On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:




The Buggis Schooners, from S. Sulawasi are still trading between the
Indonesian Islands but they are all motorized now.

Real sailors -- the people that actually make their living from being
on the water are pretty unanimous in thinking that internal combustion
is good.



Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Bruce,
A thought just leapt into my somewhat disheveled mind.

In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you" I think it has since fallen out of favour, probably
to someone like Darth Vader.

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.

Was the Bugi man used in the USA to frighten children or is it a
colonial legacy you didn't inherit?

regards
Peter


I suspect that it was actually Buggie man, as someone else posted
however the Bugis have made voyages between
Sulawasi and Australia for generations and very likely visited N.Z. as
well.

As the Buggis have a reputation every where they go for being a
troublesome race (instead of punching you in the nose they tend to
stick a knife in you) it is quite possible that in N.Z. you were
threatened by the Buggi man.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)