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A wish to live forever

I met a magical fairy yesterday who said she would grant me one wish.

"I wish to live forever," I said.

"Sorry," said the fairy, "that is the only wish that I'm not allowed to grant."

"Fine," I said. 

"Then I want to die the day after Parliament is filled with honest, hard-working, bipartisan men and women who act only in the people's best interests!"

"You're a crafty little bastard," replied the fairy.
 

A cowboy, who just moved to Montana from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.
He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy,
"You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.
It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers.
One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado.
When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.
So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs.
All the regulars take notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my
condolences on your loss."
The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.
"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains.
"It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."
“It hasn't affected my brothers though." 

If it's going to cost that much, who made the initial assessment? How could they be so far wrong? 

He's still going ahead with providing the sporting infrastructure promised to regional areas, with stadiums for a major function like the Commonwealth Games, for local crowds. And they will still build the competitor village, which will ease the accommodation shortage in Ballarat. On the old cattle saleyards, with lots of toxic soil.

Seems the way to get everyone on this forum to agree on anything is for me to post something opposing it.

1 minute ago, old man emu said:

Get out ov it! You can't fool me. You just walked up the street a bit.

Take another look. The distant objects are compressed closer together. They were both taken as I leaned against my daughters red car, foreground photo 1.

Today, Basil Zempilas, Lord Mayor of Perth, and former Channel 7 sports commentator, said that despite the WA premier rejecting the idea, this was an excellent opportunity for Perth. He believes the $7 bill figure is grossly exaggerated, and the cost is more likely to be $1 bill to $1.5 bill, based on discussions with other host countries. It would also provide ongoing accommodation for 7,000 after the games are completed, and has an immeasurable positive impact on the spirit of people in the host city.

I mentioned the camera in my iPhone 6. Here are two shots, one at normal zoom, and one at max zoom.

The swimming pool became a basketball court and conference venue, before becoming the headquarters of Collingwood Football and Netball clubs.

1 minute ago, spenaroo said:

the idea of building athlete accommodation and leaving it empty for 4 years is equally as absurd.

The Olympic Village in Melbourne became the resdential suburb of Heidelberg West.

13 minutes ago, spenaroo said:

they are left to ruin afterwards.

Maybe elsewhere, but not in Melbourne. Most facilities are used weekly, if not daily. 

MCG           - AFL or cricket, concerts (eg Robbie Williams)

AAMI Park   - Rugby league, athletics, soccer

Marvel Stadium   -  AFL, concerts

Rod Laver Area    -  Tennis, concerts, BMX comps, monster trucks,  etc 

John Cain Arena  -  As for Rod Laver Arena

This is just a few of the uses. They can be quickly amended for various sports and other functions.

48 minutes ago, octave said:

 I am sure that most capital cities in Australia already have an Olympic-sized swimming pool and courts and fields etc.  

Melbourne has the MCG, Olympic Park, AAMI Park, (recently upgraded for the FIFA Women's World Cup), Marvel Stadium (Docklands), a swimming stadium built for the 2006 Commonwealth Games  ( Boonwurrung / Woiwurrung: Narrm 2006 or Naarm 2006 to be politically correct ), Melbourne Park (Rod Laver and John Cain Arenas, tennis stadiums also used for concerts etc.).So the plan was to hld the games in rergional areas and build the facilities there, including a swimming pool in Geelong that was to be filled in after the Games. Brilliant planning.

what the???

Victoria, and Melbourne in particular, proclaim themselves as the sporting capital of Australia, and have now been humiliated in the eyes of the international sporting world.

Priorities....

Breaking news....

Daniel Andews has announced cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

From my high school days, cats head thorns would puncture you bicycle tyres.

Please explain the simiarities.

Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?

Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?