> From: roy hunter[SMTP:103707.2451 at compuserve.com]
> Sent: Monday, 8 July 1996 4:34
> <<He cant navigate a car to save his life>>
>
> It is very difficult to navigate over there when everybody except you is on
> the wrong side of the road to start with.
Now, Bruce, he _has_ been here 2 yrs you know. Lets face it, he just
can't drive for squat.
> << We were collecting in the
> Gunnison river basin and peter was afraid to go into water deeper than his
> knee's>>
>
> Alternative explations abound here also - he didn't want to scare the fish;
> alter the habitat; attract alligators/crocodiles etc(we Australians are
> rarely stuck for an excuse)
Oh, boy! Am I EVER finding _this_ to be true!!
> .<< If you dont have a McDonalds in your town he will starve.>>
>
> It looks like the "American" bug has really got to him - perhaps that is a
> sign of advanced Vegemite withdrawl . I suggest more pumpkin.
Lots of things wrong with this one... His taste for Macca's was fostered
in Oz, not here. No sane person eats Vegemite in the first place. Pumpkin
is an "American" original, so how could it possibly do anything to make
him _less_ American?? That's assuming he'd even eat it in the first
place, which, of course, he won't.
> <<But I think
> I'll be ok with a bit of therapy I guess.>>
>
> Perhaps you need to go back to the habitat where his fish-collecting
> attitudes were shaped then you may understand. Out of understanding comes
> enlightenment and after that anything is able to be tolerated. ( That will
> be $ 250 please in unmarked bills or I can send you a handfull of insurance
> claim forms)
Wrong, Pal. You've been through a trauma. Only time and the caring of
those close to you will heal it. Don't worry. I find that after awhile
you just go numb... You and your unfortunate family should find comfort
in one another. It does get easier.
> (This is not an official ANGFA viewpoint)
Gee, Dr. Bruce, I thought you _were_ ANGFA.... ;-)
> P.S. The American phenomenon of the "celebrity Roast" has even extended to
> the fish scene apparently!
Mmmm... Roast fish!
> PPS
>
> You give 'em heaps Peter and get some more of that Jello and Maple Surple
> into you . Then you can tackle ice-cream and apple pie - I understand
> America has conquered the world (of TV and Movies) on that diet :-) :-)
Ok, Dems fightin' woids... Maple Syrup (spelled correctly, friends) is
one of the healthiest sugars that you can eat. And don't tell me you
Aussies don't have a sweet tooth or three. Apple pie is full of apples,
and when done correctly doesn't need much sweetener. Apples are nummy
_and_ nutritious. Jello is no longer vouge (sp??). Ice cream is just as
popular down your way as here, so don't try to pin that wrap on us, you
fried fish, chip, and meat pie eater, you. Poor diets are equally common
in all industrialized countries. His fussy, lousy eating habits were born
at _home_ not here. Grrrr!! ;-) ;-) He is an emissary from your culture,
you know... :-)
Julie Z. <><
PS: Can we talk _fish_ now?? Remember that the moderaptors are watching
this and you don't want to go getting them cross.