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pattrose ([personal profile] pattrose) wrote2026-01-27 01:50 am

Not Quite 365 days questions meme. 26

26. It’s Australia Day! What do you think of when you think of Australia?

1. kangaroos
2. The ocean
3. 120° weather
4. Shrimp on the barbie.
5. G’day mate

That’s all I can think of.
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[personal profile] spiralicious 2026-01-27 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
My paternal grandfather had a pen pal in Australia and they'd met through belonging to muzzleloader shooting clubs. At one point his pen pal had sent him a drawstring bag for holding shot (lead balls) made out of kangaroo skin. This unprompted lore drop was just so I could tell you when I hear Australia, the first thing I think of is "kangaroo ball bag," without it being too weird. Lol.

(The next things would be sharks, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the ginger beer that sometimes shows up at the discount grocery, and the weird licorice they used to make me try to push at one of old jobs.)