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Originally posted by Oz Referee
- in Australia it is pretty much Ok to call someone a "poof" or refer to something as "gay". Very few people (homosexuals included) take offence.
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Hence, one of my favorite Monty Python sketches. It's a faculty meeting of the Philosophy Dept in an Australian (maybe New Zealand?) University. All the professors are named Bruce (except the new guy, who gets re-named "Bruce" to avoid confusion). At the start of the meeting, the department's rules are read, and one of them is "No Poofters!", which they all repeat together.
It's not their best sketch ever, but coming from Philosophy departments as an undergrad and grad student, we all thought it was hysterical.
Chuck