Every year, about this time, Australia has a Red Nose Day. Proceeds of sales of red noses of all sizes (to fit people, cars, buildings, etc), pens, lapel badges and cuddly critters go to help research into SIDS. This is a terrible disease that kills otherwise healthy small infants almost instantaneously. Nobody knows what causes it, let alone how to cure it, so funds from Red Nose Day are very important; get out there, buy something, and wear or display it with pride. This little guy was sitting among the SIDS stuff at Woollies. He was begging to be taken home and loved, so what could Mum do? His name is Nosetradamus and he is giving predictions about the World Cup. He is just as accurate as his almost-namesake, i.e. not at all. So far his only accurate prediction is that there will be a winner and an almost-winner. In the same shopping mall, I found an exciting thing. Build-a-Bear is opening soon in Canberra (well, in Belconnen actually, but that's part of Canberra no matter what the locals think). I can hardly wait for this. Every time that the Oldies take me into a B-a-B shop I come out with interesting stuff. Hmmmm.... Maybe they offer work experience to small bears. I will check and get my name onto the list, pronto.
Labels: animals, Canberra, family
# posted by Bart Bear @ 10:15 am
