Australia and Jokes09 Sep 2008 04:52 pm

Noir c’est noir : Saviez-vous que ces messieurs les Aussies ont nommé une piscine en l’honneur d’un de leurs premiers ministres (Harold Holt) mort noyé en 1967 ? Hallucinant !! ;-)

A suivre sur le site du gouvernement

A black sense of humour

Australians can have a very black sense of humour. While in many cultures it is considered poor taste to find humour in difficult circumstances, Australians tend to look for this lighter side. This is perhaps our strongest reference to our brutal past, where humour was a means of coping with a bad situation. A (perhaps unintentional) example of this is the naming of the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Pool in Melbourne after a Prime Minister who disappeared whilst swimming in the ocean in 1967.

To be continued on the Government’s webpage

3 Responses to “Australian humour”

  1. on 09 Sep 2008 at 8:38 pm Laure

    Alors ca, c’est tres fort! J’adoooore!

    Merci pour l’info vraiment insolite!

    Des bisous de Brisbane!

    Laure

  2. on 10 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm Dung

    Enfin, je crois qu’on a jamais retrouve le corps… alors il est suppose noye, mais pas sur, ca peut etre un complot…

  3. on 10 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 6 Feet (Down) Under

    Un complot pour pouvoir nommer la piscine après lui ? ;-)

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