05-12-2014 05:16 PM - edited 05-12-2014 05:17 PM
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
on 06-12-2014 11:04 AM
@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
No doubt those hunters were right-wingers with no sense of decency;but it must be said,a great sense of humour.
06-12-2014 02:46 PM - edited 06-12-2014 02:46 PM
nw quoted:
*sigh* .... dont get any form of humour or a takeoff bit of writing at all.
Yes people do, there is however nothing ever humourous in Pickerings dribblings. The majority of people don't even read his diatribes.
He has such a limited & repetitive range of topics. Will recycle something again months after it might have been 'news'.
on 06-12-2014 03:09 PM
It is 2014 Tasmanian banal (so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring) cliche jokes, calling people from other cultures derogatory names, homophobic jokes etc are no longer socially appropriate.
These cliche jokes are the worst level of bigotry.
These 'jokes' are unoriginal and unfunny in any context.
The example in the opening post is VERY HIGH SCHOOL - don't be shocked if no-one finds it humorous.The problem lies with the author not the readers.
People like Pickering need to get some new material.. preferably something ORIGINAL. Not the stuff as reposted here in the opening post which is very much lacking in originality.
on 06-12-2014 03:40 PM
am
Just like Irish jokes then ?
And every other nation that takes the mickey out of anther nation in humour.
What is wrong with having a laugh ?
ALL Comedy is due to someone else's tragedy.
06-12-2014 03:44 PM - edited 06-12-2014 03:45 PM
You just don't get it.. society has progressed (mostly).
Pickerings diatribes are just that ... diatribes - written attacks against someone or something... not original, not funny.
06-12-2014 03:46 PM - edited 06-12-2014 03:51 PM
For the worse.
Everyone is so afraid of offending someone else they pussyfoot around now and no one speaks in straight language.
It's OK for the Radical Mulims of Lakemba to sprout off anti infidel diatribe or Aboriginals to sprout off about Whites taking their land
or call us Whiteys but WASP's can't say boo against anyone because they get called a bigot, racist or whatever.
I will say what I like, when I like and anyone is quite welcome to debate the subject.
If I want to live in a society where I can't speak my mind, I'll go to a Muslim or Communist country.
on 06-12-2014 04:07 PM
@am*3 wrote:You just don't get it.. society has progressed (mostly).
Wrong, most of societ have a sense of humour..... and yes all we get it... you dont have one....
Pickerings diatribes are just that ... diatribes - written attacks against someone or something... not original, not funny.
He has an opinion and is emtitled to have one and express it.... OR isnt that allowed in your world?
on 06-12-2014 04:09 PM
on 06-12-2014 04:17 PM
on 06-12-2014 04:20 PM
I love my Tassie friends