I Don't Like Introductions

Was just told on a course that I'm in the chief demographic for workplace fraudsters: male, 40s, and a penchant for gambling. Maybe I'm just not smart enough…..

Big fan of classic literature including Dickens, DeFoe, Dostoyevsky, and Tolstoy.

Enjoy a tipple in front of some sport.

Former punk rocker and God-willing will play a 25 year reunion show with my old band next year sometime in Melbourne (At one stage Brisbane's most notorious punk band - banned on 4ZZZ and from Metropolis nightclub - I mean WTF???)

Discovered this place through newfound poverty. It is invaluable.

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  • Hi Mr grindr

    • edit. Hello.

      • +1

        Is it me you're looking for?

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    Maybe I'm just not smart enough…..

    Rather unintuitively the intelligent are conned more than the dull or unintelligent.

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      Rather unintuitively the intelligent are conned more than the dull or unintelligent.

      That's completely incorrect. The lower your intelligence the more susceptible you are to being duped.

      Conning somebody relies on their credulity, and credulity is inversely correlated with intelligence.

      • Agree - and I meant not smart enough to dream up a successful fraud.

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    not an edit. Hello.

    Hmm…

    You couldn't possibly be Chris Bailey and surely not Rollo, or Ben. Have you ever answered to the name Fred?

    I don't suppose that you ever fell within the parameters of being a Pineapple from The Dawn of Time? Or a Toxic Garden Gnome?

    (Btw, we have a garden gnome aside OzBargain's front gate - name of jv. Non toxic, but can be quite gruff.)

    It's been a long time since I listened to Triple Zed - any more than very occasionally, so stuffed if I know who you are.

    P.S. You don't need to answer any of those questions.
    I read your other thread and very much hope that things come good for you.

    Stay cheerful. You will certainly have a bit of fun on OzBargain!
    :-)

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      Oh I like this post.

      Nah, no fame or glory - just a string of failed gigs (and one or two that went unbelievably well) and internal strife before it all imploded.

      After the band broke up I later reunited with the guitarist and we formed a 3 piece for a while and Rollo mixed for us on Tuesday nights at the Melbourne Hotel. Minus the vocalist who fled the state we could clear a room in under 10 minutes.

      A house we once rehearsed in was on the 6 o'clock news for the decrepit state the tenants abandoned it. We travelled under two names - swapping after the first ban. Almost made it to the house band list at Metropolis nightclub but after a successful gig the singer punched someone and was physically ejected.

      Oddly enough they gave us airplay for our 20 year reunion gig in 2013. So it only takes 20 years to be forgiven or much more likely forgotten.

      Tell me more about you Mr Not an Edit….

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        Oh - and the Courier Mail once gave us a write up because of the second band name featured the name of a prominent local politician.

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        The life edit includes not being originally from here and with various other music having beckoned, very few Brisbane punk credentials to relate. Desire to successfully retain all own teeth / continue to eat solid food, may well have played a part in that…

        A fondness for some of the local classics, though + Ska. Bits and pieces bid for in Zed sub auctions, kicking around, somewhere. A copy of 'Behind the Banana Curtain' around somewhere, too. I think.

        All seems like a very long time ago, now. Some other things don't. Weird. Support for Triple Zed carried over from elsewhere really, but station did properly lose me at one point. May be better now. I don't know.

        I hope the band reunion comes to pass and is much fun!

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