brisneyland, brisvegas, etc - Page 2

TheSneakiness · 13-01-2006, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

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.

Here at work VB is referred to as Vomit Bitter.

Sourbastard · 13-01-2006, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

So I'm not allowed to disagree with you now? Or try to share knowledge? Are you really my girlfriend, posting under a pseudonym?

Dont you mean wife?

Blue Oval Mopar Man · 13-01-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KEV EB XR8

Good to see you have some passion for your country.

Shame its not NSW, bwhahahah

Steady there Kev, I have it on good authority that the only good thing ever to come out of NSW , is the road to Queensland you little c0ckroach ! hehehehehehehe :the_finge

flappist · 13-01-2006, 06:34 PM

I used to be a loyal Castlemaine-Perkins supporter but then the westralian idiot Bond bought it and sold it to Lion Nathan and so "Forux comes in sux puk now so it kun fut in ya chillybin, choice eh!".

Corona is the beer now......

jabba · 13-01-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Oval Mopar Man

Steady there Kev, I have it on good authority that the only good thing ever to come out of NSW , is the road to Queensland you little c0ckroach ! hehehehehehehe :the_finge

your not wrong, and the best view of NSW is in the rear vision mirror. Northen rivers is the exception........ The nick name I use for Brisbane is ИИИИhole.

BlueRaven · 13-01-2006, 07:12 PM

There are a few things I love about brisbane...

- The terrible, terrible XXXX gold that I will probably drink again within the next 3 months, with small protest. "Got anything besides XXXX mate?" "Nah" "But its free right? "Yep" "I'll have two"

- The fact I saw a Holden Statesmen speed up and change lanes in the middle of an intersection today, to turn left in front of a Bus. I laughed.

- The fact that I can walk to and from the shops in summer without shoes on and scold my feet, but for some strange reason I'll do it again and again.

- I live 40mins north of the city. My boss lives 40mins south of the city. Driving to his place takes an hour.

TheSneakiness · 13-01-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueRaven

- I live 40mins north of the city. My boss lives 40mins south of the city. Driving to his place takes an hour.

How good is it when that happens?

YOOT · 13-01-2006, 07:24 PM

I was from Townsville originally but grew up in Brisbane. It used to be a big country town, but its closer to being more like Melbourne but without the crazy weather pattern. The prices of land are equal and dearer than Melbourne (nothing comes close to Syndey), and the degree of multicultural demographics is becoming larger.

But it will always be unique because of its all on its own in the North, its flanked by the worlds best beaches and has some of the worlds tallest residential buildings. The weather in Brisbane is the same as in Cairnes, and Townsville and 3/4 of the Queensland coast line but we don't have to deal with Cyclones.

It doesn't take more than 1hr to drive 60km across the city form Northern most suburb to southern most suburb. But its big enough to warrant a second gateway brindge also being one of the biggest and longest of its kind, and to have 8 lane highways linking the Gold Coast to the CBD.

We don't have to worry about fixed speed cameras, and our mobile ones are all set to +11kmh over the limit which means if you get cought speeding you really were speeding, and speeding properly! We also get most of the revenue raised from speeding fines and redlight camera fines spent on the block spot sections of road to improve them.

Bossxr8 · 13-01-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

beggers cant be choosers.

We have our own variant of XXXX in SA, called West End Draught. Its made from pure murray water mixed with the remains of the Beaumont Children, carbonated and injected into frosty sideways South Australians.

But luckily you also have IMO, the best beer going around at the moment in the Coopers Pale Ale.

Blue Oval Mopar Man · 13-01-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueRaven

There are a few things I love about brisbane...

- The terrible, terrible XXXX gold that I will probably drink again within the next 3 months, with small protest. "Got anything besides XXXX mate?" "Nah" "But its free right? "Yep" "I'll have two"

- The fact I saw a Holden Statesmen speed up and change lanes in the middle of an intersection today, to turn left in front of a Bus. I laughed.

- The fact that I can walk to and from the shops in summer without shoes on and scold my feet, but for some strange reason I'll do it again and again.

- I live 40mins north of the city. My boss lives 40mins south of the city. Driving to his place takes an hour.

See how good we Queenslanders are !!!! We can do an 80 minute trip in an hour ! Uncle Joe gave us all the ability to stop time for short periods !

Hunter · 13-01-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AUII_SE_Ute

Here at work VB is referred to as Vomit Bitter.

Visitors Beer is what we call it.

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Originally Posted by BlueRaven

- I live 40mins north of the city. My boss lives 40mins south of the city. Driving to his place takes an hour.

Yeah at 2 AM maybe...

Adelaide is full of serial killers, Sydney is full of rude, egotistical people who think the sun shines out of their collective ******** and Melbourne is full of elitist bastards who hate Sydney almost as much as Brisbane does. Hobart is both boring and wierd. And Perth... does anyone really care?

Stevo · 13-01-2006, 09:47 PM

It cracks me up that Brisbane has the nick name Brisvegas.. Does las vegas close all pubs and bars early, and the whole city is dead at 1am ? rofl.

And before you make a comment, i have only lived in melb for 3 years, the rest of my life in brisbane.

Hunter · 13-01-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevo

It cracks me up that Brisbane has the nick name Brisvegas.. Does las vegas close all pubs and bars early, and the whole city is dead at 1am ? rofl.

I dunno, do they? I wouldn't know cause they don't here...

jabba · 13-01-2006, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevo

It cracks me up that Brisbane has the nick name Brisvegas.. Does las vegas close all pubs and bars early, and the whole city is dead at 1am ? rofl.

And before you make a comment, i have only lived in melb for 3 years, the rest of my life in brisbane.

ROFL because you don't know what your talking about. Clubs are now open to 7am

Hunter · 13-01-2006, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jabba

ROFL because you don't know what your talking about. Clubs are now open to 7am

They've been open till then for ages, thing is, once lock-in starts at 3 AM you can't leave until 5 AM. But 2 hours, big deal, besides which, most people are ready to go home by 3 AM anyway.

And the city doesn't get "dead" after 1 am... its still pretty busy but the valley is only getting started at 1 am!

donno · 14-01-2006, 12:22 AM

Brisbanous? Heard that one a few times.

The best places shut at 3. Being The Vic, Regatta, RE and Stocky. Anywhere else is crap.

Psycho Chicken · 14-01-2006, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by AUII_SE_Ute

Here at work VB is referred to as Vomit Bitter.

I always thought it was vaginal backwash.

I'd bag Brisvegas, but someone will bring hook turns into the debate.

**GasoLane** · 14-01-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevo

And before you make a comment, i have only lived in melb for 3 years, the rest of my life in brisbane.

Well, by now you should know why it's known as 'Melbooring'...

347Stroker · 14-01-2006, 11:43 PM

Brisvegas, home of the Brisbane Donkeys, a losing team in the ARL and the QLD state of origin team.......STILL TRYING DESPERATELY TO BEAT THE BLUES IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN..........Maroon losers......rofl

XD 351 Ute · 14-01-2006, 11:47 PM

Brisvegas???

Hmm, yeah I suppose it can work.
I've always just called it Brisbane or Brisy, or Briso.

Having been born there it is my home town, but it's not really a town any more, is it?

My earliest memory of Brisbane, is the 1974 floods, when we were all piled in the back of my Uncles' Holden F series ute, and all I could see were a few houses sticking up out of the dirty great brown flood.............

As for XXXX, yeah, it has turned to crap, but there was always Brisbane Bitter, affectionately known as Brisbane River....
Either way, they never made me as sick as drinking 'Vomit Bombs' (VB)!!!!

I go back to visit some relo's each year & the joint just gets busier & busier.

More and more immigrants, etc have changed the face of Brisbane and I suppose it will change heaps more yet.

Ed

Casper · 14-01-2006, 11:47 PM

Hmmm, I lived in Brisbane for over 9 years ....
then I managed to find a way out! Nuff said :P

TURBOTAXI · 15-01-2006, 12:01 AM

I was in the Army in 1995 and based at Enoggera (spelling) we used to refer to Brisbane as Brisvegas back then. have some great memories of that place.

FGX-351 · 15-01-2006, 04:12 PM

i work at the queen street hungry jacks...nuff said:(

Fairlane · 15-01-2006, 05:31 PM

Lived in Brizvegas for 6 years its not a bad city, but after living on the Sunshine Coast for 5 years, i cant really see the point in living in Brisbane unless you work there (or study). The Gold and Sunshine Coast are nicer places in my humble opinion.

And yes XXXX is better than VB, but really its like comparing a VC to a VH commodore, their both bad.

Gammaboy · 16-01-2006, 01:18 AM

Welcome to Euro-Brisney?

Gammaboy · 16-01-2006, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by hbk_dx

i work at the queen street hungry jacks...nuff said:(

I'll have a Bacon Deluxe, lage fries and a chocolate thickshake :P

FGX-351 · 16-01-2006, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gammaboy

I'll have a Bacon Deluxe, lage fries and a chocolate thickshake :P

would you like that in a value meal:p

FGX-351 · 16-01-2006, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Fairlane

Lived in Brizvegas for 6 years its not a bad city, but after living on the Sunshine Coast for 5 years, i cant really see the point in living in Brisbane unless you work there (or study). The Gold and Sunshine Coast are nicer places in my humble opinion.

And yes XXXX is better than VB, but really its like comparing a VC to a VH commodore, their both bad.

yeah i totally agree with you there, we have a unit at kings beach and i would much prefer to live there then in brisbane and also the vc and vh each have a net value similar to a carton of each of the beers:p

GreenMachine · 16-01-2006, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 347stroker

Brisvegas, home of the Brisbane Donkeys, a losing team in the ARL and the QLD state of origin team.......STILL TRYING DESPERATELY TO BEAT THE BLUES IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN..........Maroon losers......rofl

Shouldn't you be installing my splittie rather than posting this crap, Hammer? :P :P :P

Mrs347stroker · 16-01-2006, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

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...

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.