the highlight of the glutinous australia day celebrations was an address from barry humphries—in the person of dr sir colin leslie patterson, cultural attaché to the court of st. james.
here patterson recounts an incident while flying over the country:
"the pom next to me asked me if i could hear a distant thumping. 'what's that rhythmic pounding?' he enquired. i was as mystified as he was. 'could it be a kangaroo is down there?' said the stupid bastard. 'no, mate,' i said. 'it's 22 million australians patting themselves on the back!'"
wonderful stuff.
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Coffeesnob. This pom has so missed your face.
Gretta
g. it's zippy's face you're (possibly) missing, of course. not mine. it's scandalous, but we don't get "rainbow" here anymore. a whole generation of australians will never know who zippy is, or how naff bungle, george and geoffrey (especially) are. a cryin' shame, what?
are you still cross about people querying how much chocolate you eat? because i was tempted to say. is that chocolate bar really neccessary?
People are still shocked by the amount of chocolate I consume and I would get mad at them but...
The love handles are growing CS. It may mean I have to cut down on the chocolate consumption this I believe is a shame far more worthy of crying about than Australia not knowing who zippy is!!!!
Gretta x
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