Sublime To The Ridiculous Aussie Style...
Seeing a little of the memorial service for Aussie animal 'bloke' Steve Irwin, I couldn't help but be in awe of the amazing juxtaposition of the situation.
On the one hand we had the incredibly moving experience of watching his young daughter Bindi read a tribute to her dad, beautifully done by a brave little girl at a very tough time in her life.
On the other hand, the sight of a bunch of guys dressed in Irwin-esque safari suits laying out wreaths of flowers to spell the word "CRIKEY", quite possibly the biggest demonstration of tackiness and bad taste so far witnessed on the planet. Only in Australia.
posted by Stevie at 11:40 am
2 Comments:
Oh, you're wicked to say that. I was actually wondering what they were going to do with the flowers and thought:are they going to put them in the water or something??(seeing as he died in water in all). Spelling out the word was quite unexpected.
Come on, that was painfully tacky, he was a good bloke, and it is a sad loss, but there's no excuse for that much bad taste.
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