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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:54 pm
by swoodley
BenDoolan wrote:swoodley wrote:BenDoolan wrote:Just out of interest, why is it that we must cast our vote in pencil?
Apparently it's easier for electoral office staff to sharpen a pencil than replace a pen.
Oh, I thought you were going to say it's easier for the electoral office staff to rub out your vote and cast their own.
If I didn't know better BD, I would think you are a cynic
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:09 am
by billyduckworth
Votes can't possibly be rubbed out by electoral staff, since there are party scrutineers watching them during the count (one of the most important features of our democracy).
The explanation I have always been given is that pencils are cheaper and also store better, don't smudge etc.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:21 am
by keri
And you don't need a pen license to use them!
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:49 pm
by robbie67
Meh, my wife has good taste in music and even she calls me a music nazi so i have to cop it. Friends of mine have said that Nick Hornby based his character Rob from Hi Fidelity on me.
Deep Purple are still shit though.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:03 pm
by Koala
robbie67 wrote:Friends of mine have said that Nick Hornby based his character Rob from Hi Fidelity on me.
hahahaha I can so see that!
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:47 pm
by Essendon4eva
keri wrote:And you don't need a pen license to use them!
Good point! haha