On Thursday, I wrote here: I hope the queue for tickets to next week's Steve Irwin memorial doesn't get heated.
Today, The Courier-Mail reports: Grief-stricken fans of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin shed fresh tears after tickets to his memorial service ran out in 15 minutes yesterday, sparking a scuffle and accusations of dirty tricks.
I sure there were some genuinely "grief-stricken" people there, but there would also have been a number of people who just wanted to be a part of something big. Being sad at the loss of somebody you admired but never knew is one thing, but some people are going way overboard with their public outpourings of emotion.
PS: In the Courier-Mail story, somebody is accused of being "unAustralian". What does that mean? Is it instrinsically a part of the character of people of other nationalities to behave badly, but we Aussies are above all that.