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Right. Left. Right. Left. Right?!
If you’re American and you’ve been to Samoa, first, I’m jealous of you; second, I know you had no problems getting around if you rented a car – they’re a right-side driving nation. As is 70% of the world. Some of the 30% of the world keeping left includes: Australia, Cayman Islands, Japan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago.
Ahh, but, that’s no more according to this article from the Wall Street Journal.
Buh-bye. That’s exactly what one town is saying to bottled water. Residents of Bundanoon, New South Wales, voted to ban the sale of bottled water in their town.
It was the second blow to Australia’s beverage industry in one day: Hours earlier, the New South Wales state premier banned all state departments and agencies from buying bottled water, calling it a waste of money and natural resources.
“We’re hoping it will act as a catalyst to people’s memories to remember the days when we did not have bottled water,” he said. “What is ‘Evian‘ spelled backwards? ‘Naive.’”
I hate buying water. I am a sucker for a bottled beverage, true that. Why do they have to put the little cooler of tasty beverages right by the check out lane!? But, water? Even if I want water, I won’t buy it - instead I’ll opt to purchase a tea or soda.
In any event, a neat victory Down Under. And I hope it sends a message to the bottled water industry – and hopefully to other parts of the world! Read the entire article here.
I’m still in shock. The world is crying. Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett. And Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. I can’t say for certain, but I think the Afterlife just got funnier, sexier and musically enhanced x 1000. Rest in peace.
And they say stoners are lazy. Well, not those in Australia – that is, if you’re a wallaby. Straight from the headlines: Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles. I would much rather read about high macropods than murders anyday.
“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles,” the state’s top lawmaker Lara Giddings told local media on Thursday.
What’s more, I like that the short article ended on a factoid:
Australia produces about 50 percent of the world’s raw material for morphine and related opiates.
Take that Intervention. Better start planning a franchise series Down Under. (I only have basic cable, and fortunately, A&E is one of my choices. Whenever I hear the theme music to Intervention, I tune out everything. The drama of going from star ____ (insert talent) to dead beat ____ (insert drug/alcohol) addict is intense. I’m so addicted…I think I need an intervention…)
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