BBQ Spam (was Re: [RML] Fall conservation trip announcement)

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Fri, 03 Jul 1998 09:22:13 +1000

At 08:23 03/07/98 +0900, Andrew H. wrote:
>> BAR B QUE Friday night. Please inform us
>
>Hey Unmack,
> whats this Americanisation of the great Aussie BBQ. You should
>know the Aust Government banned the complete spelling due to the confusion
>it caused. Publicising this sort of profanity could create another civil
>rebelion in fear of having to form unusualy shaped lines whilst waiting to
>be served for alcoholic beverages. Please refrain in future and stick to
>the Australian simple way of life. Next thing you know youll be drinking
>Fosters.

I remember getting abused on a newsgroup once apon a time by a Texan
gent... he maintained that they had the moral copyright on the word
BBQ/barbeque/bar-b-whatever ;) He said something to the effect that BBQ
was the result, not the method, and that real BBQ was produced by cooking
the relevant dead animal bits at a certain temperature over a certain wood
in a vessel analogous to what we know in Oz as a kettle barbie ( a la
Weber). The aforementioned meat having been marinated just so and lovingly
basted throughout the process to a recipe known only to Texans. ;)

It was probably a cruel thing to do to a compulsive obsessive but I seem to
remember replying with a single word: wanker ;)

(For those not familiar with the finer points of Australian culture, the
term "wanker" in this context may be taken to mean someone who takes
themselves perhaps a little too seriously) ;)

Cheers, Andrew
_________________________________________________________________
Andrew Boyd - andrew at pcug.org.au - http://www.tip.net.au/~andrew
Cookie: "Don't worry…Tomorrow's another day."
Sol: "That's what I'm dreading".
ICQ UIN - 11257242