think boot has had the chemistry set out and been cooking up something with heady fumes...

passed out.

'whoops'.

better that than suddenly starting to drool and sprout fangs and warts and things.

have one of whatever Ms. Boot is passing out, please.

not knowing what kind of beakers are meant. Maybe that's the point, though.

that. Haven't seen it for ages.

Nice to see you! Couldn

Couldn't Beakers be slang for Birds the way Bikers is slang for Motorcyclists with a bad attitude?

all these responses. I was talking actual beakers (you know - pour chemicals into them and that).

sure, however, that all of your ideas are much better than any notion of reality I was putting forward.

endeavour to take a happy snap of my beakers in action.

agog with anticipation!

agog is how we should all be at all times.

ooh, that would be fun to see. I had totally forgotten that meaning of the word, only remembering children's plastic drink beakers.

loan Ms. Boot a retort or two

gotten home too late to play with chemicals (respect the chemicals, Beaker, respect the chemicals).

pretty sure she can hear them calling her.

promise, on this bright and pretty daisy, to get beaker photos this weekend. We want action shots, right?!

action shots! Yes!

right then. So you'll have to wait until I am all * lights * camera * * action *

good at waiting.

too. Knows that others aren't though.

though that "suffer in ya jocks" is about right.

is that an Australian blessing?

well.. to explain... No, wait! Yes. Yes, that's what it is.

nodding vigorously.

be sure to use it a lot when in the presence of Australians, then.

relieved to hear it.

sniggering.

ignore that!

sniggering may be one of those cultural matters, and sniggers too, in case it's The Done Thing.

ahem.

now

there;s a Suffer in Ya Jocks on Facebook. He wonders if he's nice.

suuuuure that he would be.

now, tell me of this Facebook of which you speak. Is it a park bench? Is it a kids light entertainment TV show?

he doesn't know enough about Australian to guess what facebook means, but thinks it has to do when sister catches you not studying.

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SeaChange is probably right (but dogbert is righter).