/sigh
that's annoying. How goes it ms pickle?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 7:37, archived)

I'm alrighty thanks
How are you my dear?
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Sun 10 May 2009, 7:46, archived)

am well thanks
had my first shift at a temporary job today. Mother's day. Hectic. will sleep like the dead once the sky goes dark tonight.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 7:48, archived)

Good lord!
- I had absolutely no idea that mothers day was celebrated on different dates in different countries, but wikipedia confirms this, how queer.
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:01, archived)

aye that it is.
Australia and America are fairly close - I'm not sure when the UK's mother's day is though.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:09, archived)

It's in March
Not sure how it's worked out. Last Sunday or something I think.
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:12, archived)

It's the 4th sunday in Lent in the UK, Ireland & Nigeria.

(thanks to wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_day#Dates_around_the_world )
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:13, archived)

Ah, fair enough

( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:14, archived)

ahhh
well we don't really have Lent here in Aus. I'm sure there are people who celebrate it but it's not really a big thing.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:14, archived)

It's huge in the UK, - all schools and most businesses close for 40 days, everyone attends morning service and evensong for each of the 40 days, and the sale of alcohol and confectionary is suspended nationally.

/spreads misinformation.
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:18, archived)

/believes everything is told.
hey wait a moment! how do you know *everyone* attends morning service and evensong?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:19, archived)

In the UK everyone has to be registered with a church, and during lent all churches take a register of attendance, - if you're not near your "home" church you can attend any, but you have to get a "temporary relocation of worship" card stamped and signed, then return it to your home church within 14 days, otherwise you're reported to the religious police.
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:23, archived)

why does this
smack of the catholic church and Nineteen-Eighty-Four combined into one?
All pure fiction?
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:24, archived)

( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:29, archived)

/wails
is it? I gots to know! I'm moving to the UK at the end of next year!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:32, archived)

I can't believe you actually thought it might be true

( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:33, archived)

aha I didn't.
:) just joshing ya.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:37, archived)

Especially since Australians are the masters of spreading misinformation - I know people that still believe in Kangaroos, Platypusses & Crocodile Dundee...
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:38, archived)

what're you talking about mate?
Platypus are very real. Kangaroos and drop bears live less then 2 km away from me.

But crocodile dundee is rubbish.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:41, archived)

O RLY?
"an egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal" - c'mon - we're not that gullible. I've seen Neighbours and all 3 Mad Max films and the platypus hasn't appeared once.

/forms all opinions about Australia from watching Neighbours and Mad Max.
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:48, archived)

Clearly.
Neighbours is an idealised version of how Aus wants us to be seen as and Mad Max is just a several hour long screen shot of shite that never happens here.

/is australian and has never watched neighbours or MM.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:55, archived)

If you're coming to the UK next year I'd recommend watching "Fawlty Towers" and "Withnail & I" - they should give you a well rounded view of what to expect when you arrive here.
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 9:03, archived)

No, there's some truth in it... well, we have churches...
( C, Sun 10 May 2009, 8:31, archived)

oh.
well allright then.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 10 May 2009, 8:32, archived)