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waitingman) wrote2018-01-17 10:37 am
waitingman) wrote2018-01-17 10:37 am
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This Is How Cliches Endure...
Australia - First thing most people think of is kangaroos hopping down the streets of Sydney. Right?
But this never happens. Sydney is a modern, busy, thriving metropolis, with major highways, high-rise living & nowhere for kangaroos to live, except in zoos. Right?
Wrong!!
Okay, so it was a wallaby, not a kangaroo, but let's not quibble. The only way this could have been a more 'Australian' thing, is if the wallaby had been eating a vegemite sandwich & had a six-pack of Victoria Bitter in its pouch (Not even kangaroos will drink Fosters)
Meanwhile, on the streets of Canberra, the Nation's Capital...
But this never happens. Sydney is a modern, busy, thriving metropolis, with major highways, high-rise living & nowhere for kangaroos to live, except in zoos. Right?
Wrong!!
Okay, so it was a wallaby, not a kangaroo, but let's not quibble. The only way this could have been a more 'Australian' thing, is if the wallaby had been eating a vegemite sandwich & had a six-pack of Victoria Bitter in its pouch (Not even kangaroos will drink Fosters)
Meanwhile, on the streets of Canberra, the Nation's Capital...