Dustbin™ Ressurection

[IamtheZombie]

Not back yet except to start this thread.

Soon. Maybe.

Croeso i Gymru

Pobol y Cym hey!!

I've gooogled french, Italian, Russian and Latin in order to understand what you're on about , my love.
It has been an education.
I'm not gooogling sodding welsh!

And.
There are lots of saints.
I've never been so intensely youcannotescapethis bombed by any of the others.
Or bombed at all actually.

Aaaaarrrggghhhh!

I could go to bed, but it would still fucking be there!

I should be allowed to make it go away

#teamStLucia

#Bequia

[V sign]

Peace and love ahem

xxx

#always

Happy Saint Andrew's Day

Happy Saint George's Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Why have I never seen any of the above so INfuckingSISTENTLY on my screen?

Good Night kisskiss hughug

Ouchy, ouch!

Sorry for sweariness last night

Haven't tried speaking yet, wish could go back to bed.

I never noticed any sweariness

Have a

Now just call me a goady fucker and you're sorted

Zombie, I am thrilled for you re. your DS. Absolutely thrilled. :)

Slightly tangentially, we have a new tv series being screened at the moment, which I'm watching - called Love Child. It's about the homes for unmarried mothers in the 1960s (1969 to be precise, since they've just shown the first moon landing) and the forced adoption practice that used to go on here in Australia. I'm feeling quite brave watching it - the first episode was fairly traumatic and I feel that, from the trailers, the next one will be too - but if they've gone to the effort to make a docudrama about the social injustices that were forced on those girls and their babies, then the least I can do is watch it.
(Not comparing it to Z's situation IN THE SLIGHTEST, btw, as there is no comparison)

Weren't most of the girls Aboriginal, Thumb?

Zombie is also thrilled. Actually thrilled doesn't even come close really. There just aren't words, just wave after wave of love, pride and gratitude that she has the chance to know this remarkable man.

Different thing, Zombie. Aboriginal children being taken away and placed with non-aboriginal families; not the same as stealing new born babies from single mums and adopting them away, often for money.
Two bad things here. :(

OMG, Thumb. How horrendous.

Zombie will keep an eye out for it being shown here in the UK.

I know - the aboriginal children thing is older, I think - they show it in the film Australia. Well meaning people trying to "save" the aboriginal children from their social fate, by taking them away from their communities and bringing them up Western-style. In the film Australia, it's church people taking them to what is effectively an orphanage, iirc. Dreadful thing to do, truly appalling, so arrogant! They're called the Stolen Generation - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations.

But there is more www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/all-the-lost-children/story-e6frg8h6-1226607413904 - and I wouldn't read this unless you're feeling strong - the British Govt apparently shipped 12,000 children in orphanages down under to Australia to be adopted. And there was also a dreadful habit of "the Australian state" taking children from people they didn't deem worthy to keep them.

Dreadful children's rights history. :(

So many people's lives devastated. Tragic doesn't come close.

What a dreadfully. shameful part of our history. Just beyond

To add a lighter note I am gutted that I did not get picked for the MN Open Day - but then nor did Zombie - which cheers me somewhat!

Should we have a shadow meet up instead? & {smoke/vape}

Yes, magi we should! You're vaguely London way, aren't you? We could arrange a mini meet up (or a maxi meet up). Zombie can travel.

Haha a veritable Salon de refuses

Go Gurrls

More like vaguely Brigton/Eastbourne way - if a Salopian can figure that!

Not a 'Salon de refuses' - pas de tout - just that MNHQ did not have the courage to pick Zombie et moi!

Zombie can do Brighton / Eastbourne.

Bee, are you in?