Monday 19 September 2011

US customs suspect black paste carried by Aussie Diplomat


Minor diplomatic spat when US customs queries Aussie foreign minister’s Vegemite





Kevin Rudd, better known in Australia as Krudd was once Australia's Prime Minister. That all changed when the labour party cronies and powers that be decided Australia needed a tough ass female as PM.

Acting in his more accustomed role as the Australian foreign minister Krudd reports that customs at New York's JFK airport tried to confiscate his supply of Vegemite. Vegimite is not a mind altering chemical compound, contrary to popular urban myth.

It's a dark brown salty paste made from brewer's yeast, onion juice, salt and the sins of the Australian voting public, which is a bloody nice thing to spread on toast in the morning. In fact, there are connoisseurs of fine spreads throughout the world who will gladly inform you that Vegimite is counted as a high-grade toast-topping amongst the discerning.

"Only problem travelling to NY is that they tried to confiscate our Vegemite at the airport. Needed foreign ministerial intervention," Rudd tweeted from New York.

"Airport staff were surprised when I said it is good for you & I ate it for breakfast. They then waved me through," he added.

Vegemite was also a source of disagreement when Julia Gillard made her only visit to the United States as prime minister in March. She and the US president, Barack Obama, visited a high school in Virginia where an 11th grade student asked what Vegemite was. "It's horrible," Obama exclaimed.

It's funny that this made the news today, not so long ago I wrote a great article about Vegimite, it even includes a 1950's video of the famous Vegimite theme song. Did you know more Australians know the words to thissong than the Aussie national anthem? Stone the crows mate! Please go read VEGIMITE.

Hands off my Vegemite, Kevin Rudd tells US airport staff
(Image: Vegemite for sale, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from martinhoward's photostream)

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