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Thread #104378   Message #2721760
Posted By: Amos
11-Sep-09 - 02:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Random Traces From All Over
Subject: RE: BS: Random Traces From All Over
The Great Australian Adjective:

I thought he would be an alright bloke for the job so I appointed him... I didn't consult me bloody cabinet!

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke commenting on his appointment of Governor General Bill Hayden, 14 October 1999

So I went into the kitchen, and came face-to-face with a big bloody roo.

Mr Olsen, Toorbul, Sunday Mail, 23 July, 2000

That bloody crocodile has just bitten me!

Victim tells of croc attack terror, News.com.au, 8 April 2005

So, we have met the future of men's tennis. He is blue-eyed, blond, wears his cap backward, says "mate" and "bloody" a lot and looks as if he'd be perfect in the Olympic halfpipe

Hewett Walks Open Road, LA Times, 18 March 2002

"Gallipoli was a bastard of a place," he said. "I never understood what we were fighting for. All I could think of was that I never wanted to go back to the bloody place."

Albert White, aged 100, Brisbane, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2002