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Though I would much rather Australia as a republic, then New Zealand could be a republic, and we could merge into one big country.
Tasmania would quake in fear.
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HemlockGrey wrote:
Though I would much rather Australia as a republic, then New Zealand could be a republic, and we could merge into one big country.
Tasmania would quake in fear.
They're part of Australia. If anyone's worried it should be Fiji. :P
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Gandalf wrote:I have nothing against having a head of state as a King, Queen or Jack. But there should be a way to prove their worth to be a HoS. Like have them ride into battle or something. Because, if fantasy literature has taught us nothing, a good King can rock.
In our politics the finest virtue of the HoS is that she or the GG is supposed to be above Party politics. Even then with us nations with a GG it can seem to be a case of who fucked who and who liked it best.
Though I would much rather Australia as a republic, then New Zealand could be a republic, and we could merge into one big country. 8)
Fuck off, no way we will be part of you nation..the beer aint good enough.
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I think a big reason why Australia has stayed in the Commonwealth is so that we can continue kicking ass at the Commonwealth games. ;)
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Stuart Mackey wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I have nothing against having a head of state as a King, Queen or Jack. But there should be a way to prove their worth to be a HoS. Like have them ride into battle or something. Because, if fantasy literature has taught us nothing, a good King can rock.
In our politics the finest virtue of the HoS is that she or the GG is supposed to be above Party politics. Even then with us nations with a GG it can seem to be a case of who fucked who and who liked it best.
Though I would much rather Australia as a republic, then New Zealand could be a republic, and we could merge into one big country. 8)
Fuck off, no way we will be part of you nation..the beer aint good enough.
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Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I have nothing against having a head of state as a King, Queen or Jack. But there should be a way to prove their worth to be a HoS. Like have them ride into battle or something. Because, if fantasy literature has taught us nothing, a good King can rock.
In our politics the finest virtue of the HoS is that she or the GG is supposed to be above Party politics. Even then with us nations with a GG it can seem to be a case of who fucked who and who liked it best.
Though I would much rather Australia as a republic, then New Zealand could be a republic, and we could merge into one big country. 8)
Fuck off, no way we will be part of you nation..the beer aint good enough.
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yeah right.
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Stuart Mackey wrote:yeah right.
You mother must have given you syphilis
I don't know what things are like on that side of the Tasman, but here that just doesn't happen.
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Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:yeah right.
You mother must have given you syphilis
I don't know what things are like on that side of the Tasman, but here that just doesn't happen.
Your in denial..you display all the symptoms. To be expected, being a bunch of crims, its in your nature to deny everything even when its as clear as that rash you got last week.
Via money Europe could become political in five years" "... the current communities should be completed by a Finance Common Market which would lead us to European economic unity. Only then would ... the mutual commitments make it fairly easy to produce the political union which is the goal"

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Stuart Mackey wrote:
Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:yeah right.
You mother must have given you syphilis
I don't know what things are like on that side of the Tasman, but here that just doesn't happen.
Your in denial..you display all the symptoms. To be expected, being a bunch of crims, its in your nature to deny everything even when its as clear as that rash you got last week.
We may be a "bunch of crims", but we can beat the crap out of you in cricket. 8)
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Gandalf wrote:[
We may be a "bunch of crims", but we can beat the crap out of you in cricket. 8)
Are you sure that's something you really want to admit to? :)
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Gandalf wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:
Gandalf wrote: I don't know what things are like on that side of the Tasman, but here that just doesn't happen.
Your in denial..you display all the symptoms. To be expected, being a bunch of crims, its in your nature to deny everything even when its as clear as that rash you got last week.
We may be a "bunch of crims", but we can beat the crap out of you in cricket. 8)
Given your history is it any wonder why you have needed to bowl underarm
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