Reply to post: Re: Nasty, nasty

UK finally signs off on Square Kilometre Array Observatory Convention

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Re: Nasty, nasty

That was part of a diplomatic slap fight between building it in Oz or Za.

Australia expressed "health and safety concerns" for staff in South Africa, to which J'burg replied along the lines of "you're aving a larf - what about giant venomous spiders setting up home in the dishes if you put it in Oz?"

In true diplomatic fashion it is now in both countries.

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