Ray in Australia — Part 3 of 6
Added 2024-09-30 19:00:02 +0000 UTCSome many years ago, an Australian journalist named Tim Blair commissioned Ray Smuckles to write a series of columns for Sydney’s Daily Telegraph. Ray, true to form, didn’t really ask what Mr. Blair wanted from the partnership, and randomly submitted several pieces over the course of the next few months. Remarkably, they actually ran, but as they no longer exist on the Tele’s site, I reprint them here for your enjoyment.
(Addendum: Thanks to alert reader Jarret for pointing out that many of these Australia columns also exist in harder-to-access form in Ray's blog! I had completely forgotten that I ran these there, after they ran in the Telegraph. So, I guess these aren't super-exclusive to Patreon, but they are formatted and edited/updated here, with new illustrations. Perhaps I should just compile them as one big doc once they've all run.)
Comments
Well thank you right back, it's a pleasure to revisit it! The concept of the 3-day-long flight has similarly bubbled up anytime I've had to fly any meaningful distance. Just an embarrassment of quality in this bad boy
Cohen is a Ghost
2024-10-01 18:36:14 +0000 UTCMy motto has always been, "If there is no plan, nothing can go wrong with the plan".
Ismini Roller
2024-09-30 22:53:15 +0000 UTCI am continually delighted to hear that anyone remembers that least significant of anything ever published, which was an unknown cartoonist publishing a fake column on an antipodean website. *thank you* as I thought this stuff was pretty alright and had more fun than usual doing it.
Chris Onstad
2024-09-30 20:16:26 +0000 UTC"Highly suggested" is one of those phrases that've stayed in my head across the years like a benevolent mold. The toast breakfast showdown was my british The Office
Cohen is a Ghost
2024-09-30 19:57:31 +0000 UTCGosh I’m learning almost too much. Why have I been wasting so much time making travel arrangements when I could just be travelling?
Anthony Thompson
2024-09-30 19:04:17 +0000 UTC
