# Happy Australia Day to Aussie dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494 "2007-01-26T00:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/1 "2007-01-26T00:55:17Z")
Happy Australia Day to you Happy Australia Day to you Watch out for the drop bears Happy Australia Day to you ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/2 "2007-01-26T01:34:54Z")
Thanks **Anne**. šŸ˜ƒ Unfortunately, Iā€™m working. At least itā€™s from home though, so itā€™s not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/3 "2007-01-26T01:47:39Z")
Iā€™m working too, and, unfortunately, not from home. As I biked in today, I was bemused by the lack of traffic - yep, I completely forgot our national holiday. Hey, **I** have to work, doesnā€™t everyone else? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/4 "2007-01-26T01:50:30Z")
Well, after a flight from hell back from Adelaide last night I am bludging today. Oh. and watching the cricket. Enjoy your work. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/5 "2007-01-26T01:51:38Z")
Drop bears? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/6 "2007-01-26T01:52:52Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Drop bears? [/QUOTE] You donā€™t want to know. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/7 "2007-01-26T01:52:58Z")
iā€™m an australia day baby (born there, raised canucker). I got a silver spoon at birth šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/8 "2007-01-26T02:19:01Z")
Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies wherever you are. Btw Iā€™ll be returning to Australia myself in a couple of weeks, ah, land of the Violet Crumble. Iā€™m originally from Adelaide but will be heading for Brisbane this time like a good little Aucklander. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/9 "2007-01-26T02:20:07Z")
:: stands on head :: Happy Australia Day! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/10 "2007-01-26T02:38:46Z")
Violet Crumble _and_ Drop Bears? The hell? ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/11 "2007-01-26T03:30:39Z")
Violet Crumbleā€¦ _drool_ you can keep your Crunchies - poor imitation of the Violet Crumble. Also Caramello Koalas and Freddo Frogs rock too. Yeah been for a swim already and played beach cricket for a while. Now just doing some work before heading down the pub for a few coldies šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/12 "2007-01-26T03:35:47Z")
Damn it! :: crosses arms and taps foot most irritatedly :: ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/13 "2007-01-26T04:06:11Z")
Weā€™ve been having a very pleasant lunch in the garden. And itā€™s a lovely day. Sunny but not too hot. No doubt an afternoon in front of the cricket beckonsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/14 "2007-01-26T04:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Damn it! :: crosses arms and taps foot most irritatedly :: [/QUOTE] šŸ˜ƒ Violet Crumbles are a chocolate bar. Theyā€™re chocolate-coated confectionery honeycomb. They come in a violet wrapper. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/15 "2007-01-26T08:02:57Z")
Mmmmmm! Violet Crumble, Cherry Ripe, Maltesers and Tim Tams! Canā€™t wait to go home in March and feed my face! Not to mention Vegemite and cheese on toast! ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/16 "2007-01-26T09:16:48Z")
> [@Dottygumdrop](#): > > Mmmmmm! Violet Crumble, Cherry Ripe, Maltesers and Tim Tams! Canā€™t wait to go home in March and feed my face! Wait, you mean the rest of the world doesnā€™t have this stuff? What kind of lame countries are you people running? Anyway, my Australia Day has been quite uneventful. I was going to go to a party in Melbourne, but I failed completely to consider that public transport shifts on public holidays. So instead I stayed home, slept in until one in the afternoon, and sat around in my undies all day and ate jelly beans. So itā€™s been a good day really. šŸ˜ƒ Hope everyone had/is having a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/17 "2007-01-26T09:21:05Z")
Please accept this gift of a one-day international, neatly gift-wrapped, and all over and done with in time for the evening barbies. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/18 "2007-01-26T09:31:19Z")
Happy Australia Day to you! Iā€™m so glad to see that the England cricketers are giving you plenty to celebrate! ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/19 "2007-01-26T11:35:55Z")
A day beside the swimming pool, watching the English cricketers be destroyed and humiliated and now ā€œMad Max: Beyond Thunderomeā€ on the telly. What a day! What a country! ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494/20 "2007-01-26T11:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Please accept this gift of a one-day international, neatly gift-wrapped, and all over and done with in time for the evening barbies. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] _laugh_ Thanks, Malacandra. I celebrated our holiday by sleeping through it and getting up at 5pm. It was patriotic, in its way: Iā€™m choosing to call it a (non-)Performance Art piece entitled ā€œThe Aussie Bludgerā€. Unfortunately performed to an audience of one, who was also sleeping. šŸ˜ƒ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-australia-day-to-aussie-dopers/389494.md?page=2)