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Evening everyone I hope you have all enjoyed St Patricks Day. I am watching the games but not the Commonwealth ones. On TDT they have Friday Night Games and tonight Craig Lowndes is on one of the teams. Any way seeing we are telling jokes I thought I would tell one too. There were 3 workers on top of a 20 storey building site at lunch thime. There was an Australian, an Englishman and an Irishman. The Australian said if his wife gave him ham sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he was going to jump off the building. The Englishman said if his wife gave him Roast Beef sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he would jump off the building. The Irishman said if his wife gave him Jam sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he would jump off the building. The next day, the Australian had Ham sandwiches, so he jumped off. The Englishman had Roast Beef sandwiches, so he jumped off. And the Irishman had Jam sandwiches, so he jumped also. The wives were called to the building site and were told what had happened. The wife of the Australian said, 'I dont understand. If I had known that he was sick of Ham sandwiches, I would have found something else to put in them.' The wife of the Englishman said, 'I dont understand. If I had known that he was sick of Roast Beef sandwiches, I would have found something else to put in them.' The wife of the Irishman said, 'I dont understand. He makes his own lunches.' Cheers Sue

Shaz....:>))...:>))...:>))....:>))........you made me drop me glass of Guinness....LOLOL Our Ozzie girls in the pool are tops mate. Go Ozzie's. Tony Oz :>))

Hi everyone :-) Shazz PMSL Tony glad to hear your mum's getting better :-) *waves to everyone cos I have to go after reading all your posts I don't have time to say much lol Happy St Patricks day Juliexx

Hi peeps nobody on line yet, must be all watching games, go our ozzies swimmers, dont watch anything else but love to catch the swimming, not much news from my end but I thought I would put a joke I received from my friend, hope it gives all a giggle A South African rugby fan, an Australian rugby fan and a New Zealand fan are all in Saudi Arabia, sharing a smuggled crate of booze when, all of a sudden, Saudi police rush in and arrest them. The mere possession of alcohol is a severe offence in Saudi Arabia, so for the terrible crime of actually being caught consuming the booze, they are all sentenced to death! However, after many months and with the help of very good lawyers, they are able to successfully appeal their sentences down to life imprisonment. By a stroke of luck, it was a Saudi national holiday the day their trial finished, and the extremely benevolent Sheikh decided they could be released after receiving just 20 lashes each of the whip. As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheikh announced: 'It's my first wife's birthday today, and she has asked me to allow each of you one wish before your whipping.' The South African fan was first in line, he thought for a while and then said: 'Please tie a pillow to my back.' This was done, but the pillow only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through. When the punishment was done he had to be carried away bleeding and crying with pain. The New Zealander was next up. After watching the South African in horror he said smugly: 'Please fix two pillows to my back.' But even two pillows could only take 15 lashes before the whip went through again and the New Zealander was soon led away whimpering loudly (as they do). The Australian was the last one up, but before he could say anything, the Sheikh turned to him and said: 'You are from a most beautiful part of the world and your culture is one of the finest in the world. For this, you may have two wishes!'. 'Thank you, your Most Royal and Merciful highness', The Australian replied. 'In recognition of your kindness, my first wish is that you give me not 20, but 100 lashes.' 'Not only are you an honourable, handsome and powerful man, you are also very brave'. The Sheikh said with an admiring look on his face. 'If 100 lashes is what you desire, then so be it. And your second wish, what is it to be?' the Sheikh asked. 'Tie the Kiwi to my back.' Cheers Shaz

Hi Lara, Havnt seen Michael, I did give them my phone no. in case they wanted to call in some time for a chat, or I could meet them in Maryborough or Hervey Bay but nothing as yet, the rellies where they are visiting are about 1hr from here. I will let you know if I hear anything. Hi Jude Yv3. Happy Birthday. Patricia.

Evening Wattlers Jude 3 HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPYYY BIRTHDAY DEAR JUDE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, XXX how did I sound, very dulcet I hope Gosh I love this GR site, I have met the most enjoyable people and distant rellies on here and even though I dont always reply to things I do keep abreast (oohh maybe I shouldnt use that word someone might get offended) of what is going on Tony glad to hear your mum is doing fine Lew Lew dont go spending too much of that little irishmans hardworking money (naughty little man) Lara yes did get your message re Faye but havent heard from her since the other night and he he will make sure we have couple bottles Baileys on hand Hello Laurie hope you've found lots of nice little pressies on your travels Hi to all others and have a great St Pats Day whats left of it Shaz

Hello everyone Tony so glad to her things with mum are on the mend and she is holding her own. Jude 3 definatly not glued to the games mate, bore me to tears only like swimming finals gymnasium mens and ladies but not much else, Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all seems we all have a bit of irish in us, some more than others eh LewLew lol dirty b***er he is tell OH, laurie me girl can you hear me when will you be back pleaseand when will you be up in Queensland as we are trying to arrange or Rebs is anyway when to have the meetup up there and we know you are going up so when please ? I'm with Rebs on the original thread Jude3 just leave as is we all know this really just a continuation of the old one and we are really up to 3,000 posts by now lol. Shazz did you get my message re Faye shes welcome mate the more the merrier tell her admission to the barbie is one bottle of baileys for the hostess with the mostest though only joshing . Patricia good to see you glad all is well up in your neck of the woods havnt seen a white legged pommie with thongs on up there have you ? Rebs if one goes out tonight looking for leprauchans go easy don't want you to have a bad hangover like last week lol Heather in Albury you are the only person who I heard say they loved the duck most people have said they just thought it was stupid unless you knew the story, it was a mystery, and I love the cartoon in the paper today that is the Queen saying 'Well lets hope the games are drug free' and Prince Phillip saying 'Unlike the choreographer of the opening what in the hell was he on?' thats how it struck me couldnt make haed or tail of it and goodness know what people from other countries thought ?? Devily will send you pm lovie re the garlic etc Wilson don't forget the family history expo ok will ring you next week . Have to go as had vistitors arrive at 10am and ran around chucking stuff away out of sight as one does now have to go and find where Ive put everthing hhehehand sort it out and put away where should have been in the first place bye now Love Lara

Hi Tony, glad to hear your mum is holding her own, don't make the newer models in quite the same mould anymore. Must have been their upbringing that makes our mums so tough. Thanks for the b'day wishes. Its very quiet on here last few days everyone in the naughty corner or just glued to the games? Jude 3

Afternoon Wattlers Hi Tony....nice to hear from you. Hugs for your mum :o) Happy St. Pat's Day to you all! I'm off to the local RACQ store to get an accommodation directory to check out pubs for the Brissie meet in June. Hubby asked me if we were taknig the 'Tender' with us heee heee. Big wave and hugs to all the gang. luv Pharaoh Trifley Queen of The Nile (now you know why the I wanted the tender to be 6ft6ins & black heee heee)

Afternoon everyone. Just popped in to say Thanks for all your good wishes for my Mum. She is doing O''k....or as well as to be expected. She is a True blue Ozzie sheila,and a battler, and still capable of giving me a clip around the ears, when she thinks i need it. Thanks guys. Tony Oz ps. Happy birthday JudeYV3 xx

HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY are you all wearing a little bit of green - Slainte. Thanks for the message Rebs - lost me on the cut and paste thingy - will just leave original thread where it is - in the dark depths of computer. Cheers (hear the clinking of the guiness glass) have to have one on St Pats Day. Mind you its always diluted with a half lemonade. Can't drink the stuff straight. Happy shopping Lew Lew - looking forward to hearing what you bought for the new abode. Have a great time at the masquerade party - you are going to need a sleep in after your busy weekend. Hi Patricia, nice to see you dropping in. Will pop in later Jude 3 YV (Queen of the Sav Blanc)

Good Morning Wattlers. Happy St. Paddy`s Day to all. Hey Lara Im still here, in the back-ground lurking. I always keep up with what everyone is doing, or where they are going. Have a good weekend. Cheers Patricia

Happy St Patricks Day to All. Me hubby keeps asking me 'Do you have any Irish in you? Would you like a little?' Cheeky little man - well he is a McMahon so that would explain it! Off to Sydney this arvo for some retail therapy, back tomorrow arvo, then going to a 40th Birthday (masquerade). Then I'm going to have a big sleep in on Sunday!!!! Great to hear from you Laurie. Hope you turn up heaps of rellies. Love to you all and have a great weekend. I'll report back on Sunday as to what I have purchased. Princess Lew Lew xxx

Hi Rebs Have you been conversing with the leprachauns again?? And a happy Saint Patrick's Day to you - are you going pubbing? Ooooooooohhhhh .......when Irish eyes are smiling Aye 'tis like a morn in Spring In the lilt of Irish laughter You can hear the angels sing..........AAyeeeeeeeeee!! Any Irish jokes you'd care to share with us??? Slainte to you too Anna

Go maire tú lá Naomh Pádraig. Cead Míle Fáilte *waves to Laurie who made a flying visit* Jude, the old wattle thread is simply in your computer memory. If you try and add to it you'll just get a message coming up saying there are no replies for this thread. However, if peeps do want it you can start another thread and cut'n paste the old one onto that. Hardly seems worth the effort though since the Wattle Club mk II has come such along way. Sláinte!! Rebs x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDE YV . . . . I know you've finished with it already in Oz . . . . but here in Whitstable, Kent it is still Thursday so hope you had a great day (I did - enjoyed your birthday at Canterbury Records Office in the back of Canterbury Cathederal YUM. . . .) Will drop in later getting in the poo for being on the mobile link too long - Cuz Judy . . . I got your message will call Anne - sorry didn't answer you not using that phone any more to call on will text you my new number luv Laurie

Hello Wattlers, thank you for all the b'day greetings. Its been an overwhelming day, I appreciate my family and my friends on here more each day. Now to needing help- I opened computer at home for the first time in ages and when I entered genes up came original wattle thread. Do we still want it? if so how do I re-activate in on genes thread (PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE TALKING TO A DINASOUR ON THE WORKINGS OF A COMPUTER- simple speak only please - lol) - get back to me tomorrow as I'm off to bed. Asked computer genius of the household (ie youngest son - Ahh I don't know how thread or board works - as someone who knows. Jood, Tony, Lara - Lew anyone????? catch u all 2 mrrw jude 3 ( the sauvignon blanc queen is 3 glasses full!)

Evening All Well it is a wet cold day today. David had today off work as well, gastro had stopped but felt real s**t. So he went to Dr and got a certificate for work and while we was there I booked an appointment next week for my flu jab, I am not due for pneumonia yet. We did make it out for tea, to a little but nice Chinese shop. Then I stopped at a Cheesecake Shop on way home for a treat for David, probably wont do much for my diet but a treat now and then wont hurt. I cant remember who mentioned about garlic etc for colds. I do like garlic and with my diet I have skinless chicken boiled, I can put whatever I like in the water to spice the chicken up but not thicken it, so I have been putting Curry and Garlic in to the water. I was going to get on here and leave a message today, but we had a big thunderstorm, I got to read all the goings on but didnt get time to reply, we shut down the putas for safety, and after the storm, my Mum ran and asked if we could go and look at their video as they think the storm may have blew it up, it doesnt work any more. David found that a fuse was blown so crossing fingers that may be all thats wrong. Jude 3 What a lovely birthday present, Davids present started out a secret, as our trip to see his Dad at Easter is his present, but he worked out I was up to something when I started asking about how many days he gets off work for Easter, so it ended up not a secret. David (Disco Dave) said to say thanks to the ones that wished him happy Birthday and he would like to pass on birthday wishes to Judy 3 . I watched the games tonight I was good to see all our medal winners so far, But Ohh dear if only Thorpie was in the relay :-(( Tony sending positive thoughts to you, and hope your Mum gets better soon. Well David is back to work tomorrow and has a 4.30 get up time so I had better finish now and go to bed so he can get a birthday cuddle :-)))) Catch you all Tomorrow. Cheers Sue

Hi Wattlers, an ever-expanding gang I see, wonderful, I AM here off and on ( reading and waving), had a busy couple of weeks and just got back from another flying trip to South Gippsland as Dad turned 88 and some business in Melb. Also co-ordinating newly found second cousin with third cuz going to UK in late April – printing off relevant census stuff and bmd’s etc etc. Got back at 6pm last night and by 8.30 was able to collapse with g o w (glass of wine) and watch Games Opening (while reading mail and last few days papers, catching up with DD 14 and trying to spot the two people I knew were in the ceremony!!! I LOVED the DUCK!!! Have been a Leunig fan for ages. Found it all very subtle and delightful. Went to bed before Delta but heard she was good. The fireworks from the tops of buildings were wonderful ! To Vonny will pm you re coffee!!! To Tony, sorry to hear about your Mum, fingers crossed. Kongwak and Inverloch looked great this week. To Lara, I havn’t forgotten about Yarrawonga, will get in touch by pm this week to nail down details. Isn’t the rain fabulous! I was getting sick of the heat. To everyone else, gosh I have a few giggles at my desk, this is a great group of very funny people, I can’t always contribute but always know – I am here watching (reading, waving- royally-) Lady Heather of Albury

Hi everyone :-) Tony I'm so sorry to hear about your mum, sending positive thoughts for you all. Anna hope your MIL is getting better Princess Lew Lew :-ppppppp pmsl Jude3 I know I'm probably late but Happy Birthday anyway :-) Hope everybody's ok, get well soon to those who aren't. *waves to everyone* Juliexx