30-04-2020, 12:53 AM
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Australia was certainly a land created by god.In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and BBQ's.
He created night for going prawning, sleeping and BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Second Day, God created water - for surfing, swimming and BBQ's on the beach, and God saw that it was good.
On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants - to provide malt and yeast for beer and wood for BBQs, and God saw that it was good.
On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Fifth day God created a Bloke - to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Sixth Day God saw that the Bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with.
So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good Blokes, and God saw that it was good.
On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes. He smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God Saw that it was good ...
Well .. Almost good.
He saw that the Blokes were too tired to clean up and needed a rest.
So God created Sheilas - to clean the house, to bear children, to wash, to cook and to clean the Barbie, and then God saw that it was not just good.
It was better than that, it was Bloody Awesome!
IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!!!!
30-04-2020, 01:26 AM
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...and another thing.It is probable that Cook actually landed on the 28th April 1770 because he came from Hawaii after trying to observe the transit of Venus and would have crossed the International Date Line if it had existed then. He also worked on Naval time which recorded the day from Noon to Noon.
It's all very complicated.
30-04-2020, 10:55 PM
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Historians love to bicker about Cook.I like Cook. One of the curiosities is how we/they compare his taciturn nature to ‘flamboyant Nelson.’(Hope I got my words right.) BUT we know hardly anything about the ‘inner Cook’ or personality because Mrs Cook burned all his diaries. He might have been a raver, we just will never know. [text post, apols for pidgin - and no offence]
02-05-2020, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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Australia was certainly a land created by god.In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and BBQ's.
He created night for going prawning, sleeping and BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Second Day, God created water - for surfing, swimming and BBQ's on the beach, and God saw that it was good.
On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants - to provide malt and yeast for beer and wood for BBQs, and God saw that it was good.
On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Fifth day God created a Bloke - to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at BBQ's, and God saw that it was good.
On the Sixth Day God saw that the Bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with.
So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good Blokes, and God saw that it was good.
On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes. He smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God Saw that it was good ...
Well .. Almost good.
He saw that the Blokes were too tired to clean up and needed a rest.
So God created Sheilas - to clean the house, to bear children, to wash, to cook and to clean the Barbie, and then God saw that it was not just good.
It was better than that, it was Bloody Awesome!
IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!!!!
And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England's mountains green, and was the holy lamb of god on England's pleasant pastures seen. Haunting the natives, partying till dawn, sheilas running around screaming like five year olds, puke on the pavements, the devil works in mysterious ways.
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