tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post115922635891693827..comments2023-11-01T00:38:49.400+11:00Comments on Ampersand Duck: Space OdditiesAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159860082459176302006-10-03T17:21:00.000+10:002006-10-03T17:21:00.000+10:00You can still start one! There are heaps on ebay, ...You can still start one! There are heaps on ebay, and I'm sure they're still being handed out :)Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159859647326381282006-10-03T17:14:00.000+10:002006-10-03T17:14:00.000+10:00I once had a relative whose house was packed with ...I once had a relative whose house was packed with Chick tracts, which he was always pushing on me. I wish I'd kept them and made me a collection now - I envy BB his stack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159593977203202792006-09-30T15:26:00.000+10:002006-09-30T15:26:00.000+10:00I like the matching wallpaper and crockery. Shows...I like the matching wallpaper and crockery. Shows a bit of forethought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159505738024773112006-09-29T14:55:00.000+10:002006-09-29T14:55:00.000+10:00I have a feeling the meat book is c.1983... I did ...I have a feeling the meat book is c.1983... I did Agriculture at school and used to send off to all the different corporations for their brochures. I was way too keen. I still have lots of bee and goat and pig and citrus fruit info. only 20yrs out of date.<BR/><BR/>also, that particular sort of crcokery was fashionable in the early-mid 80's. if it was the 70's you'd still be eating off hand-thrown earthy stuff, or lurid orange melamine...<BR/><BR/>and nanna would be wearing something in brown or olive-green, perhaps in cable or rib knit, and definitely a large silver pendant. and perhaps a headscarf.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nanna: in my day all we had to eat was the dripping which came off the roast, so be grateful, my boy...<BR/><BR/>Boy: if I keep smiling, maybe I won't have to eat it.worldpeace and a speedboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735857941964784431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159412325601834322006-09-28T12:58:00.000+10:002006-09-28T12:58:00.000+10:00Wake up Australian by Lang Hancock.That's priceles...Wake up Australian by Lang Hancock.<BR/><BR/>That's priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159402661135752912006-09-28T10:17:00.000+10:002006-09-28T10:17:00.000+10:00I was about to write something similar:Timmy: Mumm...I was about to write something similar:<BR/><BR/>Timmy: Mummy, why does our potroast look like daddy?<BR/><BR/>I think I used up all my witty comment juju at Sarsaparilla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159395289617302362006-09-28T08:14:00.000+10:002006-09-28T08:14:00.000+10:00Mwah ha ha ha haExcellent, Igor.Mwah ha ha ha ha<BR/>Excellent, Igor.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159366419334018492006-09-28T00:13:00.000+10:002006-09-28T00:13:00.000+10:00I don't know about the boy but that mother is thin...I don't know about the boy but that mother is thinking 'Mr Baillieu said little Jimmy deserved his father - well <I>here he is</I>'Stegetroniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881823966680751798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159335032807434322006-09-27T15:30:00.000+10:002006-09-27T15:30:00.000+10:00AD, you're right about the wallpaper/crockery but ...AD, you're right about the wallpaper/crockery but I wish you hadn't mentioned it 'cause that's all I can see now!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159334929924147952006-09-27T15:28:00.000+10:002006-09-27T15:28:00.000+10:00Laura, you crack me up.Laura, you crack me up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159268533318429242006-09-26T21:02:00.000+10:002006-09-26T21:02:00.000+10:00*sigh* _what_ a furry jumper she has on, and not a...*sigh* _what_ a furry jumper she has on, and not a sign of having cooked dinner in it...the butcher looks like Alexei Sayle...and I too noticed/loved the disclaimer on "where's charles and di?" I almost had a spiritual attack (at least I think that's what it was) yesterday when some Oxfam beggars set up outside the shop, stopping the passers-by to get them to donate...sometimes collaring them _in_ our shop.Mummy/Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353892248492164501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159241219865661032006-09-26T13:26:00.000+10:002006-09-26T13:26:00.000+10:00LOL. That boy's thinking 'You're not gonna make me...LOL. That boy's thinking 'You're not gonna make me eat Skippy, are you?' Or 'How exactly did that butcher have his way with the pot roast before me?'<BR/><BR/>I need to know more about the spiritual attack. Does it involve convulsions or just an overwhelming urge to stand on street corners and proselytize?Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159240129088759152006-09-26T13:08:00.000+10:002006-09-26T13:08:00.000+10:00Actually, the way the crockery matches the wallpap...Actually, the way the crockery matches the wallpaper is making me feel a bit ill.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159239980848938582006-09-26T13:06:00.000+10:002006-09-26T13:06:00.000+10:00Ha! Laura, you have the mind of a child, and I mea...Ha! Laura, you have the mind of a child, and I mean that in the nicest possible sense.<BR/><BR/>And I think the 'Meat' date is closer to 1978, since that is the date the mother is scrawling all over her meat packages to go into the freezer.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159238272825396612006-09-26T12:37:00.000+10:002006-09-26T12:37:00.000+10:00He's thinking: that's the biggest blood blister I'...He's thinking: that's the biggest blood blister I've ever seen, wonder what will come out when I squeeze it?lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159232844107787952006-09-26T11:07:00.000+10:002006-09-26T11:07:00.000+10:00LOve the Charles and Di book!My favourite wierd bo...LOve the Charles and Di book!<BR/><BR/>My favourite wierd book is a collection of speeches from Sheila, partner to the Baghwan. Unfortunately the speches are a bit dull, but it is the thought of where that book has been, and who read it that gets me. I used to leave it out when they were selling the house I lived in. Along with other wierd books. I wish I'd had the butcher one.<BR/><BR/>Boy: I'd rather have Maccas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159230619770513432006-09-26T10:30:00.001+10:002006-09-26T10:30:00.001+10:00Boy: What the hell is that green stuff?Boy: What the hell is that green stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159230610391713592006-09-26T10:30:00.000+10:002006-09-26T10:30:00.000+10:00Not sure -- there are others in the book and they'...Not sure -- there are others in the book and they're either ducks or those early kangaroo drawings or the fabled tantiwantigongolope.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-1159230190614280832006-09-26T10:23:00.000+10:002006-09-26T10:23:00.000+10:00Ha! Awesome. I love them.Incidentally, what on e...Ha! Awesome. I love them.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, what on earth is that painted on the blue plate behind the little boy's head?!Teej Mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270800900296600621noreply@blogger.com