moved out after the riots. I still listen to Alan Jones, though.

]]> By: Bron http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16442 Bron Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:56:35 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16442 Oh God, Ant. Are you from Cronulla too? Oh God, Ant. Are you from Cronulla too?

]]> By: Ant Rogenous http://www.grods.com/post/2346/comment-page-1/#comment-16441 Ant Rogenous Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:53:32 +0000 http://www.grods.com/post/2346/#comment-16441 Cut Tristan some slack, Bron --- at least he didn't say he wanted to be the cheese in her McMuff. Cut Tristan some slack, Bron — at least he didn’t say he wanted to be the cheese in her McMuff.

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