Been flat out like a lizard drinking.........

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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Jeanie wrote:
    I've had a ball literally lg. :D

    And a gallery or two, a wedding, countless dinners, some flying, lots of thee-ater, and so many catch ups with friends. :) I've turned into a butterfly! :D

    nice :)
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Oh I wish I would have been around for this. : D : D Sounds like fun. I have a family dinner tomorrow night or I would be having some bevvies.. probably not tonight. Had a few out with dinner but now probably not so much. Oh well. Happy weekend, everyone! : )


    *Cheers* Jeanie et al!!


    :D What with all these international phone calls I've hardly had time to scratch! ;):p

    Tell the truth though sweetie, you're really locked in some crazy scrabble duel to the death ain't ya? ;):p
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  • Jeanie
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    jamie uk wrote:

    I must be over 18 to view this content! :D
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    libragirl wrote:
    nice :)

    Yup! :) It's been great!

    Got to see the Archibald Prize with a charming, interesting Sydneysider and off to Brett Whitely's gallery too. FINALLY managed some legendary Fatima's felafel.

    http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/finalists/archibald

    http://www.brettwhiteley.org/

    Oh! And I got to see this! :D

    http://www.rockyhorror.com.au/

    Oh and this amazing production of Servant of Two Masters at NIDA!
    The sets were amazing! As was the commedia d'larte, the whole thing was brilliant really! :)
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Anyway, enough about me.....(hard to believe I know! ;):p ) what's everyone else been doing? Come on! I wanna hear exciting stories of everyone's exploits. :)
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    I've had a ball literally lg. :D

    And a gallery or two, a wedding, countless dinners, some flying, lots of thee-ater, and so many catch ups with friends. :) I've turned into a butterfly! :D

    not to mention going into a book/music store and coming out with nothing. congratulations on that super achievement girlie. :D:D
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    not to mention going into a book/music store and coming out with nothing. congratulations on that super achievement girlie. :D


    I KNOW!! :D I'm still completely mystified about how I managed that! :D

    I should get a book or a cd as a reward! ;):p
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    I KNOW!! :D I'm still completely mystified about how I managed that! :D

    I should get a book or a cd as a reward! ;):p

    as i did. :D
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  • cuyler41
    cuyler41 Posts: 388
    Your thread title made me think of Steve Irwin :( I hope Steve gets to visit animal heaven every now and then.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    as i did. :D

    Where's mine??? ;):p:D


    OOH! What did you get btw? :)
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  • Jeanie
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    cuyler41 wrote:
    Your thread title made me think of Steve Irwin :( I hope Steve gets to visit animal heaven every now and then.

    Well I'm sure wherever he is he's happy. :)
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Where's mine??? ;):p:D


    OOH! What did you get btw? :)

    actually girl, yours is sittting on my bookshelf. has been for over a month now. you know how vague i get.

    and me... well i got that book on Brett and his 'stude'. :D
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    actually girl, yours is sittting on my bookshelf. has been for over a month now. you know how vague i get.

    and me... well i got that book on Brett and his 'stude'. :D

    That was an awesome book! :)

    I'm as bad, I still haven't sent that package off to the UK I got organized just after Christmas but I'll be off to the post office next week, so I'll remind you then! ;):p:D
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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    That was an awesome book! :)

    I'm as bad, I still haven't sent that package off to the UK I got organized just after Christmas but I'll be off to the post office next week, so I'll remind you then! ;):p:D

    won't do any good girl. tis school holidays so i'll be as vague as hell even with reminders. :)
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    won't do any good girl. tis school holidays so i'll be as vague as hell even with reminders. :)


    Yeah, I haven't remembered to go myself yet! ;):D

    I'm still basking in my own cleverness at having the post card arrive! ;):D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jeanie wrote:
    Yeah, I haven't remembered to go myself yet! ;):D

    I'm still basking in my own cleverness at having the post card arrive! ;):D


    well i have no cleverness to bask in. not right now.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    well i have no cleverness to bask in. not right now.


    That's ok, based on my current organizational status, there's a really good chance I'll remember to remind you! :)
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    it doesn't mean what you think it means m. unless you actually are planning on being incredibly busy tomorrow evening? :)


    well, jeanie said she'd been flat out like a lizard drinking...which to me means, she's been very busy drinking? that's what i wanted...and accomplished :D...last night. being very busy can be a very good thing. depends what you are very busy, doing......;)
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  • Jeanie wrote:
    : D What with all these international phone calls I've hardly had time to scratch! ; ) : p

    Tell the truth though sweetie, you're really locked in some crazy scrabble duel to the death ain't ya? ;):p


    Miss popular, hey ?!?! ;)


    So true... I hate losing... especially at Scrabble... and to boys :eek: :p
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    well, jeanie said she'd been flat out like a lizard drinking...which to me means, she's been very busy drinking? that's what i wanted...and accomplished :D...last night. being very busy can be a very good thing. depends what you are very busy, doing......;)

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/flat-out.html


    The Australian expressions - flat out, like a lizard drinking and flat out, like a lizard on a log, are a little easier to interpret. They clearly allude to lying flat on one's face. These are known from around the time of WWII and are recorded in Sidney John Baker's, The drum: Australian character and slang, 1959:

    "Ideas of lying flatly (on one's face, not one's back) and of travelling or working at great speed are recorded in the phrases 'flat out like a lizard drinking' and 'flat out like a lizard on a log'."

    They are rarely used literally though, i.e. to mean lying flat out, but are just an emphatic form of the usual meaning of 'flat out'.


    Not drinking so much D2D, well I mean I haven't been, just meant I've been flat out, really busy. So flat out like a lizard, you know because lizards are flat. :D

    Sounds like you had a great night. :)
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