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Sydney: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Last year I offered five bucks to an old bloke picking through a Bondi Junction garbage bin.
Hah! Last year I was walking through Kings Cross and a waif of a man asked me for “two dollars so I can buy a sandwich”.
I didn’t want to support what I assumed from looking at him was a drug habit. So offered instead to buy him a sandwich from the nearby shop. His reply: “You can f**k your sandwich”.
Sydney drivers are remarkably polite,
considering the traffic and obstacles they must endurecompared to those in a hell-spawn apocalypse world....and cue the music:
My City of Sydney by Tommy Leonetti.
My City of Sydney by the XL Capris
Climate summer when young women.
Yes Tim.
Law Will judges judge.
Who knows Tim. Depends if there meds are taken and work.
It is a good thing that the anxious and jittery are kept from our roads.
Public Transport isn’t so hot.
Tim it depends on the weather and if train/bus has A/C and how many of anxious and jittery are in bus/train.Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 21 at 09:45 PM • permalinkPeople
We call it The Sydney Morning Herald.Media
Sydney is Australia’s media capital. All seven hosts of Media Watch have been Sydney-based.Both with David Marr in The Sydney Morning Herald
Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 21 at 11:37 PM • permalinkAlso, Sydney’s warmth and humidity keeps goth numbers down. Goths can only survive in cooler climates, which might comfort those who panic over the prospect of specie extinction driven by global warming.
You won’t be saying that once you see the tribe known as the Florida Goths, who wear thick black clothing, heavy makeup, and enough metal to construct a fleet of aircraft carriers, all in daytime in July. Orlando and Tampa are famous for their major infestations of this species. I should know—I used to move among them in disguise (though I think some of them realized that the black dress was actually lightweight rayon, not heavy acrylic wool, and that I wasn’t wearing any mascara).
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 03 21 at 11:44 PM • permalink#8
Sydney’s warmth and humidity does not keep Gough numbers down. Goughs can only survive in cooler climates, like Greece.Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 03 22 at 12:13 AM • permalinkHah! Last year I was walking through Kings Cross and a waif of a man asked me for “two dollars so I can buy a sandwich”.
I didn’t want to support what I assumed from looking at him was a drug habit. So offered instead to buy him a sandwich from the nearby shop. His reply: “You can f**k your sandwich”.
On a certain train station, an Aboriginal woman asked me for $2 so she could buy a bottle of drink. Socially responsible me says “How about I buy you the coke at the station shop?” “Okay” says she. I buy her the coke, and next thing you know, she’s walking up the platform trying to sell it to other people waiting for the train!
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 03 22 at 02:39 AM • permalinkAny takers?
I was too pissed off with myself to watch and see if she got her money after all. I moved up the other end of the platform and realised that there’s no responsible way to give to beggars. “If you feel generous, then do so, if not don’t” is my motto now.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 03 22 at 03:27 AM • permalinkI did all those experiments with beggars too. For example I offered to buy the sandwich they so desperately needed, offered to buy the train ticket they so desperately needed, etc. I learned that the vast majority of beggars are lying about their reasons for needing money. Presumably that’s because they need it for drugs. So now I don’t bother with them, and I no longer feel any guilt. Their doe-eyed sad expressions don’t work on me any more.
Posted by daddy dave on 2008 03 22 at 04:54 AM • permalinkMy most memorable begging incident was when an old bloke asked me for $1.75 to buy a midi of beer at the Oxford Tavern during Happy Hour. His honesty was so refreshing, I gave him the money. Although there was a part of me that wanted to say: “How do I know you’re not going to spend that money on food??”
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 03 22 at 07:13 AM • permalinkI used to drive in Sydney, learnt to drive there at peak hour, drove the streets in various states of intoxication when it wasn’t such a sin to do so. 20 years away, 20 years older and I have lost my nerve.
It was always a better place to drive than Melbourne. Sydney people knew where they were going and wanted to get there as fast as possible. It was a common purpose. In Melbourne the objective for half the drivers is to get in front and block anyone who tries to slip past.
Andrea the Administrator wrote:
You won’t be saying that once you see the tribe known as the Florida Goths, who wear thick black clothing, heavy makeup, and enough metal to construct a fleet of aircraft carriers, all in daytime in July. Orlando and Tampa are famous for their major infestations of this species. I should know—I used to move among them in disguise (though I think some of them realized that the black dress was actually lightweight rayon, not heavy acrylic wool, and that I wasn’t wearing any mascara).
Evolution is a madman.
Posted by Patrick Chester on 2008 03 22 at 03:32 PM • permalinkBest explanation ever on the difference between the two cities:
If you have an ‘idea’ in Melbourne, you start a literary journal.
If you have an ‘idea’ in Sydney, you host a dinner party.
Posted by Apparatchik on 2008 03 25 at 05:54 AM • permalink
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