Happy Holiday Farkers of the other side. Enjoy winter. It sucked.

TeddyBallGame: Happy Holiday Farkers of the other side. Enjoy winter. It sucked.

Enjoy summer, it was marvelous.

As technically we are on the leading edge after the International date line, I think our winter comes before yours!

And as a result of that pesky International date line, ANZAC Day is coming to a close now, but thanks to the moderator who greenlighted this. Better late then never.

ANZAC biscuits for all.

TeddyBallGame: Enjoy winter. It sucked.

Yeah it has. It was 98° here in San Diego, California Monday!!

From a US Veteran to our brothers-in-arms from Australia and New Zealand, have a happy and commemorative ANZAC Day!

global wombats: As technically we are on the leading edge after the International date line, I think our winter comes before yours!

Sorry, we're a backwards people up here.

/I hope you had a great holiday and better biscuits.

global wombats: ...ANZAC Day is coming to a close now

Oh great...too late...all you Farkers are passed out drunk down there by now!

I had never really gotten into WWI history, but in recent years have done a little reading...I never realized what a horrific conflict it was. A travesty of politics and later of military command.

I raise a glass and salute the memory of those who fought, those who died and those who survived to tell the tale.



My Grandfather. Co. B 305^th MG Bn. 77^th (NY Liberty) Division

I had to look up what a 2-up is...$10 on Odds, mate.

global wombats: And as a result of that pesky International date line, ANZAC Day is coming to a close now, but thanks to the moderator who greenlighted this. Better late then never.

ANZAC biscuits for all.

Here, here.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
-- Laurence Binyon

Lest we forget.

/+1 to subby for including Kiwis
//Australian, feeling generous

The scene in Gallipoli--no spoilers, please--actually happened so I'll think on that for a while.

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.

"There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ...

"You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.

"After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."

-Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

/lest we forget
//Kiwi

Dancin_In_Anson: I had never really gotten into WWI history, but in recent years have done a little reading...I never realized what a horrific conflict it was. A travesty of politics and later of military command.

I raise a glass and salute the memory of those who fought, those who died and those who survived to tell the tale.



My Grandfather. Co. B 305th MG Bn. 77th (NY Liberty) Division

THIS. My great-grandfather was a medic with an infantry division on the western front....I don't have his pic in digital format to upload, alas.

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
-Atatürk

Text on the Memorial of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.

\I guess it takes a big man to say 'no hard feeling' after something like that.

Thank You.

Loki-L: Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
-Atatürk

Text on the Memorial of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.

\I guess it takes a big man to say 'no hard feeling' after something like that.

Damn straight it does. Think about how many different nations/cultural groups today nurse old grudges. Hats off to everyone involved for their forgiveness and their bravery.

So is a 2-up like a 1-up, only Aussie style?

Always trying to get more for their money those Aussies.

[Bugler plays The Last Post, flags lowered]

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Oi Oi Oi!

I will raise a glass to you Aussies and Kiwis. A toast to your service and sacrifice. Thank you.

here's to you my antipodean friends.

...and kiwis....I had a blast tramping all around your south island this past year. great stuff.

I miss living right on Memorial park on River Rd in Hamilton New Zealand.


Lest we forget!.

recipe here for biscuits/cookies
http://www.aussieslang.com/features/anzac-biscuits.asp

Well done gents, horrible war, poorly managed, and you payed a terrible price.


/feel free to call us seppos as much as ya want today :-)

*cracks a fosters*

Woohoo happy whatever day it is you're talking about!

/any excuse to drink a beer
//wow, fosters is kinda meh

WWI, the last of the Imperial wars, has caused so much of the mess we are dealing with today. here here to the ANZAC's!!!!!

Cheers to you all..you courageous selfless bastards. Thank you for your sacrifice.

Spent 6 months in Kiwiland at the Auckland Uni. Loved it, you folks are some of the friendliest in the world.

Learned alot about the ANZAC troops at the Auckland Museum - enjoy your holiday, it's well deserved.

/Kia Ora

To my Aussie and Kiwi friends, from the ANZAC Day dawn service at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio:

In Flands fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae (1972-1918)

Aussie Aussie Aussie! We will not forget.

And to the British and Irish soldiers and sailors who also died in the Dardenlles... or have we already forgetten them?

Minor threadjack...anyone else catch the Reds/Blues game today?

Blessings on your day.

You know who else was Australian.

/jk - kudos to the Aussies and Kiwis who fought.

2-Up?

A Huge heartfelt thanks to all involved. I can't imagine the sacrifice. Lest we forget.

/subby

Good on ya!

I lived in Dunedin for a year. Drank a lot of Speight's that year.

steelpeg: global wombats: ...ANZAC Day is coming to a close now

Oh great...too late...all you Farkers are passed out drunk down there by now!

Well soon maybe, but heading towards 3am and on beer number, uhhh, unknown, and charging along quite happily thank you very much!

For giving us Hitler and Mugabe, I say they can go fark themselves

A toast to my Brother-in-Arms, you will never be forgotten.

jonewer: And to the British and Irish soldiers and sailors who also died in the Dardenlles... or have we already forgetten them?

Not at all. Nor the French or the Turks themselves and their representatives are present in Wellington, Canberra and Gallipoli itself. It's just that ANZAC Day has a special significance for the Australians and New Zealanders as we don't typically celebrate Remembrance Day on 11 November.

We saved your asses in WWII

/USA! USA!

we shall fight to our last australian!

In all seriousness, happy ANZAC you guys.

dead_dangler: /USA! USA!

Over-sexed, over-paid and over here. Stop stealing our women with your fancy nylons, chocolate and Coca-Cola.

/Channeling granddad's generation.

Thanks for defending our freedoms around the world

Happy ANZAC and thanks for joining in back in the day.

Big thanks to the Aussies and Kiwis for helping to keep us free all these years. I salute you.

Dancin_In_Anson,did you know your grandfather looks a little like Keanu Reeves?

/happy ANZAC to the only people on Earth crazier than Texans.

Ammunation would rather us remember the time we kicked Austrailia's ass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI

Sing along while you drink ...

AliasUndercover: did you know your grandfather looks a little like Keanu Reeves?

Whoa!

dead_dangler: We saved your asses in WWII

/USA! USA!



Well we saved your asses in World War III.

/pic related
//couldn't find Lisa's British husband from that one episode with the tacky cuff-links, though, so I went with Homer.