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Dirk_Gently

After having read the thread on John Britten - who's work is incredible by the way, I pulled The World's Fastest Indian out of the video stack and rewatched it. - highly recommended pseudo-documentary of Burt Munro. What's the deal with Kiwi's? They build unbelievable motorcycles in their sheds!! What is it the Marmite\Veggimite down there or what? I think the country must be home to the greatest backyard engineers in the world - bar none. God bless you Kiwi's! The world wouldn't be nearly as impressive without you.

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If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.

Wombat

And another bloke who many may never have heard of is Pete Bethune who designed the EARTHRACE boat,

http://earthrace.net/

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Bob

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Age is of no importance, unless you are a cheese.

Scud

Well, when you're outnumbered by the sheep, you've got to be creative.......

S.

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"Life is life, and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die..."

WoodsieIII

And then there was Lucky Keizer with his big 5 litre V-Twin
http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm

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I believe there is no such thing as accidents. When I ride I must leave enough room for others stupid mistakes, added to that is enough room to make my own.

drharveys

And don't forget this guy:

Linky

It's pretty well established that Pearse beat the Wright brothers. Of course, he didn't follow through so guess who got the credit?

Tbirdnz

Well we feel a little sheepish about this praising topic but to tell you the truth it's the sheep with the brains, you've all heard of sheep brains ? I thought so, we're just smart and just take the credit !

I suppose it's because the sheep were so isolated in this remote part of the world that anything they needed they had to invent, besides, importing cost and arm and a leg and took forever. Necessity is the mother of invention, one of our rams said that.


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Ride on !

Wombat

Watch out for the sheep, they may turn nasty.

http://www.blacksheep-themovie.com/

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Age is of no importance, unless you are a cheese.

HiDesert

I'd say the father of nuclear physics trumps them all. Actually, I can't say that for sure; I'm not sure if he was a card player too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford

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In the third century B.C. the Greek stoic philosopher Chrysippus died of laughter after giving his donkey wine, then seeing it attempt to feed on figs.


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steventhechef

"The ship attick duss"? What language was that?? There were no subtitles, I was lost..

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steventhechef

Eggs & Bacon. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

DaveM

I am sitting on my Auzzie passport tonight after reading this!

Tankman always calls me a crazy kiwi anyway!

Very nice thread me thinks.

Not bad for a little place down the bottom of the world eh?

DaveM

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