[LargeFormat] A Ban on Whaling

[Stuart Phillips]

and it needs to go a long way in Oustralia :)
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From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A Ban on Whaling


> Dear Karl,
>
>      Thank you for asking. Pom is a term of endearment used by Australians
> toward the English inhabitants of Great Britain. It has many legends
> attached to it - the P.O.M. is sometimes supposed to stand for Prisoner of
> the Motherland. There are worse versions too, but I faint when I type
them.
>
>     Pommie is both adjective and noun. As in Pommie Basket*. There is a
> famous Australian song entitled " All Pommies Are Baskets " sung to the
tune
> of " The Black Velvet Band " that is used to entertain fellow travellers
on
> coach trips. You would be surprised how just a little of this
entertainment
> can go a very long way.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
> * Can you say Euphemism?
>
>
>
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