The Simpsons, “Bart vs. Australia” episode:
Bart: [goes to microphone, scratches, clears throat several times] I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I did to your country.[everyone applauds]
Andy: [jovial] Well, you’re free to go, Bart … right after your additional punishment.
Homer: Punishment?
Andy: Well, a mere apology would be a bit empty, eh? Let the booting begin!
Homer: Booting?
Andy: Aw, it’s just a little kick in the bum. [a man with a gigantic boot walks in … the man with the large boot walks menacingly up to Bart.]
Homer: What kind of a sick country would kick someone with a giant boot?
Life:
The parents of a 7-year-old boy who broke into an Australian outback zoo and fed a string of small animals to its resident crocodile are likely to be sued after police said the boy was too young to be held responsible.
A turtle, four western blue tongue lizards, two bearded dragons, two thorny devil lizards and a 1.8 metre (5.9ft) adult female Spencer’s goanna were fed or led into the jaws of a 3 metre, 200kg (440lb) saltwater crocodile named “Terry.” …
“The fact a 7-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it’s unbelievable. In my day he’d get a big boot up the arse,” centre director Rex Neindorf told Reuters by phone.
