This doesn't happen in Australia

Just to set the record straight...


So this is an e-mail going around, and the caption at the end is:

"Also, please note that the problem with the second one isn’t the kangaroo in the house, nor the cigarette in its mouth, nor the over-sized stubby, nor the fact that a child has it, nor the fact that he’s drinking beer with a straw (I saw somebody do that in a pub yesterday).

The reason it’s wrong is that no-one in Australia drinks Fosters."

HOWEVER, this does happen in Australia:
- A man in Darwin was pulled over and fined, not for buckling his precious case of beer into the seatbelt, but for having his kid on the floor without a seatbelt. (Thanks to "Wait, Wait..." for alerting us to that great story.)

- A politician in Western Australia admitted to sniffing the chair of a female colleague, and also to snapping the bra-strap of a female member of the opposition party. He did not loose his position (at least not over those incidents).

- A town mayor in Queensland suggested "beauty-disadvantaged" women might consider moving to his town, where they might find a happier life with the 5:1 male-female ratio. He refused to recognize that his comments were politically incorrect. (See blog entry 25 Aug '08)