Happy Australia Day!

[zacharyamelie]

I doubt many other Canadians know about this, but my 7 year old son, who is obssessed with sharks, oceans, world populations, countries mortality rates and for some reason Australia let the family in on a little fact. He has a book full of geographical info and in it, it's written that January 26th is Australia Day. He got pretty excited and has been talking about it for a week now. Although we live thousands of miles away and our national day is July 1st, he still wanted to celebrate it.

 

I tried convincing him that Australia is an island full of criminals, but he didn't buy into it. (he doesn't know as much about history as he does geography) Therefore I wanted to try and make him understand the weirdness found on the world's largest island. I was about show him the semi naked picture of Geoff with a can of food covering his privates, his unatural relationship with Matt and then view the film Crocodile Dundee II. I thought better of it and after vomiting a bit in my mouth, I came up with a better plan. My wife and I went to a store, bought an oversized Aussie flag for him to hang in his room, a box of Tim Tam Cookies for dessert (which are damn good BTW) and a eucalyptis plant for the living room.

 

To make a long enough story shorter....

 

Happy Australia Day!!

[bangerdave]

Do not show Crocodile Dundee 2 to your son as it will scar him for life and semi naked pics of Geoff just don't go there.

[Dave]

I doubt many other Canadians know about this, but my 7 year old son, who is obssessed with sharks, oceans, world populations, countries mortality rates and for some reason Australia let the family in on a little fact. He has a book full of geographical info and in it, it's written that January 26th is Australia Day. He got pretty excited and has been talking about it for a week now. Although we live thousands of miles away and our national day is July 1st, he still wanted to celebrate it.

 

I tried convincing him that Australia is an island full of criminals, but he didn't buy into it. (he doesn't know as much about history as he does geography) Therefore I wanted to try and make him understand the weirdness found on the world's largest island. I was about show him the semi naked picture of Geoff with a can of food covering his privates, his unatural relationship with Matt and then view the film Crocodile Dundee II. I thought better of it and after vomiting a bit in my mouth, I came up with a better plan. My wife and I went to a store, bought an oversized Aussie flag for him to hang in his room, a box of Tim Tam Cookies for dessert (which are damn good BTW) and a eucalyptis plant for the living room.

 

To make a long enough story shorter....

 

Happy Australia Day!!

 

[phaffas]

I doubt many other Canadians know about this, but my 7 year old son, who is obssessed with sharks, oceans, world populations, countries mortality rates and for some reason Australia let the family in on a little fact. He has a book full of geographical info and in it, it's written that January 26th is Australia Day. He got pretty excited and has been talking about it for a week now. Although we live thousands of miles away and our national day is July 1st, he still wanted to celebrate it.

 

I tried convincing him that Australia is an island full of criminals, but he didn't buy into it. (he doesn't know as much about history as he does geography) Therefore I wanted to try and make him understand the weirdness found on the world's largest island. I was about show him the semi naked picture of Geoff with a can of food covering his privates, his unatural relationship with Matt and then view the film Crocodile Dundee II. I thought better of it and after vomiting a bit in my mouth, I came up with a better plan. My wife and I went to a store, bought an oversized Aussie flag for him to hang in his room, a box of Tim Tam Cookies for dessert (which are damn good BTW) and a eucalyptis plant for the living room.

 

To make a long enough story shorter....

 

Happy Australia Day!!

Fantastic post!!

[Jez]

Another day off at the penal colony thanx to the Brits

[Wotty]

Another day off at the penal colony thanx to the Brits

[bangerdave]

Another day off at the penal colony thanx to the Brits

Well thank's for throwing we commoners a day off from convict labour.

[Swazi]

I tried convincing him that Australia is an island full of criminals

 

[Geoff]

I tried convincing him that Australia is an island full of criminals, but he didn't buy into it.

Haha. Sounds like your son is more intelligent than the entire Great Britain.

 

Anyway, thanks for the kind wishes sir. And thanks to the Brits for leaving us the goods while they returned back to England. Sorry your ancestors got it so wrong.

[hsf]

I'd have had no idea, other than Craig Ferguson mentioned it the other night on The Late Late Show. (Actually he began the show with a bit too.)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmfFHl0pBuY

(The Australia bit starts around 4:09. He riffs on just about every Australian stereotype possible, while throwing in jabs at many other things along the way. Craig is the best host on late night television.)