Buy a floating love boat, crap game, chapel....

[Taro Toporific]

Buy a chapel with organ, outboards
November 1, 2004 / The Courier-MailREAL estate agents spruik the advantages of location, location, location.
With 360 degree water views, the Gold Coast's latest property listing certainly offers that--- and maybe even salvation, salvation, salvation.
What's claimed to be the world's only floating chapel, Our Lady of the Sea, has been put up for sale by a Japanese wedding company....
"A lot of couples have had very memorable weddings on board the chapel and we're hoping whoever buys it might continue the tradition."
Australian Wedding Blessings built the chapel in 1997 to cater for the lucrative Japanese wedding market and it has since become the Gold Coast's own love boat. ...
....It has a price tag of $250,000 -- priest not included.
See also the Our Lady of the Sea website.

[Watcher]

As a Realtor I say "We got some floating homes here in Vancouver... they don't cost $250,000 (some are like $40,000) and they don't sell. Mind you, we don't have the same weather as the Gold Coast."

REAL estate agents spruik the advantages of location, location, location.

As a forum reader I ask "What the heck does 'spruik' mean? I don't think I've ever spruiked... or at least I cleaned it up and no one knew that I spruiked. Has anyone else spruiked? Were you alone or did you spruik upon someone else? Do you know anyone who spruiks maybe more than they should? Have you ever regretted spruiking? Maybe after drinking?"

BTW I just did a Google search for the word and not even google.com.au had a definition. Though it appears to be aussie thing... only 6,990 hits found for that word.

[Mulboyne]