Miscellaneous Things in Sydney
Kangaroo Scrota
Yes, that is what I said. And, to be fair, I’m sure that a kangaroo’s nuts are not miscellaneous items to him. Would you like to hold a kangaroo’s scrotum in your sweaty little palm while you are opening a bottle or slipping a key into its lock? That was poorly phrased. But, to answer the question, I would decline that once in a lifetime opportunity, so I did not buy a set for $39 Australian. What kind of a tourist am I, right?
I’ll tell you what I am, I am flummoxed and gob-smacked. With Sydney being such a woke, pc place, you would think that the animal rights people would have something to say about these trinkets for sale. What – some animals are more equal than others? Is that what’s going on here?
I guess kangaroos are a dime a dozen, possibly pests, and their ranks can be culled at any time for their precious parts. There were also a lot of pelts and Roo claws for sale. They have one giant, curved nail and these were sold as back scratchers.
On hearing the news
“Rough and Ready”
I went to the store to buy a bottle of rum that did not cost hundreds of dollars. All right, I may be exaggerating but you know what I mean. I chose “Dingo Rum”. Such a classy name. I asked the owner of the store, “Is this good?” He said, “It’s rough and ready.” Like you? I thought. “You mean it sucks?” I asked. He shook his head and said, “It’ll get you where you wanna go.” I looked at him. Now that’s a revelation. I paid the nice man and walked out.
Evidence of shrinkflation: the bottle is 700 ml instead of the usual 750 ml, and the alcohol content is 37% instead of 40%.
Sydney Sandstone
Are you ready for this? They were going to tear down this old beauty and put up a parking lot in the 80s. (They paved paradise, put up a parking lot) Some calmer more sensible heads prevailed and this gorgeous example of neo-Romanesque architecture was saved from idiots.
It is made from Sydney sandstone. The brown color of the old buildings in downtown Sydney caught my eye and I had to look into this because they were stunning. All the buildings built throughout the 19th century (that’s the 1800s for those of you recently graduated from middle school) were made from this stone. It is the bedrock of the Sydney harbor area. One person described Sydney sandstone as “a kind of base note, an ever-present reminder of its Georgian beginnings and more ancient past.”
Sidney Town Hall
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