What better way to spend a hot sunny day than in the park, staking out two strange couples’ proposals?
We are walking by the water. It’s the weekend and everyone is determined to make good use of the sunny day whether they like it or not. An elderly woman melts into her picnic rug. Families pick sweaty cling film from sandwiches.
I tell him the correct way to answer someone’s impertinent questions is “nunya” – as in “nunyabloodybusiness!”. This leads to what we call busybodies. The great Australian term is “stickybeak”, as in someone who sticks their beak into other people’s business. As a noun it’s a great sin. Kids are often told to “stop being such a stickybeak” for trying to find out and use information against others.
As we were walking we came across not one but two set-up signs covered with roses asking someone to marry them. Given that bits of MDF and neon signs usually don’t mate for life, we assumed at some point a couple would appear and one of them would ask the other to put up with them forever. Finally our patience was rewarded when a couple showed up to the nicer set. Would she say yes? Would she feel slightly smug her boyfriend sprang for the more spenny proposal?
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