yep I'm half kiwi, but I don't dwell on that. I am a proud Australian who loves to bag out the kiwi's, as all australians do!
however a recent discovery embarrassed me, I was born in Australia but apparently I was christened in New Zealand by a maori minister.
Having been the only kid out 4 to be christened in Australia I too suffered from the Kiwi ribbing, my Dad (an aussie) my brother & sisters all gave it to me. Apparantly I'm now more kiwi than all of them, it took 2 weeks just for them to settle down ... I don't know how poor old mum puts up with it.
sorry to hear about your papa ... but 96 is a damn good achievement! and still going strong ...
-- hey cj here is good kiwi joke (not sure if you've heard it before) --
One night a small, twin engined commercial airplane was flying over
South Auckland with five people on board: the pilot, Jonah Lomu, Winston
Peters, the Dali Lama and a student. Suddenly there was an explosion and
the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke. The cockpit door opened and
the pilot burst into the compartment.
"Gentlemen, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that we're
about to crash in South Auckland. The good news is that there are four
parachutes, and I have one of them." With that the pilot threw open the
door and jumped from the plane.
Jonah Lomu was on his feet in a flash. "Gentlemen, I am New Zealand's
greatest athlete. The country needs great athletes. I think the greatest
athlete should have a parachute.!" With these words he grabbed one of
the remaining parachutes, and hurtled through the door and into the
night.
Winston Peters rose and said "Gentlemen, I am the country's cleverest
man. The country needs clever men. I think New Zealand's cleverest man should have parachute too." He grabbed one and out he jumped.
The Dalai Lama and the student looked at one another. Finally, the Dali
Lama spoke. "My son, I have lived a satisfying life and have known the
bliss of True Enlightenment. You have your life ahead of you. You take
the parachute and I will go down with the plane." The student smiled slowly and said:
"That's awesome, your holiness, but chill out. New Zealand's cleverest man just jumped out wearing my backpack."
Last edited by meatloaf at Mar 31 2003, 05:39 AM
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