[UA] Eternity

[Kevin Elmore]

Perhaps we Americans have been the victims of a cliomantic
ritual.  There is no such thing as "Eternity" in Australia.
 That's why no Aussie has brought it up.  It simply does
not exist.  

The real reason the Aussies haven't brought this up is that
speaking of this publicly will bring back Stace.  Something
the papers don't mention is the 37 years of brutal murders
that coincide with the Eternity message.  Now that the word
has been publicized again, the minions who helped Stace
with his "cleansing" will return.  And there are a lot of
infidels in Sidney during this busy time.

Of course, we all know that "eternity" is Aussie-speak for
"Eat 'er knee tea."  And knee tea is an awful concoction
made not from knees, but from the elbows of old people.  No
Aussie would want to bring up that shame.

Or I'm just bored today.

Kevin

--- brighoff at lexecon.com wrote:
> 
> 
> I am a little disappointed with the Aussies on this list;
>  particularly the ones
> from Sydney.  How come I had to hear from the
> commentators at the Olympic
> opening ceremony about the nutter who wrote the word
> 'Eternity' all over Sydney
> in yellow chalk?  Arthur Stace was a drunkard whose
> sisters ran brothels.  One
> day he finds religion and feels called by God to write
> the word 'Eternity' in
> yellow chalk or crayon on the sidewalks and buildings of 
> Sydney, in the places
> God tells him to go.  He manages to do this anonymously
> for twenty years or so,
> until outed in a newspaper article on June 21st, 1956. 
> During the millennium
> celebration this year, 'Eternity' is written in glowing
> letters on the harbor
> bridge.  I quote the organisor:  "It's incredibly Sydney.
>  It symbolised for me
> the madness, mystery and magic of the city."  It then
> shows up in the Olympic
> opening ceremony.
> 
> I found a good article here:
>
http://www.jesus.com.au/library/profiles/arthur-stace/index.html,
> though I'm
> sure there are others.
> 
> Ben Brighoff
> 
> 
> 
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