It's currently 39 degrees in Melbourne, they've canceled much of the tennis for the afternoon and I've found that I now have the perfect excuse to go commando. I usually find this concept wrong on many many levels, but today... in this heat... it's the only way to fly! For those of you with horrified looks on your faces, I'm not teaching today and am actually sitting here at home watching the tennis (looks like Guccione will get into the 2nd round!!). 39 degrees is the only excuse for commando (with the possible exception of Schwarzenegger films festivals and old Commodore 64 games).
Only in Australia
I arrived at work yesterday with one of my co-workers in a flutter because there was rat poo on the desk in her classroom. Ewww.. but really not my problem. Let's hope it's not an infestation. Time passes, photocopies made and emails checked, and I'm then walking to my own classroom. Outside this teacher's classroom there's some excitement, squeals from students and shocked 'oooohs' and 'aaaaaahs'. 'Ooooohs" and 'aaaaaahs'?? This definitely needs to be checked out!
Sitting in an overturned box in the corner of the classroom is a giant possum - the 'rat' responsible for the poo.
Speculation rides that the possum has been living in that classroom for some time. The wildlife rangers came in to take it away eventually, but as I understand it the possum lay there and slept through the morning class. For my overseas readers, despite what advertisements and Irwins and the like will tell you, Australia is not filled with wildlife officers. It just so happens that there is a wildlife sanctuary attached to the university, hence their handy intervention.
Honestly, I'm a little disappointed as I was hoping that the possum would still be there tomorrow and could teach my class for me. Maybe next time...
4 comments:
That possum is sure a lot cuter than the ones we have roaming around at night in my neck of the woods (So. Cal. USA)! Our possums are hideous, hissing, nasty critters with bad tempers and bone crushing jaws. I'd take a rat any day! ;-)
Well, I'm actually afraid of possums. They're wild and vicious creatures dressed up as something cuddly(?).
This incident actually had me laughing for about 20 minutes at the start of class. It was kind of like seeing reality mock a stereotype.
Let me ask you this (with a concerned look on my face). When you go commando, there is a layer between "er hum" and the couch right?
LOL, of course! I had shorts on!! It was more about the freedom within than an expression of my inner nude.
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