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by **Hammer** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:08 am

Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but since it's not Japan news ...

The state of Victoria in Australia has just experienced its largest earthquake in over a century. 5.3 on the Richter scale. Not a huge quake, but big enough to scare the crap out of people in a country where earthquakes are rare. No reports of major damage, but it was enough to knock produce off store shelves.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/quake-shakes-state-20120619-20m88.html

Way too many unusual earthquakes all around the world lately.

by **GomiGirl** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:52 pm

Hammer wrote:Way too many unusual earthquakes all around the world lately.

Time to repent!!

by **chokonen888** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:34 pm

blame it on the bogans!

by **Hammer** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:20 pm

Things they're just noticing in Oz:

Fourfold increase in phone calls after quake

Figures though. I'm originally from Melbourne (which is in Victoria), and grew up with the understanding that earthquakes were things that happened only in San Francisco and Tokyo. Unthinkable.

by **Gaspard de Coligny** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:50 pm

Hammer wrote:Things they're just noticing in Oz:

Fourfold increase in phone calls after quake

Figures though. I'm originally from Melbourne (which is in Victoria), and grew up with the understanding that earthquakes were things that happened only in San Francisco and Tokyo. Unthinkable.

Wait...you'z an aussie criminul ?

I thought you was an amurikun... !

by **Hammer** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:56 pm

Gaspard de Coligny wrote:Wait...you'z an aussie criminul ?

I thought you was an amurikun... !

Nah, true blue Aussie mate.
Chook on the bloody barbie, matey mate.

(Although I do have an American accent because I went to an international school in Tokyo in my "formative" years ... still forming, they tell me ... )

by **cstaylor** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:47 pm

Gaspard de Coligny wrote:I thought you was an amurikun... !

I was going to say Canadian myself... Hammer isn't opinionated enough to be one of us. :wink:

by **Ol Dirty Gaijin** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:43 pm

chokonen888 wrote:blame it on the bogans!

What do you mean by that? The fine upstanding citizens living near the epicentre resemble that remark.

by **wagyl** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:14 pm

Ol Dirty Gaijin wrote:What do you mean by that? The fine upstanding citizens living near the epicentre resemble that remark.

First thing I thought of when I saw mention of Moe. Well, second actually.

by **Hanzo the Razor** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:49 am

Hammer wrote:
Gaspard de Coligny wrote:Wait...you'z an aussie criminul ?

I thought you was an amurikun... !

Nah, true blue Aussie mate.
Chook on the bloody barbie, matey mate.

(Although I do have an American accent because I went to an international school in Tokyo in my "formative" years ... still forming, they tell me ... )

Didn't you also spend some time in The States?

by **Screwed-down Hairdo** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:32 pm

Belgrave...ah, Belgrave. I hope Puffo was all right.
I miss Melbourne, but the rainy season in Japan does a good impression of part of the day's weather, at least.

Website · by **IparryU** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:59 pm

Gaspard de Coligny wrote:
Hammer wrote:Things they're just noticing in Oz:

Fourfold increase in phone calls after quake

Figures though. I'm originally from Melbourne (which is in Victoria), and grew up with the understanding that earthquakes were things that happened only in San Francisco and Tokyo. Unthinkable.

Wait...you'z an aussie criminul ?

I thought you was an amurikun... !

that is what i thought too...

by **chokonen888** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:14 pm

Hammer wrote:
Gaspard de Coligny wrote:Wait...you'z an aussie criminul ?

I thought you was an amurikun... !

Nah, true blue Aussie mate.
Chook on the bloody barbie, matey mate.

(Although I do have an American accent because I went to an international school in Tokyo in my "formative" years ... still forming, they tell me ... )

American accent = original British accent before it was butchered by cockney. (or bogan'd out in Aus

)

I like my English with less cock :thumbup:

by **Screwed-down Hairdo** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:40 pm

chokonen888 wrote:American accent = original British accent before it was butchered by cockney. (or bogan'd out in Aus )

You mean what Shakespeare really wrote was something like "Whoa, dude, totally awesome, p'wned, douche."

by **Hammer** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:42 pm

Hanzo the Razor wrote:Didn't you also spend some time in The States?

Yes. I was in Palo Alto, Ca. for a couple of years, and Boston for a couple more.
(And umpteen times after that for short business trips.)
But my accent was pretty much cemented before I even went to the US.

by **chokonen888** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:58 pm

Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:
chokonen888 wrote:American accent = original British accent before it was butchered by cockney. (or bogan'd out in Aus )

You mean what Shakespeare really wrote was something like "Whoa, dude, totally awesome, p'wned, douche."

Hahahaha, I said American accent, not Keanu Reeves accent!

by **Screwed-down Hairdo** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:15 pm

Excellent!

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