Australia's Nuclear Power 'Debate'

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Scubascott wrote:
    ...... New Zealand is a separate country, run by sheep....

    :D:D Just got a kiwi joke in my inbox. I'll post it. Stand by.........:)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Scubascott wrote:
    .......New Zealand is a separate country, run by sheep.




    A Kiwi walks into his bedroom with a sheep under his arm and says:

    "Darling this is the pig I have sex with when you have a headache."

    His Girlfriend , lying in bed , replies:

    " I think you'll find thats a sheep , dickhead."

    The man replies :" I think you'll find i wasn't talking to you."

    :D

    OH!! And absolutely NO offense intended to the Kiwis!! We love you guys!! :D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jeanie wrote:
    A Kiwi walks into his bedroom with a sheep under his arm and says:

    "Darling this is the pig I have sex with when you have a headache."

    His Girlfriend , lying in bed , replies:

    " I think you'll find thats a sheep , dickhead."

    The man replies :" I think you'll find i wasn't talking to you."

    :D

    OH!! And absolutely NO offense intended to the Kiwis!! We love you guys!! :D

    OMG LMFAO jeanie thanks :D:D:D

    yeah we luv ya kiwis. seriously. :)
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  • OMG LMFAO jeanie thanks :D:D:D

    yeah we luv ya kiwis. seriously. :)

    While we're all laughing:

    What did the blonde's left leg say to her right leg?



    Nothing. They've never met.
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    While we're all laughing:

    What did the blonde's left leg say to her right leg?



    Nothing. They've never met.

    i'm sure you don't expect us to laugh at a sexist joke.
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  • While we're all laughing:

    What did the blonde's left leg say to her right leg?



    Nothing. They've never met.

    That was lame.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    OMG LMFAO jeanie thanks :D:D:D

    yeah we luv ya kiwis. seriously. :)

    Yeah, it is pretty funny!! :D:D And I can't believe it turned up when it did!
    Gee my life is full of coincidences lately!

    BUT YEAH! we doo love the kiwis!! And besides, let's face it, this joke could just as easily apply to certain Aussie blokes anyway!! :D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    While we're all laughing:

    What did the blonde's left leg say to her right leg?



    Nothing. They've never met.

    Most blondes are dyed by there own hand these days anyway Thumbing.
    So probably wouldn't apply to many.

    AND besides, how come guys seem to be so obsessed with blondes anyway? :) And how come they are attibuted with such vacuous personalities? Inside most blondes hides a really smart brunette!! :)
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    Most blondes are dyed by there own hand these days anyway Thumbing.
    So probably wouldn't apply to many.

    AND besides, how come guys seem to be so obsessed with blondes anyway? :) And how come they are attibuted with such vacuous personalities? Inside most blondes hides a really smart brunette!! :)

    Jesus Christ. A thread full of stiffs. Well here's a good clean joke we can all laugh at together.

    And Jeanie. I don't like blondes.



    There were three pigs.

    The first pig went to a bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The second pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The third pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and was just going to leave and the bartender asked if he was going to the bathroom and the third little pig said "No I'm the little pig that goes weee weee weee all the way home"
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

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  • Jesus Christ. A thread full of stiffs. Well here's a good clean joke we can all laugh at together.

    And Jeanie. I don't like blondes.



    There were three pigs.

    The first pig went to a bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The second pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The third pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and was just going to leave and the bartender asked if he was going to the bathroom and the third little pig said "No I'm the little pig that goes weee weee weee all the way home"

    The third pig probably lost all control of his bladder from living on a factory farm his entire life. Really funny.
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  • Rushlimbo wrote:
    The third pig probably lost all control of his bladder from living on a factory farm his entire life. Really funny.


    Well, if you don't like that joke... I'm going to have to find a warmongering cowboy joke. We all get a little fuzzy over those!
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Jesus Christ. A thread full of stiffs. Well here's a good clean joke we can all laugh at together.

    And Jeanie. I don't like blondes.



    There were three pigs.

    The first pig went to a bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The second pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and went to the bathroom and then left.

    The third pig went to the same bar ordered a drink and gulped it down and was just going to leave and the bartender asked if he was going to the bathroom and the third little pig said "No I'm the little pig that goes weee weee weee all the way home"

    Cute! :D

    And how can you know you don't like blondes? I mean you wouldn't discount someone based purely on hair color would ya? You're really copping it here today aren't ya? ;):D:D:D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jesus Christ. A thread full of stiffs.

    no. the blonde joke just wasn't funny. :p:D:D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    No more fisty cuffs!! Everybody just play nice, and we should all probably get back on thread! Hoped a joke would lighten the mood. :) BUT anyway seeing as how I'm stoked to finally see not one but TWO threads dedicated to Aussie politics and current events, can we please have some more information on the Nuclear Power debate? I'd love to hear from people in countries that actually live nearby a nuclear power plant or that get their energy from nuclear. Like to know how it's going for the lay person in other parts of the world. Anybody? :)

    Oh and the cliff notes version would be good for me!! :)

    Being somewhat blonde and all!! ;)
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    No more fisty cuffs!! Everybody just play nice, and we should all probably get back on thread! Hoped a joke would lighten the mood. :) BUT anyway seeing as how I'm stoked to finally see not one but TWO threads dedicated to Aussie politics and current events, can we please have some more information on the Nuclear Power debate? I'd love to hear from people in countries that actually live nearby a nuclear power plant or that get their energy from nuclear. Like to know how it's going for the lay person in other parts of the world. Anybody? :)

    Oh and the cliff notes version would be good for me!! :)

    Being somewhat blonde and all!! ;)

    Chernobyl - Bad
    Three Mile Island - Bad
    McGuire 1 & 2 - Both Good (Also near me)
    FitzPatrick - Good

    I've come to learn that more times than not, as long as these things don't meltdown, they're generally pretty good for us. And very sitely in person as well. We could probably put one of these things on a container ship and send it down under. We have more than enough to go around.

    There. I saved ya $4.95.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Chernobyl - Bad
    Three Mile Island - Bad
    McGuire 1 & 2 - Both Good (Also near me)
    FitzPatrick - Good

    I've come to learn that more times than not, as long as these things don't meltdown they're generally pretty good for us. And very sitely in person as well. We could probably just put one of these things on a container ship and send it down under. We have more than enough to go around.

    There. I saved ya $4.95.

    um thanks. but no thanks. :)
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  • um thanks. but no thanks. :)

    Knowing Australians, you guys will probably just use'm for bombs anyway. Next thing ya know you'll be yuking it up with Joseph Wilson and snorting yellowcake. It's all downhill after nuclear power really.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Knowing Australians, you guys will probably just use'm for bombs anyway. Next thing ya know you'll be yuking it up with Joseph Wilson and snorting yellowcake. It's all downhill after nuclear power really.

    Ya think? Don't think we'll be getting them, just for starters and besides, if we wanted to bomb with them, we have MORE than enough Uranium here for that! Nah the only way Aussies would get involved with nuclear war heads or bombs is if Indonesia started looking just a wee bit more serious about invading. And even then I doubt we'd be firing any broadsides at them.
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    Ya think? Don't think we'll be getting them, just for starters and besides, if we wanted to bomb with them, we have MORE than enough Uranium here for that! Nah the only way Aussies would get involved with nuclear war heads or bombs is if Indonesia started looking just a wee bit more serious about invading. And even then I doubt we'd be firing any broadsides at them.


    So if Indonesia invaded, you guys wouldn't stop them?
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Chernobyl - Bad
    Three Mile Island - Bad
    McGuire 1 & 2 - Both Good (Also near me)
    FitzPatrick - Good

    I've come to learn that more times than not, as long as these things don't meltdown, they're generally pretty good for us. And very sitely in person as well. We could probably put one of these things on a container ship and send it down under. We have more than enough to go around.

    There. I saved ya $4.95.

    Ok so out of 5 your saying two are bad? Hmmmm......not a very good track record really is it? Do you ever get nervous about them Thumbing? About them being so close and all? Is there any groups actively campaigning against them, or campaigning to keep safety and health standards up to par?
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Knowing Australians, you guys will probably just use'm for bombs anyway. Next thing ya know you'll be yuking it up with Joseph Wilson and snorting yellowcake. It's all downhill after nuclear power really.
    the only cake i touch is chocolate cake. :D:D

    So if Indonesia invaded, you guys wouldn't stop them?

    the indonesians are not going to invade. but if they did we could stop them and we wouldn't need nukes to do it.
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    Ok so out of 5 your saying two are bad? Hmmmm......not a very good track record really is it? Do you ever get nervous about them Thumbing? About them being so close and all? Is there any groups actively campaigning against them, or campaigning to keep safety and health standards up to par?

    We're America. Maintaining safety and health standards is the norm. And no, no one worries about them. That was 2 out of 5 because it was the Cliffs Notes. There's something like 70 operating in the United States. Plus, Chernobyl is a Russian site. Or rather it was... There are always fringe groups bitching about something. But as for nuclear power activists; they're rather meek.
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

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    Camden 5-28-06
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    So if Indonesia invaded, you guys wouldn't stop them?

    Oh we'd stop them alright, but we wouldn't use nuclear. :)
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  • the indonesians are not going to invade. but if they did we could stop them and we wouldn't need nukes to do it.


    Well lets just pray peace prevails. You guys probably have some American made weaponry, and God knows we don't need any of that being used for what it was intended for.

    Who the hell would want to invade Australia anyway? George W. Bush, that's who! <Cue Bonanza theme music>
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    We're America. Maintaining safety and health standards is the norm. And no, no one worries about them. That was 2 out of 5 because it was the Cliffs Notes. There's something like 70 operating in the United States. Plus, Chernobyl is a Russian site. Or rather it was... There are always fringe groups bitching about something. But as for nuclear power activists; they're rather meek.

    I'm sure your safety standards are exemplorary but you are saying that no one is concerned about them, or that generally you are unaware of any objections to them? I wasn't talking about fringe groups I was asking about people opposed to them? Do you ever get to hear from them, or is the information always slanted in favor of the reactor?
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    I'm sure your safety standards are exemplorary but you are saying that no one is concerned about them, or that generally you are unaware of any objections to them? I wasn't talking about fringe groups I was asking about people opposed to them? Do you ever get to hear from them, or is the information always slanted in favor of the reactor?

    Ok, no one ever thinks about nuclear power here. It's never in the news. There's never any news about folks speaking out about it. There's also never news about someone talking about how great it is.

    They're just there on the side of interstates to look at on your way to a vacation. Nuclear power gets no more or less attention in the United States than does soccer. And let me tell you, soccer gets very little attention in the United States.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Well lets just pray peace prevails. You guys probably have some American made weaponry, and God knows we don't need any of that being used for what it was intended for.

    Who the hell would want to invade Australia anyway? George W. Bush, that's who! <Cue Bonanza theme music>

    Yes, we probably do have some American made weaponry although much of it was destroyed in the gun amnesty and buy back scheme here after the Port Arthur Massacre.

    And as far as I can see corporate America has been invading us for years, along with the Japanese and any other foreign owned multi national that smells a dollar! Won't be going on much longer though. Johnny's sold pretty much everything out from under us! Oh that's right he still hasn't managed to get granny!! :D

    Oh and as far as I can see thumbing, just from being on the board in the touchy feely threads, there seems to be an inordinate amount of Americans who are invading because they think we have an accent and they seem to be quite taken with it!!! :D Isn't that right cate? ;)
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    Yes, we probably do have some American made weaponry although much of it was destroyed in the gun amnesty and buy back scheme here after the Port Arthur Massacre.

    And as far as I can see corporate America has been invading us for years, along with the Japanese and any other foreign owned multi national that smells a dollar! Won't be going on much longer though. Johnny's sold pretty much everything out from under us! Oh that's right he still hasn't managed to get granny!! :D

    Oh and as far as I can see thumbing, just from being on the board in the touchy feely threads, there seems to be an inordinate amount of Americans who are invading because they think we have an accent and they seem to be quite taken with it!!! :D Isn't that right cate? ;)

    When you said "clever girl" to Cate in the other Australian themed thread, it did make me think of the guy in Jurassic Park. Not in a sexual kind of way, but more of a "Hey, that guy sounds Australian" kind of way.

    Then I pictured you all sweaty and panting while you were saying it, like he was. Maybe blondes aren't so bad...
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Ok, no one ever thinks about nuclear power here. It's never in the news. There's never any news about folks speaking out about it. There's also never news about someone talking about how great it is.

    They're just there on the side of interstates to look at on your way to a vacation. Nuclear power gets no more or less attention in the United States than does soccer. And let me tell you, soccer gets very little attention in the United States.

    Is that because your media has been hijacked by Rupert too? Just like ours has been? Do you think? I'm just wondering. I mean you are the country that brought us Meryl Streep and Cher in Silkwood. Surely there are advocates and detractors?

    As to soccer, well it's really not a big deal here either, well it was with the world cup, but we are Aussie Rules Football and Rugby fanatics here.
    Besides I thought you guys coined the phrase "soccer Mum's"? :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    When you said "clever girl" to Cate in the other Australian themed thread, it did make me think of the guy in Jurassic Park. Not in a sexual kind of way, but more of a "Hey, that guy sounds Australian" kind of way.

    Then I pictured you all sweaty and panting while you were saying it, like he was. Maybe blondes aren't so bad...


    I'm struggling to recall the scene or the dialogue. Jurrasic Park scares the shit out of me. :eek: But if you mean Sam Neill he's a KIWI!!! :D:D:D
    And cate is exceptionally clever. No panting required:)

    And I'm not going there! But I will say that I think I said mostly blonde!

    Mostly I'm an extremely clever brunette with an exceptional hairdresser!! :D
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