On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:20:02 GMT, Bob Harrington
wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote in
:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:30:53 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
wrote:

"Sj" wrote in message
...

I sort of took it to mean that he traveled to the other
side of the equator ... I have friends in Australia &
often refer to it as the Land of Oz or the Land Down
Under ... I say those words out of a liking & fondness
for the country & it's people ...

You can't be serious! Australia isn't 'below' anything! (couldn't
resist).

It's below the sky. And don't confuse the Americans.

From Seattle, Oz is above its sky, or at least sorta up and to the right...

- Confused American ^,,^

"Up" means away from gravitational pull.
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A Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German aeroplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war."