Prison Island Celebrates Groundbreaking Of First Prison
Today is Australia Day, when those happy residents of Prison Island commemorate the arrival of a British fleet looking for a suitable place in which to outsource its penal system. But not every Prison Islander sees the event as a cause for celebration; many are upset that the Prison Island flag still contains part of the Knifecrime Island flag in its design. In a country not 35 years removed from the ouster of its Prime Minister by the Queen of Knifecrime Island's representative, the taint of British rule still rankles, particularly to those who call the holiday "Invasion Day." Will Prison Island grow up and throw off the shackles of colonialism? It's too soon to tell. Plus, the British have all the knives, and you don't want to mess with that, no matter how much convict DNA you've got running through your bloodstream. Anyway, Happy National Day, Prison Islanders!
Aussies love to brag about their convict heritage, but there are only around several hundred thousand Australians (out of 20 million) who are actually descended from convicts…
I love the name Knifecrime Island – it is just so unutterably apt in the way that it mocks the British media's coverage of its home country and plays on the UK's fears about itself. Brava! Prison Island is OK but it's not on the level. Plus, it's funny, but some Australians will get terribly irritated if you refer to their convict history. If I were Australian, I'd personally find the attempted genocide and very much realised subjugation of an entire people just a tad more irritating. But to each their own.
Cane Toad Island?
My personal favorite.
"I’d personally find the attempted genocide and very much realised subjugation of an entire people just a tad more irritating."
You must not be American then, it's easy to dismiss! Dum de dum de dum!
Oh, fiddle dee dee. What time does the barbecue start?
Sky News should have name-checked Thomas Keneally at the end, or no? Who are the intended viewers?
The Australians are waiting for the Brits to recycle a few more knives, then it's attack time.
Whatever happened to the Bunyip?
Ahem, that's "Prison Continent." Mate.
Indeed.
Along with and South GunCrimeLand, and the United Sates of Genocide and Slavery. The Brits sure had the talent.
Sub-Continent of Rigid Caste and Abject Poverty.
of course Prison Island has the United States to thank for this auspicious day as Knifecrime Island would never have bothered if this fine land hadnt stopped paying tax on tea so that Knifecrime Island no longer had anywhere to put the Irish