Boston Tea Party

The Boston tea party involved about 150 men who went aboard
East India Company ships in Boston harbor, on December 16th, 1773,
ripped open tea chests and threw them into the ocean, in protest at the
attempt to monopolize the tea trade in the colony, which we now know as
the United States of America. Bless 'em.

The company had tried to bypass local merchants and import directly
into the colony itself.

Other colonies had persuaded local agents of the East India company to
resign and tea imports were returned to England or stored in warehouses.

The Boston locals would have none of that and simply dumped the product
in the
ocean thereby becoming some of the first ENVIRONMENT VANDALS in the USA.

Australians would have handled the same circumstances differently
had they happened here.

It is likely that the Australians would have engaged in a game of cat
and mouse
with the authorities. The tea would have been stolen and hidden in
various places
to give the British police and military a sporting chance to look for it.

Aussies would have also camped by a billabong* and waited until their billy*
boiled and then enjoyed a nice hot cup of tea, compliments of the
British establishment.

A goodly portion of the booty beverage would have been sold on street
corners to the local tea-addicts of the era for quite a few dollars per
ounce.

Consider this:

By dumping the tea, the American colonists only deprived themselves of the
drink and from then on had to drink that horrible stuff, instant coffee.

My goodness! Look what that has done to them. They walk around in a zombie
like half asleep state and don't know if they are Arthur or Martha.

They are obsessed with the "market economy" whereas Australians love
their sport.

Australians, on the other hand, have a wide selection of beverages,
including
tea, coffee, wines, spirits and beer and are still alert to a good freebie
when one is available.
lol

* A Billy ( from Scottish bally : a milk pail) is a
metal container for boiling water.
*Billabong : a lake isolated from the main river.

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