04-24-05  07:27, Miles Maxted told James Bradley about EatingDrinking+BeingMerr

 How do, Miles?

 MM> a major hit in the Croccodile Dundee series...

As they say, the rest was history.

 MM> Mmmm ... the nicest invader since me has been the Barrat's

Atta boy, Miles. Humility will get you somewhere. 0-8

 MM> Swallow;  blown over the Tasman some 15 years ago, they are now
 MM> everywhere in the Auckland area, swooping around aerobatically as 
 MM> they feast on flying insects ... and nesting impossibly in nooks 
 MM> and crannies on buildings.

We seem to have Purple Loostrife [sp?] and West Nile Virus. After that, the
lack of humidity seems to be a rather effective barrier. (Not being an
ecologist, mind you.)

 MM> Not a major challenge - wander around Auckland airport muttering
 MM> gibberish ("This place needs a rigorous disestablishmentarism with 
 MM> macro eco-politics..") and some lovely Kiwi will whip you off in a 
 MM> limo and install you behind a humungous desk somewhere rich...

Just two problems there: A) I tend towards
*antidisestablishmentariarianistic* thinking, and B) Sounds like work!


 MM> Before first light on the morning of;  sip steadily through the
 MM> day ... and end up staring at the nth bottle around early evening, 
 MM> knowing that it is one bottle too much for the day.

 MM> Real problem is that n deminishes as age grows... 

You da vessel... Er... I mean, "You de man!"

Don't get me wrong. I imbibe, but I garnered a crash course on the drug
when a family member had his fill. And I aint talkin' for the night!

 MM> It's not the dark red volcanic togsoil that coasts the volcanic
 MM> regions of Queensland, Australia;  the volcano outside our front 
 MM> windows is only 800 years old (no bubbly at all for its b'day), 
 MM> and its surface is porous scoria, dark grey in colour.

 MM> NZ was solid rainforest when the first humans arrived about 900 
 MM> years ago,  so I guess top soil is loaded with its remains...

Moiry [sp?] is the native population, but only suspected of being in
existence for less than a millennium?

 MM> Jeez, they were allowed to get the cows and the wood in,
 MM> given the run of the kitchen - and all the kids they wanted -
 MM> why'd they want to run the country as well ?  At least it keeps
 MM> them out the pub,,,,
 JB> ...And if you can keep 'em barefoot, and pregnant? 

 MM> That seems to come naturally...

Miles, I suspect that glint in your eye comes naturally. <-;

'Round here, the pilgrim would 'allow' their women to milk the cows, raise
the babies, feed the family... But the *men* would gather the wood. So far,
only one female Prime Minister, and she adopted the position only to be
promptly voted out. 

 MM> If you ever get to tour Warwick Castle, visit their dungeons; the
 MM> equipment is original,  and the displays leave nothing to the
 MM> imagination over the administration of medieval justive...

 MM> It is claimed that most of the gear came with the dungeons... it 
 MM> certainly features a lot of hand-forged iron that's well-worn and 
 MM> etched with rust...

All castles housed at least one smithy plus a few apprentices, so they
might have well been unique implements. The chore - I would imagine - would
be keeping them in the confines of the crypt for any length of time.

 JB> Those with an "Extended existence" tend to get themselves
incarcerated
 JB> here. [-|{ Just be sure to feed the rest of the system, whilst
 JB> you bolster the spirits would you? 

 MM> Hey, this is the land of too-much-plenty - its hard to maintain a 
 MM> slim profile here...

Coming from the land of *much-too-plenty*; I can relate.


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