Benny's Words of Wisdom - A Semester Down Under

October 10, 2005

Benny's Words of Wisdom

Dear All,

This is Benny. Welcome to my entry. I hope you enjoy.

Upon hearing that many of J's American friends were being swamped with study, I decided to pass on my pearler of advice: "Work can get overwhelming, but don't let it kick you in the nuts." (Apologies to the grandparents for the foul language). Janice found this particularly amusing (and slightly concerning) and suggested i pass on this advice - and here i am.

I think i may also pass on two pieces of advice that my parents passed on to me... First, (from my father) when looking at a prospective "lady-friend", have a long, hard look at the mother. Good guide. Secondly, from my mother, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the way to a woman's is through her mother". Basically, if the mother likes you, so will she. Have i just gone against this advice by writing this here? Perhaps. Recently, i have decided that you need to expand this advice to include older brothers (hi karl!) and best friends (g'day pete!). Thoughts?

Hope all is well, believe me when i say that we are taking good care of Janice. She has even taught us a thing or two... like sloshball... and coal fires?! what the heck are coal fires doing under Pennsylvania?! THAT MAKES NO SENSE, YOU CRAZY AMERICANS!

Farewell from Down Under,

Benny

P.S. Ye and God said to Abraham, "You will kill your son, Isaac." And Abraham said unto his Lord "I can't hear you, you will have to speak in to the microphone." So God said "Oh, i'm sorry, is this better? Check, check, check, check, check... Jerry, pull the high end out, i'm still getting some hissback here." (For those who are unawares, Family Guy is amusing. Hello Caroline!)

Posted by Janice K on October 10, 2005 11:32 PM
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Well there is one place called Centralia.

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm

Posted by: jomy on October 11, 2005 02:19 AM

Dear Benny,
I was sitting around the other day when a thought came to mind and I just needed your help. Let's say I have a friend that I was just introduced to and he was introduced as...well let's say Benny. Should I assume that Benny is a knickname and refer to him as Ben? I have personal conflicts with this. Girls tend to call me petey...and then on occasion a few guys pick it up...and it sticks. It feels somewhat wrong, probably due to my insecurities. What should I do in this situation?

Sincerely,
Confused Catnapper

PS...i guess hi jan too :P
PPS (i posted a comment!...oh and speaking of posting, does anybody know if the extra P in PPS is just another post?)

Posted by: Pete on October 11, 2005 03:12 AM

Benny seems like a good fella. I like the advice, I'm diggin it all that lovely stuff.

Janice, hope you're well, dear, we all miss ya back here.

Posted by: T.C. on October 11, 2005 11:48 AM

Dear Confused Catnapper,

This is a common problem for young males. When a girl introduces a boy to new people, it is quite common for them to use some form of relatively "girly" version of their name. An easy way out of the possible social faux pas that could ensue, is to simply step up to the plate and ask the male in question whether he would, in your example, prefer "Ben" or "Benny"? This can avoid any awkward moments, and ensure a solid beginning to the conversation. From here, move on to sports, chicks and beer.

Sincerely,
Benny

Posted by: Ben/Benny on October 11, 2005 12:34 PM

haha, Ben's post brought them out of the coony roost. (how's that for faux aussie-speak?)

Posted by: saam on October 11, 2005 01:16 PM

Talk about coming out of the coony roost! Doug, I don't think that's actually any sort of Aussie term and if it is, it was from the days of Crocodile Dundee... where did you pull that from anyway? Glad to see people still read this thing!

Posted by: J on October 11, 2005 10:37 PM

i just pretended I was aussie and made it up my own self! another one might be: Get that jabblejunk outta my bollycrank!

Posted by: sam's ma'am on October 12, 2005 04:38 AM

As point in fact, sam's ma'am, "jabblejunk" is actually aussie colloquial slang for "old, decrepit furniture", while "bollycrank" is a relatively obscure word referring to those cars used in bollywood films. So in other words, you just told us all to "Remove that old, decrepit furniture from my car that recently starred in a bollywood film". Nice work.

Posted by: Benny on October 12, 2005 11:31 AM

Well, I'll be a fusserpunked! I was in the dunnies, just taking a mental walkabout when the anklebiters got to me thru the door and, not being a real bludger, I told 'em what I thought. I was thinking it would be daggy, but looks like, not. Guess I wasn't full as boot after all. I say we all go for a good sudsup. No Ocker, me, ya know? Maybe a bit of a rat bag, but ya know, we all have our faults

Posted by: sam's ma'am on October 13, 2005 05:29 AM

i ancay peaksay igay atinay?
i think that's wrong...most likely actually *sigh*
i just wanted to fit in...
all that talk up their makes me think you're all on some afghani darks, but im just a dink'm shmuck, so what do i know eh?
...
i apologize

Posted by: Pete on October 14, 2005 07:47 AM

UVA just beat Floridat State on a perfect autumn night.

Posted by: sam on October 16, 2005 03:24 PM

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