ANZAC Day

Escaping to Japan for a year and a half. Now that i'm back I just know that the nightmares are gonna start again soon. Dunno where i'd be without trusty Mr Merlot.....

Henry wrote:Dunno where i'd be without trusty Mr Merlot.....

Henry wrote:Seeing the dawn services in Turkey and France, it looked like a gathering of the fanatics. FFS, what's wrong with showing up dressed in smart casual clothing, and quietly and anonymously paying your respects? None of this chest beating, nationalistic crap. Wrapping yourself in the flag like a complete moron. The diggers must have been turning in their graves.

Henry wrote:Meh, i'm half Australian. I'm entitled to my say. Sucked in.

And the English never go for any of that 'chest beating, nationalistic crap' do they?

Henry wrote:One of my parents is Australian. I've dealt with it.

skully wrote:Hehehe. Euthanasia?

Suicide would have been a better way. Farquin hypocrite.

Zat wrote:

Henry wrote:Seeing the dawn services in Turkey and France, it looked like a gathering of the fanatics. FFS, what's wrong with showing up dressed in smart casual clothing, and quietly and anonymously paying your respects? None of this chest beating, nationalistic crap. Wrapping yourself in the flag like a complete moron. The diggers must have been turning in their graves.

Henry wrote:Meh, i'm half Australian. I'm entitled to my say. Sucked in.

And the English never go for any of that 'chest beating, nationalistic crap' do they?

Henry wrote:

Err, at war memorial services, no, we don't. I think it's something to do with insecurity and an over-eagerness to show the world that Australia is now its own country that has come a long way in the last 50 years that Australians feel the need to show how Australian they are at every opportunity.

One of my parents is Australian. I've dealt with it.

skully wrote:Hehehe. Euthanasia?

Suicide would have been a better way. Farquin hypocrite.

Such an angry man, aren't you.

Did I get under your skin? Aww diddums. You're full of shit, end of.

tac wrote:It's just part of the rise in boganism . . . along with terms like "unAustralian" . . . whatever the fark that means . . .

Like most Australians I find the commercialisation of ANZAC Day off-putting. But I feel a growing minority are using some of the excesses of ANZAC Day to attack the whole shebang.

ANZAC Day is a very important day in the cultures of Australia and New Zealand. I believe the revival of ANZAC Day over the past three decades has been a sign of our maturity.

At dawn services around the country the overwhelming feeling is one of respect. The services are sombre affairs, which give us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Rememberance Day also offers us a chance to reflect, but that is a universal day. ANZAC Day puts war in an Australasian context - it helps us understand our history. It is also important that our war veterans know they are respected.

The fact the day descends into debauchery by dusk is just as it should be. We are not a puritan people. I like my funerals to be sombre affairs, but I like my wakes to be wild.

Long live ANZAC Day Lest We Forget.

Henry wrote:One of my parents is Australian. I've dealt with it.

Kept that pretty quiet.

So what was your reason for infesting South Africa?

Your women.

Henry wrote:Your women.

For once Trev has made sense.

Well played.

taipan wrote:

Henry wrote:Your women.

For once Trev has made sense.

Well played.

Saffie women are so good looking they can turn Trev hetero?

Well done Saffie women

Henry wrote:Escaping to Japan for a year and a half. Now that i'm back I just know that the nightmares are gonna start again soon. Dunno where i'd be without trusty Mr Merlot.....

I wouldn't trust me, fella ......


Oh wait ..... Merlot .............. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

embee wrote:

taipan wrote:

Henry wrote:Your women.

For once Trev has made sense.

Well played.

Saffie women are so good looking they can turn Trev hetero?

Well done Saffie women

Or Saffie women, once described by Hookesey as Dopey Hairy Backed Sheilas look enough like men to confuse Trev.

Bump.

Am toying with taking BabyKv1 to the Dawn Service in Martin Place. Means I will have to wake up at 3.30 though so I'll probably skip it.

Might try to see the parade though.

This morning, I made the effort, got up early, and then... watched the cricket.

One of my co-workers on their way out the door yesterday said 'have a happy ANZAC day'... I decided upon hearing that to just give up on the day this year.

Zat wrote:

'have a happy ANZAC day'... .

Their USA cousin: 'Yah, I had a great 9/11, how about you?'

Their Jewish cousin: 'Happy Holocaust memorial day'

SEEriously?