# Red dawn in Sydney **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141 "2009-09-22T21:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/41 "2009-09-23T09:27:29Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Expats everywhere! Indeed. Maybe we should have an expat dopefest here! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/42 "2009-09-23T13:12:44Z")
> [@BigNik](#): > > "I am sitting in my dingy > Little office as a stingy > Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down > Between the buildings tall > > And the foetid air and gritty > Of the dusty, dirty city > Through the air-conditioning floating > Spreads its foulness over all" I take it this is your play on Clancy of the Overflow. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/43 "2009-09-23T21:32:35Z")
Do the pictures remind anyone else of **Night of the Comet**? 😉 At there haven’t been any reports of zombies wandering around. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/44 "2009-09-23T21:33:19Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I take it this is your play on Clancy of the Overflow. Thus the quotation marks. And the edit slugline. And making it more explicit in post #19 for those that it slipped past. Yes. But in case you missed those, explicitly spelling out a reference that should be fairly obvious is an excellent way to draw the life out of it. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/45 "2009-09-24T00:07:43Z")
Well, things seem to be back to normal. My throat still feels a bit crap, but that may be because I’m getting a cold. Today is a gorgeous clear day in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/46 "2009-09-24T00:09:57Z")
Actually, my cold seems to have cleared up rather neatly - I’m wondering whether the pink-orange goop that I’ve been hacking up has actually helped to get rid of some of the gunk in the sinuses and lungs. Now I need to vacuum my entire house. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/47 "2009-09-24T01:39:51Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > There aren’t many wolverines in Australia, so the local sports team would have to be called something more appropriate. Thylacines! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/48 "2009-09-24T02:16:54Z")
> [@BigNik](#): > > Thus the quotation marks. And the edit slugline. And making it more explicit in post #19 for those that it slipped past. Yes. > > But in case you missed those, explicitly spelling out a reference that should be fairly obvious is an excellent way to draw the life out of it. I’m not Australian and I was just wondering if I caught what I thought was a humorous reference right. I’m sorry I asked.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141/49 "2009-09-24T10:08:11Z")
Amazing pictures. It’s like someone picked up Sydney while you slept and dumped it on Mars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dawn-in-sydney/511141.md?page=2)