Good morning ladies and gents, and welcome to another round of I Can't Believe the Professor Just Said That! Following last week's bout of intense hatred against those from Sydney's rival city to the south, Melbourne, this week it was the Kiwis that were thrown under the bus by our professor. While class started out relatively normal (though it's never completely normal, especially when two of the more energetic professors happen to be teaching at the same time, which resembles hens clucking around together more to me than anything else I've ever heard that metaphor used for), it soon took a turn for the strange. What started off as a conversation about the Outback, slowly merged into them explaining how men would often choose a "mate" strictly to come with them for company (hmmph). Right about then is when one of the professors had to throw in her two cents by proclaiming, "and if they couldn't find a mate, then there was always the sheep!" to which the other professor promptly replied, with a perfectly straight face, "No dear, that's the New Zealanders', that's why they have so many sheep". While the first comment had already reduced most of the class to half-contained giggles, the second statement had us all on the floor laughing, a mixture of disbelieving shock and true hilarity. Both the professors couldn't quite seem to understand why it was so funny, but it took us at least ten minutes to fully compose ourselves without randomly bursting out in giggles again. This on top of an earlier story the same professor had told us about how a man who owns one of the Ned Kelly exhibits, made for one of the weirdest college classes I've ever had. Apparently he once told her that the doctor thought he had prostate cancer, but, in reality, the doctor had just never seen anything so big before. Lovely. This will definitely be an interesting trip.
Besides those two outbursts, the rest of the class passed in a state of relative calm and normality, though their energy never ceased. We watched a movie called Kangaroo, which, sadly, didn't actually feature any of the cute creatures themselves. Boo. Instead it just had a lot of male nudity and bad fake fighting. After class it was back to the apartment to eat dinner, hang out, go for a quick walk around the block just to get out, and then come back in time to watch tonight's House Rules (things are really heating up on that show y'all).
I'm excited for tomorrow because our normal Wednesday class got moved to Friday (due to our professor being in Melbourne for a conference), so we've got the day off! We're planning on taking the train over to the Blue Mountains to see the Three Sisters rock formation, go on a Waterfall walk, and let's not forget the world's steepest railway, woohoo! I've included the (silly) promotional video for your own entertainment! Gonna be heading to bed soon since we've got to get up early to catch the train, but I should have some cool photos and videos tomorrow if I'm not too tired!
Besides those two outbursts, the rest of the class passed in a state of relative calm and normality, though their energy never ceased. We watched a movie called Kangaroo, which, sadly, didn't actually feature any of the cute creatures themselves. Boo. Instead it just had a lot of male nudity and bad fake fighting. After class it was back to the apartment to eat dinner, hang out, go for a quick walk around the block just to get out, and then come back in time to watch tonight's House Rules (things are really heating up on that show y'all).
I'm excited for tomorrow because our normal Wednesday class got moved to Friday (due to our professor being in Melbourne for a conference), so we've got the day off! We're planning on taking the train over to the Blue Mountains to see the Three Sisters rock formation, go on a Waterfall walk, and let's not forget the world's steepest railway, woohoo! I've included the (silly) promotional video for your own entertainment! Gonna be heading to bed soon since we've got to get up early to catch the train, but I should have some cool photos and videos tomorrow if I'm not too tired!