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She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude.Bill Bryson
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[About Uluru] I'm suggesting nothing here, but I will say that if you were an intergalactic traveler who had broken down in our solar system, the obvious directions to rescuers would be: "Go to the third planet and fly around till you see the big red rock. You can't miss it." If ever on earth they dig up a 150, 000-year-old rocket ship from the galaxy Zog, this is where it will be. I'm not saying I expect it to happen; not saying that at all. I'm just observing that if I were looking for an ancient starship this is where I would start digging. .Bill Bryson
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…a waitress came out and plonked in front of each of us a small standard terra-cotta flowerpot in which had been baked a little loaf of bread." What's this?" I asked." It's bread, " she replied." But it's in a flowerpot?" She gave me a look that I was beginning to think of as the Darwin stare. It was a look that said, "Yeah? So?""Well, isn't that kind of unusual?" She considered for a moment. "Is a bit, I suppose." "And will we be following a horticultural theme throughout the meal?" Her expression contorted in a deeply pained look, as if she were trying to suck her face into the back of her head. "What?""Will the main course arrive in a wheelbarrow?" I elaborated helpfully. "Will you be serving the salad with a pitchfork?"" Oh, no. It's just the bread that's special."" I'm so pleased to hear it.Bill Bryson
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He left to do whatever editors do.Bill Bryson
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The thing about Ayers Rock is that by the time you finally get there you are already a little sick of it.Bill Bryson
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Perhaps it’s my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can.Bill Bryson
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It was so bad, it was worth more than we paid.Bill Bryson
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Describing his experience with the sting of an extremely toxic jellyfish, he did something you don't often see a scientist do: he shivered.Bill Bryson
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You are totally at the mercy of nature in this country, mate. It's just a fact of life.Bill Bryson