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Nothing intelligent could come out of Oz, are you sure that it is not of superior English design?

2007-09-03 12:57:18 · 6 answers · asked by Vegemite Presley 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Oh ok, will submit Jack is the best thing to come out of Oz

2007-09-03 13:45:04 · update #1

AND !!!!! He is the best person on here

2007-09-03 13:47:36 · update #2

with John O and Gaz

2007-09-03 13:48:12 · update #3

(((JACK)))

(((PEACHY)))

(((JOHN O)))

(((BONSAI BOBBY)))

2007-09-03 13:50:07 · update #4

6 answers

HEY! I CAME FROM OZ!!!!

Jack is crushed.....

2007-09-03 13:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jack B, sinistral 5 · 6 2

"Nothing intelligent could come out of Oz"
We are inventive and forward thinking.

Democratic Firsts


* First place in the world to have a secret ballot in elections
(1856)
* First Place in the world to give women the vote. (1894)

Legal Firsts

* Torrens Title. An Australian invented the worlds first
method of land registration. Now in use by many countries
around the world.

Sporting Firsts

* First country in the world to beat America in it America's
cup.
* Only country to have attended every modern Olympic
games.
* The first country to employ skiing as a sport. (1863)
* The Australian crawl. Until the 1890's competitive freestyle
was done with the head out of the water. (Remember how
Tarzan used to swim in the movies?) Australian Dick
Cavill popularized it and enabled it to be accepted in
world class meetings.

Inventions

* The bionic ear, a device that enables some deaf children
to hear.
* Flexible wine casks... the bag in the box.
* The boomerang. Ancient weapon of the aboriginies. Other
cultures have throwing sticks but none came back to the
thrower if it missed the target.
* The Notepad. In the whole history of paper, it had been
sold and used in single sheets until in 1902 JA Birchall
thought it would be a good idea to stack a pile of half
sheets together, back it with cardboard and glue one end.
Making the world's first notepad.
* The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot,
who patented it in 1889.
* Postage stamps. The world's first pre paid postage
system was introduced at Sydney in 1838.
* The world's first refrigeration plant was an Australian
invention of 1858.
* To our collective shame, the worlds first bathing beauty
contest was held in Australia in 1920.
* The famous "black box" flight recorder for recording
aeroplane movements was invented in Australia in 1958.
* Also in 1958 the worlds first regular 'round the world'
airline service was begun.
* The inflatable aircraft escape slide, which becomes a raft
if the aeroplane ditches in water was an Australian
invention of 1965.
* The Automatic letter sorting machine - 1930
* Two stroke lawn mower.
* The rotary hoist washing line.
* Lithium as a treatment for manic depression.
* Latex gloves 1945

Military firsts

* The underwater torpedo, Louis Brennan 1874
* The tank (1912 - Lance de Mole)
* Paper machine gun belt - dramatically reduced gun
jamming while firing.

This is a small portion of Aussie inventions, not to bad for a country that has at present 20,000,000 people.

2007-09-03 20:52:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 3 1

Vegemite,is what Dorothy,oiled the Tin Man with and he was bouncin' around and dancin',standing up to the wicked ole witch. One man's spinach is another's kyroptonite.

2007-09-03 20:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 4 0

* Pours drinks and seeks comfort aside Jack*

Sincerely,
Stuck at work in Oz

2007-09-03 20:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 4 0

ew. vegemite is ghastly.

2007-09-03 20:04:24 · answer #5 · answered by wd20x2 3 · 3 1

Dunno, but those who eat it aren't!

2007-09-03 20:09:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

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