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    Mon, 2009-11-16 15:47 -- John Hawks

    I'm laughing so hard it hurts:

    It's kind of embarrassing the way Australia puts itself out there as a barbecue-savvy culture, because you know what, we're crap.

    The end:

    [T]here might have to be a few fact-finding tours to Texas, and maybe Kansas City. I hear the barbecue is pretty good around those parts as well.

    Yes indeed.

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