Australia Ditches "Down Under"

The continent Australia has decided collectively to lose the "down under" nickname.
Apparently the sexually suggestive nature of the name just became too much for the rest of the world to deal with.



In a recent interview Australian Prime Minister John Howard states that, "Years and years of use, has turned into constant abuse! You don't think that we've heard every single "what's going on down under" joke there is don't you? It was funny for a moment but now this has gotten bloody ridiculous. I can't go to the corner store without someone coming up to me and saying, "How are things down under?" in reference to my privates. That is not the type of world I want my children to grow up in."



Australians across the continent are upholding the decision. An all out ban on the use of the words "down under" has been placed on the community.



Howard stated that he is determined to make the rest of the world recognize that Australia is not just a bunch of potty humour. He has vowed to make it his mission to ensure that while Australia may seem to be on the bottom half of the world to the rest of civilization, they certainly wont be the bottom end of dirty jokes under his watch.