I can see my work here is already done.

Waltzing Matilda is not amused by this.

What are they going to change next, the words to Jambalaya?

"Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and file' gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou "

Rule five: NAH poofters!

Kookaburra thinks of a bum with glee,
Not a big fan of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

haddie: Kookaburra thinks of a bum with glee,
Not a big fan of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

You owe me a new keyboard.

The jolly jumbuck has a limp hoof.

haddie: Kookaburra thinks of a bum with glee,
Not a big fan of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

HEHEHEHE DAMN Im glad I did not have coffee in my mouth when I read that

// donates AUS$1 to the replacement keyboard fund for those that .... did

jso2897: Goddamn, Australia - you used to be cool. WTF happened?!?!?

New Zealand

Kia Kaha !!!!

Good, Kookaburras need to harden the fark up.

The Flintstones could not be reached for comment.

Don we now our gay apparel.

/has anyone tried to ban this yet?

"You are such a pussy."

Kookaburras never set off my gaydar.

Say what?

w/pic of what a gay Kookaburra may look like:

Theaetetus: THX 1138: Don we now our gay apparel.

/has anyone tried to ban this yet?

No, it's appropriate, because of all the "falala" that follows it.

But I can imagine a word search and replace.

Don we now our homosexual apparel.

'Mr Martin said some children used the word "gay" to bully others without knowing the meaning of the expression.'

And so his reaction is to ban the word from a song where children can learn its meaning in the original context? Farkin' brilliant.

gajillion: 'Mr Martin said some children used the word "gay" to bully others without knowing the meaning of the expression.'

And so his reaction is to ban the word from a song where children can learn its meaning in the original context? Farkin' brilliant.

The word keeps changing its meaning...

Said principal saw the error of his ways and returned the word gay back into the lyrics.

Just out of curiosity, anyone else learn the "railroad track" verse?

Damn gays went and ruined another song. Can't even listen to It's Raining Men, I Love the Night Life or anything by Judy Garland any longer.

They should ban that song for being fricking awful.

That's an odd name! I'd have called 'em chazzwozzers!

Bith Set Me Up: That's an odd name! I'd have called 'em chazzwozzers!

cumguzzlingknobgobblers?

FTA: "I guess that was hypersensitive of me."

Yes. Yes it was.

jso2897: Australia, New Zealand - same thing

You mexicans are all alike

pyrogina: w/pic of what a gay Kookaburra may look like:

doesnt look that happy to me.

Be sure to tell them to avoid the Flintstones theme song.


Kookaburras promote a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

So homosexual his life must be?

A friend from Australia told me these were the lyrics they sang whe she was a kid:

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Farking every bird that he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop, kookaburra
Or you'll get VD

Maybe he should have taught that version to the kiddies.

apparently these people have never met the Flintstones.

SWIDT?

I dunno about kookaburras, but a male emu once tried to put the moves on me.

So what are we going to feel when Johnny comes marching home now?

haddie: Kookaburra thinks of a bum with glee,
Not a big fan of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

LOL

I can see the point, but it doesn't make it any less stupid.

Also in AUS/NZ:

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch an attractive and successful african american by the toe.
If he hollers let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

The first time my kiwi wife said this (with the N word) I almost short soda out my nose. She said she didnt realize the N word was offensive, since it has no real meaning in NZ.

Your wife is pretty correct there, mtylerjr.

The closest thing we have is all the gay-ngsters who think they're black, calling each other the proverbial Nigerian n sheeit.

Then they go on welfare.

I used to work as a special education aide for emotionally disturbed kids, and part of my job was escorting them to music class. One day, the music teacher was teaching the class this song. 2nd graders. When he got to "...gay your life must be!" he sang it, and then paused to tell the students that "gay" meant happy and not relations between same sex couples. Then he told them not to go home and tell their parents he was talking about gay people. SECOND GRADERS! He then decided to scrap the word gay altogether and made the students sing "...happy your life must be!" instead. Since he was singing along with a CD, he shouted "HAPPY!" over the CD every time it said "gay." He would've been better off not bringing it to attention at all.

I have a ton of stories about this guy, but that was one awkward class.

I'm sort of torn about this one....

On one hand, it seems that this was changed because of what "gay" means, which alludes to homophobia and PC overkill and such, as per TFA.

On the other hand, I'm a fan of letting languages evolve. And if an archaic word has dropped out of common usage, I've got no problem with things like this being updated and refreshed. People who nitpick at "original meanings" of things that have evolved and changed in common usage are more annoying to me than classic grammar nazis.

The classic example is people who pick at people who say "Third World" to mean "undeveloped shiathole country". GET OVER THE OLD COLD WAR MEANING ALREADY! It means something else in common usage now. The old meaning is defunct and belongs in outdated encyclopedias now. kk thnx.

My 3rd grade teacher--Mrs. Krukameyer--used to begin every day with about 20 or 30 minutes of sing-along.

Yes, she taught us this song. Yes, we substituted "Krukameyer" for "kookaburra." And yes, we sang the word "gay" with particular emphasis.

Ebon Blade Quartermaster: I'm sort of torn about this one....

On one hand, it seems that this was changed because of what "gay" means, which alludes to homophobia and PC overkill and such, as per TFA.

On the other hand, I'm a fan of letting languages evolve. And if an archaic word has dropped out of common usage, I've got no problem with things like this being updated and refreshed. People who nitpick at "original meanings" of things that have evolved and changed in common usage are more annoying to me than classic grammar nazis.


Good point. We should also remove the word "Girt" from the Australian national anthem and replace it with something with a bit more currency. Like "gay".

o/~ Our home is gay by sea.