Bad Australians

Why did you do this?

What a rubbish tattoo. I hope he asked for his money back.

disagree...nice tattoo of sunset over Uluru/Ayres Rock

He didn't want the tattoo. He woke up to find Jade Dernbach looming over him with a big needle, grinning vacantly, earrings twinkling in the morning light.

Who do you think you are now, Horace? Bruise Read?

Yeah... do you think you're Kosala Kuruppuarachchi or something?

Augurs go back to Rome.

Bird entrails, that sort of thing.

Not Jackson Bird.

The horuspex is sifting through his auspices. There will be an auguring of dubbers being spivs.

Augur in that case as in awl.

Horace's new nick: Brad All.

I'm sorry man, I'm just a humble novice. Lardy? You're needed man - you're the only one who is fully conversant in Pete.

Augur = haruspex (Horace's specs). As you said.

"Augur" = also = "awl". Both (appropriately enough) boring tools, and pretty much the same thing.

A bradawl is a particular type of that, a famous DIY tool for bumging the starts of holes in wood, etc. for screwing.



Horace hates spivs/dubbers, (as you indicated) -so he constantly bores into them, like an awl/augur.


Brad is also a common Aus name. See Hodge. Who is also a Victorian.



Tortuous associations? Yes. I am off to bed!

big cocoas for you both