It’s an old Aboriginal word meaning ‘Let’s get together and have fun’. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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I’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.
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My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia
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I’ve decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don’t, if you put them first, they never thank you. You’ll never get a word of thanks from them.
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I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it’s very comfortable and dependable.
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Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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I love Australia – I think.
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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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