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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS A SERIOUS POST AND MAY MAKE YOU GET ALL PATRIOTIC IF YOU'RE AUSTRALIAN. IT IS NOT RECCOMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15

As all of you know, today (for the next 20 minutes at least) is Anzac Day. I know most of you do this already, but everyone should take a moment today to give silent thanks to the toughest SOBs in the history of Australia and New Zealand. Never forget that the only reason we have the freedom to run footy tipping comps and play pokies at the RSL is because the Anzacs gave their lives on the battlefields of Europe and the islands of the Pacific. The only reason we can talk about how awesome that episode of Lost was in English, not Japanese or German, is because an entire generation of young Australians and New Zealanders gave up everything to fight not just for our country and the Commonwealth, but for the cause of peace and security.

In World War 1, they saw thousands of their own men slaughtered on the shores of Gallipoli, but they kept fighting. It wasn't like WW2 where the soldiers knew they were fighting for the very survival of their country, these guys were willing to walk into a death trap because they believed in the cause. That requires some serious guts. Jack Bauer has nothing on the diggers.

And we should also never forget the actions of the Anzacs in World War 2. Gallipoli gets all the attention because it was the big nation-building event, but the Anzacs in WW2 literally saved this country. The diggers that fought on the Kokoda Trail, carrying massive packs, deprived of food and medical supplies, walking kilometres every day on a trail that modern-day football teams struggle to finish during team-building exercises were some of the greatest men our countries have produced.

Not on just this day, but on every day for the rest of our lives - Lest we forget.


(see I can make serious posts too)