Another "Only In San Francisco" Story

[Crackpot]

A menace to telephones and Music everywhere.

Couldn't read the directions on the bottle.

Two words Perry Cox

Tom Cruise. 'Nuff said

Looking good isn't a talent.

Who?

One word. Lassie

[Gob]

You're beginning to sound like rubato there mate!

[Crackpot]

No, my criticisms are valid.

[The Hen]

That's right. Nothing good has ever come from here.

Don't waste your money visiting. We'll manage without you ... Somehow.

[Crackpot]

Are you denying that Russell Crowe is a menace to Telephones and music?

[dales]

The Holden V8 - 'nuff said.

[Crackpot]

But that hasn't COme out of Australia has it?

Bastards keep the good stuff and send Mel Gibson over here.

[The Hen]

I deny nothing.

There are no notable Australians. There never have been.

Save yourselves any bother. Leave us alone.

[Crackpot]

I think you're missing something Hen

[The Hen]

No. I have missed nothing.

I am agreeing entirely with you. 100% even.

Nothing good has ever emanated from here.

[Crackpot]

Check the edit you probably missed.

[The Hen]

Your edit is wrong.

There s nothing good here.

See!

[Lord Jim]

Oh my, how could we possibly have forgotten to mention...

No list of notable Australians could possibly be complete without the inclusion of one of her greatest patriots, and most stalwart friend to the United States...

I'm speaking of course, of Australia's second longest serving Prime Minister, The Honourable John Winston Howard...

[Gob]

[Sean]

Australia has a lot of making up to do for Dame Edna...

[Lord Jim]

John Howard receives the Order of Merit from The Queen

Written by ACM
Friday, 01 June 2012



Former Australian prime minister John Howard has been presented with a rare and exclusive accolade from the Queen, but insists the greatest honour of his public life remains his time in Australia's top job. This report was broadcast by the Australian network,Channel 7 on 1 June 2012.

AAP reports that during a meeting with the monarch at Buckingham Palace Mr Howard, received the insignia of a member of the Order of Merit, a credit for which recipients are hand-picked by the Sovereign for their distinguished service.

"It's a very nice honour and I feel particularly touched that I should have received it," Mr Howard told reporters, proudly clutching his medal.

"I am touched by the personal compliment but I also see it very much as a mark of the Queen's great affection and esteem for Australia.

"What I did, of course, I did as an Australian and as prime minister of the country. It was the greatest privilege anybody can have to be prime minister of Australia and I certainly see it very much as a mark of respect for our country."

The Order, of which there can be only 24 living recipients, is also held by Prince Philip, Prince Charles, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, broadcaster David Attenborough and playwright Tom Stoppard.

According to AAP, Mr Howard and ecologist Robert May are the only current Australian members of the Order, while opera singer Joan Sutherland and artist Sidney Nolan are among past recipients. Mr Howard was accompanied by his wife Janette and youngest son Richard for Thursday's palace visit.

"The greatest honour I've had in my life, in public life, is to have been prime minister of Australia. That's an honour that can never be surpassed. But as a particular personal honour of this kind, I treasure it," Mr Howard said of his latest award.

Having already been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia, and receiving the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, protocol will see the latest honour take precedence on the chest of Australia's 25th prime minister.

"He's too humble to say too much about it, but it means a great deal and it means an enormous amount to us," his son Richard said.

http://www.norepublic.com.au/index.php? ... &Itemid=66

Strop, I'm quite surprised that you didn't post the news about this well deserved honour being bestowed on your erstwhile leader...I'm sure it's a great source of national pride for all Australians....

It's a shame that Bolshie Bob Hawkes put a prohibition on Australians receiving knighthoods, or Mr. Howard would most certainly be in line for one....

[rubato]

Actually one of my personal favorite Nobel Prizes went to two gentlemen who rose above their wretched circumstances and vile surroundings in a land infested with more marsupials than anyone really cares about* to achieve greatness:

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
Barry J. Marshall, J. Robin Warren

yrs,
rubato

* excepting Wombats which are cute.

[loCAtek]

[MajGenl.Meade]

[Jarlaxle]

But that hasn't COme out of Australia has it?

Bastards keep the good stuff and send Mel Gibson over here.

It has...it was sold here as the Pontiac GTO, the Pontiac G8, and now the Chevrolet Caprice. It also is the basis for the new Camaro.