# Oi all youse Aussies - who's up for a MelDope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529 "2002-07-18T02:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/1 "2002-07-18T02:55:08Z")
We are looking to organise a gathering of Melbourne Dopers. Are you interested, wanna come along, got suggestions? For more see the [thread](http://pub31.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm3.showMessage?topicID=245.topic) at the G’Dope board. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/2 "2002-07-18T04:07:25Z")
Well, if I lived in Melbourne maybe! (Sorry) ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/3 "2002-07-18T16:41:06Z")
Sounds funfunfun! I missed the last two, so I’m definitely up for this one! ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/4 "2002-07-19T02:16:37Z")
I’m a tentative yes, depending on when it’s held (I can’t make Friday night or Saturday until the evening). Otherwise, I’ll agree with **Kayeby** and say … sounds like fun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/5 "2002-07-19T04:54:12Z")
Gee. I’m moving from Melby to Sydney… ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/6 "2002-07-19T10:21:19Z")
Yeah. I’ll be there with bells on, mate. Bells, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/7 "2002-07-19T10:58:56Z")
Stone th’ flamin’ crows. I don’t reckon I can scam a second trip to Melbourne so soon after the last one - bugger. You kids run along and have a good time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/8 "2002-07-20T03:05:36Z")
What about a Sunday? Say the 4th August? By then I should have Tarquin (new puppy) trained enough to be polite to y’all. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/9 "2002-07-20T09:47:03Z")
Any chance of having one in, say, early January? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/10 "2002-07-20T10:09:33Z")
Aug. 4th sounds cool, and youse can all shout me a beer (or choc milk shake if it’s at Wendys) 'cos it’s my birthday on the 6th!! And btw, what sort of a hound is Tarquin? And ruadh, I’m sure we can stretch ourselves to another one in January (and Feb. and March and…etc) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/11 "2002-07-20T10:32:14Z")
Don’t forget you buggers have to have one for Cecil the Bear (if he’s still around). ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/12 "2002-07-20T16:34:40Z")
Sunday is good for me too. I’m going to see the Shaolin Monks on Saturday! ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/13 "2002-07-21T01:42:37Z")
Need to start a MelDope calendar of events, with all thats coming up! **kambuckta** said hound is a labrador. ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/14 "2002-07-21T03:34:05Z")
Sorry for poppin in like this with nothing better to say. I read thru this whole thread, and in my mind I hear the whole thing in Paul Hogans accent. Hmmmm… feel free to read this post in Red Neck Texan. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/15 "2002-07-21T03:54:46Z")
Fer gawd’s sakes Clever Hans, we dinkum Aussies sound nothin’ like Paul 'Ogan. Geez, stone the bloody crows mate, we pride ourselves on our distance from Hoges (and that sorry apology for an Aussie, Steve Irwin erghghhh) and their Ockerisms. So if all of youse bludgers can knock-off with the stereotyping, I’ll shout ya’s a beer next time yer game to venture ‘downunder’. Actually, I’ve met Leechy, Loaded and Henry, and not one of them sounds anything like our exported Products. Which, by the way, are non-returnable. Suffer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/16 "2002-07-21T06:24:15Z")
Dammit, **kambuckta** - I spent so much time working on that Crocodile Hunter impersonation before last Meldope … it looks like I’ll need to put in some more of the hard yards, take it one day at a time and just try to be part of the better team on the day. (Whoops, slipped into cliched Aussie sportsman instead of Outback Jack - looks like I need more work). ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/17 "2002-07-21T06:32:08Z")
All you’ve got to do is _don_ the khaki shorts Henry…I’m sure the dialect will follow thereafter!! ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/18 "2002-07-21T06:57:29Z")
4th wouldn’t work for me, I’m afraid… But you can all have a lovely time without me, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/19 "2002-07-22T21:12:18Z")
Just popped in, like **Clever hans** , to say something that’s totally irrelevant. So sue me. 😛 If you all are hoping to meet **Spoz** , you’re all out of luck. I was talking to him last night on ICQ, and mentiloned that he might want to check out this thread. He told me that it wasn’t something he’d be likely to turn up to. (never mind that he lives in Adelaide, which is about one and a half hours away by plane from Melbourne, according to him) Too bad. I was hoping that he’d say he’d turn up with his musical group (mainly him and some MC named Copie One), so you all could hear his tunes. Oh well, there goes _that_ idea. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529/20 "2002-07-23T04:47:14Z")
OK we have options here: MelDope - Sunday August 4th at say 12md. Location options: 1. Wendys at Northcote Plaza for cherry ripe milkshakes 2. Red Back Brewery/Pub North Melbourne 3. Aussie Style BBQ at the Bundoora Park on Plenty Rd (near Smorgys) And for any who are interested Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings is screening at the [Astor](http://www.astor-theatre.com/calendar/reviews/reviewsT/the-lord-rings.html) on Friday the 9th of August. I’ll be there celebrating my decline into old age as yet another birthday passes by. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-all-youse-aussies-whos-up-for-a-meldope/119529.md?page=2)