Will be back to posting tomorrow, we're celebrating tonight.
I became an Aussie today!
I became an Aussie today!
Hen, Hatch, Mother Hen and me attended my citizenship ceremony at the National Museum of Australia today. Very moving and well done. For some reason I was interviewed by the local TV news and the local paper. I'll be posting the video on my website if they use it on the box.
Will be back to posting tomorrow, we're celebrating tonight.
Will be back to posting tomorrow, we're celebrating tonight.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Nice one mate! Looks like they're stuck with you now...
I'll probably get my citizenship sometime this year.
I'll probably get my citizenship sometime this year.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Congrats, mate. 
Love the photo. You look ...ummm...gobsmacked
Love the photo. You look ...ummm...gobsmacked
Life is like photography. You use the negative to develop.
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Congrats, Gob! You three make a lovely-looking family, too.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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It's not like ya had to learn to drive on the PROPER side of the road or anything...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Congratulations!
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Sue U
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Hail, Citizen! Congratulations!
(Do they have you kiss a platypus or something?)
(Do they have you kiss a platypus or something?)
GAH!
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Congratulations you're now a citizen of a Client State!
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Thank you all, (I think),
It was a great day. We did get on the TV, abet briefly, too, which will surprise some people we know.
Biggest laugh of the day was when the TV bunny asked us how we were planning to celebrate the event. We had a big celebration planned, but not one we thought they would broadcast!
It was a great day. We did get on the TV, abet briefly, too, which will surprise some people we know.
Biggest laugh of the day was when the TV bunny asked us how we were planning to celebrate the event. We had a big celebration planned, but not one we thought they would broadcast!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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SisterMaryFellatio
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Congrats Gob.....Its a good feeling.
Were you the only english speaking person there...i know i was!
Were you the only english speaking person there...i know i was!
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Gob wrote:Thank you all, (I think),
It was a great day. We did get on the TV, abet briefly, too, which will surprise some people we know.
Biggest laugh of the day was when the TV bunny asked us how we were planning to celebrate the event. We had a big celebration planned, but not one we thought they would broadcast!
You didn't say you were going to Disneyland?
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Nah he said they were gong to the local brothel
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Is there surgery involved? A secret handshake?
yrs,
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yrs,
rubato
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I hear he had to drink a case of Fosters and wrestle a Crocodile
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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He only had to speak aloud a pledge. The Electrol Commission was there, so they signed him up to vote, quick-smart.
Bah!
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United States Naturalization Oath Ceremony
Taking the Oath
Oath Ceremony Date/Time Conflict
Responsibilities of a Untied States Citizen
Naturalization Certification
Taking the Oath
You become a citizen as soon as you take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. In some places, you can choose to take the Oath the same day as your interview. If that option is not available or if you prefer a ceremony at a later date, USCIS will notify you of the ceremony date with a "Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony" (Form N-445).
After your application has been granted you will be notified the date and time for your Oath of Allegiance ceremony. USCIS will send you a notice (N-445) “Notice for Naturalization Oath Ceremony”.
If more than one day has passed between your interview and the Oath ceremony, you will be asked to answer some questions (provided on the back of the N-445). For example, ‘Have you traveled out of the US since your interview?’. You should read and mark these questions before you arrive for the ceremony.
Finally, take the oath. You are not a citizen of the US until you take the Oath of Allegiance. An officer will read out each part of the oath and you will be asked to repeat his/her words. To become a citizen, one must take the oath of allegiance.
By doing so, an applicant swears to:
Support the Constitution and obey the laws of the U.S.;
Renounce any foreign allegiance and/or foreign title; and
Bear arms for the Armed Forces of the U.S. or perform services for the
Taking the Oath
Oath Ceremony Date/Time Conflict
Responsibilities of a Untied States Citizen
Naturalization Certification
Taking the Oath
You become a citizen as soon as you take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. In some places, you can choose to take the Oath the same day as your interview. If that option is not available or if you prefer a ceremony at a later date, USCIS will notify you of the ceremony date with a "Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony" (Form N-445).
After your application has been granted you will be notified the date and time for your Oath of Allegiance ceremony. USCIS will send you a notice (N-445) “Notice for Naturalization Oath Ceremony”.
If more than one day has passed between your interview and the Oath ceremony, you will be asked to answer some questions (provided on the back of the N-445). For example, ‘Have you traveled out of the US since your interview?’. You should read and mark these questions before you arrive for the ceremony.
Finally, take the oath. You are not a citizen of the US until you take the Oath of Allegiance. An officer will read out each part of the oath and you will be asked to repeat his/her words. To become a citizen, one must take the oath of allegiance.
By doing so, an applicant swears to:
Support the Constitution and obey the laws of the U.S.;
Renounce any foreign allegiance and/or foreign title; and
Bear arms for the Armed Forces of the U.S. or perform services for the
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.
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Interesting.
I didn't have to renounce my aligance to Wales, Great Britain or the UK. Niether did anyone of any other nationality have to renounce their aligance to their home country.
In fact we were specifically told we did not have to, and the love of the place we came from was to be encouraged.
The fellow leading the ceremony speciffically quoted; "Do not fear the man who loves another country, fear the one who loves none."
I didn't have to renounce my aligance to Wales, Great Britain or the UK. Niether did anyone of any other nationality have to renounce their aligance to their home country.
In fact we were specifically told we did not have to, and the love of the place we came from was to be encouraged.
The fellow leading the ceremony speciffically quoted; "Do not fear the man who loves another country, fear the one who loves none."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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But did you swear allegiance to the Queen or the flag Strop?
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?