I,ll be back a tale about a boomerang
By Darkstar,
South Australian News.
New light has been thrown on the origins of the Australian national anthem.
During the excavation of an ancient aboriginal burial ground an unusual boomerang was discovered. The boomerang was slightly larger than normal boomerangs and was covered with holes of different and sizes with some bored all the way through.
At first it was thought that this was done to reduce the weight of the boomerang so that it would be easier to carry several of them and also it could be thrown further.
Just recently however during tests carried out at the Boomerang Salt Flats near Alice Springs an amazing discovery was made. When thrown at just the right angle (28 degrees to be exact) it was found that the boomerang played a tune. The effect similar to someone playing panpipes and the tune was Waltzing Matilda.
It was also discovered that if the boomerang was thrown at the correct speed ( 2 revolutions per second and at 28 degrees) and from exactly 100 yards away from a kangaroo, the kangaroo would get to hear all the first verse of Waltzing Matilda before being whacked on the side of the head.
It was also noted during tests that on hearing the first few notes the kangaroos would stop and start tapping there feet in time to the music, some of them were even recorded humming along unaware of there impending doom.
It is now thought that the ancient aborigine's may have had an assortment of musical boomerangs rather like people of today carry Walkmans so they could listen to music while they hunted.
On the television program Beyond 2000 (which explores modern inventions ) the young aboriginal inventor 20 stone Billy (no neck) Braithewaite demonstrated his latest boomerang. This boomerang made of almost unbreakable clear plastic is totally invisible during flight. It also has stealth characteristics.
The kangaroo does not know what,s hit it, unfortunately if the boomerang misses the kangaroo the person who threw it can not see it coming back. Several test throwers have been seriously injured during trials.
Billy is still working on the problem.
The End (for now)
South Australian News.
New light has been thrown on the origins of the Australian national anthem.
During the excavation of an ancient aboriginal burial ground an unusual boomerang was discovered. The boomerang was slightly larger than normal boomerangs and was covered with holes of different and sizes with some bored all the way through.
At first it was thought that this was done to reduce the weight of the boomerang so that it would be easier to carry several of them and also it could be thrown further.
Just recently however during tests carried out at the Boomerang Salt Flats near Alice Springs an amazing discovery was made. When thrown at just the right angle (28 degrees to be exact) it was found that the boomerang played a tune. The effect similar to someone playing panpipes and the tune was Waltzing Matilda.
It was also discovered that if the boomerang was thrown at the correct speed ( 2 revolutions per second and at 28 degrees) and from exactly 100 yards away from a kangaroo, the kangaroo would get to hear all the first verse of Waltzing Matilda before being whacked on the side of the head.
It was also noted during tests that on hearing the first few notes the kangaroos would stop and start tapping there feet in time to the music, some of them were even recorded humming along unaware of there impending doom.
It is now thought that the ancient aborigine's may have had an assortment of musical boomerangs rather like people of today carry Walkmans so they could listen to music while they hunted.
On the television program Beyond 2000 (which explores modern inventions ) the young aboriginal inventor 20 stone Billy (no neck) Braithewaite demonstrated his latest boomerang. This boomerang made of almost unbreakable clear plastic is totally invisible during flight. It also has stealth characteristics.
The kangaroo does not know what,s hit it, unfortunately if the boomerang misses the kangaroo the person who threw it can not see it coming back. Several test throwers have been seriously injured during trials.
Billy is still working on the problem.
The End (for now)
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