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Article: Would someone please tell the Aussies it's not supposed to be this good.(The Orange County Register)
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- September 30, 2000
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SYDNEY, Australia _ Three weeks of buses, beef pies and incomprehensible games have come and gone. The American keyboard jockeys are anxious for home, even the Detroit guys.
You would think the Australians would be herding us to the airport with cattle prods.
"I bet you'll be glad to get rid of us," someone asked a volunteer at a security checkpoint.
The Aussie was shocked. "No, no," he said. "It's been great."
Weird people, down here.
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