What if you lived in Australia?

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by palo5

hmmm... looks like winter darkness, not northern midnight sun. Must be the southern colleagues. It's never as dark as that here in summer, unless there's a thunderstorm or something

Do Australians get winter darkness?

Well you'd be surprised to know that we DO have a Stonehenge here:

http://www.stonehenge-aotearoa.co.nz/ and its only about and hour and a half's drive away

...though whether any crowd of white clad neo druids were perambulating there this morning just before dawn I could not say.....




All laid out according to the very best stoneage astronomical principles too-celestial precession and all.

[palo5]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Well you'd be surprised to know that we DO have a Stonehenge here:

I didn't notice the stonehenge, but wondered why it is so dark and why the people are dressed like nuns

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by palo5

I didn't notice the stonehenge, but wondered why it is so dark and why the people are dressed like nuns

You didn't notice the iconic background in the image bloke57 posted?:

[dwvbf]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Australians drink much more than Americans. Check out the table listed in this Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ion_per_capita

No wonder so much of the Australian wildlife dies each year after being run over by drunken Australian drivers!

[Sir Honkers]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Australians drink much more than Americans.

Having consumed American beer I'm not fcuking surprised.

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by palo5

I didn't notice the stonehenge, but wondered why it is so dark and why the people are dressed like nuns

Taking it as a serious question, Stonehenge (about 2,500 BC) attracts all sorts of "new-age" people on the solstice. They go on about the mystic druidic significance (yawn!) although there is almost certainly no connection between druidism and the henge.

But this is the sort of thing they get up to - Wooo! Feel that spiritual energy.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Australians drink much more than Americans.

True

Originally Posted by loosegoose

Having consumed American beer I'm not fcuking surprised.

Also true, plus we can hold our alcohol better

[palo5]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

You didn't notice the iconic background in the image bloke57 posted?:

It's not iconic for me. I thought he meant the weather or the people

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by palo5

It's not iconic for me. I thought he meant the weather or the people

I get the impression the joke was lost on you a bit palo5 old chap. Cultural references and all that.

[effCup]

Originally Posted by bloke57

Cultural references and all that.

palo comes from the land of icons... sometimes spelt with a k.