Happy Australia Day

[rumples riot]

Hey I am surprised this has not come up today. Happy Australia Day to all. Great diversity of opinion and topics. What a country.

[davidpretorius]

Happy australia day to you fine sir!!!

The last 5 posts of mine have ended up in a invalid thread...so here goes!

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Cheers! It was too hot to realise it's not a w/e..
This country is a great place to be while the world is getting filled up to the rim.

[stinky]

Freedom of Speech - hurrah!

[beren]

Ditto... what a great country and to the generations who have built to what it is today.

PS: this week have started reading books about Capt Cooks voyages to Aust/NZ/Pacific , very interesting

[rumples riot]

Well some of us have along weekend. Building industry has a five day weekend. Very cool.

Don't worry freedom of speech is not a right in this country either. It should be enshrined in the constitution. However, for that to happen we need to get a referrendum passed. Not likely with the current government. Still I had a great day today and am glad I live in Australia.

Be free to talk about how great Australia is and what makes it great.

[stinky]

Originally Posted by rumples riot

....Be free to talk about how great Australia is and what makes it great.

And be carefull not to say otherwise. (Even so it's my preferred palace to be too!)

[rumples riot]

Yeah don't stray from the topic. It does give us lots of scope though. We can talk about political structures, rules in general, small minded people which threaten the Australian Way. The Gallipolli like antics (if you ever saw the movie you will know what i mean).

So lets get into all about Australia.

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Originally Posted by stinky

Even so it's my preferred palace to be too!

And so right you are too, Prince Stinky!

[astrogeek (Leon)]

Yeah, I was amazed that it hadn't been changed to America day yet!

[rumples riot]

Give it time astro, we are leaning toward becoming the 53rd state. Think Mark Latham had it right about who was licking what.

[stinky]

Usa?

[rumples riot]

Yeah. Relations are too close to that dictatorship. Like all dictatorships they invariable fall in a heap, once the people learn what the dictators policies are.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Yeah, I was amazed that it hadn't been changed to America day yet!

That is an absolutely sensational line! pmsl... I will remember that for ages!
If that was the last post before you were banned then what a great way to go out.

OK. Everyone stop being funny now.

Austrialia day could have been just a little bit cooler though. But we do live in a hot country so I guess it was showing it true colors.