darthstitch:

For various real life reasons, I am really depressed right now.

What is keeping me from just crawling back into bed and hiding from the world are fics, humans and aliens posts and @determamfidd and her commentary on all things Australia.

*HUGS STITCH HARD* I am so sorry things are so rough rn, Stitch. You are such a mithril-plated lil fuzzy alien sweetheart.

Here’s a solid gold bit of Australiana trivia – and it is both true and hysterical.

The entrepeneur, activist and philanthropist Dick Smith is a household name here in Oz. He sells Australia-made products, such as peanut butter and cereal and spreads, and used to own the largest electronics chain in the country. He has a real bee in his bonnet about Australia-made stuff – to the point that, when Kraft bought out Vegemite, he made his own version and called it Ozemite. 

he looks like this:

This is the face of an epic pranker. Remember that.

He pulled off a serious corker of an April Fool’s joke in 1978. He’d been telling the media for months that he could provide fresh water to drought-prone areas – all without the need for a desalination plant. 

And so, one April day, an iceberg floated into Sydney Harbour. He said he’d towed it from Antarctica. They christened it the ‘Dickenberg One’.

People began demanding to carve off bits of it, which they called ‘dicksicles.’ Dick claimed that they would improve the flavour of any drink, bc of the astounding purity. 

(STICK A DICKSICLE IN YA DRINK, MAKE IT TASTE GOOD)

As the Dickenberg began to melt, it was revealed to be a sheet of white plastic over a mountain of foam and shaving cream. But not before every radio station had gone berserk with excitement over the iceberg in Sydney Harbour. 

It rates as #12 of the most epic April Fool’s pranks of all time, apparently. Hope this made you smile, beautifullest Stitch. 

Heh. “Dicksicles.”