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TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

nero_bolt — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:17:54 GMT

TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

http://pickeringpost.com/story/tassie-the-land-of-odd/4220

It’s surprising the odd things Tasmania produces... things like Lambie, Milne, Wee Willy Wilkie, everything Green, a lot of things that are sexually confused and everything that’s Left of centre.

This spooky little land of fairies, mushrooms and special frogs seems addicted to stopping stuff. It even got rid of all their Aborigines because they were rumoured to be lighting fires and eating goannas.

The last Tasmanian Aborigine, Truganini, was found stuffing the remains of the only goanna left down his gob, and now they’re both extinct.

It seems everything in the Land of Odd is either endangered, like the Tasmanian Blobfish (pictured) or it’s heritage-listed or it's extinct!

They found something else to stop recently... the biggest Salmon producing joint on the island called Tassal. You see, the environmentalists and ABC journos have accused Tassal of having too many fish in the ocean and they want it stopped.

Last I heard was that some trawler intended taking too many fish out of the ocean and they wanted that stopped too.

Tassal uses the ocean to grow salmon to table size in huge nets and they’re doing pretty well at it... too well apparently.

They are making an absolute motza from flogging these fish but apparently they have been discovered killing these poor little buggers the wrong way and smoking them. And that’s just not on!

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Smoking anything down there, except marijuana, is frowned upon.

But there is nothing that comes out of Tasmania that could possibly surprise me, that was until I noticed a little Arabic motif on my packet of Tassal smoked salmon that said, “halal certified”.

“WHAT I thought, as I raced to my little book of what Muslims mustn’t eat. And there is was: Buried among pork products and abused goats was, “fish without scales!”, I knew it was there somewhere.

Now I’ve hooked a few of salmon in my time and I’ve never seen one with scales, in fact they’ve all got skin like a well-oiled Kardashian butt and it’s as smooth as......... So how the hell did a salmon ever get on to a Muslim menu?

Very odd! I was intrigued and I kept having to remind myself that this was Tasmania. So I sent a list of questions to Tassal, pleading for an explanation.

“Dear Tassal,

1 Is it true you have employed a group of halal licensed Muslims from the mainland who are each given a tube of Superglue and a box of fish scales?

2 Is it true that when fish scales are in short supply it’s “halal okay” to use toenail clippings?

3 Is there another group of halal licensed fishmongers further up the production line who then de-scale the salmon?

4 When killing these poor little buggers are they facing Mecca via Asia or via the South Pole?”

I’ll let you know when I get a reply.

http://pickeringpost.com/story/tassie-the-land-of-odd/4220

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

flashie* — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:23:07 GMT

Truganini was a woman.

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the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:26:48 GMT

@flashie* wrote:
Truganini was a woman.

Fair go, Flashie, you couldn't expect Pickering to know something as complicated as that.

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aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:27:29 GMT

Tassie, the land of ferals.

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polksaladallie — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:29:26 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@flashie* wrote:
Truganini was a woman.
Fair go, Flashie, you couldn't expect Pickering to know something as complicated as that.

Or Nero either.

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

nero_bolt — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:37:54 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
Tassie, the land of ferals.

you forgot the bogans as well.

and Tassie the capital of the unemployed and welfare recipients...

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aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:50:31 GMT

Good point, forgot them.

And gays and greens - or if you are bob brown, both at the sme tim.

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pct001wine — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:08:09 GMT

Since when have salmon not had scales ?

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pct001wine — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:09:54 GMT

What a strange thread, posters displaying their homophobia, emboldened by their hero, the crook pickering.

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debra9275 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:16:46 GMT

He thinks Truganini was male? Shows his intelligence don't you think.?

the whole article is just pathetic hogwash and an insult to Australians

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:21:18 GMT

Pct

"What a strange thread, posters displaying their homophobia,"

We get your PC **bleep** pushed onto us all the time, not everyone wants same sex marriage,
No gender december and LGBT shoved down our throats all the time yet you see fit to say
Something when someone comments on homosexuality.

You can sleep with whatever sex you want, but we dont need to know
If you are friends with bob brown.

Last time i checked australia was a democracy and allowed free speech.

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

debra9275 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:24:21 GMT

Why don't you write to Pickering and suggest he check his facts and history books before he releases his trash

He obviously doesn't know what research is

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:25:26 GMT

Because he took a leaf out of the lefties book and decided to sprout BS

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nero_bolt — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:29:49 GMT

The humourless have arrived and arrived in their usual pack mentality.

Must be such fun times in their homes and families... No humour at all

I cant imagine going through life with out a sense of humour, how terrible that must be not to have one

Really get a sense of humour you lot

The artical is

but as per always the usuals dont get it and fail to show any humour at all

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

gleee58 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:29:47 GMT

Someone sure does hate people from Tassie. I wonder what they ever did to him or him to cop that pile of garbabe thrown at them.

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:32:10 GMT

Someone sure does hate people from Tassie. I wonder what they ever did to him or him to cop that pile of garbabe thrown at them.

They live in tasmania !

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cherry*135 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:32:10 GMT

That blob fish is a good likeness of Pickering.

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

aps1080 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:33:04 GMT

Someone sure does hate people from Tassie. I wonder what they ever did to him or him to cop that pile of garbabe thrown at them.

They live in tasmania !

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

debra9275 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:35:27 GMT

it's supposed to be funny???

weird sense of humour

sick even

Re: TASSIE, THE LAND OF ODD

nero_bolt — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:40:28 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
Someone sure does hate people from Tassie. I wonder what they ever did to him or him to cop that pile of garbabe thrown at them.

They live in tasmania !

Bogan Hunters reveals seven finalists in its search for Australia’s Greatest Bogan

THE seven biggest bogans in the country have been found and it may come as little surprise to some that four of them are from Tasmania.

Apple Bogan Isle is certainly punching well above its weight for bogans

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/bogan-hunters-reveals-seven-finalists-in-its-search-for-australias-greatest-bogan/story-fn8yvfst-1226975283085

Tasmania was found to have the top-shelf black-label bogans, being named the 'Bogan capital of Australia' with Taswegians earning four spots in the final On the island of Tasmania, half the population is innumerate (can't understand basic mathematics) and illiterate (can't read or write), and the unemployment rate is higher than it is in mainland Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan_Hunters

and the Winnner... make that WINNERS are from Tassie

Tassie mates Darren Williams and Andrew Elkins tied for the title on the Seven Network's series Bogan Hunters, which features Pauly Fenech, Shazza Jones and Kev the Kiwi as the hunters.

After an epic grand final showdown of beer sculling, thongin' and pole dancing on Tuesday night's episode, the judges could not split the cheeky Tassie devils.