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nomesque · 09-23-2009, 01:17 AM

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...and the theme song is...

I haven't heard the full song for aaaaaages!!

dreams · 09-23-2009, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

...and the theme song is...

Dang, I want some of what ever he smoked

If I could talk that fast, I could... well.. I'm sure I could do something.

Slite · 09-23-2009, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by nomesque

We also have Woolloongabba and (my personal fave) Humpybong.

And Walla Walla (or should that be spelt Voila Voila?), but the USA has one o' those too.

Humpybong?

Damn one could have so much fun with that name...

All those names must have aboriginal origins, no?

montsnmags · 09-23-2009, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Humpybong?

Damn one could have so much fun with that name...

All those names must have aboriginal origins, no?

Yes. For what it's worth, Humpybong seems to come from something like "empty shelter"

EDIT: Here's a link to Australian place names of Aboriginal origin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...riginal_origin

Cheers,
Marc

Slite · 09-23-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yes. For what it's worth, Humpybong seems to come from something like "empty shelter"

Cheers,
Marc

Awww, now you went and spoiled the moment.... I was having some really fun arguments with myself as to what a humpybong was.

My evil twin had sort of come to the conclusion it involved mating and weedsmoking before you ruined it.

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Humpybong?

Damn one could have so much fun with that name...

All those names must have aboriginal origins, no?

In theory, at least, yes

Although, as Terry Pratchett would put it, they probably mean something along the lines of "Your Finger, You Fool!" or "Just Some Mountain, Mate"

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Awww, now you went and spoiled the moment.... I was having some really fun arguments with myself as to what a humpybong was.

My evil twin had sort of come to the conclusion it involved mating and weedsmoking before you ruined it.

Don't worry. These days it lives up to your version of the meaning

acidzebra · 09-23-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Humpybong?

Damn one could have so much fun with that name... All those names must have aboriginal origins, no?

I remember diving on the Barrier Reef and looking at my divemaster like he was drunk (probably true regardless) when he called a species of shark we saw a "Wobbegong".

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by acidzebra

I remember diving on the Barrier Reef and looking at my divemaster like he was drunk (probably true regardless) when he called a species of shark we saw a "Wobbegong".

I love that name

Although my mother used to use it for unknown bitey insects...

Weird.

Dylrob · 09-23-2009, 03:18 AM

My brain is sending signals through my nervous system to the muscles in my hands.

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 03:20 AM

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My brain is sending signals through my nervous system to the muscles in my hands.

Huh. Sometimes that's good! Usually depends on whether the 'conscious' bit of your mind had anything to do with it, I guess

Edited to add: and on whether your muscles are listening, not to mention obeying...

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 03:27 AM

Ahhhh... just put a new instalment of Dropbear up on NF, and worked out how to spice up the whole story a little. No, not extra sex!

FlorenceArt · 09-23-2009, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by acidzebra

I remember diving on the Barrier Reef and looking at my divemaster like he was drunk (probably true regardless) when he called a species of shark we saw a "Wobbegong".

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I love that name

Although my mother used to use it for unknown bitey insects...

Weird.

Maybe it just means "I have no idea what this critter is but it's a good enough name for tourists" then?

But that fish does look like a wobbegong to me.

nomesque · 09-23-2009, 03:32 AM

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Maybe it just means "I have no idea what this critter is but it's a good enough name for tourists" then?

But that fish does look like a wobbegong to me.

Sorry, the shark definitely is called a 'wobbegong', in case I've confused anyone

But yes, maybe 'wobbegong' means 'weird bitey thing'

montsnmags · 09-23-2009, 03:47 AM

According to Wikipedia it means "shaggy beard", but there is no cited source, and other websites either equally don't cite a source, don't know, or, in one case, suggest it means "living rock". Michael Quinion (World Wide Words) has a page for the word, but he doesn't state a meaning for it, which I therefore take as "unknown".

I choose to think that it's meaning therefore is, "tastes good with chips" (in the same way that one source suggests that the "Weyba" in our nearby "Lake Weyba" means "place of flying squirrels").

Cheers,
Marc

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montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	According to Wikipedia it means "shaggy beard", but there is no cited source, and other websites either equally don't cite a source, don't know, or, in one case, suggest it means "living rock". Michael Quinion (World Wide Words) has a page for the word, but he doesn't state a meaning for it, which I therefore take as "unknown". I choose to think that it's meaning therefore is, "tastes good with chips" (in the same way that one source suggests that the "Weyba" in our nearby "Lake Weyba" means "place of flying squirrels"). Cheers, Marc