all rise for the national anthem...

thankyou to an old civic customer of mine i was reminded that today is australia day (australia time). inga and i decided it was only appropriate to sing the national anthem. so we stood, faced each other, took a deep breath and then... cocked our heads to one side and stared dumbfoundedly at the floor when we realised we couldn't remember it. the next 5 mins went something like this...

[nat] hear our voices... no thats the old school song
[inga] yeah i did that too
[nat] oh say can you see... no thats not our country
[inga] start from the middle... advance australia fair (sung the way the last line is and therefore not leading on to anything else)
*silence* tick tick tick
[nat] australians all let us rejoice
[inga] yeah!!!
[nat/inga] for we are young and free.... (inga stuffs up a line soon after this but otherwise all goes well)
[jerome] (screamed from the kitchen) qu'est ce que tu fais??? (translation - what are you doing???)

now inga has an excuse that she can't remember the anthem, she has been gone for a year. me... i'm just stupid!