Tue 27 Jun 2006
what’s the deal with australia?
Posted by rt under Uncategorized[5] Comments
But seriously, what’s wrong with those folks? Take for example their national drink, Fosters, pretty much always judged the best tasting beer in all of Australia. I mean, that stuff is pure crap — what on Earth are they thinking, drinking that stuff?
Also, when they were naming states, how the halibut did they decide to choose the abbreviation WA for Western Australia? Didn’t they realize that this would frustrate the efforts of Database Developers everywhere who would like a unique key on the state code field that encompasses Australia, America, and Canada? I first suggested that the best solution would be to destroy the state, however this was considered impractical because of all the effort that would be needed to evacuate the beloved cane toads.
So instead, I suggest an official name change, from Western Australia to “Another Empty Australian State”, abbreviated to AEAS. That will be a unique code so Database Developers around the world can rejoice, knowing that they can include Australian states in their tables without having to add a second key for country code.
Who’s with me?!?


June 29th, 2006 at 9:18am
I’ll tell you what’s worse. OR. That’s right, the abbreviation for Oregon. It just happens to be an awful pain in the ass to use in computerland when doing anything other than entering an address.
I am planning on beginning a petition to have Oregon’s abbreviation changed from OR to OG. How awesome is that? Totally awesome.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:22am
geekpdx: Or you could be really unique and go with OGG — it’s open source!
June 29th, 2006 at 12:00pm
I refuse to leave my beloved state open to the cancer that is “open source”.
June 29th, 2006 at 1:17pm
geekpdx: Okay, what about a compromise position, ORG? It would symbolize how no companies in Oregon actually make money and will eventually fold or move to Seattle.
June 29th, 2006 at 2:01pm
Wrong. Besides, I already use that as part of my username on a personal ad site. And they happen in OREGON, so there.