Dont apologise to America... Whats the worst they can do, apart from send 50 aircraft carriers, 100 destroyers, launch 7500 nukes, and deploy 2 million soldiers?
They should put Oscar in a portable toilet at the quarry, and give old man Steencamp a pistol with 4 rounds in it... That would have been an absolutely terrifying way to die, and Oscar should go the same way.
I doubt you would have "learned" much here about the perception of America, that you couldn't have done in a few minutes on the internet there. Same way, if I spent a few weeks in America on the tourist circuit I wouldn't "learn" much about how Americans see Australians...
Certainly, some poor countries would aspire to live in America, possibly influenced by the dreams peddled on TV shows. Having lived here my whole life, I wouldnt feel qualified to speak for the entire population, but nobody I know would choose to live there. Plenty of us would like to visit, myself included, but not live there. We have a higher standard of living here.
Indeed. The same Australians in the 70's and 80's hassling the Springboks for playing football, and things like that, did absolutely nothing for out own black population. Who, it could be argued, suffered much the same injustices and certainly deserved a lot more air time. But it wasn't as trendy.
And rattlesnakes. It seems like they're everywhere. The other thing I'd do, is keep going in and out of the saloon, watching the piano player stop and look up every time. Then I'd play a few tricks on him, like pushing the door open with a stick, or crawling under it and sneaking up on him.
The other thing about America, as seen on TV... They always chirp the tyres as they take off to drive anywhere, and put it in park before the car has stopped. They must go through heaps of tyres, and automatic transmissions.
Yes, we made no effort to hide things or cover our tracks. If somebody gave us a kick in the pants then so be it, the last thing we'd do is tell our parents or they'd give us another for good measure.
Last time I did community service, I had to hose out the ladies toilet block, and break up a few potato sacks of stale bread for kids to feed the ducks. No big deal, much less work than I'd have had to do to pay the fine.
Well my other brother never washes his tea cup, and he was never involved with the Mommobile (bicycle modified for kicking over rubbish bins). So I think that pretty much says it all really.
I can remember when I was about 12 years old, I had a bicycle with a luggage rack behind the seat. So me and my other brother used to ride double, and take turns pedalling. The rule was, whoever was not pedalling had to kick the rubbish bins over along the way, and when too many people came out yelling we had to leave quickly.
I reflected upon Serenes comments all day, first thing I did when I got home was to remove the coffee label from the coffee jar. Normally I wouldnt do that kind of thing, but after stewing on it all day I just marched straight up to it and ripped it off and threw it in the bin. However, I then had to rotate the jar so the little dabs of glue face the wall.
And youse can all back off about the little frypan, it's the best frypan I've ever had. When I die, I want it to be buried with me, or if I get cremated I want my ashes put in it and the whole thing flung out the car window at speed.
Needless to say, we're getting a little off topic here. So Cat, out of ten, what are we talking about here? Less than six, you may as well delete the whole blog and make a new one.
I'd prefer gas, as Marlina says, but I'm renting and not much of a cook at the best of times so its not a big priority for me. It doesen't have too much germs so thats the main thing.
Daniella, The frypan is indeed nonstick, I believe teflon is very stable, that one would be about 15 years old and the surface is still perfectly in tact. And no, I'd never use aluminium, its expensive stainless, 25 year guarantee (if I keep the original receipt)
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You've seen it, you've heard it, and you're still asking questions?...The Goose, talking to Mad Max (The Road warrior to you Americans).