I appreciate the support.

Yeah a Pentagon stop is pretty neat. To reach the castle you have to walk -across an open eplanade in full view of snipers archers. Only one bus goes anywhere near for all the other bus routed I/you have to cross the lake.

Edit:Lochs and Lakes are distinctly different entities.

I've seen hot cross buns at some bakeries. I don't think I've ever eaten one, though.

We don't really do hot cross buns outside of the baby-song version, though I'm sure I've seen them. Cinnamon rolls/buns, yes.

True, true--Pentagon stop. And the next stop after that is "Pentagon City"--a ginormous mall. :)

I'm sure we must have something similar to hot cross buns, except I'm not sure what they actually are--cinnamony? We have cinnamon rolls...

We had them 'round Easter. I saw some for sale at Costco Saturday, so I assume someone still eats them.

The place just hangs there above the city the whole time.

I am a fantastic tour guide.

Edit: By invitation only.

Oh, yes, we also learned to play the song in recorder class in third grade. Pretty good choice for a first song, since it's only three notes.

I remember that the Underground still has some stops on the way from Heathrow into Wellington that have wooden platforms instead of concrete. Okay, and because I must share, I was on the tube at 6am, it was still dark, and I think the only other person on my car was in a disheveled tuxedo and looks in my mind's memory like Clive Owen.

I've also heard tales of the tube just randomly breaking down and stopping, full of people, and waiting 20 minutes before starting again. The reason? "Leaves on the tracks", which my respondent in this matter pointed out has been happening at least since the reign of Queen Vickie, and you'd think they would have come up with anti-leaf procedures before now!

We do have hot cross buns in the US! They're usually not sold hot, and they have little bits of fruit preserve in them like fruitcake, which is very irritating, but they do exist. I only ever see them around Fat Tuesday.

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"Leaves on the Line" is a classic, but not as good as "the wrong type of snow", which has been known to stop trains.

I thought it was also supposed to reflect native pronounciation, since several Australians have corrected me when I've begun the name with the same sound as in Austria.

odd. I say Os-tralia, Not Oz-tralia.

Which is why I'd shorten it as Aus, or Aust, if I had to do so.

Oz to me is indeed over the rainbow, rife with little people and.. provider of mythology on which Buffy theory may be based.