Video courtesy of Channel 7 and noteatpig2getha
It’s not often that we talk politics here at the Corner Post, but when there’s an issue to be had in sport we will go after it, so here we go. It’s time for Australia to make the Melbourne Cup a national holiday.
And I’m not the only one with this conviction. It seems quite a few people out there agree that it is finally time to take the plunge and give everyone a day off work on the first Tuesday in November. Forget about the millions in lost revenue, people are blowing all their money on the race anyway so what does it matter!
I love the fact that Melbourne is the only place in the world to get a public holiday for a horse race. It’s so wonderfully Australian, the notion of giving work the flick to dress up, drink up and have a punt on the gallops. It’s what this country is all about.
But why should Melbourne have all the fun? After all, isn’t it supposed to be the race that stops the nation?
Come on Mr Rudd, next year give us all the day off.
Some young fillies enjoy Melbourne Cup festivities.
Photo courtesy smh.com.au
1 comment:
Bloody oath!
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