January 26, 2005

New research suggests that the Australian desert may have been created by human activity. Various ambitious proposals (pdf) have been made for greening the desert - seed the clouds, a giant egg-whisk, a transcontinental canal, a new mountain range. Perhaps the men of the trees have the answer. (Shouldn't that be people of the trees, though?) Happy Australia Day, anyway.
posted by Plegmund 19 years ago
  • Hmm. Wonder what this bodes for those in the Arabian that persist in cutting trees for fuel, despite feeble governmental attempts to dissuade them?
  • Clearly Muad-dib and Liet must lead the people to build windtraps in the deep desert.
  • Yeah, I'd sell my left nut for a pavlova right about now.
  • Oh right "desert"
  • Woo-hoo! I'll reread "In a Sun-burned Country" in honor of Australia day.
  • Pavlova? I thought the official Australian dessert was Peach Melba.
  • A cursory Google shows that I am mistaken. Apparently, though, there is some kind of plot to suggest that Pavlova comes from New Zealand. Probably a British plot... "Behind the whole affair I thought I could sense a whiff of a not uncommon English bias. It is felt by many here that New Zealanders are a decent, solid, rugger-playing lot, but Australians
  • *stands to sing Australian national anthem while waving NZ flag /close ignorant American filter
  • They all look alike to me.
  • And all this time I thought Waltzing Matilda was the Official National Anthem of Australia.
  • It is too late to call the fire department.