16 November 2008

Belconnen Community Festival 2008

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[First filed: November 15, 2008 @ 16:17]

With the end of the year fast upon us so too comes the Belconnen Community Festival.

There one finds row after row of worthy institutions and Government agencies set up in little booths hoping that someone, anyone will come by and take a flyer.

A lack of shade ensures only the hardiest take a seat, sit down, and listen to whatever’s going on on the huge main stage. More often than not it appeared to be another dour lecture on sustainability and what a lovely corset you can make from recycled fencing material.

Different tentacles of the Labor party were in evidence everywhere. Be it the bravos of the Young Labor Left, the Labor Club, or their cousins from the CFMEU. Too often it felt as if we were being lectured rather than entertained.

Having said that, the free cordial (in decent sized cups) was hugely appreciated. The reptile display was really very good and the python handlers were fantastic at getting kids to touch the snakes for a furtive thrill.

When the music played it was excellent and there were multiple genres on display.

I can’t help feeling the event is still more concerned with being worthy, rather than being fun.

Having said all that, it beat being in the mall on a Saturday afternoon.

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*LOL*

What was he saying, “POOOOOPTOOOOOP!!!” for? I don’t get it ….

; )

No one shouted, “Look out, there are llamas,” when we were swimming at the beach in Perth, which was just as well because they would have been tricking. I don’t know what kind of shark it was the first day, but it was 4.5 metres long! The second day it was a hammerhead.

Quackers’s cousins ran for it when they saw the helicopter the next day, but Quackers thought, “What a bunch of wusses! The helicopter could be there for anything,” and stayed in the water. That night, sure enough, the news reported we were swimming with sharks once again. They were strangely silent about the llamas, however.

When Geronimo jumped out of the plane, did he say, “Look out, there are llamas”?

*chuckle*

Protip: Remember Rule 37 and keep it wholly.

Geronimo said “MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”

I’m sorry poptop…

*sniff*

gernonimo = Custeeeeeeeer! (is this right?)

You thought I would lie to you, BB68?

Frankly, I’m hurt. I could have fobbed you off with the Monty Python Llama Sketch, but nooooooo.

It’s because I care. =-P

What did Geromino say when he jumped out of the plane?

OMG! what the hell was that?! I thought you were only kidding on the lyrics and tune poptop.

Don’t be such a drama llama!

Because she didn’t see the ewe turn?

What did Geromino say when he jumped out of the plane?

Aaaaaaaaaargh!!

I clicked the linky! Why didn’t you warn me?

*chuckle*

Why did the llama fall off the cliff?

It is my duty to strongly advise AGAINST clicking this Linky. The tune is too addictive and will live in your head for days.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINKY!!!

Oh, pshaw! Use your imagination, BerraBoy68 …. Do I have to think of everything? [aside] What is the tune, Poptop?

Nope, sorry Granny (OMG this could be our first disagreement!). The lyrics are good and they do meet your criteria. Poptop has done well on that score.

BUT… what about the music, what is the melody, the rhythm? How do I sing this? Do I sing it to the tune of ‘Starry, starry night’ by Paul Simon or Hava Nagila? What is the beat? I can’t just give into witty turn of phrase here.

This is not unimportant stuff!

Oh, c’mon! It’s an excellent song!

Off-topic, no. Sad and slight disturbed, yes;)

Poptop, you did it! A llama song!! Hooray! Now we’re not off-topic at all!

*grin*

AHEM . . .

Llama Llama Duck

here’s a llama
there’s a llama
and another little llama
fuzzy llama
funny llama
llama llama
duck

llama llama
cheesecake
llama
tablet
brick
potato
llama
llama llama
mushroom
llama
llama llama
duck

i was once a treehouse
i lived in a cake
but i never saw the way
the orange slayed the rake
i was only three years dead
but it told a tale
and now listen, little child
to the safety rail

did you ever see a llama
kiss a llama
on the llama
llama’s llama
tastes of llama
llama llama
duck

half a llama
twice the llama
not a llama
farmer
llama
llama in a car
alarm a llama
llama
duck

is THIS how it’s told now?
is it all so old?
is it made of lemon juice?
doorknob
ankle
cold
now my song is getting thin
i’ve run out of luck
time for me to retire now
and become a duck

I thought it was, “banana nana rama, a dingy ding dingy dong” but llamas and magnetic bananas are equally good from my perspective.

Granny said :

Whatever lyrics fit the circumstances, BerraBoy68. I’m not lyricist or bandist either. If only I could think of a song about a llama ….

*chuckle*

Wasn’t there a song about an Indain Llama that sold Amway? I think it had lyrics that went something like “rama Llama ding dong”

*boom boom*

: D

Didn’t see that one coming!

Nope. A stick!

Whatever lyrics fit the circumstances, BerraBoy68. I’m not lyricist or bandist either. If only I could think of a song about a llama ….

*chuckle*

No, the closest thing is poor ‘Alice the Camel’ who only has one hump. Go, Alice, go!

… Actually on reflection I am horrified that they teach this song to nursery children!!

BTW: What is brown and sticky?

Ooooooooh, are we doing ABBA lyrics now Granny?

I don’t wanna talk, about the things we used to do….

I do, I do, I do, I do, I do!

*chuckle*

I believe I particularly believe that you believe in me, Granny.

Noooo!

We love you just the way you are. We need to know that you will always be the same old someone that we knew. What will it take till you believe in us the way that we believe in you?

Sadly, PUNishment runs in my family.

I need a 12 step program.

I can’t believe I’m LOLing, but I am!!

: P

Good grief!

Cinderella said “One day my prints will come”.

Yukkity Yuk!

peterh said :

poptop said :

Too be entirely factual, the tribe in F Troop were the Hekawi.

What’s yellow and always points north?

so why did they pronounce it with an F?

Ummmm, they didn’t. I think you are imagineering the “F”.

There was a joke along the same lines, but the version I heard was about the pygmy tribe called the fakawi. In tall grasslands, people of this tribe can be found jumping up and yelling “We’re the fakawi”.

Not to mention ‘The Song that Never Ends’ …. *hehe*

What did Cinderella say when her pictures didn’t arrive?

Did it have four letters?

*chuckle*

How many long haul car trips have been filled with riddles of that calibre [as well a rousing renditions of 10,000 bottles of beer on the wall]?

Thank the stars for Ds Lites and iPods, says me.

What did Cinderella say when her pictures didn’t arrive?

poptop said :

Too be entirely factual, the tribe in F Troop were the Hekawi.

What’s yellow and always points north?

so why did they pronounce it with an F?

Damn, but you’ve stumped me there! Curse this antediluvian memory!!

Had to Google it …. A magnetic banana?

*LOL*

That’s too wonderful!!

Too be entirely factual, the tribe in F Troop were the Hekawi.

What’s yellow and always points north?

peterh said :

speaking of funny things, how did the F-Troop TV show get away with the indian tribe’s name for all those years?

FooKarWee

as in, where the…..

bit like whale oil beef hooked.

Or Corporal Jones in an episode of Dad’s Army talking of his battle with “the Fahkah’s” in the desert.

*LOL*

You sillies!

: P

speaking of funny things, how did the F-Troop TV show get away with the indian tribe’s name for all those years?

FooKarWee

as in, where the…..

bit like whale oil beef hooked.

A termite walks into a bar and says “where’s the bar tender”.

A priest, a rabbi and Mullah walk into a bar. The barman says, “what is this, some kind of joke?”

OK, normally at this point I just wouldn’t respond. The answer is just to hold a looong silence, but you’re a friend and I have to go to a meeting in 2 minutes.

My kids love that joke.

Nobody who?

Nobody…

Did somebody knock? What the hell is up with all this racket? Can’t a woman get a bit of peace and quiet around here?

Who’s there??!

*chuckle*

Granny said :

It would just be an anticlimax to tell you that it’s Moby Pickle, BerraBoy68. You obviously just haven’t read the right books ….

*hehe*

LOL.

Knock knock…

It would just be an anticlimax to tell you that it’s Moby Pickle, BerraBoy68. You obviously just haven’t read the right books ….

*hehe*

Granny said :

Hey, Poptop! I’ve just thought of anothery …. What’s long, green and swims in the ocean?

Bother, I hope you haven’t nicked off on holiday or something!

Don’t leave me hanging Granny, tell us…..

Hey, Poptop! I’ve just thought of anothery …. What’s long, green and swims in the ocean?

Bother, I hope you haven’t nicked off on holiday or something!

Hoofprints in the butter?

*chuckle*

Look at the jam you’ve gotten us into.

How can you tell a llama has been in your fridge?

Alright then, what did one strawberry say to the other strawberry?

The chicken necks will smell particularly charming by the end of the week! I would think you would have no trouble with crowds ….

; )

OK – this week I know I need to carry with me at ALL TIMES – alpaca rustling gear and Kool-Aid for almost-llama experiments, chicken-necks in case I come across a small sable ferret that may be enticed and [as always] a camera.

I shall be Ms Popular on the bus.

Because she didn’t want to fall into the hot chocolate?

Why did the llama stand on the marshmallow?

Check the back seat of your car. Llamas are known to lurk there.

Someone must have an old llama lying around the place.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy3:20 pm 17 Nov 08

Llama karma…

I’m having visions of giving a llama a Kool-Aid bath… teehee…

That’s what we need. A good experiment! If only we could get our hands on a llama ….

I was under the impression that llama wool, after shearing, cannot be dyed due to the structure of the wool itself, which is different to sheep?

From wikipedia: Technically the fiber is not wool as it is hollow with a structure of diagonal ‘walls’ which makes it strong, light and good insulation. Wool as a word by itself refers to sheep fiber. However, llama fiber is commonly referred to as llama wool or llama fiber.
I have heard that llama is as easy to dye as any other protein fibre (eg wool, silk). I’ve got the Kool-Aid (for dyeing wool – nobody in their right mind would drink that stuff) so I could test the theory if I could get my hands on some llama fibre.

They didn’t even give it a good dye job!

*sniff*

It’s emotional cruelty to animals. Imagine if you had to go around looking like that ….

*hehehe*

LEVE TEH LAMAS ALOAN!!!!!!!!!! WAT HAV TEHY EVA DUN TOO YOU PEOPLE

How convenient; Llama wool genetically engineered to whatever colour you want.

Darned new-fangled llamas! They didn’t come in pink in my day.

Went briefly to watch a demo, got sunburnt.

Llama!

Mary you are so correct. The Cameron Offices, or what’s left of them would be an ideal backdrop to a Soviet era spy thriller. Now that you’ve shuffled off this mortal coil do you think tv has gone back to showing filth and smut??

As for the Llamas, is one of them the one which used to be driven about in a red Mazda 121 (bubble car) with its’ head sticking out?

Really, a lot more community festivals need to be done. Get local people involved. They’ll love it.

Mary Whitehouse7:19 am 16 Nov 08

Belconnen is a godsend to the local film industry. It offers the perfect location for anyone wanting to reproduce East Germany in the 1970s or a backdrop for anyone wanting to remake a “oop north” one of those “Thatcher’s bloody Britain” films that were so popular around a quarter of a century ago.

The snake blokes (and blokette with the bearded dragon on her top) were fantastic.

It’s great when a two-year-old is hesitant … decides it’s ok if daddy says it is … and then says “Ooooh” as she realises what fun can be had *gently* patting an olive python.

Meanwhile, some of those around us were scattering in terror whenever the snake looked their way.

There’s a few happy Llama’s if I ever saw them … enjoying every moment of their time in the spotlight (f#ck that running round in the snow covered mountains sh!t!)

Ooh, to be a Llama in such times, to have reached the peak of Llama existence… what lucky, lucky Llama’s we are

Freakish painted cadged things we may appear – but at least, we’re happy!

no…wait 🙁

live in belconnen, work in belconnen and still had no idea this was on.

I only stopped by briefly, but it looked like an interesting community event. I would have liked to stay longer. The cordial/water cups had fun pictures on them which pre-schoolers like (it was from the Hawker Church of Christ stall). My only wish is that they needed more shade.

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