House Split

Gotta be Cameron for me . . you bunch of farkin canteen ladies . . .

And what would you like for lunch today, young master taccy? [flaps chicken wing arms]

1 ham and 1 egg sandwich, bottle of mineral water (frizzante) and a pack winnie reds

Hehehe. Here ya go, sonny. That'll be a govt subsidised $5.50.

tac wrote:1 ham and 1 egg sandwich, bottle of mineral water (frizzante) and a pack winnie reds

you won't be able to say that much longer
bloody lefty pinko dogooder snatches

G.Wood wrote:they could just get 13 and Cameron to do a spot of oyster nibbling for 55 minutes

I think 70% of the show's audience watches on the offchance that this might happen.

G.Wood wrote:

tac wrote:1 ham and 1 egg sandwich, bottle of mineral water (frizzante) and a pack winnie reds

you won't be able to say that much longer
bloody lefty pinko dogooder snatches

I'm doing a Kennedy tonight and buying every cigarette in town.

G.Wood wrote:

tac wrote:1 ham and 1 egg sandwich, bottle of mineral water (frizzante) and a pack winnie reds

you won't be able to say that much longer
bloody lefty pinko dogooder snatches

"I'll have a packet of Winnie...erm...cardboard whites"

Bradman wrote:

G.Wood wrote:

tac wrote:1 ham and 1 egg sandwich, bottle of mineral water (frizzante) and a pack winnie reds

you won't be able to say that much longer
bloody lefty pinko dogooder snatches

I'm doing a Kennedy tonight and buying every cigarette in town.

So the purdy colours on the pack make some sort of difference to the taste for you?

am similarly investing my few ill gotten gains in cigarettes - i expect a very healthy black market

If you smoke skulls old bean you can pick up the difference between cigarette strengths. And you need the pretty colours to tell the strength, seeing the gvt in it's wisdom decided to remove the nicotine and tar strenghts from the packets.

The person who came up with that one was probably the same bloke who came up with differing rail guages.

Clearly I don't smoke, qmy (and I thought Mrs qmy was working hard to get you to stop?) but aren't they simply taking all the artwork off the pack. Won't the packet still say Winfield Blue or Red or Death-laden or whatever the strength indicator is - on a plain white box?

Would thought this was more reason to go on a ciggy-buying spree today.


"Cigarette tax to increase 25pc from midnight

The Federal Government will raise taxes on cigarettes by an extra 25 per cent, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed.

The hefty hike, which takes effect from midnight tonight, will put another $2.16 on a pack of 30 cigarettes."

snigger

I like it when the likes of ACA fishes out tac's mum who complains about how tough life is on the pension whilst dragging on her 34th 50c bunger for the day

My Mum's next door neighbour's daughter is a classic example. She's on a single mother's pension with 3 brats, struggles to pay the rent but is never without a gasper in her claws.

skully wrote:Clearly I don't smoke, qmy (and I thought Mrs qmy was working hard to get you to stop?) but aren't they simply taking all the artwork off the pack. Won't the packet still say Winfield Blue or Red or Death-laden or whatever the strength indicator is - on a plain white box?

For some reason they no longer put the strenghts of the various poisons on the pack. Apparently to stop people smoking. So when the local shop runs out of Winnie Reds I've got to go into a guessing game to pick a brand with the full hit.

I would've assumed it was in the govt's interest to advertise low strength cigarettes. I'd willingly pay $20 a packet if the money went into non-smoking related health care. Guarantee you this hike is going straight into the Pink Batts compensation fund.

Does this country rely most on miners, smokers or punters?

I'm no expert in the field mate, but aren't Winnie Blues a different strength to Winnie Reds? So are you saying the packs will not say Winfield Red but just Winfield? Seems a very odd thing to do.

G.Wood wrote:Does this country rely most on miners, smokers or punters?

Of course - the "Battlers" as my dear departed ol' man used to call himself all the time as he sucked on another cancer stick, drained a big bot, while cheering on no. 14 in the 3rd at Randwick.

I think ??? is talking about what happens when the Port Moresby news agent runs out of W.R.s. - he won't know which packet to buy as a substitute in such emergency.

Although I would have thought that given is extensive experience he would be well versed on what to purchase in case of emergency.

Failing that, just rip the filter off

skully wrote:

G.Wood wrote:Does this country rely most on miners, smokers or punters?

Of course - the "Battlers" as my dear departed ol' man used to call himself all the time as he sucked on another cancer stick, drained a big bot, while cheering on no. 14 in the 3rd at Randwick.

has ever been the case...the working poor supporting the rich..the tax excise will help fund govt subsidies of pte health insurers

skully wrote:Of course - the "Battlers" as my dear departed ol' man used to call himself all the time as he sucked on another cancer stick, drained a big bot, while cheering on no. 14 in the 3rd at Randwick.

I believe Don Nash is now a smoking, punting miner

still a farkin legend

The last 3 pages deserve its own thread instead of cluttering up JB's access to the latest epi review.

An Elder with any balls would split the thread. Can that be done??

skully wrote:

An Elder with any balls would split the thread.

I guess we will have to wait until smerk wakes up.

G.Wood wrote:I think ??? is talking about what happens when the Port Moresby news agent runs out of W.R.s. - he won't know which packet to buy as a substitute in such emergency.

Although I would have thought that given is extensive experience he would be well versed on what to purchase in case of emergency.

Failing that, just rip the filter off

They don't sell light cigarettes or beer in Port Moresby. It's all full on. I was in a bar at the best hotel in town (mainly because it was just across the road from my house and there was a curfew in force and the security gates could be remotely opened from the hotel pool) and this old seppo was visiting. He asked the barman for a light beer and I pissed myself as the barman got out a set of scales and started wieghing the various can and bottlesw.

Plus B@H used to giove me free cigarettes. Fark I miss corruption in the third world.