Aussies

The last of earth yet to discover

2009-12-29T20:37:07Z

Well, beautifully judged - this is post number 100 for the year (by sheer chance!) We have talked of many things on this journey together in 2009 - of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — of cabbages— and kings — and why the sea is boiling hot— ...

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Naughty Friday funny - A pun

2009-12-24T23:57:01Z

Artefacts are a major portion of an American-Indian reservation's economy. Annually, thousands of tourists visit reservations and most will not leave without purchasing at least one memento of the traditional Indian culture. One enterprisi...

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Hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness

2009-12-24T00:34:32Z

To all my friends, readers, subscribers, occasional visitors, supporters, critics, wherever you are around the world, may you all have a Pickwickian Xmas full of good company, good food, and good cheer. May you receive a warm and cordial reception...

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Canary in a coal mine

2009-12-17T10:56:17Z

Well, who would have thought. Tony Abbott's first action as Opposition Leader was to visit a coal mine and talk gravely about jobs jobs jobs. All a bit reminiscent of John Howard's speech to the forestry workers before the 2004 election, and just ...

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Naughty Friday funny - Breast feeding

2009-12-11T11:06:00Z

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first examination. The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was bre...

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Play by the rules, Abbott tells Joyce

2009-12-11T10:55:49Z

Well that didn't take too long now, did it? After Barnaby Joyce's bizarre claims about the US not being able to pay its debt, Tony Abbott has had to lay down the law to the Nationals answer to Ironbar Tuckey. Poor Barnaby has often had trouble ...

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Are we there yet Mum?

2009-12-10T05:28:20Z

And so NSW has a female premier at last. Of the eight states and territories, six have now had female leaders, with SA and Tasmania the hold outs. So 75% of states have had female leaders, the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Opposition Leader are...

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Naughty Friday funny - The therapy session

2009-12-04T08:25:10Z

A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young Mothers and their small children. You all have obsessions,' he observed. To the first mother, Mary, he said, 'You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daug...

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I'm inclined to agree, but I still don't want one in my backyard.

2009-12-03T23:03:11Z

Clean future in nuclear power Barry Brook and Martin Nicholson From: The Australian December 04, 2009 12:00AM WE may not be getting an emissions trading scheme any time soon but the climate and energy crises still need fixing with ...

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The birds and the bees

2009-12-03T22:31:48Z

Of the two kinds of people in the world, those who think the environment is an optional extra and they can take it or leave it, and those who know that the environment is just the world we live in that supplies all the essentials for life, and tha...

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