Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Eddie Dingle]

Rue Grit - After a cleaning lady murders the job of cleaning my house leaving mould on the tiles in the bathroom I seek vengeance and hunt her through the Indian lands of Parramatta. With the help of James Bourne.

 

[Magpiespower]

Tar Wars

Two road construction crews - the by the book Rebels and dirty pool playing Empire - battle to win the lucrative council contract for a new highway.

 

[Lagooner]

Di Hard - A barefoot Princess Diana takes down Charles' distant German cousins as they attempt to steal millions of pounds from the London office of the Nakatomi Corporation.

 

[Steve Dore]

Mr Holland's Octopus - Heartwarming tale about the importance of following your passion. A frustrated restauranteur finds fulfillment as a high school home ec teacher while in his spare time he pursues his true goal of producing the perfect grilled octopus.

 

[Janus]

My Big Fat Geek Wedding - A 200 kg man, living in his basement, finds true love on World of Warcraft and faces the agonising decision of whether to sell his Star Wars collection to fund the wedding.

Saving Private Yan - Celebrity chef Yan from Yan Can Cook is conscripted to the army by mistake, and manages to improve the diet of the entire armed forces and thereby help win the war.

Ambo: First Blood - A paramedic on his first day has to deal with a massive car accident.

 

[finbarr]

Anyone watching the Tour de France last night see the giant **** and hairy balls painted on the road? Was pretty funny.

 

[bomberclifford]

Alen - In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a chipmunk inside the alien ship, incessantly calling for his mate, Alen.

 

[Steve Dore]

Anyone watching the Tour de France last night see the giant **** and hairy balls painted on the road? Was pretty funny.

A giant rooster painted on the road in France, the gaul (sic) of some people.

 

[Steve Dore]

Alen - In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a chipmunk inside the alien ship, incessantly calling for his mate, Alen.

Steve?

 

[Doctor Feel]

Jurassic Par - A golf course is overrun with Dinosaurs. Shooter McGavin, the greatest golfer of all time armed with his golf clubs, is faced with completing the course and winning the trophy to maintain his number one ranking, all while saving people from rabid velociraptors.

 

[Lagooner]

Indian Jones and the Temple of Dom - Everyone's favourite archeologist goes on an epic quest to recover a mystical stick that is believed to have been used to draw metaphorical lines during the Dark Ages.

 

[Far Kern]

...a half senate going up for re-election...The first 6 senators elected in each state get to serve 2 terms ie max of 6 years, and the second lot of 6 would have to stand for relection...

I can't remember who said it, it may have been Barry Cassidy, but I'm sure I heard that the new Senate itself needs to determine this. If you're selling your arse at every step maybe you can't just boot the juniors. It would be a strong card in any negotiation if true.

 

[Papa G]

Despite Labor running a baseless (but effective) Mediscare campaign, it will increasingly become an issue due to spirally costs. $30 billion at the moment and rapidly increasing.

The ad with the GP whinging about the Libs supposedly winding back medicare I found particularly irritating. Why? Because your average GP has gone from a small practice 20 years ago to these super clinics and pretty much doubled their income because the corporatisation of the medical industry at this basic level has meant that people treat going to the doctors like going to the supermarket, except it's all free.

Your average GP who's willing to work a 60 hour week can bill between $600k to $1 million per annum (The clinic pockets 40-50%) of this.
It's a very tidy earner but numbers not possible back in the 1 man practices of yore.

Still I don't think a token co payment from people of means is necessarily a bad thing. It might stop some of the chronic "I stubbed my toe" visits. Obviously, the poor, the old, children should be exempt. Of course the GP's and their super clinics are dead against it, not for only altruistic reasons either, it is estimated that their incomes will decrease by as much as 15%.

So with this massive cost only increasing, maybe it is time to actually talk about it constructively (will not be possible in the next 3 years). Will we have a system that whereby we continue to jack up the Medicare levy, or do we look at a system where some form of co payment is a strategy worth looking at?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Anyone watching the Tour de France last night see the giant **** and hairy balls painted on the road? Was pretty funny.

When isn't a giant **** and hairy balls painted anywhere funny?

 

[Forzaport]

I always find these videos good for a laugh

 

[Killer Power]

Pred-a-Porter: the world's leading designers are pursued throughout Paris Fashion Week by an alien hunter with the ability to camouflage itself amongst haute couture.

 

[Doctor Feel]

My GP mate hates labor, but he's like "the good news is, if Shorten unfreezes medicare rebates i'll be even richer."

 

[El_Scorcho]

If we're going to make some rich guys richer, i'd like it to be via free healthcare as opposed to the usual Coalition methods.

 

[edgie]

The Passion of The Chris - A journey of discovery and growth about this idiot I work with called Chris, and his passion project, doing up his 'tonner ute.

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[edgie]

Jurassic Par - A golf course is overrun with Dinosaurs. Shooter McGavin, the greatest golfer of all time armed with his golf clubs, is faced with completing the course and winning the trophy to maintain his number one ranking, all while saving people from rabid velociraptors.

Didn't that happen to Clive Palmer recently?





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[spookism]

Gee thanks TSW, I might actually have to watch this shit now.

I mentioned this the other day.
No one got my subtle note... admittly I think it got stuck between a Liberal/Labor shit fight

 

[Steve Dore]

I mentioned this the other day.
No one got my subtle note... admittly I think it got stuck between a Liberal/Labor shit fight

I thought that was some sort of political reference.

Quote: “If they get to know me, they will realise there is a lot more to me then pale skin and a flabby belly.”

 

[Doctor Feel]

The Dark Night - An oscar winning film noir, starring humphry bogart as a crime fighting orphan. Featuring symbolism such as "tripping over the bed pan because it's dark" and memorable one liners such as "I can't see shit."

 

[spookism]

I thought that was some sort of political reference.

Quote: “If they get to know me, they will realise there is a lot more to me then pale skin and a flabby belly.”

I actually met TSW a month or two ago and introduced myself.
He mentioned something about going away to film something and I saw the article about Aussie Survivor and thought he might be involved.

 

[Far Kern]

Anyone watching the Tour de France last night see the giant **** and hairy balls painted on the road? Was pretty funny.

At a number of places for miles around on main highway near here you can see my paddocks up on the hill and framed really nicely by the National Forest. I have repeatedly resisted the urge to do this with roundup.