On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:18:44 +0000, PeterL wrote:

> WindyCityPrince > wrote in
> :
>
>> Boston is the home of baked beans in America.
> Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, so Boston is the *real* 'Windy City' :-)
>> The Windy City is Chicago (where I am from) and was born out of a
>> reference to politicians around the time of the World's Fair in Chicago
>> and their propensity for talking and blowing lots of hot air.
>>
> Interesting!! I thought it was because it's always blowing a gale!!
> You learn something new every day :-)
>> Baked Chicago is just a play on the term Baked Alaska. I like to bake
>> and I'm from Chicago.
>
> Over here it's Baked Australia, because we really *are* baking!!

Erm, it's 9deg Celcius here within Australia peter.
The wood heater is on (with a nice lamb and venison stew simmering away
on top).

Australia is a big country, and doesnt begin or end with Queensland.