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paraclete |
03/28/06 |
Australia extraordinary country: Blair
From: AAP
March 27, 2006
AUSTRALIA was an extraordinary country with a sense of vibrancy and optimism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.
Addressing a lunch in the Great Hall of Parliament House in his honour, Mr Blair said there were two recent events that demonstrated the Australian spirit.
"One is obviously the tragic events in the north of Queensland where the response of the federal and state governments, but most of all as I know you want to acknowledge the people there, has been quite remarkable and quite extraordinary in the face of adversity," he said.
"The second thing has been the Commonwealth Games itself. You must have felt the most extraordinary pride over the events that have unfolded in the days of the Games.
"That really sums up for me Australia. It is an extraordinary country and it is a country where I hope you always keep that sense of vibrancy and optimism. |
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 03/28/06 7:02 pm:
Ronnie,
The ruggedness of their land is part of what makes them so damn tough.
But if I wanted to live in a desert, I'd move to Las Vegas. Nullabor Plain doesn't do it for me.
As for the toughness of Yorkshiremen, sorry but I just can't get behind a group of people named after a type of pudding. :)
Elliot Clarification/Follow-up by paraclete on 03/29/06 9:48 am:
Ronnie
It will be a wonder if you ever do know what you are taking about. It wasn't yorkshiremen that the brits used to use as shock troops it was the aussies. do you know why?, we don't quit until the job is done
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