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i was just wondering if this irks anyone else having Brisbane turned into all manner of 'funny' names to make it sound more interesting or whatever. i dont really mind that its all american, but i kind have this, pride, i spose youd call it for my city and i dont like it being misrepresented or people thinking its something its not.
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I've become, impossible.
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I like it.
I like to think of Brisvegas as a pet name for the City I live in and love. Brisneyland makes me laugh, but I don't use it myself. Brisvegas all the way!
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13-01-2006, 02:59 PM
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The term Brisvegas is as old as the hills, first appearing when Queensland was the poker-machine state.
Get over it, Simmo. How can you misrepresent Brisbane? Too big to wear a cowboy hat to work, too small for there to be anything interesting going on...
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Good to see you have some passion for your country.
Shame its not NSW, bwhahahah
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Lol, maybe adelaide needs a pet name. City of churches doesnt really get the blood pumping.....
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13-01-2006, 03:22 PM
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Adelaide: Sourbastards City. Now with Hookers and Blackjack!
that would look great on a license plate
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Brisvegas is what I know it as...
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I don't mind the little names people decide to call Brisbane. It's still the same place.
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i got no idea why people call it the other names, and believe it or not i was in adelaide over xmas and i reckon it's far better than brisbane anyway ;)
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Yeah, i think you need a holiday Simmo... I love nicknames for everything and to me, Brisvegas, Brisneyworld, Brisneyland, Bristropolis or anything else you can think of is just great..
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Are you suffering from Brisitis Simmo?
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13-01-2006, 04:16 PM
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not suffering from anything at the moment. i just really dig Brisbane for what it is, an oversized country town. its exactly as nick said. big enough for metro losers, small enough to wear thongs to the movies.
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13-01-2006, 04:25 PM
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Good things about Brisbane:
- Cheaper living than Sydney or Melbourne - Nice-ish inner city - Not important enough to be a target for anything - No fear of getting beaten to death for your shoes* - Relatively hot chicks Bad things about Brisbane: - Can't buy a carton after 11pm on a Friday night - Strange, listless, can't-be-bothered Brisbane mentality (could be heat-related) - People think it's OK to wear thongs to the movies - Poker machines killed live music - XXXX *note: The fact that someone was beaten to death for his Nike's in Albert St 6 months ago is the exception that proves this rule. I don't mind it here, but it's nothing to get excited about. As Andrew McGahan said in Praise - Brisbane is just a place where people are because they're not somewhere else yet...
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woah woah woah!! Back of the XXX bashing!
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Hey Nick, I used to work at a bottle shop and we sold cartons until 12am....you need to do more shopping around But overall I see nothing wrong with Brisbane having a nickname or a few to be exact. Nothing wrong with Brisvegas. |
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13-01-2006, 04:49 PM
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Mate, a) you missed an "X" and b) XXXX is without a doubt the second worst beer in Australia... If I wasn't such a dyed-in-the-wool Queenslander, I'd probably stop drinking it...
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13-01-2006, 04:54 PM
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if you were a dyed in the wool qlder you'd be on the VB nick. i say be glad your drinking XXXX.
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Simmo, Simmo, Simmo - you are uncultured in the ways of Beer... VB stands for (apart from Very Bad) "Victoria Bitter"... A real Queenslander will always drink XXXX, brewed in Castlemaine St, Milton since 1842.
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see what drinking xxxx does to your IQ!!! lol, it definelty is not the best tasting beer, but as a Queenslander, I was raised on the stuff!
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uncultured in the ways of beer, youre damn right. horrible stuff. lord nick wins again.
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someone say beer?
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No, they said XXXX. Close, but not quite the same...
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The fact that this thread is now about beer outlines just some of the things that are both great and terribly, terribly wrong with being a Queenslander...
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brisneyland, brisvegas, etc
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