Seven-11 stores but no Big Gulps
Dr. Pepper is almost extinct
Almost no stabbings or shootings in Melbourne
No good shakes or malts
No Halloween
No swing dancing
No tipping
No rinse water is used when washing dishes. Yuck.
1 cent coins
No Holden automobiles
No modern Chevy El Caminos (see below)
No kangaroos on golf courses
No vegemite (yeast spread) in McDonalds
Boxing Day, December 26
Crosswalk buttons that click and chirp
Complete line of groceries at Woolworth's
20 cent and $2 coins
This Australian legal holiday is the day after Christmas. My research has shown that boxing day is not named after hand to face combat. It is named after the tradition of employers giving employees Christmas gift boxes the day after Christmas. They give them the boxes on that day because the employees, of course, are not at work on Christmas day. But I wonder: if everybody now gets Boxing Day off work when do they get their Christmas boxes?
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| GM used to build a car called the Chevy El Camino. It was a V-8 powered stylish pickup vehicle. It wasn't a real pickup because the bed is connected directly to the cab. GM has not built this car stateside car in a decade. You can still get it in Australia, though. It is called a Holden Commodore Ute. |
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| Denny demonstrates a communal urinal. This one has a rather nifty feature. You stand on a grate so even if you pee on your shoe, you can't miss. |