# Australia is on Mars! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047 "2011-08-01T15:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/1 "2011-08-01T15:07:05Z")
Check out this pic. It’s a crater on Mars. > **[APOD: 2011 July 29 - Gale Crater](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110729.html)** > > A different astronomy and space science > related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Look! It’s Australia! No wonder Aussies are weird - they’re Martians. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/2 "2011-08-01T15:14:07Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Look! It’s Australia! No wonder Aussies are weird - they’re Martians. 😉 Well, that explains why it takes me so long to fly to and from Australia. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/3 "2011-08-01T18:05:12Z")
I don’t know about anyone else, but the very thought of Martian kangaroos with ray guns scares the bejeesus out of me. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/4 "2011-08-02T05:53:29Z")
I like it. Living in the antipodes really isn’t far enough away. Mars - now Mars **is** exotic! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/5 "2011-08-02T10:41:52Z")
And that’s why I am **Girl From Mars**. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/6 "2011-08-02T12:30:46Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > And that’s why I am **Girl From Mars**. _Hmmm, I think I’ll flirt with her…_ beep! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/7 "2011-08-02T16:24:57Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > _Hmmm, I think I’ll flirt with her…_ > > beep! I think you’ll have better luck if you try to impress her with your Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/8 "2011-08-02T16:29:16Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I think you’ll have better luck if you try to impress her with your Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Or your boomerang. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/9 "2011-08-02T17:06:49Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Or your boomerang. That’s dirty. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/10 "2011-08-04T12:19:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I don’t know about anyone else, but the very thought of Martian kangaroos with ray guns scares the bejeesus out of me. Wouldn’t be the first time: > **[Were Armed Kangaroos Added to a Military Combat Simulation Program?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoot-me-kangaroo-down-sport/)** > > Did Australian programmers add armed kangaroos to a military defense simulation program? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-is-on-mars/591047/11 "2011-08-04T13:15:30Z")
Just get used to it folks. Do you think I have been spying on you for ten years just to keep amused?