Here you go Mel! *Tries to throw toast, but doesn't let go* ...hmm, it appears to be stuck *tries again, with similar result* stupid toast! *walks over to Mel, forces hand to let go and gives it to her* There you go!

I keep telling them they can't, but they just don't listen! I suppose I'd better go ashore and buy somewhere for them to stay... you wouldn't happen to know anywhere good? I've heard Adelaide is a great little city

Thanks Bob!! Didn't think you'd manage.. *goes looking for some good ol' Vegemite* =O we don't have any vegemite! ooh Bob! i'll come ashore with you and stock up on real Aussie food!, Mmm. That way i can convert you all into vegemite lovers! and meat pie munchers!

Umm Bob.. are you really willing to spend your money on this lot to sleep in some fancy hotel? Haha, or were you thinking of some roach riddled motel?

Hehe Adelaide.. *sighs* ahh Bob, your really are a tourist

I think I'll stick with proper food - none of your dodgy Aussie fare

Of course not! I was planning on spending THEIR money on somewhere to stay What's wrong with Adelaide? It's a small city that feels like a big country town - what more could you want?

Oi! *Ahem* Dodgy? I'm sure you really love it!.. you just put up this act

spending their money ey?.. i'm pretty sure yoi'll have to go looking for where they hide their shashes? haha ooh i hear people keep their money under their matresses! no one ever looks there.

ooh Bob!! Can we go shopping for random junk!?!? haha come back with silly things that are no use to anyone! *gets excited at the possibilites*

Oh, nothing's wrong with Adelaide.. hehe.. it's just that as someone that doesn't live there i've grown up being taught to make fun of those that inhabit the city

Yes... I love it...

Hmm, under the mattress? Good thinking Robin, I'd have never come up with that myself! I knew you had your uses

Seeing as the others are paying, go mad! I'm just wondering what we'll do with it all...

I guess that says a lot about whatever backwater you grew up in!

*Grins* Glad you approve of my imput umm batman?..

Er..Anywhoo, Who's $$ are we off to go looking for first?

What will we do with it all.. hmm..we'll play games! and never be bored on the BC ever! they have to be fun! outragous bits and bobs! something that i'll make the others go.. What the?!?!

and Backwater Bob?! i happen to have grwon up in the best city in Auds thank you *pokes out tounge at Bob*

You mean ££s Mel, the currency of the realm! How about Tids? He's de facto captain, so he must have a bit of dosh stashed somewhere!

I'm sure you make them go "What the ?" already, it seems a minor talent of yours

The best city? You mean Sydney?

(I'm looking for the so called 'currency of the realm' on the keyboard, and i honestly don't see it.. musn't be so Bob..)

Bob.. you're aware we reached Austraaalliiaaa that means your english currency means bupkis here, not a thing.. you couldn't even pay someone to make you a bacon butty, even if you offered 1000 pounds..

*thinks* oh no i mentioned food! around Bob! here's trouble..

ooh Tids, yes! but..you're the one going in!.. i don't dare enter, based on your horror stories of the place. oh oh! do you think we'll find anything.. odd in el capitans cabin?

Hey!.. ooh.. i wish i had something to say to the what the comment.. but it's probably true... Shh let's call it an.. Aussie eccentricity..

Sydney.. haha tourist!

(Nope, it's a problem with your keyboard. I managed to find it without too much difficulty )

You mean you'd rather have AU$1000 than £1000? Someone hasn't studied economics methinks
Exchange rates mean anything to you? mmm... bacon *drools*

Do I have to do everything around here? If I'm going in, you're coming with me!

Just one of many such "eccentricities" I shouldn't wonder

You must be referring to Canberra, or perhaps Perth. I can't think of anywhere else that could be described thus...

(*Looks once more for the symbol*..nope not there.. it's rigged it tell ya!.. it must just be yours.. )

Hhaha, yeah yeah.. i watch the news.. i see the finance report.. However, i was hoping YOU wouldn't realise that the Aussie dollar is a struggler..

ohh... um.. ohh. haha are you scared to go into his cabin alone? alright! Bob! We go into Tid's cabin together! haha i hope its 2 people that go in, and 2 that come out..

Not that many Bob.. but you may have to be careful Bob.. haha watch yourself!

Canberra! haha i forgot that place existed..Perth.. ah Bob you have much to learn my friend..

(OK, it's not on the keyboard... but at least we have our own currency instead of copying America! )

Me not realise? I'm a closet economist in my spare time It's not struggling anyway, the US is letting it win at the moment

Who knows what strange things we may encounter! And if we never come out again, I want you to know... I will always hate vegemite.

If you say so... though I still think there are many...

Then teach me, what is so great about Darwin?

From the crows nest where tids is hiding, watches bob and melz hanging around the cap'ns door, using his remote control device he activates the recorded sound of a mad barking dog from within his cabin*

(oops double post!)

Edited at 12:46 Tue 13/05/08 (BST)

Ha! it's not on the keyboard! Shifty Bobay, very shiftyYou guys refuse to conform!.. how come you don't use the 'euro'? haha is it an England ego thing?)

Haha! Bob, a closet economist.. that must be the most boring closet hobby ever! Yes, the US is giving up, now we just need your one to fold also!then the world is ours! mwuhaha, mwuahah

Hahaha Bob!.. i'm going to but a projector, tie you to a chair and make you watch clips of people eating vegemite, and you'll love IT more than your bacon butties buddy! i promise you that
Alright Bob, *points to tid's cabin door* Gentleman first.. tell me if you find something.. odd.. i'll be sure to run!.. or get a camera and use it against him!

haha Darwin, soon your knowledge of Aus towns will run out, and you'll have to say it!

*Hears barking and grabs onto Bob* where's that coming from?!

(Lmao Tids.. crows nest?!?!)

(Why should we use the euro? Just because the dollar is stronger against it - is that your fiendish plan? )

Well, I have to have one bad point - I can't be perfect now But if ours goes down, we're taking you with us, and China will rule

Well that or I'll be driven completely insane...

*jumps back at sound of dogs* Now now, age before beauty I doubt there's anything in there more dangerous than Tids' dicarded underwear... which is pretty dangerous come to think of it. *Boldly but gently opens door, then gestures for Mel to enter*

(YES, precisely Bob!, and fiendish.. realy? exagerating much?)

You can't take us with you!.. this may unfortunately be a monarchy.. but im sure yours doesn't have THAT much power.

Hmm.. an insane Bob may be fun.. or at least oddly amusing..

Ohh Bob, whay do you always make me go first?! aren't you supposed to do that chivalrous thing and go in first to make sure there is nothing untoward?..

*looks at Bob then at room, then at Bob again..* ooh fine! *cautiously walks into Tid's cabin* ARGHHH!!!!!!

(True, Aussies aren't exactly known for their fiendishness )

Oh, you'd be surprised the power the old dog still has (The UK, NOT the queen!)

Well I'd prefer a stoically sane Bob... someone around here has to be

But I have confidence in your ability to handle the untoward better than I

*hears Mel yell, dashes to her aid chivalrously* Mel! Are you ok?

(Hahaha i like the fact you had to just make sure i knew you were talking about the country, and not the queen..)

*looks back at Bob* Got Ya!! haha Bob, i must admit i was expecting you to run away and hide.. it's a pleasant surprise that you didn't.

Now get in here and let's look for what were we looking for? ahh yes! money!

*shuffles around junk lying on floor* Jeez! it's worse then the inside of a car after having a couple of cops on a stake out for 6 months!

I'll look in the drawer you look..*points around room* anywhere that doesn't look like if you touch, you'll catch some horrible disease.

(Well, you can't be careful, some people read what they want out of what you say...)

*Checks heartbeat* You gave me a fair old start there! What else could I do, no-one else on this ship (save I) can or will cook - you couldn't expect me to starve now!

*Peers around the room* That narrows our search down to... the drawer pretty much. I'll risk the mattress, just in case you were right *reaches out for mattress whilst leaning as far back as possible*

*Pushes Bob into Tid's matress* hahah! you'll need to have your clothes sterilised now!

*Jumps up and down* I found some, i found some! Look! *Waves Tid's cash in the air* Look Bob!

*Counts* Ohh, the ol capitan has enough for us to get a place for everyone to stay in for a while and enough for us to buy random junk! Woo!