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For those up yonder that don't understand those from down under the earlier 
Author was expressing humour. Perhaps in future we will place a laugh track to 
go with it to indicate such.

( For the purpose of clarity the above statement constitutes a mix of humour and 
sarcasm with no intent to offend. Well no more than the average level of offence 
that we from the land of oz toss about as the norm ;-)

Don

oy E. Burrage wrote:
> As the writer of this original message, and a resident of the Southern 
> United Sates of America, I can assure you that there is a pretty fer 
> difference between the expression "down yonder" and the expression "down 
> under" to which you apparently take offense.
> 
> As for your resentment, perhaps one might also remind you that unless 
> you are a resident of these United States of America you might just keep 
> your opinions to yourself unless you would like to come here and 
> participate as a citizen.  Until the day comes that you have fought for 
> this nation, perhaps to see friends and family members die for it and 
> all it stands for, you really ought to mind your own business.  And yes, 
> I have.
> 
> As for the direction in which your head points, I suspect that it may be 
> pointing upwards toward the sky but the question remains...what 
> obstacles are in the way of the sun shining on your face and what odors 
> waft across your nostrils due to its physical location?
> 
> 
> REB
> 
> 
> Ted Smith wrote:
>> A good way to fill in time is to browse through the thousands of old
>> messages, all carefully archived by our efficient moderators.
>> On reading the original message number 22, I would remind the writer
>> that we in Australia are not "Down Under" and that such a concept
>> arouses in us some considerable resentment.
>> In fact we are the ones at the top of the world, people in Washington
>> DC in particularly being "upside down" as judged by the number of
>> jokes on the web about a certain Bush that grows there. I can prove
>> this because as I sit at my computer my head is pointing upwards
>> towards the sky. I also regularly sing that old Carpenters song "On
>> the top of the world".
>> Ted Smith
>>
>> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Roy E. Burrage" <MeasureTech@a...>
>> wrote:
>>   
>>> I was recently told that down yonder everyone is required to vote,
>>>     
>> that it is
>>   
>>> the law and carries a penalty of $20.00 or so.
>>>
>>> 	1.  Is this true?  If so, cool.
>>>
>>> 	2.  Can you guide me to where I can get a copy of the law.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> REB
>>>