moksha wrote:Ray, hope you can hoist a six pack of Australian beer, together with a couple of friendly Koalas, for we who are engaged in our American feast today. When is the next comparable Australian Holiday?
I will certainly do that, Mok. Today I have an excuse :)
Australia Day is the "big day" here (we're very pagan). The Aboriginies used to call it "invasion day", but in recent years, and perhaps since Prime Minister Rudd's
apology for past mistreatment, a lot of the kerfuffle has died down.
Simon wrote:I heard if you ask for a Foster's in Australia you'll get your butt kicked. Is that true, Ray?
I wouldn't touch the stuff with a ten foot pole, Simon. in my opinion it tastes like what comes out of horses' behinds. The Fosters legacy was promoted in the US by Paul Hogan of "shrimp on the barbie" fame, or, "that's not a knife, this is a knife". It's really not that popular here at all, but I guess the myth sold well overseas.
The ubiquitous Wiki:
Despite its heavy international presence, the so-called original Australian beer, Foster's Lager, has very low appeal and limited availability throughout Australia, and is made mostly for export, or made under licence in other countries, particularly the U.K.
