Backpacking aborigines?

Why do we sometimes have to do things we don't really want to do? Like sitting through a 2 hour business enterprise lecture or even going out with someone when you don't feel like going out? I guess it is our obligations? Obligations as a student or as a friend or some roles that we need to play at that particular moment. I was at the lecture this afternoon and was spaced out. The 2 hours were unbearable and even time seems to be working against gravity. So glad that there will be no lectures for 2 weeks.

The power of influence is really very great. It has the ability to percolate into our mind without even us realizing it. I realised that my obsession with traveling and Australia have more effects on my brother than I ever realise. Yesterday night I was tutoring my brother how to answer comprehension question (the one with long and difficult passenge and asked you to answer questions and do a summary? My worse nightmare)) and this joke came about. It was just a coincidence that the article was about Australia. It was about the early settlers of Australia versus the aborigines.

The question went like these: "The aborigines (i) built no villages, (ii)planted no cereals". Write out the following sentence, filling in each blank with one word which convey the same information.

"The aborgines led a ______ life and had not developed the science of _______."

That stumbled my brother and he asked for clue. So I asked him: "So who are people who don't stay at one place permanently and travel around?"

His sincere reply without even to stop and think:" Since it is the Australian and they move around...

"The aborgines led a backpacker's life and had not develop th science of ________."

You should have seen his face at that moment. He really thought that was the answer. He looked at me with hopes in his eyes wishing that he gotten the correct answer.

It was then I knew that a) my brother's standard of English is really as bad as I was when I was his age. b) he must have been so influenced by me telling him of all the traveling tales and my desire to backpack Australia and c) he is really a silly goose.

We laugh a loud for a whole five minutes. Isn't the term "backpackers" coined only during the last few decades or so? Aborigines backpackers? hahaha

Then coming to the second part, I was so afraid that his answer would be gardening. Haha... With reference to my previous post, he could have said that though. Thank God he didn't.

I thought it was really funny and tell myself this is definately going into my hall of fames of lame jokes. =)