Momma’s got a Sunny Sandgroper,
Plays with it all night long…
EV notes that these …things used to be everywhere in 70s and 80s. Now, not. He has a friend with this mint condition version who lets him play with it every now and then.
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What makes it a worst is he’s bought it as a collectors item.
It’s not a real Sunny Sandgroper unless the fur is matted, the eyes have been drawn back on and the nose is hanging off by it’s last thread.
I wonder if he’ll become the state mascot when Emperor Colin secedes. Maybe he could get some geneticists to breed them to protect out borders. Obviously, first we’ll need to import some geneticists from the east coast.
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“It’s not a real Sunny Sandgroper unless the fur is matted, the eyes have been drawn back on and the nose is hanging off by it’s last thread.”
I’m inclined to agree. This one has a touch of the white gloves, glass case about it. The tail should also have been pushed up a child’s nose. (By the child of course.)
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Despite the fact that I am a Sandgroper, I only recently saw the real thing for the first time.
Ugly creature…
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That’s the point isn’t it. Bit like a South Australian saying that actually they tasted crow for the first time and it was shit.
Some good ones in China. You would be a “Big headed turnip” if from area centred on Nanjing, or a “9 headed bird” if from Hubei. (Wuhan).
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Oh dear. I wonder if Caroline has anything EV’s friend might want.
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p.s. I am just going outside and may be some time.
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You’re all just jealous, because one day I will be the proud owner of this rare and pristine piece of Perth in the eighties memorabilia . I’m going to go and play with its pipe -cleaner antennae now, and reminisce about the overflow, the generator and the Angels on Scarborough beach. My friend wants it back tomorrow.
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Tomorrow it will be soiled if not fouled.
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I’ll be wearing my white gloves ,of course.
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HAHA good on you E.V and i too will reminisce with you, rock on the days of the overflow and the Generator, and going to Scabs hotel, dancing away to Spiny Norman, Perfect Strangers, V Capri, Dave Warner. enjoyed those years immensley
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Fat Cat wants his Sunny Sandgroper back, so he can try to mangle it like he did on Earlybirds, once more with feeling just for old time’s sake.
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Finally, the mystery of what Percy was looking for may have been solved !
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Percy was looking for his ice hole.
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I never owned one as a kid. Percy was fired from Earlybirds for being gay y’know
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I’ll bet Frank’s got countless stories, and possibly footage, of Percy giving the weathergirls knee-tremblers in the Tuart Hill carpark, Boris.
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But you do now, Boris ?
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It is a well known fact that Percy was at one stage being channeklled by one Todd McKinney – in fact it was his first job out of school – and apparently he also deputised for the obese feline when his normal Handler, Reg Whiteman weas either not availab le, or the obese feline was required to appear at more thn one location.
Speaking of the obese feline and Mr Whitema here they both are (the current obese feline’s handler is now a WOMAN) , at the recent TVW Reunion.
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a WOMAN! well, i never!
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hee hee. Those crazy women, what’ll they do next?
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if we’re not careful they’ll be taking over parliament.
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Not on my watch.
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Digital or analogue?
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sundial.
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Seiko.
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Here’s another TVW alumnus, Ann Sanders, with Fat Cat, most likely dated late 70s when she joined, given the “primary colours” logo that 7 in Perth used between 1974 and 1979 is on the Philips studio camera (which, although a clever and elegant design encapsulating both colour theory and that it has seven segments, with the Helvetica Black numeral in the area where the RGB combine, was confusing as it was seldom used on air and rather used for corporate purposes like letterheads and equipment, where instead most of their IDs—even since the time colour began and long before any formal networking was established—used the nationally-known “rainbow ring” logo).
Wonder if she knows any interesting anecdotes about Fat Cat, Percy or Sunny, or vice versa?
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Ann Sanders, hrrr.
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Is that the same Anne Summers who wrote this diatribe about Julia Gillard’s sexist victimhood?
http://annesummers.com.au/speeches/her-rights-at-work-r-rated/
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What happened to Bag O’ turnips. I have seen him commenting on other blogs.
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no. still don’t own one. I managed to dodge that piece of WA memorabilia. I think I was too busy robbing BPs for my growing smurf collection.
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I want a sandgroper teddy, does anyone know where I can buy one??
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been tryen to find one of theses for years,had them as a kid, if anyone can tell me where to get let me no
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I saw a real one when I was digging the garden yesterday.
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I remember finding one when we were digging our pool in Gooseberry Hill when I was a kid. No one believed me. They’re like Perth’s Loch Ness Monster.
It seems appropriate that our town’s mythical beast is 1.5 inches long.
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What about Old Bertie?
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You mean Little Dave?
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The one I saw was appropriately in pure perth sand.
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We had to relocate one from the office recently – made too much noise as it chomped the roots of a potted plant. My efforts to convince fellow workers of the endearing qualities of an invertebrate mascot to enhance morale were dismissed in the face of management migraines…
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Another example of vertebrate prejudice, My current favorite, and one which Troy had dry humped for is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp
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If anyone has a Sunny Sandgroper Toy, I would be most interested in purchasing it.
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I’m looking to buy a sandgroper can you tell me where I can get one please
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I actually have a plush Sunny Sandgroper Toy. Forgot I had it found it in a box in my mums wardrobe after she passed. Like new
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ACTUALLY! I was just looking to find one of these to have… weird, huh? Why anyone would call this type understand.
of toy the “Worst” (idea) of Perth, now, I just don’t understand…I was given three from Lago, Nahuel Huape, Chile to study and was elated. Go figga, Bra…
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