Friday, 1 July 2011

A few things I have learned (After 5 days)

Australia is quite a nice place to be. Lots of space and a laid back feeling, although I have only been around the suburbs south of Sydney, the city may have a different feel. I have in the past few days learned a few things that I wasn’t aware of before coming out here...

Flying is easy. Lots of comedians make jokes about how awful flying is, but as long as you have an aircraft it's quite easy. No delays, no ash cloud, I didn’t get intercepted by fighter jets over Afghanistan, no babies crying, I opened the bag of peanuts with no hassle, I didn’t have any Rob Schneider movies ruining my journey and I didn’t have to take my shoes off at any point in the journey.

Australians pronounce ‘data’ ‘Dar-Tar’
It must be true,
it's displayed as a pie chart!

Also, more importantly, to sell alcohol in the UK one person on the premises needs a licence, however in Australia every individual who sells alcohol needs an RSA certificate, which as far as I can tell is the same as a personal licence. It costs up to $85 and you need to go on a course/do an online course.
So now you know. AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE...

Now a special note to comedian Stewart Lee,
You may joke all you like about people being impressed by the size of the prawns, but the prawns over here are really big! And the quality of life is much better, Stew, the prawns are really big, much bigger than the prawns you get in Britain, Stew. MASSIVE PRAWNS, STEW!