For we are young and free.
Both my trains were delayed today, and I spent so much time waiting at the Station that after a while I actually forgot where I was suppose to be going. It was only after looking at the grey faced morose Laptop bag wearing Peons on the Platform did it trigger my memory. Work, I’m headed to work.
But it’s not so bad today, I’m only going to be ploughing through the inane drivel of Middle Management emails until 1pm and then I’m heading to the pub. Because it’s January 26th.
Australia Day.
It was on this day just over 400 years ago that Ned Kelly fought off Apache Indian Tribes, Russian Spies and Malaria to establish Australia’s first colony – Botany Bay.
We commemorate his efforts by heading to the nearest boozer and getting stupidly drunk. (As opposed to getting “smartly drunk”, where you drink alcohol and then end up doing something clever. Like Isaac Newton when he drank a six pack of beer and went out into his backyard and invented gravity).
Happy Australia Day to the 20,999,999 sons and daughters of the Motherland. (The population was 21 million, but you have to take into account that Steve Irwin died).
And happy Australia Day to the rest of the world too. We’re such a multicultural chunk of Earth that we’ve been influenced by every Nationality and culture on the Planet.
God bless you kids.
But it’s not so bad today, I’m only going to be ploughing through the inane drivel of Middle Management emails until 1pm and then I’m heading to the pub. Because it’s January 26th.
Australia Day.
It was on this day just over 400 years ago that Ned Kelly fought off Apache Indian Tribes, Russian Spies and Malaria to establish Australia’s first colony – Botany Bay.
We commemorate his efforts by heading to the nearest boozer and getting stupidly drunk. (As opposed to getting “smartly drunk”, where you drink alcohol and then end up doing something clever. Like Isaac Newton when he drank a six pack of beer and went out into his backyard and invented gravity).
Happy Australia Day to the 20,999,999 sons and daughters of the Motherland. (The population was 21 million, but you have to take into account that Steve Irwin died).
And happy Australia Day to the rest of the world too. We’re such a multicultural chunk of Earth that we’ve been influenced by every Nationality and culture on the Planet.
God bless you kids.
posted by Beef at Friday, January 26, 2007
5 Comments:
"ploughing through the inane drivel of Middle Management emails"
hope that ain't me
Happy Australia Day! You are possibly still drinking whereas I am actually nursing quite a foul wine hangover, hope yours is not as turgid as mine!
You didn't include you saw me on the train from Heathrow - most upset! Should have made it to the Slug matey, top night.
I wrote that post 2 hours before I ran into you Bart, but I'll include the meeting in the next Post.
I hit the Slug last two Australia Days, it's a great night out. Probably should have made it a third this year - of the twenty people who organised to go the Temple Walkabout only three of us made it in due to the horrendous line up.
That's what happens when you break from tradition. (And when Australia Day falls on a Friday as opposed to a School night).
Happy Oz Day Lala.
And I don't know who wrote the first comment, but just to be on the safe side - Yeah. You're an inane Driveller.
BFA.
Spent oz day at the most beautiful cricket ground, watching shrivelled excuse for a cricket team getting demolished. Luckily saw the biggest punch ou ever (3 on 1 - the 1 smashed the other three) and the winner of the "gir next door" competition from some quasi porn mag. was sittting near us in a skirt that blew up and showe her arse cheks and gstring as well as half a nipple every five minutes. ON the up side, Adelaide oval saved about $100K on electricity as england were smashed before the night side of the day-nighter took effect. Doing ther bit for global waring useless bastards.
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