Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Down at the Registry Office....


Hi All

In light of today being the first day that genderless 'marriages' have been introduced in to New Zealand, we thought this commentary was timely.

"Next."

"Good morning. We want to apply for a marriage licence."

"Names?"

"Tim and Jim Jones."

"Jones? Are you related? I see a resemblance."

"Yes, we're brothers."

"Brothers? You can't get married."

"Why not? Aren't you giving marriage licences to same gender couples?"

"Yes, thousands. But we haven't had any siblings. That's incest! Why do you want to get married?"

"For the financial benefits, of course. And we do love each other. Besides, we don't have any other prospects."

"But we're issuing marriage licences to gay and lesbian couples who've been denied equal protection under the law. If you are not gay, you can get married to a woman."

"Wait a minute. A gay man has the same right to marry a woman as I have. But just because I'm straight doesn't mean I want to marry a woman. I want to marry Jim."

"And I want to marry Tim, Are you going to discriminate against us just because we are not gay?"

"All right, all right. I'll give you your licence. Next."

"Hi. We are here to get married."

"Names?"

"John Smith, Jane James, Robert Green, and June Johnson."

"Who wants to marry whom?"

"We all want to marry each other."

"But there are four of you!"

"That's right. You see, we're all bisexual. I love Jane and Robert, Jane loves me and June, June loves Robert and Jane, and Robert loves June and me. All of us getting married together is the only way that we can express our sexual preferences in a marital relationship."

"But we've only been granting licences to gay and lesbian couples."

"So you're discriminating against bisexuals!"

"No, it's just that, well, the traditional idea of marriage is that it's just for couples."

"Since when are you standing on tradition?"

"Well, I mean, you have to draw the line somewhere."

"Who says? There's no logical reason to limit marriage to couples. The more the better. Besides, we demand our rights! The politicians said there should be equal protection under the law. Give us a marriage licence!"

"All right, all right. Next."

"Hello, I'd like a marriage licence."

"In what names?"

"David Deets."

"And the other man?"

"That's all. I want to marry myself."

"Marry yourself? What do you mean?"

"Well, my psychiatrist says I have a dual personality, so I want to marry the two together. Maybe I can file a joint income-tax return........"

"That does it! I quit! You people are making a mockery of marriage!"
(Source unknown)

In Memorium
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person,
Which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote
"The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93.
The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin.
They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.....

It's so good to have quality candidates with a grasp of the issues running in this election...




Scott Morrison has responded that he will stop the car people....

lol thats old rupert.
saw some guy on today say that about 50% of refugees end up in sydney and that up to 25K per year end up in western sydney.

I wouldnt want an extra 25k people moving to my suburbs, no matter whether they come from overseas or the opposite side of melbourne.

What about the 60,000 kiwis coming in?

And how about the 80,000 people moving from the east over to W.A.?

To be fair EB we are sending them Charlie - he is probably worth at least 80,000 of the eastern staters.....

Too true, Arbe... too true

Any truth in the rumour 90,000 move back after 6 months

They haven't worked out the mining boom is just an excuse to dig a big trench between them and us.
Next we work on stopping the planes

On a different note, I know of a 15yo kid being kicked out of K-Mart and told not to come back because he moved the 'Wet Floor' sign over in front of the '50 Shades of Grey' stand.

I lol'd

Just for moving a sign? Shoplifting I can understand, but that was harmless, good natured shenanigans.

Well, he didn't get arrested - and in our prurient world there are many people who would be offended by where their minds went if they understood the symbolism of the move. Personally I thought he was pretty damn clever for a 15yo.