So found out today, that to be sent to Australia as a convict you had to commit one of 19 different crimes.
The most outlandish, abhorrent and ghastly crimes, Impersonating an Egyptian.
I have so many questions.
One of my ancestors was sent to WA for “turf stealing” at the ripe old age of 15.
I believe handkerchief thievery could get you transported.
It is my birthday today. This is the oldest I have ever been.
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Another PB!
Shit i got nabbed by cops for that once (college prank, wanted to make a lawn in someones room who was on holidays). Crazy to think you could be exiled to some faraway prison colony for such a trivial thing in the past. Or for such a trivial thing in the US right now (if you are brown).
This gives a different context to that Bangles song…
I always love these two facts about Japan:
Tempura isnt a native Japanese food. It was introduced by the Portuguese in the 16th Century
Salmon is a fairly recent introduction to Sushi, around 1980s. A Norwegian businessman had an oversupply of Salmon and was looking to offload. Figured Japanese cuisine was heavily fish based so he took a punt and it’s now a staple
Actually, in Japan, salmon is not that common, and the quality is generally far lower than in Australia. It’s all about tuna in Japan.
The SAO is by far the best sushi roll
If a recent video I watched is to be true, it’s because a salesman had an overusupply of Salmon and decided to dump it on the Japanese.
Salmon sushi>Tuna.
Salt on Weet Bix is not recommended.
Did you mistake the salt bowl for the sugar bowl?
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Yep. That happened when I was about 12 years old.
Did you know you can be fined in NSW for splashing mud onto public bus passengers
dont think it’s just bus passengers. Although if you manage to get mud inside a bus while driving, that’d be amazing
Like some town in England where it’s still legal to shoot a Welshman within the city limits after dusk with a crossbow or something like that.
It is legal to herd sheep across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge - Wikipedia
The Bradfield Highway is designated as a Travelling Stock Route[68] which means that it is permissible to herd livestock across the bridge, but only between midnight and dawn, and after giving notice of intention to do so. In practice, the last time livestock crossed the bridge was in 1999 for the Gelbvieh Cattle Congress.[69]
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There are officially 89 names you cannot name your child in Australia.
Banned baby names in Australia:
- Admiral
- Adolf Hitler
- Anzac
- Australia
- Baron
- Bishop
- Brigadier
- Bomb
- Bonghead
- Brother
- Cadet
- Captain
- Chief
- Christ
- Chow Tow
- Colonel
- Commander
- Commissioner
- Commodore
- Constable
- Corporal
- Cyanide
- Dalai Lama
- Dame
- Devil
- Dickhead
- Doctor
- Duke
- Emperor
- Father
- G-Bang
- General
- God
- Goddess
- Harry Potter
- Honour
- Ikea
- iMac
- Inspector
- Jesus Christ
- Judge
- Justice
- King
- Lady
- Lieutenant
- Lord
- Madam
- Mafia
- Majesty
- Major
- Marijuana
- Marshal
- Medicare
- Messiah
- Minister
- Mister
- Monkey
- Nazi
- Ned Kelly
- Nutella
- Officer
- Osama Bin Laden
- Panties
- Passport
- Pope
- Premier
- President
- Prime Minister
- Prince
- Princess
- Professor
- Queen
- Ranga
- Robocop
- Saint
- Satan
- Scrotum
- Seaman
- Sergeant
- S**thead
- Sir
- Sister
- Smelly
- Snort
- Socceroos
- Terrorist
- Thong
- Virgin
All the military/law enforcement titles I understand, but there’s a few funny ones in there.
You can’t name your kid Socceroos. 
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Bonghead 
Edit: sorry just saw G-bang
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