Royce's Random Thoughts

Aussies to ban swearing.

Aside from the fact that it won't stand up in any court of law, isn't that kinda like trying to ban breathing down there?

William Shatner back in his Rescue 911 days had to tape a little addendum to his show for broadcasts in Australia, reminding viewers there that their local emergency number was 000. In England it's 999, and in Europe it's 120. Which hasn't stopped the necessity of operators in those countries from routinely having to transfer 911 calls to the correct emergency number, because the American one is so widespread in the media.

Also, the trashy romance moonshadowed was reading today was entitled, "The French Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress". I can't decide if it's an extreme case of Exactly What it Says on the Tin or the writer just forgot to remove the title from the outline he was handed by Harlequin's editors.

Created by dalekboy

Not that I've actually been to Australia, but I've done these things.

1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala. In a zoo...
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru (Ayer's Rock).
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney.
13. Have seen a shark At the National Aquarium...
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal).
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach Boardwalk Fries in a cup at Ocean City, but I think that counts.
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras
22. Have gone bush-bashing.
23. Taken a sickie.
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam (Have a what?)
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more Not since I was sixteen and we were going to South Dakota.
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan Not in person, but I have seen Crocodile Dundee (unfortunately)
38. Seen Blue Polls in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre. .
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors I have dead tree issues of Terinu so as far as I'm concerned, they count.
56. Visited Adelaide
57. Know the story behind "Eternity" (whut?)
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under Where women go and men plunder!
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo. (Eww!)
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow I live in Maryland, it visits us occasionally.
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert The South Dakota Badlands certainly qualify
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election Not an Australian one, admittedly...
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage I live outside mobile coverage.
99. Seen an emu. At the zoo.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires