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Watch out for the killer squirrels! It’s “silly season”… or is that “cucumber season”?

Watch out for the killer squirrels! ๐Ÿฟ๏ธWe’re very much in “silly season” right now in the UK ๐Ÿคช Not long ago, a friend posted a link to a news item published the day before about an audacious missionary being killed by the uncontacted people of North Sentinel Islandhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/man-killed-uncontacted-tribe-after-30620890 My immediate thought was “no, not another […]

Watch out, here comes the Aussie version of The Office…

Are you a fan of the cult TV comedy show The Office?๐Ÿ•บAnd which version: the UK one ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง? The US one ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ? The French one ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท? The Indian one ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ or any of the other 13 variants made? ๐Ÿ“ฃ News in is that an Australian ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ version of The Office will be hitting our screens […]

What’s a “bank holiday”? Do Aussies say that too?

Today (Monday), 29 May 2023 is a “bank holiday” in the United Kingdom, our third this month! ๐Ÿ“†Now this term “bank holiday” often confuses many people not from the UK or Ireland. Does this mean that it’s a holiday for banks only? ๐Ÿง Absolutely not! “Bank holidays” in the UK and Ireland are what are […]