Re: It can be done, and I have done it

Kibo informs me that geminii@xxxxxxxxxx stated that:

>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:13:20 +1100, Lionel <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Kibo informs me that Rob Adams <robadams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated that:
>>
>>>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:09:19 +0000, Tanuki
>>><mailer-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Here in .UK we have a chain of faux-australian bars called
>>>>"Walkabout". Lots of plastic, loud music and undrinkable
>>>>beverages.
>>>
>>>I saw one of these in 1999[1] I was muchly amused. I've never seen
>>>televisions in the dunnies anywhere else,
>>
>>Ew.
>>
>>> and the bouncer on the door
>>>was clearly Maori.
>>
>>Well, that's /one/ authentic item, at least.
>
>In the same way that an authentic Irish pub's authentically Irish bouncer
>is a haggis in a kilt.

No, really. It's been a St Kilda band-pub tradition for decades that the
bouncers are always Maoris. Can't speak for the rest of Oz, but I've
seen Maori bouncers at plenty of Sydney pubs too.
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