From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Dec 08 1999 - 16:24:22 MST
At 08:04 PM 7/12/99 -0800, Robert wrote:
>seriously, I've been to Australia, and while it isn't "Paradise"
Yes, it is! Yes, it is! *Look* at that blue sky! *Lie* on that white sand!
*Eat* that cheap, abundant food! *Drink* that fine cheap wine! *Ogle* those
glorious bods! king
(But then there are these insane net-restrictive laws.)
>I'll lay open claim to having a bit of fun at Damien's expense
Nah, everyone else does, why shouldn't you. :(
Truth be told, though, I'm not especially `patriotic'. I do think I'm
fairly lucky to have been born here, having English the global tongue from
childhood, in a high tech-ish environment that recently has become richly
and rewardingly multi-ethnic. But I do feel the distance from the Great
Metropolitan Centers... Even with email and net-contact, we Aussies are
small droppings on the arse of the world's briskly wagging tail.
Damien Broderick
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