tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post661126990645936976..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: A Dane meets Australia's democracy sausageJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-77440825049299845702019-03-24T10:42:59.453+11:002019-03-24T10:42:59.453+11:00Thanks, kvd. It was wonderful having both girls ba...Thanks, kvd. It was wonderful having both girls back here together. Helen and Christian left for Copenhagen yesterday, but I had lunch with them.<br /><br />Interesting on democracy sausage. That confirms how recent it is. I do not know why we should take to people with baseball bats. It really should be cricket bats. I tried to find the derivation of the term. It's been popular here for a while. <br /><br />Judi, Helen does look like mum. The loss of Avenger does make a move easier. I have thought about another pet. We shall see!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-6674494886589457582019-03-24T06:00:26.076+11:002019-03-24T06:00:26.076+11:00Google Trends seems to indicate first usage back i...Google Trends seems to indicate first usage back in 2016, and that it is a term pretty much restricted to Australia, as you say. <br /><br />But I'll give you another term which seems peculiar to Australia (at least in politics): "waiting with baseball bats". This seems to have arisen around 2010, and has been applied variously in NT to the CLP, Wayne Goss in Qld, Cathy Newman's opponent in Vic, and a few times re Rudd/Gillard, and just today by Katherine Murphy about the Nats in this election.<br /><br />It's a funny term, given baseball itself is a fairly marginal sport in Australia - but I guess "waiting with cricket bats" sounds a bit wimpish :)<br /><br />Congrats for your youngest's marriage; I expect it was good to have the girls back in town!<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-66602610711761559092019-03-23T18:51:53.117+11:002019-03-23T18:51:53.117+11:00JDB, that girl looks sooooo much like your dearest...JDB, that girl looks sooooo much like your dearest Mumma. What a great pity that she never got to know her in person. I reckon they would have got on like a house on fire.<br /><br />Did you know that when the ancient Egyptians lost a cat, one sign of the deep grief was that they shaved their eyebrows? Poor old Avenger; I hope you gave him a good life, but I guess eyebrows (yours) intact? Not having to worry about an old, sick cat, and maybe having to help him across the Rainbow Bridge, must make your proposed move a little easier. We had to make the final decision about a sick old girl before we left Armidale, albeit still with 2 healthy stroppy Armidale acquired felines, one,always known as the last of the Armidale strays, Ses; short for Simon Earl Scots Grey Pitt Hyphen Crawley, and Rufus, the First Abyssinian - both now long gone.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com