WHATEVER THIS MEANS, IT SOUNDS BAD
Punters blow even more on pokies in Queensland
(Thanks to DavCat)
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October 21, 2009
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I'm pretty sure that's still illegal in Alabama.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM
You put your right foot in; you take your right foot out...
Posted by: Elon | October 21, 2009 at 10:55 AM
That sucks.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Sounds to me like "Queen"sland is the right place for it.
Posted by: Diva | October 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Punters blowing pokies is, I am sure, illegal throughout the bible belt.
And probably the bible suspenders, too.
Posted by: wiredog | October 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Well, technically, in the Anglo/Celtic pantheon of doofuses, a punter (pronounced POON-ter) is just above a wanker (aka tosser), but well below a boffin. This makes losing money on pokies the exclusive turf of punters, since boffins know better and wankers have no money to lose.
Any questions, please see me after the lecture during my regular office hours.
Posted by: padraig | October 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Padraig, huh?
Posted by: nursecindy | October 21, 2009 at 12:36 PM
A punter is also someone poles one of those odd boats on the river at Oxford...
Posted by: Allen at Division | October 21, 2009 at 01:59 PM
what, no yobs?
Posted by: mudstuffin | October 21, 2009 at 03:02 PM
I'm holding out for the asbos.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 21, 2009 at 03:09 PM
Allen, those Oxford boaters are actually the source of the term, and if you've seen them competing for clients, you'll know why it's an insult.
They're still a notch above yobs and asbos, though, since they have jobs. Sort of.
Posted by: padraig | October 21, 2009 at 03:22 PM
So three punters beats a pair of yobs and asbos?
Posted by: bonmot | October 21, 2009 at 03:43 PM
I remember "yobs" from Clockwork Orange...and "major-league yobbos" from Animal House!...
Posted by: Allen at Division | October 21, 2009 at 04:26 PM
As long as they keep me kangaroo tied down, sport, no worries.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 21, 2009 at 09:03 PM
OK, punters, wankers, tossers, boffins... freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors. Got it.
Posted by: Bernard Scooper | October 21, 2009 at 09:18 PM
Aren't Pokies those fake M&Ms you always got in the Halloween bag?
Posted by: Loudmouth | October 22, 2009 at 08:36 AM
Pokie? Where's Gumby???
Alright, I'll get on the geezer bus and fade away...
Posted by: monsoon | October 23, 2009 at 12:57 AM