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Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by manfredvijars » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:44 am

Happy Birthday Cecelia May Gibbs ... 136 today ... :D

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

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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:24 am

Poor old thing, she's nearly as old as I feel. :roll:
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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by manfredvijars » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:15 am

May you what???

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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Heather » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:26 am

I don't think she can hear you Manfred...

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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:50 am

Marty, I'm shocked! Gumnut babies? Banksia men? Mean anything to you?
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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Heather » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:15 am

Google has a nice little gum nut picture on the opening page today.

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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Bob Pacey » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:29 pm

Snuggle pot Marty Snuggle Pot ROTFLMGO :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



Means nothing to me i was an adventure kid outside with soldiers and air rifles.


Snuggle Pot well if that don't take the bloody cake, and eat it to. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Heather » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:35 pm

You need to be edjumacated Bobbit! :lol: It's never too late... :)

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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:55 pm

Well Bob.,
another Australian writer, not as well known as May Gibbs, a bloke named Hal Colebatch wrote a venomous satirical poem called The Heroes.
It is about Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whtlam, Colebatch calls them Nincomloon and Pantapoop.
Dunno if Colebatch was influenced by May Gibbs. :lol:
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Re: Happy Birthday May Gibbs ...

Post by Bob Pacey » Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:14 pm

Gees ya getting slow Marty anyway what's a man have to do to get a "Sod Off Pacey"


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