Angus ... yeah, I've seriously misused the term "collateral damage". What I'm trying to say is that I believe Jamal Islamia (I'm sure I've probably misspelt that) were primarily aiming to kill more Americans and if they happened to get some Aussies while they were at it, well that was just gravy (and a big ew! for that analogy). The fact they ended up killing more Australians was by "accident", not design because although we do get a lot of negative press nowadays, it seems to be mostly related to our belated actions in East Timor and not because we're the spawn of satan ( = Americans).
None of which diminishes the magnitude of the tragedy, or the appalling way the media and government have endeavoured to benefit from it.
Have you seen the latest 60 Minutes promo? "Bali: 6 Months Later" ... no guesses how those mob of pricks will handle the story.
Violet Crumble is semi-addictive, but I wouldn't call it good.
I personally prefer Crunchie, which has (to me) a slightly smokier flavour, and a texture that gives me hope I'll still be consuming them when I'm 80 and living in a home gumming steaks.
Yep, I agree with all that, and there has been a lot of rather unseemly "look at us, we're a terrorist target too!" nonsense from certain quarters.
Is an Aussie Crunchie like a Canadian Crunchie?
What's a violet crumble?
I had violet pastilles as a little girl and I ADORED them. They lived in a little tin in my night stand and I'd only have one on really crappy days in order to cheer myself up.
Is an Aussie Crunchie like a Canadian Crunchie?
I think so. Chocolate-covered honeycomb? (I found them in Carmel, of all places.)
A violet crumble is notionally similar, but the honeycomb has greater structural integrity, and is therefore more likely to send shards flying across the room if you bite down vigorously.
Yes, Crunchies are better and they used to have fantastically camp advertising too. Remember the ads where someone would take one bite of a Crunchie and suddenly a film of them doing something fun like rollerskating or disco dancing or windsurfing would be superimposed over the space where their t-shirt was? (The implication being that eating a Crunchie transports you mentally to your early 80s leisure activity of preference.)
Yes, Cruchies are better and they used to have fantastically camp advertising too. Remember the ads where someone would take one bite of a Crunchie and suddenly a film of them doing something fun like rollerskating or disco dancing or windsurfing would be superimposed over the space where their t-shirt was? (The implication being that eating a Crunchie transports you mentally to your early 80s leisure activity of choice.)
Yeah, I remember those. (Always liked the ridiculously simple, but quite enthusiastic "CRUNCHIE!" vocalisation.) All I remember of violet crumble's advertising was them taking egregious liberties with Australian colonial history.
For those who feel up to a little Aussie humour,
Q. When does Saddam Hussein have his dinner
A. When Tariq Aziz
Q. Have you heard about the new Iraqi air force exercise program?
A. Each morning you raise your hands above your head, and leave them there.
Q. What's the five-day forecast for Baghdad?
A. Two days.
Q. What do Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common?
A. They both have Kurds in their way.
Q. What is the best Iraqi job?
A. Foreign ambassador.
Q. Did you hear that it is twice as easy to train Iraqi fighter pilots?
A. You only have to teach them to take off.
Q. What is the Iraqi air force motto?
A. I came, I saw, Iran.
Q. Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats?
A. So they can see their air force.
Q. How do you play Iraqi bingo?
A. B-52 ... F-16 ... B-2
Q. What is Iraq's national bird?
A. Duck.
Q. What do Saddam Hussein and General Custer have in common?
A. They both want to know where the hell those Tomahawks are coming from!
For sale on Ebay: French Army rifle - Never shot. Dropped once
"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure." - Jacques Chirac,
"As far as France is concerned, you're right." - Rush Limbaugh
Billytea, Not sure if these will help with your homesickness!
So they don't
taste
like violets?