Hello everyone:) After hibernating myself for the last week and getting lost in Eric Jerome Dickey's world of deciept, lies, twists, turns and action. I am back.
Last night started off like any other, me and my husband sat down to watch the evening news, we sound like a pair of oldies, BUT. I like to know what's going on in the area of which i live in.
Now apart from your usual shootings, robberies and car accidents.
The news readers went on to broadcast a story about a lady...
This lady wasn't special, she didn't have a disability and she hadn't been mugged. So what you ask was her story.
The lady had thrown in her drier, and asked her husband to buy her a clothesline and set it up in her back yard..
Now every morning she comes out and hangs her freshly washed clothes on the line.
Lets, and i quote. "The natural sunlight dry her clothes during the day" and then takes them off in the evening.
Her neighbours were interviewed one by one, each stating that she does this everyday and they think its weird..
By this stage i had my mouth wide open like i had just seen something horrific. The truth was, this was horrific. A horrific story about something so silly, i just couldn't believe my eyes.
Really, they must have been short for stories to put this one on the air.
But what i found most amusing is that something so normal like having a clothesline in Australia. Is actually regarded as out of the ordinairy here in America.
Seriously everyone in Australia has a clothesline, or knows someone who has. Driving by residential areas its a normal thing to see peoples clothes flapping in the breeze.
As a kid it was my chore to hang the clothes out and bring them in. And i distinctively remember getting into trouble for swinging on the clothesline. One of those old school brass, iron, round ones that would spin around.
I thought it was ridiculous that such a story would be aired, but here in America it is a story, something out of the blue, something people would find interesting. The lady had saved $100 on her energy bill and was proud by this. Maybe she will start a clothesline trend, and then maybe the news crew will go back in a few months and report how one ladies idea, had an impact so huge, it started a clothesline trend. I wouldn't be surprised.
Its funny how diffenet countries can be in the way in which they live. When i first arrived in America the clothesline was the first thing i missed.
Here are a few other things i have noticed they do not have in America..
Firstly- Where is the good old blue tack. That awesome sticky stuff that you put on the walls and stick posters too.
Secondly- crumpets. Those delicious, toasty breakfast muffins that have holes all over them and the butter melts thru..Yum.
Thirdly- vegemite..Obviously cos noone other than aussies like the stuff.
Fourthly- An electric kettle..So much better than the ones you stick on the stove and let boil.
Fifthly- Good old fashioned licorice..No not twizzlers...The molassey, black ,chewy melt in your mouth shit.
Sixthly- Fresh juiced juice..When i first ordered out here, i asked for apple juice. To my dismay i recieved a juice box. Ok what the heck?
Seventhly- Where are the newsagents???? A shop dedicated to newspapers, magazines.etc
Eighthly- Clotheslines.. need i say more.
Some people have also added to my list:
-A real bakery, the one thats sells sausage rolls, meat pies and an assortment of breads.
-A cinnamon donut stand, freshly casting off hot, buttery donuts.
-Cheese, the kind thats not orange.
Thankyou to everyone for their contribution:)
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