ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:18 pm**

I didn't know they had bush poets for judges in the cockroach racing

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:19 pm**

or if they're in Queensland - cane toad races.

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:21 pm**

Neville Briggs wrote:I didn't know they had bush poets for judges in the cockroach racing and cake stalls

Yair, you noticed that too. Funny that, isn't it ...

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:25 pm**

But they have stewards at the racetrack who are not horses.

Posted: **Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:16 pm**

... a rose by any other name .....

Yep, I can just see the alternative, horses judging themselves ... (sorta like poets) ...

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:55 am**

It was just a thought.

A bit of new blood in the herd prevents the deleterious effects of inbreeding.

Neville

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:19 am**

Indeed ... and that's why thoroughbreds don't 'mate' with donkeys - they may however, share the same paddock ...

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