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The Lizard of Oz - Australia Day
Special
by Rob Steers
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Australians seek Mile High Club membership
Two thirds of Australians have joined or are seeking membership of the
Mile High Club.
When asked if they would consider a mid-air sexual encounter, almost
half of those surveyed were up for it, metaphorically speaking. A
particularly adventurous 12 per cent already had their Mile High wings.
Survey statistics do not reflect whether interviewees realised these
were actually questions, not invitations.
Sailors in football brawl to face US trial
An American man told a California court this week how an argument with
two Australian navy engineers about the merits of American versus
Australian Rules Football left him savagely beaten in a San Diego street.
The court was told that the two Australians chased him down the street
and beat him to the ground. Mr Wilkinson said the attack left him with a
broken nose, a fractured rib and cuts to his face.
Verbeek: un-Australian, but correct
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek, ever a man of timing, chose the week of
Australia Day - the patriotic barbie-fuelled, celebration of everything in
Terra Australis - to tell Australians that, actually, they are not that
good at soccer.
"If you train for three weeks with Nuremberg or with Karlsruhe I have to
be very honest, I still think that's better than playing A-League games."
Brutal honesty is well known to be part of the Australian charm.
Wallabies ground RAAF fighters
A mob of wallabies grounded RAAF fighter-bombers after dark at a
Northern Territory airfield. Unable to take off at night, medical rescue
planes have been moved to another airstrip.
The problem started when a fence was built around the military-
controlled Tindal airport at Katherine. The fence was designed to keep
the agile wallabies out - but actually fenced many of them in.
Tour Down Under plumbs new depths
Elia Rigotto has informed members of the Rabobank cycle team that he
'didn't mean it' when he delivered a 60 kph headbutt to Matthew
Hayman.
With only 300 metres to go in the 134km fourth stage, the Italian
unhorsed the local boy, putting him out of the race and fracturing his
left shoulder. Michael Robb, Chief Commisionaire of the Tour, described
the headbutt as the most vicious he had seen "in a long, long time."
Rigotto has been disqualified, and fined a grand total of 200 Swiss francs
(US$180).
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Special
by Rob Steers
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Australians seek Mile High Club membership
Two thirds of Australians have joined or are seeking membership of the
Mile High Club.
When asked if they would consider a mid-air sexual encounter, almost
half of those surveyed were up for it, metaphorically speaking. A
particularly adventurous 12 per cent already had their Mile High wings.
Survey statistics do not reflect whether interviewees realised these
were actually questions, not invitations.
Sailors in football brawl to face US trial
An American man told a California court this week how an argument with
two Australian navy engineers about the merits of American versus
Australian Rules Football left him savagely beaten in a San Diego street.
The court was told that the two Australians chased him down the street
and beat him to the ground. Mr Wilkinson said the attack left him with a
broken nose, a fractured rib and cuts to his face.
Verbeek: un-Australian, but correct
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek, ever a man of timing, chose the week of
Australia Day - the patriotic barbie-fuelled, celebration of everything in
Terra Australis - to tell Australians that, actually, they are not that
good at soccer.
"If you train for three weeks with Nuremberg or with Karlsruhe I have to
be very honest, I still think that's better than playing A-League games."
Brutal honesty is well known to be part of the Australian charm.
Wallabies ground RAAF fighters
A mob of wallabies grounded RAAF fighter-bombers after dark at a
Northern Territory airfield. Unable to take off at night, medical rescue
planes have been moved to another airstrip.
The problem started when a fence was built around the military-
controlled Tindal airport at Katherine. The fence was designed to keep
the agile wallabies out - but actually fenced many of them in.
Tour Down Under plumbs new depths
Elia Rigotto has informed members of the Rabobank cycle team that he
'didn't mean it' when he delivered a 60 kph headbutt to Matthew
Hayman.
With only 300 metres to go in the 134km fourth stage, the Italian
unhorsed the local boy, putting him out of the race and fracturing his
left shoulder. Michael Robb, Chief Commisionaire of the Tour, described
the headbutt as the most vicious he had seen "in a long, long time."
Rigotto has been disqualified, and fined a grand total of 200 Swiss francs
(US$180).
© lizardmagazine.com, 2008
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