(5) Australia could feel less bad about how few golds they win at the Olympics. For instance, a merger of our two nations right now would triple the number of golds Australia has won so far.
Later, a sixth reason occurs:
(6) Australia could feel really good about how NZ merging with it would mean that right now we would quadruple the number of golds Australia has won so far without NZ.
I still chuckle at Piggy's words: 'Every Kiwi who goes there raises the IQ of both countries.'
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Martin
Ah; Martin! But a good AFL final at the MCG is such FUN!
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Hey, winning gold isn't everything...! ;o)
ReplyDeleteI thought that Sydney, Australia, had already merged with Nelson, N.Z. Or is that only Anglican Dioceses
ReplyDeleteEr, Ron, Nelson (along with its present and previous bishop) is well known for the charismatic flavour to its evangelicalism; Sydney is well known for the non-charismatic flavour to its evangelicalism (some of its teaching presbyters might even be described as a bit 'anti-charismatic') ... merging? I don't think so!
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