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Re: Off Topic: New location for Austalia
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Date: 
Sun, 23 May 1999 12:33:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
"Moz (Chris Moseley)" wrote:

Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <374768C2.7F7E5042@voyager.net>...
Where's off-topic.qotd when you need it. This is a classic! The subject
makes one think that the continent has went on a walkabout.

You'd be surprised how often it happens. NZ's continent is actually
Pacifica, as it's mostly on the Pacific plate. Bits are on the
indoaustralian plate tho.

Technically correct, yes. But I had this vision of OZ up and moving
thousands of miles overnight.

I thought he meant that Australia went from being in the "blue light special"
aisle to the clearances bins.  :')



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  Re: Off Topic: New location for Austalia
 
(...) Technically correct, yes. But I had this vision of OZ up and moving thousands of miles overnight. (...) We don't by convention use locality in our formal addresses, that's a UK thing. Todd introduced it here for whatever reasons in a few cases (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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