Re: [Epic] Re: Thane the globe trotting party animal

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:17:15 -0700

Richard Bright wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:39:56 -0700 Thane Morgan
> <thane_at_...> wrote:
> > If I'm ever in Austrailia, I've GOT to party with you!!!!
>
> Thane, me old cobber.
> I live in New Zealand, about 1200 miles east of Australia.
> Confusing the two within earshot of a Kiwi elicits a
> similar response to the one you get from confusing a
> Canadian with someone from the United States.
>
> Personally, as I'm an Englishman (and by definition cannot
> be a foreigner anywhere in the world) I don't care as both
> Aussies and Kiwis are just "colonials" :-)
>
> Oops, I think I just got us back onto the racial
> superiority thread ;-)
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Richard Bright
> Education & Liaison Officer
>
> Information Technology Systems & Services
> The University of Auckland
> Private Bag 92019
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>
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> Fax 64 9 373 7425

Sorry, I was basing it on the ".au". Had I bothered to assimilate the
rest of the information, I might have noticed the "auckland" in front of
it. But that would have only wasted several brain cells which might have
been doing something useful, like figuring out how to get a snack
without actually having to move from the chair.

Thane
Received on Fri Feb 13 1998 - 23:17:15 UTC