I’ve lived in Brisbane, Australia all my life and I quite like it. Something that I don’t really understand though is why Brisbanites seem hell-bent on promoting their city as various American ones. Brisbane has unofficially called itself “Brisvegas” for years. That is soooo overstepping the mark. For starters, we have ONE casino....

Sure we’ve put up a few lights on the bridges and a few bulbs in some of the trees, but comparing ourselves to Vegas? We’re a bit out of our league here.

Las Vegas is “The City that Never Sleeps” with entertainment, food and sights to see 24/7.

All you’re gonna see in Brisbane at 4 in the morning are a few moths buzzing around a street light, and the odd drunk passed out in a bus stop.

All you’ll hear in Brisbane at 4 in the morning will be the engines of the street sweepers as they clean the empty streets, and....silence.

All you’ll be able to eat at 4 in the morning here is that one lousy- looking hot dog leftover in the turntable at the 7-11.

Now our Mayor has embarked on a campaign to promote Brisbane, complete with t-shirts. Our new slogan is “I (Green Heart) Brisbane.” 

Methinks this more than slightly resembles “I  (Red Heart) New York.”

 And now they’re worried they’ll get sued for pinching it....

The mayor says the green heart symbolises how Brisbane is now a ‘green’ city committed to reducing carbon emissions/stopping global warming/using less this/producing less that.

Next we’ll be calling Brisbane “The Slightly Smaller Apple!”

Enough plagiarising the USA, let’s come up with something original!