2009 Victorian bushfires

[Crazy Elf Boy]

I just wish we could get some of the water in the north down to the south. Also that stuff about Christians blaming abortions for the fires is just stooping to a new level of low.

[Gavin Luper]

I just wish we could get some of the water in the north down to the south.

That's what I keep thinking. It seems like a cruel joke that while Victoria is burning, Queensland is flooding.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Thanks, shazza. I told my English teacher and two students that I can ask everything from you and now we are thinking of questions. And other Australians can answer too I guess. If this topic isn't active when we'll get them, I'll PM them to you. I'll print this topic anyway so we can study it.

We had some forest-fires in Karelia, was it last year or the year before last year, but they weren't so serious, I don't remember if anyone was killed. In fact, they made jokes about it on TV. For background, Finland lost Karelia to Russia in the wars though it can be argued if it was originally part of Finland. Anyway, the joke was based on a Finnish wordplay, the single third person form of the word 'palata' (to return) is the same as the one of 'palaa' (to burn).

Karjala palaa Suomelle.
Karelia returns to Finland.

Karjala palaa.
Karelia is burning.