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Rai · 10-11-2009, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangejasmine

Yes, this is correct, I believe.

I think something like 15% (maybe more) of the New Zealand population is of Maori heritage?

Something along these lines.

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangejasmine

What could this - that you mentioned - be attributed to? I suppose their population size at the time of first contact with the colonial powers? And the population size of those settlers at the time? Perhaps what the islands were out to use for at the time?

Probably because serious colonisation of New Zealand only happened very late, before that, there was a trickle of Europeans that was easily dealt with by the well-organised and warlike Maori (who were very far from the peaceful hunter-gatherers of Australia). They even acquired muskets and rifles, which meant that they had to be taken seriously. When the true colonisation started, they went into the decline, but due to the relatively low numbers of Europeans they quickly gained political status and came back from the decline.

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangejasmine

I'm just "thinking out loud" now, because if one looks at Australia and Tasmania's history, it's atrocious.

Quite recently, I briefly read a little on the Tasmanian genocide. Just shocking really. Ugh!!!!

Well, if you put tens of thousands of criminals in a land inhabited by hunter-gatherers, things will turn ugly. To quote Douglas Adams (on a different matter) " It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight – the locals wouldn’t stand a chance.” "

verenita · 10-14-2009, 10:04 PM

i´m so nervious! the match between uruguay and argentina is about to begin. aaaaahhhhhh!

Ships_Were_Sailin · 10-14-2009, 10:47 PM

el hombre come arroz

the man's eating rice

My Spanish is really coming along

verenita · 10-15-2009, 01:56 AM

^

¡muy bien, ships! (means very good, ships!

)

Yetzirah · 10-15-2009, 08:46 AM

it's snowing. in vienna. in the middle of october. not fun.

Dean C · 10-15-2009, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yetzirah

it's snowing. in vienna. in the middle of october. not fun.

I disagree.

Yetzirah · 10-16-2009, 03:14 PM

you were not there. you didn't have to suffer. it didn't stay. it was just wet and cold. yuck. but now it's only raining and cold - so the difference is not too big...

verenita · 10-20-2009, 07:40 PM

i just bumped into this (way oooold) post from pics only thread. it made me laugh

cille · 10-20-2009, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verenita

i just bumped into this (way oooold) post from pics only thread. it made me laugh

Heh, reminds me of last year on Eæectric picnic at the Gemma Hayes set when a girl behind me said 'She's so thin! I HATE her!'

Heh, i try not to be that bitchy. But it IS frustrating when you're a fatty, rather ugly songwriter. I do believe it's easier for the beautiful ones. But then, harder in some other respects I guess. But dang, she does just look like a pretty doll. Even when she tries to mess her looks up. Lucky her!

verenita · 10-20-2009, 08:01 PM

well, i´m quite thin (olive oyl like, lol)... but, i´m not a pretty doll nor songwriter.
oh, crap. she has everything, lol.

ps:i don´t think you´re a "fatty ugly songwriter" by the way.

cille · 10-20-2009, 08:16 PM

wELL YOU haven't met me now have you..?

Hendrik · 10-20-2009, 09:21 PM

But, Cille, consider this: Gemma Hayes must be in an absolute horrific situation, probably everybody from the male fan crowd wants to drag her into bed and remember what Damien sung: "Too many options may kill a (wo)man..."

If it's any help to you: I'm not a "p*ssy magnet"...

cille · 10-20-2009, 09:25 PM

Death by bed partners huh?

verenita · 10-20-2009, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

wELL YOU haven't met me now have you..?

that hurts

and, just for the record, i love gemma´s voice and songs!

cille · 10-21-2009, 08:35 AM

^I didn't mean to hurt you, just saying that you don't know how much fat I have cause you havent seen me in real life

verenita · 10-21-2009, 01:51 PM

ok. i was joiking anyway (but, still hurt me i couldn´t manage to meet you).

very random: some "verena oskorip" (me) search on google took me to this. i´m so glad some things has changed, especially those related to travels and damien

cool thread, btw

ps: i know, i know... so much time off these days, lol.

Timeé · 10-22-2009, 09:46 AM

Mr. Boombastic
What you want is some boombastic romantic fantastic lover
Shaggy
Mr. Lover lover, Mr. Lover lover, girl, Mr. Lover lover
She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back
she say I'm Mr. Ro...mantic
She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back she say
I'm ro... Smooth just like silk
Soft and coddle hug me up like a quit
I'm a lyrical lover no take me for no filth
With my sexual physique Jah know me well built
Oh me oh my well well can't you tell
I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell
Gal you captivate my body put me under a spell
With your cus cus perfume I love your sweet smell
You are the only young girl that can ring my bell
And I can take rejection so you tell me go to hell

I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I'm Mr
Ro...mantic
I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom
boom
boom
I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I'm Mr
Ro...mantic
I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom
boom
boom

Gee wheeze baby please
Let me take you to an island of the sweet cool breeze
You don't fell like drive baby hand me the keys
And I'll take you to a place to set your mind at ease
Don't you tickle my foot bottom ha ha baby please
Don't you play with my nose I might ha chum sneeze
Well you a the bun and me a the cheese
And if me a the rice well you a the peas

I forget the rest.

Timeé · 10-22-2009, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timeé

And if me a the rice well you a the peas

Sick Damo reference

cille · 10-22-2009, 09:49 AM

^

^^

those lyrics were really meant to be read weren't they? Beautiful poetry. Touch my back

Rai · 10-22-2009, 09:55 AM

Reminds me of the great Zlad

bearbait · 10-22-2009, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

Heh, reminds me of last year on Eæectric picnic at the Gemma Hayes set when a girl behind me said 'She's so thin! I HATE her!'

Heh, i try not to be that bitchy. But it IS frustrating when you're a fatty, rather ugly songwriter. I do believe it's easier for the beautiful ones. But then, harder in some other respects I guess. But dang, she does just look like a pretty doll. Even when she tries to mess her looks up. Lucky her!

Cille, I've seen pics of you in the pics thread before, and you're a hottie!! You know I have a girl-crush on you!

eva_arg · 10-27-2009, 12:05 AM

I just twittered Lisa

let's see if they reply back

cille · 10-27-2009, 08:15 AM

^What about?
Do you need her to knit something?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bearbait

Cille, I've seen pics of you in the pics thread before, and you're a hottie!! You know I have a girl-crush on you!

Aaaaaaawww right back atcha!

I am defo for lovers of big butts (and they cannot lie....

)

Yetzirah · 10-27-2009, 08:30 AM

i don't know if any of you heard anything about the student protests in vienna. it just seems that the government trys to lay more and more bricks in the way of people who want to study. and since the bologna agreement was confirmed our situation gets worse with restrictions, too many students too little room or lecturers. now some people have decided to block the biggest class room (it seats several hundret, if not a thousand people) to get the attention of more and more people. they started it on thursday and there is a demonstration planned for tomorrow. there are just so many things that don't work out well enough. i heard that people from other parts of austria have joined vienna and even some students abroad (within europe). i still have the feeling, that everything is very small and i've got a lot of doubt if our situation will get better because of this. but i think it's good that there are some people who actually show that they don't agree with this system. what do you guys think?

verenita · 10-27-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yetzirah

i still have the feeling, that everything is very small and i've got a lot of doubt if our situation will get better because of this. but i think it's good that there are some people who actually show that they don't agree with this system. what do you guys think?

i agree with you. this reminds me our situation in public university about 15 years ago. public university is for free in argentina (all you have to pay is your own books and the transportation to the uni), it has a lot (plenty, i might say) of flaws but we have an excellent university education. the thing is, about 15 years ago our (worst, ever) goverment tried to change the system into a paid education. the students stayed in different faculties for weeks, kept some of them closed for several days, to save public and free university, which is a constitutional law in argentina. it was a huge movement, which became very strong, and it worked. the education of millons of studens was in real danger at that time but now they´re saved. so, i´d say there´s chances of success. i hope it works out for you and you can make the university education system better.

the most randomness these days: lothar matthäus (yes, the former capitan of german national team) will be the coach of one of the worst football teams of the last years: racing club (very popular club tough). the only i´m interesting in about his stay in argentina is i find him utterly hot!

verenita · 10-27-2009, 01:19 PM

another random thing is this sort of spanish cille´s conversation. well, these two words: "cinco" (on tv shows thread) and "gracias" (on one of david gray thread). i find this fact very lovely

eva_arg · 10-27-2009, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

^What about?
Do you need her to knit something?

I asked them if they have any plans on coming to Argentina soon

I know they don't, I just wanted to see if they reply

vere, matthaus in racing LMFAO, the most delusional and ridiculous thing they've pulled. I'm so enjoying is and the fact that they'll be relegated to second division soon LOL!

verenita · 10-27-2009, 06:40 PM

i can testify that she and una are the sweetest at replying not urgent requests

eva. we should go to the embassy of ireland and ask them (i better say, beg them) to bring us all those great irish musicias all together. lol, i almost did it once. gosh, funny memories

cille · 10-27-2009, 06:56 PM

I just wrote both Josh ritter and the Swell season's management, because Josh is to support the Swellies on their European tour (YAY), but the Copenhagen gig does not appear in either of their gig listings. Where did my gig go????

cille · 10-27-2009, 06:59 PM

^AAAAH already got a reply from Josh's management:

"Josh is supporting. The gig is happening -- we just didn't announce
it because we didn't see it on the Swell site."
Excellent!

(ooops gotta get me som tix then!)

10-14-2009, 10:04 PM	#332
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i´m so nervious! the match between uruguay and argentina is about to begin. aaaaahhhhhh! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-14-2009, 10:47 PM	#333
Ships_Were_Sailin Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK - The part that has no music scene what so ever Posts: 1,094	el hombre come arroz the man's eating rice My Spanish is really coming along __________________ *Its been years since ive heard from my transistor radio* Yet i keep going to where it seems i'm meant to go

10-15-2009, 01:56 AM	#334
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^ ¡muy bien, ships! (means very good, ships! ) __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-15-2009, 08:46 AM	#335
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	it's snowing. in vienna. in the middle of october. not fun. __________________ Nothing to declare

10-16-2009, 03:14 PM	#337
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	you were not there. you didn't have to suffer. it didn't stay. it was just wet and cold. yuck. but now it's only raining and cold - so the difference is not too big... __________________ Nothing to declare

10-20-2009, 07:40 PM	#338
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i just bumped into this (way oooold) post from pics only thread. it made me laugh __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-20-2009, 08:01 PM	#340
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	well, i´m quite thin (olive oyl like, lol)... but, i´m not a pretty doll nor songwriter. oh, crap. she has everything, lol. ps:i don´t think you´re a "fatty ugly songwriter" by the way. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-20-2009, 08:16 PM	#341
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	wELL YOU haven't met me now have you..? __________________ Yeah

10-20-2009, 09:21 PM	#342
Hendrik Teddy Daniels Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 9,693	But, Cille, consider this: Gemma Hayes must be in an absolute horrific situation, probably everybody from the male fan crowd wants to drag her into bed and remember what Damien sung: "Too many options may kill a (wo)man..." If it's any help to you: I'm not a "p*ssy magnet"...

10-20-2009, 09:25 PM	#343
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Death by bed partners huh? __________________ Yeah

10-21-2009, 08:35 AM	#345
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	^I didn't mean to hurt you, just saying that you don't know how much fat I have cause you havent seen me in real life __________________ Yeah

10-21-2009, 01:51 PM	#346
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	ok. i was joiking anyway (but, still hurt me i couldn´t manage to meet you). very random: some "verena oskorip" (me) search on google took me to this. i´m so glad some things has changed, especially those related to travels and damien cool thread, btw ps: i know, i know... so much time off these days, lol. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-22-2009, 09:46 AM	#347
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	Mr. Boombastic What you want is some boombastic romantic fantastic lover Shaggy Mr. Lover lover, Mr. Lover lover, girl, Mr. Lover lover She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back she say I'm Mr. Ro...mantic She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me in me back she say I'm ro... Smooth just like silk Soft and coddle hug me up like a quit I'm a lyrical lover no take me for no filth With my sexual physique Jah know me well built Oh me oh my well well can't you tell I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell Gal you captivate my body put me under a spell With your cus cus perfume I love your sweet smell You are the only young girl that can ring my bell And I can take rejection so you tell me go to hell I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I'm Mr Ro...mantic I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom boom boom I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says I'm Mr Ro...mantic I'm Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic touch me in my back she says boom boom boom Gee wheeze baby please Let me take you to an island of the sweet cool breeze You don't fell like drive baby hand me the keys And I'll take you to a place to set your mind at ease Don't you tickle my foot bottom ha ha baby please Don't you play with my nose I might ha chum sneeze Well you a the bun and me a the cheese And if me a the rice well you a the peas I forget the rest. __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

10-22-2009, 09:49 AM	#349
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	^ ^^ those lyrics were really meant to be read weren't they? Beautiful poetry. Touch my back __________________ Yeah

10-22-2009, 09:55 AM	#350
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	Reminds me of the great Zlad __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

10-27-2009, 12:05 AM	#352
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	I just twittered Lisa let's see if they reply back

10-27-2009, 08:30 AM	#354
Yetzirah Eskimissima Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in my own little world! :D Posts: 2,746	i don't know if any of you heard anything about the student protests in vienna. it just seems that the government trys to lay more and more bricks in the way of people who want to study. and since the bologna agreement was confirmed our situation gets worse with restrictions, too many students too little room or lecturers. now some people have decided to block the biggest class room (it seats several hundret, if not a thousand people) to get the attention of more and more people. they started it on thursday and there is a demonstration planned for tomorrow. there are just so many things that don't work out well enough. i heard that people from other parts of austria have joined vienna and even some students abroad (within europe). i still have the feeling, that everything is very small and i've got a lot of doubt if our situation will get better because of this. but i think it's good that there are some people who actually show that they don't agree with this system. what do you guys think? __________________ Nothing to declare

10-27-2009, 01:19 PM	#356
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	another random thing is this sort of spanish cille´s conversation. well, these two words: "cinco" (on tv shows thread) and "gracias" (on one of david gray thread). i find this fact very lovely __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-27-2009, 06:40 PM	#358
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i can testify that she and una are the sweetest at replying not urgent requests eva. we should go to the embassy of ireland and ask them (i better say, beg them) to bring us all those great irish musicias all together. lol, i almost did it once. gosh, funny memories __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."] Last edited by verenita; 10-27-2009 at 06:43 PM.

10-27-2009, 06:56 PM	#359
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	I just wrote both Josh ritter and the Swell season's management, because Josh is to support the Swellies on their European tour (YAY), but the Copenhagen gig does not appear in either of their gig listings. Where did my gig go???? __________________ Yeah Last edited by cille; 10-27-2009 at 06:58 PM.

10-27-2009, 06:59 PM	#360
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	^AAAAH already got a reply from Josh's management: "Josh is supporting. The gig is happening -- we just didn't announce it because we didn't see it on the Swell site." Excellent! (ooops gotta get me som tix then!) __________________ Yeah