@BriWrites Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

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@BriWrites It’s in the book. If you google the phrase on its own you’ll see what it means, but it might be a spoiler. 🙂

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Should the ruling party be able to change PMs mid-term? http://t.co/zKRiIobhht #YDNo #YouDecide9

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@witty_knitter I think of it like the US Pres election. I don’t elect the Pres either; it’s votes for Electoral College. Which is silly…

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@witty_knitter …because the outcome in the end is as if you’d directly elected the Pres, right?

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@mrbenjaminlaw @rowenaboggle @witty_knitter The typo in the browser title made me scream before I even got to the article.

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@witty_knitter When Obama comes to visit, who does he meet? The Governor General is a figurehead. That’s how it appears to this outsider.

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@witty_knitter The President is the head of the Executive Branch. My understanding is that the PM is also the head of the Exec branch.

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@witty_knitter It’s just that your Executive and Legislative are not separated.

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RT @venks79: Hacking creativity: Making time for innovation @yahoo7 http://t.co/cqRGYPKkwf // cc @knitterjp @hoganau @timparsons

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@witty_knitter Regardless of the way it’s meant to work, the Australian (& British) system is taking on the US “cult of personality” aspect.

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@witty_knitter If the majority of voters feel like they’re electing the PM (whether or not they actually are), maybe that’s the new reality.

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@witty_knitter (I am mostly just winding you up here, as I sense you are tilting at a big-ass windmill.)

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@witty_knitter (It’s like me and the phrase “begs the question.” At some point you give up or you go crazy.)

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@witty_knitter What actual difference does it make? They don’t actually tick a box by the PM’s name, do they? They’ll figure it out.

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Testing testing! 1212! @catehstn is about to speak at #GGDSyd! http://t.co/sF1HDkOXl4

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The @Mi9 women listening attentively at #GGDSyd… http://t.co/xK8vYfGyrH

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Hey @catehstn! Me and @knitterjp would love a copy of that book for @Mi9… #GGDSyd

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@Helen__H I saw @pyko across the crowd. Are you here? Are we finally actually in the same place?!

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Gah, I’m using the wrong hash tag! How embarrassment. #ggdsydney

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Jen just showed video of an actual shark attack on an undersea fiber optic cable. #sharkweek #ggdsydney http://t.co/1f5LC6o2j2

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HAVE YOU ENABLED IPV6? #ggdsydney http://t.co/xsLkfYqRmg

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OI! @catehstn is dissing the Midwest. This offence cannot stand. #ggdsydney

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Check out @pyko scanning my QR code mittens! #ggdsydney http://t.co/eMI7rKe8mc

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I think @tammypetro just admitted to being on the Dark Side. #ggdsydney http://t.co/Gb4Rxn9Eji

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@makarakarn Wait, you were there? Did we talk? I had way too much wine and sugar. 🙂

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RT @helenperris: Dustin Hoffman Breaks Down Crying Explaining Something That Every Woman Sadly Already Experienced http://t.co/oSrmM1PvEv

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Apologies for not tweeting the end of #ggdsydney. This happened: http://t.co/7TL4DY2CQH

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Just occurred to me that this is the first job I’ve ever had that related to my actual degree. Only took 14 years! ALUMNI MAG HERE I COME.

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@drkknits http://t.co/3pjfjClXQJ for Korean goodness.

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@drkknits Wow! I did not know that. So it goes in upside down but doesn’t charge?

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@drkknits I had a hell of a time finding it in Sydney. It’s in the secret Narnia Asian grocery behind Town Hall Woolies.

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@drkknits But I wasn’t joking; I literally have a kilo. I can bring you some at Guild if you really want it.

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Wow. Margaret Stove knitted Prince William’s baby shawl. I really wish she was coming to @KnitGuildNSW camp. 🙁 http://t.co/CSpcteb3iI

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@brockleyboyo We took a bus tour in Edinburgh, and an American lady couldn’t figure out why the royal family “OF ENGLAND?!” owned Holyrood.

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RT @TaylorHerringPR: Oh Mr Darcy! A giant Darcy emerges from The Serpentine this morning to launch new Drama TV channel @drama_channel http…

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Week 2 of new job started with – no joke – 8 hours of meetings. And yet I’m energised and happy! That says it all right there.

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The Snook argues that Ugg boots should be disposable, thus $15 Kmart knockoffs are true blue Aussie. Dissenters? http://t.co/OvZkCFIkml

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I have to say, the “tell us a secret fact about you” question for @KnitGuildNSW Camp is the BEST THING EVER. Our members are amazing!

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@witty_knitter How about the first female commander of an air force task group in Kandahar, Afghanistan? REALLY!

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@randomknits You have a bunny. You can never be boring.

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@witty_knitter I can’t tell or you won’t be able to play along! 🙂

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The epitome of the Internet: thirty seconds of my fat cat snoring and twitching beside me on the couch. http://t.co/dUhzV9r6kv

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RT @gruber: Shouldn’t the Message app icon be blue? Green = SMS (gross), blue = iMessage (cool).

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RT @brockleyboyo: Darth Sidious – @JonathanHaynes: David Cameron on the front of tomorrow’s Guardian http://t.co/5JzAIhUSOp

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Today’s challenge – how many times can I listen to @teganandsara’s “Closer” on my commute? Up to 3 so far…

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@Yarna_ Same here! Hoping @knitterjp made it home okay after duelling with asshole on Chippo side street

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@randomknits @gilmae Haha, you were tempted too! Excellent. What colour? Did your dough make the top portion jiggle around?

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Watching Grand Designs, and hilarious Pom just disparaged IKEA while assembling the exact couch I’m sitting on right now.

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@codepo8 That would be hilarious porn that included an IKEA critique. 🙂

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Shocked from seeing strong, capable woman reduced to tears by sniping of others. Making resolution to be kinder to everyone this week.

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@chrisgander Is it really good? The trailer looks amazing. Almost made me want to buy a console!

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Eight hours of hand sewing on the weekend have left me with carpal tunnel pain and a blister on my needle finger.

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RT @flipsimmons: Game of Thrones lovers – how great are these?! http://t.co/X0k6wmvP5x

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There seems to be some confusion about the “sentient” xylophones. They are not actually self-aware. It is HYPERBOLE. http://t.co/MCAdiexJYR

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Portrait of a sad hipster whose iPhone won’t charge. @ Leura Garage http://t.co/BPKskgNIPA

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They actually call it The Hair of the Dog. (@ Leura Garage) [pic]: http://t.co/5dCfZ0QQe7

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RT @the_snook: @web_goddess away for one day and I’ve already got a bunch of limey tarts in the house. http://t.co/8WhVEceTd8

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Shhh! I’m subverting the knitting weekend by doing patchwork! @ Leura http://t.co/RpFNv8nujh

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@randomknits What seam? I see no seam!

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@ozdj I’m in Leura. It’s Christmas in July all over the place up here.

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