# Down Under Dopers Unite! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305 "2003-08-28T23:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/21 "2003-08-29T03:31:24Z")
I’m going to be excommunicated coz of my hatred of Tim Tams. I just know it. [Stern Edwardian TheLoadedDog] You’ll have Vegemite, boy, and LIKE IT! [/SETLD] ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/22 "2003-08-29T03:34:11Z")
I have spent a large percentage of my life in Canberra. Does that count? Oh, never mind. Forget I even asked… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/23 "2003-08-29T03:48:42Z")
Unfortunately for Australasians everywhere, I’m one of youse fellas and fellesses too. New Zealand born, New Zealand bred, and lifelong Aucklander. ---
**Author:** ![Eggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d9b06d/32.png) [@Eggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggles)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/24 "2003-08-29T12:49:45Z")
I’m here (although not very often). ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/25 "2003-08-29T12:55:20Z")
**TheLoadedDog** , I’m not too keen on Tim Tams either. Once in a blue moon I’ll have one with a cuppa tea, but that’s about it. But hopefully I make up for my transgression by having Vegemite on toast (with plenty of butter) most mornings for brekkie. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/26 "2003-08-29T12:57:23Z")
Is there still room in this gig … and when do we synchronise the watches? ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/27 "2003-08-29T13:45:45Z")
another Aussie doper here! ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/28 "2003-08-29T14:04:31Z")
Evening all. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/29 "2003-08-29T20:26:40Z")
Mornin’ all. (kambuckta toddles back to bed 'cos it’s too damned early for a Saturday) (see, it’s not dead yet **Leechy**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/30 "2003-08-29T23:00:15Z")
Okay so far we have 20 people signed up: [ul] Tsubaki Khadro tigergirl TheLoadedDog calm kiwi Rabid\_Squirrel Captain Blunty Necromancer Thylacine cajela LeeJam Ell Ferris Lamar Mundane Ice Wolf Eggles woolly sKipping girl hawthorne kambuckta[/ul] Wait that is 21 counting me. Is that enough to start a revolution with? ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/31 "2003-08-30T07:31:06Z")
meh, late as usual. I’m not keen on Tim Tams, but I will snaffle any spare toffeepops… ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/32 "2003-08-30T11:21:35Z")
I’m here… late…but here… ---
**Author:** ![Eolbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@Eolbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eolbo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/33 "2003-08-30T11:45:07Z")
And me ---
**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/34 "2003-08-30T14:02:57Z")
Count me in. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/35 "2003-08-30T15:00:34Z")
Oi. ---
**Author:** ![happylittlevegemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@happylittlevegemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happylittlevegemite)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/36 "2003-08-30T18:20:24Z")
I don’t know if I count since I don’t come here much and hardly ever post, but yeah, here I am. ---
**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/37 "2003-08-30T18:41:43Z")
What part of Canberra are you from happy? ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/38 "2003-08-31T00:56:05Z")
I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![happylittlevegemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@happylittlevegemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happylittlevegemite)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/39 "2003-08-31T02:04:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrsam \* > \*\*What part of Canberra are you from happy? \*\* The stupidly expensive bit. (Inner North, Lyneham to be precise, sheesh, I could rent a whole house further out for what I pay for a one bedroom here… OK, I’ll stop whinging now) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305/40 "2003-08-31T02:23:27Z")
Canberra has _bits_? Isn’t it all… welll… kinda… _Canberra_? d&r Actually, it’s not a bad town, but as an Aussie it’s my duty to heap crap on it. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-unite/198305.md?page=3)