It was THIS BIG!

another Joel episode for your amusement...

Last night, Joel set out into the dark to retrieve something from the car. After a minute or so, he bursts back into the house, waving his arms around.

Dad, Dad, there's an enourmous goanna out there, and it reared up at me! It was huge dad!

Now Dad, he is a little puzzled by this. Goannas, as we all know, are reptiles, and not inclined to be out menacing people at night. So Dad, he goes out there with his torch to see what's up.

Where's this goanna Joel? Over here? Oh look... it's a possum. A fat mother possum with a baby...

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The Edmund Rice Centre are tracking down refugees who have been turned away from Australia, or accepted the government repatriation bonus. They're finding that many have been unable to remain in homes they were told were safe; documentation which they were promised would last for three years lasted only weeks or months; almost all are still living in constant danger.

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It is not a matter of the Devil wearing a certain brand of designer high heel shoes.

The Devil is high heel shoes.