First things first. I told my nephew, Cooper, that I would take a photo of some of the birds here. This one is a cockatoo. Isn't it a beauty? Cooper: make some drawings of this guy!
Bored? Try pronouncing the name "Mooloolaba". It will give you a few minutes of fun. Just say it to yourself in every way imaginable. Give it a go.
Ok, now rush off to your meeting.
On Saturday, Hugo and I went to this beautiful city, which is on the:
It was a short-distance World Cup and so only the best of the best participated.
Hugo took photos while I competed. Can you find me in this photo?:
I look pretty toned, don't I? It's amazing what Australia has done to me already!
The nice bloke that Hugo and I live with is an Aussie named Ryan. He dug up an ace book on Australian Slang.
Some entries include:
- abso-bloody-lutely = emphatically yes
- easy as spearing an eel with a spoon = not easy
- why keep a dog and bark oneself? = let jobs be performed by those most suited; points out the unnecessary duplication of a role/activity
- looks like a madwoman's knitting = messed up
- 'dill' or 'galah' = fool
- chook = chicken
- pushing shit uphill with a rubber fork = attempting an impossible task [CDPHE staff: use this one!]
I'm off. Enjoy your day...
Uh yeah, uh, Where's Mick Dundee in all this Austrailian adventure? Up north in the Never Never I bet.
ReplyDeleteCooper says: Aunt Benjie, I miss you because you went to Austrailia and we are decorating a box and I put a racetrack inside of it and Mommy decorated the top with bits of paper bundled up on top of it. Thank you for the picture of the bird. I liked it and that's why I wanted Mommy to write this. And we just got a new book from Grandpa and Oma. It's an Easter book and we are going to read it tonight. I love you. Tell Hugo that we sent this letter to you. Also, tell Hugo that I miss him.
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