Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/03/australias-location-correcte.html
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Thanks, Rob. I’ll start adjusting my globes and maps accordingly.
Also, someone tell Randall. This needs to be Friday’s xkcd.
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You would think this could be synchronized with the occasional leap - second on the calander. Put all the weirdnesses in one place, at one time, and celebrate the hell outta them!
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Should we push it back into place?
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Just fixed with my Sharpie.
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Or at least tie it down. If it works for kangaroos…
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"Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down."
Then, traditionally, there’s a shouted slur on the Aussies “love of animals”, and then the British tend to laugh a lot and not remember the rest of the words.
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This WILL be helpful for the folks who have trouble finding the southern hemisphere.
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Bind me tectonic plate, mate
Bind me tectonic plate.
It’s a bit of a job to update, mate
So bind me tectonic plate.
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Move me Opera House back, Jack
Move me Opera House back.
Give this movement the sack, Jack,
So move me Opera House back
Slide me Barrier Reef, Keith
Slide me Barrier Reef.
Reposition the reef, Keith
Slide me Barrier Reef
(I could go on but am starting to think I may outstay my welcome. Getting my coat, now.)
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Nature tried putting all the weirdnesses in one place - and that’s how we ended up with Australia in the first place.
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Reckless speedster landmasses! It’ll be India all over again.
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I guess they could call them the Ulurulayas.
(Try saying that after a few tinnies!)
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Just checked Google Maps, it’s still there. On a map anywho…
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Apologies. Despite getting my coat, received more inspiration from @RickMycroft
Scrunch that big Ayers Rock, Jock,
Scrunch that big Ayers Rock.
Uluru’s going to the top, Jock
Scrunch that big Ayers Rock
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Except that it’s headed North-East. After crushing Papua New Guinea, running over Hawaii, it’ll slam into the west coast of North America. (By then California will probably be somewhere else.)
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Spoilsport!
(In any case, I was riffing merely on the name when they rise wherever they do, not the location.)
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License and registration, please.
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They broke it, they bought it.
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