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Post #178886 by freddiefreelance on Thu, Aug 11, 2005 9:24 AM

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On 2005-08-11 07:53, naugatiki wrote:

  • We hold the record for the largest killing spree by a gunman. Martin Bryant killed 35 in Tasmania in 1996. Bloody Tasmanians.

And I thought American had better crime than anyone but I remember years ago I met an Austrailian and the first thing he showed me was a change purse made out of a kangaroo scrotum which caught me off guard since the only exposure to Australian culture before then was a video of The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert.

That change purse reminds me of that Appalachian specialty, the 'Coon Ivory Toothpick.

Have you heard the one about the Mohel who made a wallet from the tips he collected from work? You rub it & it turns into a breifcase.