It's Australia Day today, and even diehard "Pommie bastards" such as myself will be putting aside the historic grievances between our two nations (always somewhat easier to do when we hold The Ashes!) and becoming 'Australian' for the day..... if only we can remember the answer to the crucial Question No. 3, that is. [This clip is from a very silly 1974 film, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, written by and starring the well-loved Aussie comic, Barry Humphries.]
I fear extended quotations from Monty Python's 'Bruces Sketch' (below) will be inevitable at some point later in the day; I hope my Australian friends can forgive me.
The little Australian enclave down at the bottom of Nanluoguxiang - Ned's, MaoMaoChong, and, of course, 12 Square Metres - should be a good place to hang out today, with all three spots offering generous discounts on their Aussie beers. And, oh dear me, I think they're all supposed to be opening from noon today! I don't think I'll be starting quite that early - I wouldn't survive....
3 comments:
Given that it is Australia Day, hwo appropriate that I've just finished reading a biography of Harold Larwood, the great English fast bowler who ended up emigrating to Oz as a £10 Pom.
It's an excellent book especially as it has so many examples of England beating the Aussies in Test matches!
I think they probably won more than we did, didn't they? Surely the Bodyline victory was the one blip in an era of Bradman dominance?
Overall yes, but not during the Bodyline series. Bradman was the best batsman ever but the '20s and '30s were a period where the bat dominated the ball in general.
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