Tim Blair

I would have thought the Adelaide Festival of Ideas was about as "stifled and inbred" as you could get.

JM Coetzee went there - and produced the worst novel ever read by me, 'Elizabeth Costello' (no relation)

Determined to find out what a Stobie Pole was, I found this site which shows how great South Australia's contribution to the world really is:

More than just Stobie Poles!

Helluva weird place:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/13/1029113928409.html

Where does he get the evidence?

AAMI Stadium, most Saturday afternoons.

Dont you buggers start knocking Adelaide. Ok so I dont live there anymore and I do get a bit twitchy every now and then but dont get me started!

Warren Zevon, Mr. Bad Example:

...Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig
And headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig?
And fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide
Looking through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shade...

Perry's just jealous coz he doesn't get to go out drinking and eating pie floaters with me.

Speaking of which, MikeG's link found the 2002 Heritage Icons page. For the Pie Floater, you need the 2003 page. Humphrey B. Bear is there too. Who needs Barney?

Now I want a Balfours Frog Cake.

Dont forget about the Farmers Union Egg nog ahhhh sticks to your ribs that stuff :)

The Professor's analysis is very useful in identifying the fundamental socio-political reasons why ...

Port Power will never win an AFL Flag!

Why, then, did Dr Parry move there? (He's an American.) Is he outing himself as a second-rater?

A place where people are parasitic and amoral.......aren't they talking about Washington D.C.?

Perry! Perry! Perry!

I am outing myself as having virtually no short-term memory.

TIM, I clicked all the links you provided but could'nt find the text of Dr. Perry's article. Perhaps some other poster can help?
As to Perry's comments presented as abstracts: The man appears to be a 'chip on the shoulder' social misfit.
ADELAIDE is no different to any other city , and No,I do'nt live in Adelaide but visit regularly--sure, there is the usual sector of people who are thick, but so what?
Let's look instead at the mainline of the 'Democrat's' site as presented. Democrat's they are not. They are a loose assembly of single issue people, each with a narrow perspective, but seemingly a lot of ego.
It seems to me that the Democrats have compiled a list of everthing that anyone could wish for, however unrealistic the wishes might be in the context of the big picture; then they PROMISE to somehow satisfy all.
The danger with the Democrats is that, if given sufficient power in the Upper Houses of State or Federal Parliaments, any notions that the major Parties might have( Liberal or Labor) for serious future planning of the BIG picture will be frustrated, leading to a continuation of the current short term 'win-votes-at-any-cost' political process--with Australia & all Australian being the losers.
As an example; if Australia were to start NOW on planning for a 50 year process of change from reliance on fossil fuels to alternative energy, the capital cost would be an extra A$6-9 billion pa. That assumes the Democrats & their 'greeny' component will co-operate, unlikely, because they are not capable of long term thinking, and the greenie component does not comprehend that all energy sources have an environmental/ecological consequence.
THINK ABOUT THAT. Gadfly

Say what you like, The Grace Emily is one of the best pubs in Australia, in the world. Only been to Adeliade twice, got belted on Coopers there at about two thirds the price it is in Perth.
Folks were nice.

To James Hamilton,
What age are you James?
Your posting suggests you are a 15 year old twit.
Put brain in gear if you can. Gadfly

The Grace is a terrific pub. The Wheatsheaf in Thebby is also great when they have a band night. You will meet people. You will have fun. This is an order.

Gadfly: Brain, such that it is, is now in gear, and I am still not grasping why my comments in a favour of a pub have offended you so. Certainly was not my intention.

YAMES -- YOU VILL SINK ABOUT WHAT I TELL YOU TO SINK ABOUT VEN I TELL YOU TO SINK ABOUT IT! IF YOU VILL NOT DO ZISS, YOU ARE 15 YISS OLD!

Fork: When you put your brain in gear you just may be respected. This blogsite could be a place for intelligent expression of knowledge and discussion, rather than mindless juvenile banter.

go sit on a south coast beach smoking a fat spliff of decriminalised herb and sip on a fine Coopers ale, then you might get a moderate clue.

James: If I upset you I apologise.

My response to Fork is perhaps an explanation to you.
Could we have some intelligent discussion of the headline issues raised Tim Blair?

This site gives you, James, the possiblity (albeit small)of helping to change attitudes of people,particularly the young people who are the main posters, in a positive way.

Are you all too cynical to grasp the chance, and instead,just post somewhat silly statements ?

I am not being nasty, I really want to see a blogsite that is not used as a replacement for gameboy.

Thank you to all who bothered to read my Sept. 11th. 3.38pm posting. Gadfly

Tom, a Cooper's is one of my favourite drops, but your "fat spliff of decriminalised herb" is best left to you. Come on mate::::there's more to life than than blowing your brains out with that.
Hey--do you remember that REALLY good brew called "West End Lager" ?

Ahh west end. The Tooheys of SA.

I guess that's the end of this intelligent discussion.
But, nobody was able to tell me how to navigate to the Tim Blair headline newspaper article by a Dr Perry.
Presumably no one else tried to find it. Gadfly

Gadfly,

Try the very first link: "reflects upon".

It isnt too hard Gadfly. Normally the first link in a story is the link to the original source material. Tard.

Adelaide and South Australia has always been a barrel of laughs.

It is all down to the evil influence of one individual; the titular head of the "Brotherhood" of Adelaide perverts. And in the name of investigative journalism, I name the . I now fear for my life, as threats have been made by a ceretain Mr. Doo-Bee...

I fucked up that- don't try and link when pissed, kiddies, it only leads to shame and approbation.

I don't see what the problem is. As an American, living in South Australia appeals to me, as it will be the last bastion of humanity after the next Great War. So reads "On the Beach." If I can suck down a few brews prior, more's the better...

Sounds like a lot of grown-ups had a deprived childhood and didn't get their slice of fritz when shopping wih mum at the butchers. And to think some of us were so nice to the descendants of convicts at AAMI stadium last weekend, to give them something to look forward to in a couple of weekends time.

oops!