Happy Australia Day.

[lashbear]

Today (Friday 26th Jan) is Australia Day (http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/index.asp).

YAY FOR AUS !!

http://gallery.legendofzelda.com/albums/userpics/10004/thumb_boomerang.gif http://www3.visitvictoria.com/content/2005/Feb/Koala_PI_50x50.jpg http://www.travexnet.com/airlines/logo/Qantas%20Airways.gif http://www.bravo.ca/television/images/feature/dame_edna.jpg http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/images/AIcons/desc/bw-48/kangaroo.gif http://www.procon.com.au/images/Au-Flag.GIF

But sadly...

http://users.tpg.com.au/adslgroh/pics/USowned.jpg Owned by USA company KRAFT. :(

...and I don't know why - you guys don't even like it !!

[JWBear]

Happy Australia Day!!!!!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Wait, Kraft owns Vegemite?

I am so confused. And kind of grossed out.

Happy Australia Day!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I will continue to honor Australia the same way I do every day...by not watching Crocodile Dundee.

[Alex]

I honor you by assuming that you all (regardless of gender) look and behave like Jacko.

http://mustbetv.net/1987energizerjacko.jpg

[Stan4dSteph]

My nephew loves Marmite, but he's a wee Kiwi.

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

[€uroMeinke]

I shall stand on my head in honor of the occasion

[Moonliner]

Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!


I'm raising an extra large frosty mug of Adam's Ale in your honor. Acid!

[UvaGirl]

Happy Australia Day, neighbour!:cheers:

[RStar]

I'd wish you a Happy Aussie day, but by the time I write this it's tomorrow already!

So happy belated to our friends down under!!

[Not Afraid]

Happy Day After Aussie Day!

[Alex]

I made the toilet flush in the opposite direction.

[CoasterMatt]

I spent the day crying over pics of my friend and I at Coogee Beach.

[sleepyjeff]

Happy Australia Day!!!

Reminds me of the time I got reprimanded by my HS Geography teacher.....it was the first day of class and he gave us a test on the US States and Capitols.....except he didn't say US

I turned in a paper that had both West Germany, and Australian States and Capitols((I got them all right too)). The teacher thought I was being a wise acre and told me I had 15 minutes left to write down the US States/caps if I didn't want a 0...........so I turned the paper over to display 50 States with their respective capitols:D


Maybe I was a wise acre;)

[Kevy Baby]

Oh happy (Aussie) day!

So what does the day signify?

[cirquelover]

Happy (late) Aussie Day!

Now I'm going to have to go dig out my pics of Australia. I miss the meat pies and sausage rolls. The beaches were wonderful too!

[blueerica]

Happy belated, but not for me, Aussie Day!

[wendybeth]

Oh happy (Aussie) day!

So what does the day signify?

That they're Australians, silly!

(Happy Aussie Day, Lash!)

[lashbear]

There's a link (http://www.australiaday.gov.au/pages/index.asp)in the original post that takes you to the official Government page, but if you aso want the Non-Propaganda side of things ("invasion day" anyone?) check out the wiki entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day).

[Jughead P. Jones]

Happy Australia Day!

(Now you have to wish me a happy Canada Day on July 1st! :D )

But, seriously, I've always wanted to vacation there. It looks like a really beautiful place!

[bewitched]

Happy Australia Day!

I got out my pictures, turned up the heat and bought some Foster's to celebrate. :D

[RStar]

I made the toilet flush in the opposite direction.

I did that once! It wasn't easy though. I used the toilet brush to do it....

[lashbear]

It wouldn't be easy - your toilets are all weird. :p

[RStar]

It wouldn't be easy - your toilets are all weird. :p
Do I want to know the difference between our toilets and yours? That's a scarry thought!!!:eek:

[Kevy Baby]

Do I want to know the difference between our toilets and yours? That's a scarry thought!!!:eek:I believe this string of conversation is referring to the false belief that water flows down drains (and toilets) in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is not true (http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I believe this string of conversation is referring to the false belief that water flows down drains (and toilets) in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is not true (http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp).That's not necessarily what they're talking about. The toilets in Europe are weird, in that the seat is generally higher off the ground than ours, they have less water in them, and the shape of the bowl is very different. I found myself trying to figure out how to flush the thing on many occasions, too.

[Alex]

No, I was referring to the supposed effect of the Coriolis Effect on a flushing tolet (or a draining sink).

And I meant it purely as a joke. I am completely aware (having been involved in debunking it many times) that the Coriolis Effect only has a role in the airless, frictionless, non-elastic world that only exists in the word problems at the end of chapters in physics textbooks.

Since it was essentially a joke that has also appeared in The Simpsons (which I don't watch but it appears everybody else in the world does) I assumed it could pass without explanation.

[lashbear]

It's a small world after all, but nevertheless, our water closets are sedate refined tall elegant "Crash flush" bowls, sith a modest amount of water in the bottom, where the flush mechanism releases cascades down the sides of the bowl to instantly remove any "articles".

Yours are vertically challenged Marie-Antoinette Champagne Glass Horrors, jet-driven, and designed to flood ones nether parts, should they be sufficient to dangle in the all-too-close waterline, as well as taking your "articles" and swirling them around for inordinate amounts of time providing a carousel of horror becore jet-streaming them off to the back of the unit like a LIM launch.

Bring on the Washlets !!

[~MS~]

Leave it you Lash..I drop by to wish you a belated Happy Aussie day only to find myself laughing so hard I have tears .....I can't wait to hug you ...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Lashbear, I'm looking at you (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16802395/).

:gnome:

[Alex]

I'd guess that Expedia and Priceline teamed up for the hit.

[wendybeth]

Lol! I'll pay you to stop by our hood and take out my neighbor's gnomes, Lash.

[lashbear]

Twasn't me... I never left town ;)

[MouseWife]

Oh, I saw that! How awful! :evil:

It must have been/must be a trippy place to go. I didn't catch where it was, I just read the story.

My daughter said it is creepy, but, at Borders they have a little gnome that you can take travelling with you. I want to do that!!

I normally take pictures of my Mickey antenna ball but someone keeps stealing mine!!!! :mad:

Aw, I don't think LashBear would harm a gnome....nah....;)