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Wanted — A Bride
Jan. 26th, 2017 09:47 pmToday being Australia Day, the ABC has an Australian slang quiz. I scored nine out of ten (I missed the first one). I must say, though, I have never actually said any of those things, nor would I expect to hear most of them from anyone else.
What else? Did you know that you can buy a Barbie electronic typewriter? And it comes with four pre-loaded ciphers to code and decode secret messages, but Mattel chose not to advertise that because they thought little girls wouldn't be interested in codes. I wonder if Mattel has ever actually met any little girls, because I'd have loved that back when I was one. Now I really like the idea of ASIO (or whatever your local secret service is called) buying these in bulk and using them as a very lo-fi Enigma machine. That'd confuse the Russians.
What else? Did you know that you can buy a Barbie electronic typewriter? And it comes with four pre-loaded ciphers to code and decode secret messages, but Mattel chose not to advertise that because they thought little girls wouldn't be interested in codes. I wonder if Mattel has ever actually met any little girls, because I'd have loved that back when I was one. Now I really like the idea of ASIO (or whatever your local secret service is called) buying these in bulk and using them as a very lo-fi Enigma machine. That'd confuse the Russians.