Comments on: Allo, Allo! Postcard from Luxembourg http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stevo the Working Twistie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38694 Stevo the Working Twistie Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:51:22 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38694 Oh dear. I so wanted to show what a pedantic twat I am, but I don't know much about Luxembourg either. Just don't get me started on Andorra. Oh dear. I so wanted to show what a pedantic twat I am, but I don’t know much about Luxembourg either. Just don’t get me started on Andorra.

]]> By: Grizzly http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38547 Grizzly Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:19:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38547 Brendan clearly hasn't learned very much as yet about Luxembourg. The whole country is really just a giant filling station, for German and French people who reckon, with more than good reason, that the petrol and diesel in their own countries is way, way too expensive ... In other words, Luxembourg's a GREAT place to live, if you REALLY like cruising around in your gas guzzler, creating CO2! In fact, maybe Brendan should ask DFAT to supply him with a nice big Hummer as his his official vehicle ... which would also be in keeping with his brand new role as Aussie Ambassador to NATO ... Brendan clearly hasn’t learned very much as yet about Luxembourg. The whole country is really just a giant filling station, for German and French people who reckon, with more than good reason, that the petrol and diesel in their own countries is way, way too expensive …

In other words, Luxembourg’s a GREAT place to live, if you REALLY like cruising around in your gas guzzler, creating CO2!

In fact, maybe Brendan should ask DFAT to supply him with a nice big Hummer as his his official vehicle … which would also be in keeping with his brand new role as Aussie Ambassador to NATO …

]]> By: Chris Lomax http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38449 Chris Lomax Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:41:59 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38449 Good to see the building in the background. I used to live in Luxembourg and worked in the parks and gardens for a summer job. We all accidentally fell asleep in the council van parked in front of said building for 3 hours after a particularly taxing evening on the Mosel and even better Henri Funck beer-now there was a missed marketing oppotunity. Needless to say no one noticed and we just carried when we woke up, not much happens there so it should suit someone looking to achieve not much. Oh by the way Moyen is hello. Good to see the building in the background. I used to live in Luxembourg and worked in the parks and gardens for a summer job. We all accidentally fell asleep in the council van parked in front of said building for 3 hours after a particularly taxing evening on the Mosel and even better Henri Funck beer-now there was a missed marketing oppotunity. Needless to say no one noticed and we just carried when we woke up, not much happens there so it should suit someone looking to achieve not much. Oh by the way Moyen is hello.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38445 Chris Johnson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:25:28 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38445 Brendan's a splendid example of someone who wants to be important because he thinks he is. Not a shred of ethics just an addiction to appearances and the trappings of public life. He’ll be euphoric driving around Brussels in the bullet-proof glass of the sleek black limo and its WHO ensign flapping in the breeze. WHO indeed! Brendan’s a splendid example of someone who wants to be important because he thinks he is. Not a shred of ethics just an addiction to appearances and the trappings of public life. He’ll be euphoric driving around Brussels in the bullet-proof glass of the sleek black limo and its WHO ensign flapping in the breeze. WHO indeed!

]]> By: thomas.heeren@dsto.defence.gov.au http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38442 thomas.heeren@dsto.defence.gov.au Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:25:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38442 The German translation of "Drei Mannen und ein kinder!" actually says "Three men and one child". Please if you are going to introduce a foreign language to your story get the translation correct. The German translation of “Drei Mannen und ein kinder!” actually says “Three men and one child”. Please if you are going to introduce a foreign language to your story get the translation correct.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38423 Tom McLoughlin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:43:19 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38423 Brendan does Bruge. Brendan does Bruge.

]]> By: denise allen http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38348 denise allen Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:37:08 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38348 Hahaha...Crikey journalists are excelling themselves today.....another funny one... makes my day... Hahaha…Crikey journalists are excelling themselves today…..another funny one…
makes my day…

]]> By: Josephine Kneipp http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38311 Josephine Kneipp Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:05:36 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38311 Please, PLEASE tell me that we will be getting regular updates from Brendan Nelson's hair! I am longing to hear how it copes with this interesting and challenging new assignment . . . Please, PLEASE tell me that we will be getting regular updates from Brendan Nelson’s hair! I am longing to hear how it copes with this interesting and challenging new assignment …

]]> By: Shannon Walker http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38300 Shannon Walker Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:49:41 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/22/allo-allo-brendan-nelsons-postcard-from-luxembourg/#comment-38300 I think Brendan has a bit of homework left to do... at the risk of sounding pedantic, Luxembourg is not between Belgium and the Netherlands, it is between Belgium, France and Germany. Surely even someone writing a fake letter from an insignificant country (although it is very pretty) could have looked at an atlas? I think Brendan has a bit of homework left to do… at the risk of sounding pedantic, Luxembourg is not between Belgium and the Netherlands, it is between Belgium, France and Germany. Surely even someone writing a fake letter from an insignificant country (although it is very pretty) could have looked at an atlas?

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