Ah the country

Mycroft is pleased to report his return to the Big Smoke from the Country.  A wealth of new urban observations will now be re-opened up.  The country was an enjoyable place, notable for the lack of aircraft noise and only very rare vehicle noise.  The presence of wild creatures was a another bonus.  I know rabbits are a pest but seeing one like this is sure to make the average city person go 'awwww':

Photo: Wikipedia

Mycroft and family also observed a rather large wombat, not once but twice at the same bend in the road.  This particular one seemed to be having a rather bad hair day as it did not look immaculately groomed like the one on 'A Country Practice' (see below, the wombat is the one on the left).

Photo: Australian Centre for the Moving Image

One thing the country seems to have in common with the city is a preference for the citizens to restrict their getting pissed in public parks to the daytime.  This picture below is from Sydney's Inner West:

 

Photo: Mycroft Snooks

Ignore the sign about bird feeding, which has to be worth a blog entry itself, and read the sign prohibiting alcohol consumption between sunset and sunrise.  Similar signs appeared in a number of rural council areas Mycroft visited.  It seems a curious prohibition.  Is daytime consumption of booze more acceptable than night time consumption?  Is there a danger of some sort of combination of drinking and illegal bird feeding?  Spilling the bird seed due to being pissed at night in bad light? These are the big questions of the day. 

Mycroft is keen to point out that he does not like to see people adversely affected by alcohol at any time of the day, in a park or anywhere else.  He also dislikes pigeons being fed (unless of course they are eating their natural food....pigeons feeding their babies is of course absolutely approved of....) in parks, on the street, in space, etc

Stay tuned for other things Mycroft approves or disapproves of.  I don't know whether I approve or disapprove yet but I've been watching the TV show 'Excess Baggage'.  To learn more about the show click here:  http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/excessbaggage/

It's worth looking at the site for some fabulous spelling howlers.  For example:  'The teams face their feers with another breakthrough challenge, this time they have to absail down a dam wall.'  While I think of it, 'Absail' is also incorrect spelling.  The show is curiously engaging, as the contestants have clearly been coached to hold nothing back in front of the camera (or they have grown accustomed to the presence of a camera).  Mycroft is waiting for the first 'elimination' show, where it's likely the real tears and delivery of homilies will get underway.  The panel of judges have also been pretty wooden so far, asking penetrating questions like "how does that make you feel?" Something more interesting is needed if it is to keep Mycroft's interest.  One of the contestants telling the psych about having an imaginary friend, or communicating only through a sock puppet, would be more like it....