I would predict that this is just another thread that is going nowhere in particular - a bit like myself in that respect, I suppose, but
so long as it helps folk pass the time away, I think it's no harm, really.
Again, just as an aside,
I remember when we were in Australia we wanted to get transferred from the NT to three locations where the pay was said to be tops.
The details are lost now but I think the places were Papua, Groote Island and Van Diemens Land ( apologies for any dodgy spelling).
Anyway, to cut to the quick, I remember we had to sign disclaimers when we applied for special dispensation to enter some of these places ( where the mines were = probably out in real bush) and one
of them was
that we agreed that the native folk would be allowed to
eat us if they so desired! :lol-049:
Culture and tradition and all that, you understand.
Goodness knows what somebody like poor ould Northener would do in the circumstances, but I bet he'd have some little known by-law up his sleeve
that said something like cannibalism would be quite acceptable in general, provided it wasn't carried out by pipe-smoking eskimos disguised as as free-loading asians on Winnebago fora, in which case it would contravene section 69a of the RTA ,dealing with itinerant restaurant workers who work be night and sleep in the POIs be day, etc. ad infinitum.:idea-007:
It must be nice to know al these things. Oh yes, I nearly forgot, the legislation, in place at the time, also stated that we could be hunted down at any time, by spear and/or blow-pipe, according to the whim and fancy of the locals.
Not sure if a similar law applies in places like Scarborough Fair, but I'm sure Condor would know.:help:
The things we had to do to earn a crust!
:drive:
sean rua.
" Ignorance is treatable; Arrogance is Terminal."