aspro said:

- Why don't Australians use their last name when introducing themselves? This is uniformly the case, they shove their hand out and say "I'm Bruce" and then I have to say "Bruce who? What is your last name?"

Speaking of which: why do Americans use their last names when introducing themselves?

aspro said:

I have 4 questions for Australians that I have never asked them because I don't know any in person well enough to ask:

- What is the Powerhouse? There are all these museums and markets etc... everywhere that they call "Powerhouse"  Is this a brand? Or an expression (like 'uber').  This did not exist here when I was a child.

- Why don't Australians use their last name when introducing themselves? This is uniformly the case, they shove their hand out and say "I'm Bruce" and then I have to say "Bruce who? What is your last name?"

- What happened to the Courier-Mail? When I was a kid it was a decent paper and now it is a tabloid (and there is no non-tabloid newspaper for my state).

1. The Powerhouses are just that...Powerhouses. They were the old-skool power stations for the cities. Both Brisbane and Sydney Powerhouses were converted to museum-style centres with a few restaurants and other stuff associated with them.

2. Bugger off! It's enough effort to say a first name

3. There is always The Australian

aspro said:

Ravenprose said:

Why does my left nut appear to be slightly smaller than my right nut? Is it because I'm right handed?

That's normal homey.

No it aint!

I theorise that it's because Raven has one nut stuck in the 70's.

gamingeek said:

Gambit use an extra thick condom?

Gambit needs an extra thick condom?!  

Now officially my favorite X-Man!

gamingeek said:

He're my question:

Is it ever possible to have sex with Rogue from the X-men without her killing you or sucking out your lifeforce?

She wears rubber to protect people right? So why can't she put a zip at the front of her suit and let Gambit use an extra thick condom?

Rogue now has full control of her powers, though she has lost her power of flight and super strength.  Now she's just able to sap other people's powers, but she doesn't have to take their memories.  So anyway, feel free to bang away.  It's safe now.

Plus she's probably not going to mess around with Gambit for a while. Looks like she's going to start hooking up with Magneto again.

selbie said:

aspro said:

I have 4 questions for Australians that I have never asked them because I don't know any in person well enough to ask:

- What is the Powerhouse? There are all these museums and markets etc... everywhere that they call "Powerhouse"  Is this a brand? Or an expression (like 'uber').  This did not exist here when I was a child.

- Why don't Australians use their last name when introducing themselves? This is uniformly the case, they shove their hand out and say "I'm Bruce" and then I have to say "Bruce who? What is your last name?"

- What happened to the Courier-Mail? When I was a kid it was a decent paper and now it is a tabloid (and there is no non-tabloid newspaper for my state).

1. The Powerhouses are just that...Powerhouses. They were the old-skool power stations for the cities. Both Brisbane and Sydney Powerhouses were converted to museum-style centres with a few restaurants and other stuff associated with them.

2. Bugger off! It's enough effort to say a first name

3. There is always The Australian

Thanks.  Yeah I read The Australian.  They get a little editorial mixed in with their story selection and placement, but still, it is a quality paper.  What is the non-tabloid in Melbourne if there is one? (anyone on this -- I don't know where Selbie is).  Is the Age decent?

Foolz said:

No, unfortunately The Age is still a newspaper. Though as far as newspapers go it's only on the level of terrible, rather than something like the Herald Sun which is abhorrrent. So maybe just a little worse than the Australian or around the same level.

Okay.  Yeah I heard a journalist on from The Age and was not sure if they were a polemic source or a credible one.  The Courier-Mail and Sydney Morning Herald are nutso tabloids.