The Grimness Strikes Back!

stevo · UK Ambassador to the Antipodes

RE: The Grimness Strikes Back!

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Aboriginals are allergic to salt... apparently...

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Are you suggesting that they're kinda like sluigs then? If you pour salt on them, they shrivel up and die?

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

No. well yes.

Anywho I'm sure I read somewhere that there isnt any salt 'indigenous' :sic: to Australia and so they cant eat table salt - or something... SteveO - whats the score?

stevo · UK Ambassador to the Antipodes

I havent heard that one before I'll make some enquires today.

Aboriginals definately have a much lower tolerance to alcohol though..which makes them exceedingly drunk & aggressive...its a massive problem over here. The general perception is that they get get paid by the government to drink...(benefits are much higher for them y'see)..I believe its a similar score for red indians in the states..

I know most japanese are lactose intolerant also.

The french are the worst..they eat snails..errughh!

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

stevo wrote:

I've heard of Fiddler on the roof but this is ridiculous!

I am soooooooooooooo glad I'm back - I almost wet myself reading that! Thanks Steve.

stevo · UK Ambassador to the Antipodes

My pleasure...

As for Aboriginals being allergic to salt, the general consensus in the office today is that no one has heard of that....everybody chipped in and said they were allergic to booze...

As you've probably guessed white Australians have a very very low opinion of Aboriginals...

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

There doesn't seem to be anything on google or snopes about aborigines being allergic to salt.

Back on the subject of grimness, a little bird tells me that our newest recruit has a tale of grimness to make you recoil in horror!

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Ew - cant wait!

As for the salt thing I think this maybe a case of my insanely defective long term memory making it up. The cheap beer for native indians is true though - they do that in Canada for sure - cause I saw it! Apparently when we turned up to 'buy' their land we used blankets... infected with smallpox... nice people arent we?