Is that an Americanism Mark? Brits, I mean. I like it. Sounds like
a breakfast food. Cereal, Brits in milk with sliced kiwis. Or from the
grill: bacon 'n brits. Grits: in Laurie Anderson somewhere: a brit driving
around The South: what are grits, anyway? (the 'anyway' there
perhaps an Andersonism). She said: Grits are fifty. He said: But what are
they? She said: They're extra. He said: Yes, I'll have the grits, please.
Wystan
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Weiss [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, 7 June 2002 9:32 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: NZ
The brits must have sent the more violent criminals our way.
Mark
At 07:33 AM 6/7/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>"M. F. McAuliffe" wrote:
>
> >
> > Why wd a convict/prisoner population feel this compulsion,
> > d' y' think?
>
>
> From memory, the UK stopped shipping convicts here in the
>1850's - I think they'd all be dead by now ;-)
>And they started shipping them here just after they lost the
>american colony where they were sending them before. If
>we're a convict population, so are the yanks....
>
>Singing
>
>"I'm a bloke, I'm a yobbo
>and my best mate's name is Robbo."
>
>(anyone know the rest of the lyrics?)
>
>Josephine-o
>(rattling these 'ol convict chains at ya)
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