At 10:52 AM 6/14/01 +1000 Brett Coster wrote:
>The New York "Eight Mile Creek*" restaurant does sound much more authentic -
[snip]
>* Eight Mile Creek is a quintessential Aussie name. When driving anywhere
>you'll every so often cross a bridge over some dried up straggly bit of
>water with a sign saying "Six Mile Creek" or whatever number, up to about
>11.
Which is curious, because I grew up in Upstate New York next to an "18 Mile
Creek." ;-) In fact, 18 Mile Creek was recently featured on the closing
credits of "CBS Sunday Morning."
So, why do Aussies only go up to 11?
JDG
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