They have plenty. And that's why those hats with the corks hanging from the brim are so popular there.

Sydney dosent have more flys than other citys with the same climate.
It is very hot in a lot of australia a lot of the time and when the weather is hot and there is water around you get flys and mozzies, dosent matter what country your in.

Honestly i don't even notice them and no way would i be putting any thing with DEET in it on my skin.

Yes we have mozzies beacuse we have tropical climates.

But i have no idea what your talking about as far as famous aussie salute???

Gabsta wrote: "A 'Merkin" as far as I am aware, is a wig for your pubic region so it's unfortunate if you guys really do call yourselves that."

A few Canadians jokingly refer to people in the U.S. as Merkins. Why? Any person in the Americas could be a self-described American, but we in the U.S. appear to have co-opted the term, and that is slightly unfair to everyone else in the two continents.

Latin Americans have their own partial solution to the naming problem. People in the U.S. are NORTH Americans. But what about Canadians? They're called Canadians!

To the best of my knowledge, I'm the only Merkin who uses that word.

Gabsta wrote: "I guess my biggest question for an American is - can they really stop two consunting adults from certain sexual acts? I've heard that along the bible belt things like sodomy and anything slightly sexually left is deemed immoral & therefor illegal?"

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it:
"Sodomy laws in the United States, laws primarily intended to outlaw gay sex, were historically pervasive, but have been invalidated by the 2003 Supreme Court decision Lawrence v. Texas. While they were often originally intended to outlaw sex acts between homosexuals, many definitions were broad enough to make certain heterosexual acts illegal as well."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodo...ted_States

Fundies--aka Social Conservatives--in the U.S. have had a huge impact on our politics. Example: My understanding is that roughly 20% of our population regarded the 2000 election as a referendum on gay marriage!

This is the first time I've ever heard us called Merkin's. Huh.

About the sexual laws.
Well, it also depends on *where* you do said sexual act. In public, you find yourself adding handcuffs to your toy box, and not in the fun way.

At home with the windows open. A lovely officer will knock on the door and ask that you close the shades.

In the Bible Belt, I refuse to even recognise the Bible Belt as a place of rational thought, laws there are ancient and constantly being faught and overturned. It wasn't just to stop gays but any acts thought immoral and against the "superior" religious values of the region.

But, like most places, there are laws on the books that are positively ancient and idiotic, but until someone fights it, they remain there so as to "not waste taxpayer money".
For example, in Delaware you can't carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket on a sunday???? In W. Virginia, "deviant sexual acts" are described as any not covered in the bible. My law class had a fun time with these.
The sex laws just get overturned as they come up...except that doing it in public one. That would be an interesting day, wouldn't it?

<I want a bright orange Merkin for Burning Man. >

What a great thought!!

I live in California's Central Valley, which some claim to be the hay fever capital of the U.S. I have to spend most of my time indoors from late April through early June. Do certain urban areas of Australia have more airborne pollen than others?

<U WILL SURPRISE!!!!!!!!! >

NO I WONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!