APB: Cellarites missing. - Page 104

Shawnee123 · 09-29-2010, 02:36 PM

That is xuderly ridiculous!

casimendocina · 09-29-2010, 11:36 PM

Very boring of me...apologies and no doubt Wikipedia will sum up better, but basically Coober Pedy is an opal mining town in the middle of the desert. Any living quarters worth its salt is 6 metres underground simply because its much cooler. There are also churches, hotels etc... underground for the same reason. Rumour has it that many a mine, where either the opal has already been found, or there was no opal to be found, has been turned into a house.

monster · 09-29-2010, 11:37 PM

I think I need to have another child, just so I can name her Coober Pedy.

Undertoad · 09-30-2010, 12:38 AM

No, those Pedy-philes would chase her.

SteveDallas · 09-30-2010, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

No, those Pedy-philes would chase her.

Peter File? Is there a Peter File here?
[/The IT Crowd]

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2010, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

No, those Pedy-philes would chase her.

giggle Groan

snicker

casimendocina · 09-30-2010, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I think I need to have another child, just so I can name her Coober Pedy.

Or just change their name(s) by deed poll.

casimendocina · 10-01-2010, 08:53 AM

Another interesting fact about Coober Pedy: the golf course is about 95% red sand. Diesel is used to keep the sand around the holes in place (so the sand doesn't blow away). Golfers carry a piece of turf around with them to tee off. The best thing I seen that explains Coober Pedy is Episode 2 of Robert Hughes' TV series The Fatal Shore . It's got the golf course, the dug outs, how one opal miners rationalizes what is basically a fairly useless activity (mining for a decorative stone). The rest of the episode is pretty good too.

footfootfoot · 10-01-2010, 01:25 PM

By the way, whatever happened to Cowhead?

morethanpretty · 10-01-2010, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Peter File? Is there a Peter File here?
[/The IT Crowd]

Oh, that's me, I'm Peter File!

classicman · 10-03-2010, 12:46 AM

Where the heck is Razz???????????????

monster · 10-03-2010, 10:12 AM

gettin' hitched?

zippyt · 10-03-2010, 12:16 PM

and or moving , or ,,,,,,,,

Sundae · 10-03-2010, 12:35 PM

Oooh! Merkins watch the IT Crowd!
Cool!
Just don't remake it (mumble, grumble)

Where is Big Sarge?
He's home and well and in gainful employ and seeing his kids....
But leaving us alone

monster · 10-03-2010, 08:46 PM

CycleFrance?

I thought about him a few days ago, and then saw this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11447348
...right up his boulevard, I'd say....

09-29-2010, 02:36 PM	#1546
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That is xuderly ridiculous! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-29-2010, 11:37 PM	#1548
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think I need to have another child, just so I can name her Coober Pedy. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2010, 01:25 PM	#1554
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	By the way, whatever happened to Cowhead? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-03-2010, 12:46 AM	#1556
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Where the heck is Razz??????????????? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-03-2010, 10:12 AM	#1557
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	gettin' hitched? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-29-2010, 11:36 PM	#1547
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Very boring of me...apologies and no doubt Wikipedia will sum up better, but basically Coober Pedy is an opal mining town in the middle of the desert. Any living quarters worth its salt is 6 metres underground simply because its much cooler. There are also churches, hotels etc... underground for the same reason. Rumour has it that many a mine, where either the opal has already been found, or there was no opal to be found, has been turned into a house.

09-30-2010, 12:38 AM	#1549
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No, those Pedy-philes would chase her.

10-01-2010, 08:53 AM	#1553
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Another interesting fact about Coober Pedy: the golf course is about 95% red sand. Diesel is used to keep the sand around the holes in place (so the sand doesn't blow away). Golfers carry a piece of turf around with them to tee off. The best thing I seen that explains Coober Pedy is Episode 2 of Robert Hughes' TV series The Fatal Shore . It's got the golf course, the dug outs, how one opal miners rationalizes what is basically a fairly useless activity (mining for a decorative stone). The rest of the episode is pretty good too.

10-03-2010, 12:16 PM	#1558
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	and or moving , or ,,,,,,,, __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-03-2010, 12:35 PM	#1559
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oooh! Merkins watch the IT Crowd! Cool! Just don't remake it (mumble, grumble) Where is Big Sarge? He's home and well and in gainful employ and seeing his kids.... But leaving us alone

10-03-2010, 08:46 PM	#1560
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	CycleFrance? I thought about him a few days ago, and then saw this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11447348 ...right up his boulevard, I'd say.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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