Joke : "What do you call a Boomerang that does not return ? A stick."

The boomerang as a weapon is unique to the Aboriginal Australians, and not found anywhere else on earth. Originally, a �boomerang� just meant throwing stick. The Aboriginal Australian hunter normally did not require a throwing stick to return. Its purpose was to hit and injure its target sufficiently to enable it to be captured, or slow enough for the spear throwers to get into range. Over time, and in different regions, intricate designs were elaborated which allowed throwing sticks to curve around obstructions, to skip with force off the ground, to catch on to and swing around a protective shield and to swirl in a large arc eventually to curve back to the thrower.

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