I Asked Many Friends If Australian Anti-intellectualism

On The Continent There Is One Topic Which Should Be Avoided-the Weather; In England, If You Do Not Repeat The Phrase "lovely Day, Isn't It?" At Least Two Hundred Times A Day, You Are Considered A Bit Dull.

Travel' Is The Name Of A Modern Disease Which Became Rampant In Themid-fifties And Is Still Spreading. The Disease - Its Scientific Name Is Travelitis Furiosus - Is Carried By A Germ Called Prosperity.

Although The Rudiments Of Snobbery Are There, Its Finer Developments Are Basically Alien To The Australian Soul - That Is, If Australians Have A Soul; Many People Believe That They Are Too Matter-of-fact And Down-to-earth To Have Such Fancy Commodities.

In Moscow They Do Not Pay Much Attention To The Living But Keep Their Cemeteries In A Splendid State.

Once You Start Buying First Aid Kits You Start Having Accidents.