Interesting passage from ‘The Fatal Shore’ by Robert Hughes
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  • 27 points fireball255

    Im glad the bush rangers reigned him in from all his egg stealing

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    4 points lemmiwinks75

    It tripped me up too, but the bush rangers were the escaped prisoners

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    2 points dunnright00

    "Mad Dog Morgan.... Ate only eggs hard boiled..."

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  • 6 points Jaydossynnagogue

    Eggs

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  • 20 points rezzn8r

    He never gave no warning

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    6 points DirtyTrickle666

    Shot in the back by mornin'

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    4 points WrittenSarcasm

    Faster than a stolen gun

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  • 4 points jeremy-o

    Yes, he's a famed Australian bush ranger, probably second only to Ned Kelly. An ozploitation-style film was made based on his story starring Dennis Hopper in the 70s.

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  • 1 points slups

    This one’s about bush rangers

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  • 1 points Kevwithac

    I dont understand

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    34 points MrFoffof

    It mentions Mad Dog Morgan. That's literally it.

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    9 points FamiliarGrowth8590

    the character from the song billabong valley

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    0 points MrFoffof

    I'm aware. Why his superstition about being poisoned is interesting I don't know.

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    5 points blastot

    I don't think the poison aversion was the interesting part, it was that it mentions mad dog Morgan who is not really a worldwide celebrity

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    1 points FamiliarGrowth8590

    lol

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    -12 points lemmiwinks75

    You must be fun at parties

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    5 points remote_boogie

    This is a weird instance to be using this saying. They answered a question and said something funny. What’s a party if you don’t have a guy like that?

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    -18 points lemmiwinks75

    If he didn’t find it interesting he could have kept scrolling instead of being a dick

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    20 points inkfeather16

    Idk I’ll go ahead and be a dick and think pointing out a historical figure in some passage and posting it in the KGLW subreddit because they mention him in a song is pretty fucking lame. A very “guy from Fortnite” moment.

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    2 points MikeRadical

    I have 0 idea what that insult means but I love it.

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    8 points Hieroflippant

    Did you think mad dog Morgan only existed in the "gizzverse"?

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    1 points Kevwithac

    👍🏼

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