Flat Stanley and no passport
magikquilter May 27th, 2008
A very anticipated guest arrived today. He has been sent on a little visit by Alyssa from her class in New York State, USA. Now I told them about Australia’s very strict illegal immigration laws but he must have been desperate as he managed to get into the country with a] no passport and b] no customs check.
Now what does this say about Australia? That we believe so much in the “where the bloody hell are you?” ads so much that we will turn a blind eye to how you actually get here? I will be discreet however as he is returning to the US by 12th June…its a flying visit after all. He just wants to soak up the atmosphere and experience life in a foreign country.
Not that he will feel homesick…after all we have Foxtel and watch The View and The Gilmore Girls and Anderson Cooper and Conan O’Brien…as a matter of fact I will have to actively try to remember we are after all Australian. [Well with the standard of Aussie produced television there is no wonder we resort to the US variety.]
Speaking of entertainment he just missed out on seeing Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull with us. We saw it on opening day at the hugely comfortable Westfield complex where we are forever seeing film and television stars shopping incognito, usually with their families. Stanley should fit right in …he is persona non grata or an illegal alien to be more precise and they are trying to be invisible. We enjoyed the film enormously and have read online others hi Bombshell ….who loved it too..hi Stina
The Sun Herald gave it 5 stars…out of ten and generally rubbished everything released this week. Wonder what they will think of Batman…….ooh wonder if Stanley will be here for that….hope he’s mature enough to handle the Joker.
We saw Harrison Ford and Karen Allen on The View today and were impressed by them both. Karen said she was having the time of her life now in her fifties and when asked if he too was he said hell no…he had a lot more fun when he was younger. Wonder what that says about women that it takes until they are usually post menapausal or at least after the children are in college to really come into their own. I am sure Stanley and I shall have some wonderful chats on the subject. That is once I get him to leave my art deco lady alone. I realise she is a little underdressed for visitors but what can I say…if you’ve got it flaunt it.
[Photo on flickr, just in case ASIO or the CIA is monitoring the blogosphere]
Hi Kathleen,
Thank you so much for doing this. Alyssa is going to be so excited to see what he’s up to. Stanley actually came from Upstate N.Y U.S.A which is even further away. Hope he makes it back in the country with out any problems.
Thanks Janey…its a pleasure and will get my son to print the photos out with his HP photo printer…he’s very technologically ready, my son. Read up on Stanley but don’t know his age…..do not know if he can do work experience ….might have to take him for a supervised visit to my husband’s workplace instead.
Shall get a full photo of him on flickr so you can see him….his skin etc looks fine in the photo.
I’ve seen the flat Stanley project - you can send him to Africa if you want!
I miss Aussie tv - not home and away, of course, but other shows and of course the abc and sbs.
TV is so bad here we didn’t bother to get connected when we moved…
I shall tell the young lady that we have an African connection! So that is why you watch dvds so much. Am going to show Stanley around the city this weekend ..we have the Queen’s birthday holiday this weekend so that shall be interesting for him.