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Ask a Fosters Drinking, Pie Eating Australian Anything.

P.S. Australians dont drink Fosters


Cmon u know u want to.

Why do you talk funny?

Why do you have koala's as pets? ;)

Probably spelling this wrong.

But whats a Phomy? ;)

What does kangaroo taste like, and do you find the cuter and animal is, the better it tastes when grilled?

What does kangaroo taste like, and do you find the cuter and animal is, the better it tastes when grilled?

Are kangaroos not the same as cows, pigs and chickens?

Question 1. Why do we talk funny.
Huh Do We Talk Funny Governer?

If you mean accents well us Australians dont have accents its those damned Americans and their Nasal accents.

If you mean our rhyming slang e.g. "Dead Horse = Tomato Sauce"
Its now a Dying Art form in Australia, and is being fazed out. Never fear Americans and their media propaghanda will confirom us against the Queens english.
can anyone spell Harbour?????

Oh yeah whats the deal with those yankees and there pad playing footballers??

Question 2. Why do we have Koalas as Pets

Ok myths about Australia that are not True

1. We dont have Koalas as pets
2. We do not ride Kangaroos to Schools
3. Aborigines do not chase us (except in some suburbs) hurling rocks and boomerangs.

Any more questions

1. We dont have Koalas as pets
I know :)


3. Aborigines do not chase us (except in some suburbs) hurling rocks and boomerangs.

No, we chased them, right off their own land.

Question 3 What Does Kangaroo Meat Taste Like

A. It tastes very similar to beef and is also often compared to venison, it is high in iron and protein and it contains much less fat - less than 2% -than most other red meats.

p.s. The Cuter the animal the better the taste is.

No room in Australia for good looking things, afterall they only sent the ugly convicts to Australia. The good looking ones stayed as servents :P

Question 4 What is a Phomy?

Dont know what a Phomy is, u might be spelling it incorrectly, however Australia is a huge country each region has it own nuances so if any other Australian can answer this then please do so.

P.S.

Just in case u wanted to know I am on the only computer in the country. It is connected to the internet through Two cans and a string. Donated by those rich Americans. I think we got it for siding with those polluting Americans. (by not signing the Kyoto protocol.)

Actually I knew the answer. ;)

I have heard 2 answers.

Prisoner of her Magisty
Prisoner of the main land.

The correct answer is POME, it was worn on the backs of the clothes issued to the convicts.

It means "Prisoner of Mother England".

. We dont have Koalas as pets

Watch out for dropbears though ;)

1. are you really afraid of the japanese?

2. do you really drink more beer than the average german?

3. why do you love the Oktoberfest so much?

1. are you really afraid of the japanese?

2. do you really drink more beer than the average german?

3. why do you love the Oktoberfest so much?

1. No. Only the people brought up under the bad old days of "beware the yellow peril" claptrap have that feeling.

2. Depends on the Australian.

3. I have no idea. No one here celebrates Oktoberfest (unless they're German)

Note not an Ocker
Yeah for spelling Harbour
Any reason to drink is a good reason
What does Pommy mean eh(as in English)?
Fan of VB
Holden is a real car

Question 1. Why do we talk funny.
Huh Do We Talk Funny Governer?

If you mean accents well us Australians dont have accents its those damned Americans and their Nasal accents.


We actually have what is termed a "neutral accent", which is why our accents will conform to another country's one if we live there long enough.


If you mean our rhyming slang e.g. "Dead Horse = Tomato Sauce"
Its now a Dying Art form in Australia, and is being fazed out.
RuthlessOne, stop telling porkies.




As Voldavia said, a pommy, or a pom, comes originally from POME which was worn on the backs of the clothes issued to the convicts. It means "Prisoner of Mother England".

1. are you really afraid of the japanese?

those squinty eyes are signs of their devil worshipping!

2. do you really drink more beer than the average german?

i hate beer, but I'm somewhat alone in this, hehe.

3. why do you love the Oktoberfest so much?

Because we have a lot of germans, since it was really only them and Brits until post ww2.

We actually have what is termed a "neutral accent", which is why our accents will conform to another country's one if we live there long enough.

Depends which part of Australia you're from, Queensland has a fairly heavy accent, new south wales isn't as strong, the rest is generally neutral, and Adelaide is supposedly the most accent neutral place in the western world.

yeah, I have a question. Why must you claim that anything that was a product of nz is actually australian? like pavlovas and the finn brothers?

australian accents are like american accents, in that they vary depending on where they're from, i think.

we've always called them poms, but i think it was originally POHM as in prisoner of her majesty, though that's what i learnt at school here in nz.

ps. i've even read reports of australians trying to claim that peter jackson's lord of the ring movies were made there too.

is it true both you and NZ are a nation of sheep worriers?

yeah, I have a question. Why must you claim that anything that was a product of nz is actually australian? like pavlovas and the finn brothers?

Pavlova was created in Australia, though the inventor did claim it was based and improved upon a NZ recipe. As for the Finn brothers, I've never heard anyone say they're anything but NZ'er.

we've always called them poms, but i think it was originally POHM as in prisoner of her majesty, though that's what i learnt at school here in nz.

POME, Prisoner of Mother England

ps. i've even read reports of australians trying to claim that peter jackson's lord of the ring movies were made there too.

I haven't although it will be part of Australia sometime this century ;)

is it true both you and NZ are a nation of sheep worriers?

New Zealand, Scotland and Spain are the Axis of countries that be allowed to ask sheep to wear lipstick ;)

is it true both you and NZ are a nation of sheep worriers?
New Zealand! Where the men are men and the sheep are worried!

(I'm sure they say the same thing about us)

New Zealand, Scotland and Spain are the Axis of countries that be allowed to ask sheep to wear lipstick ;)

Scotland? Shurely shome mishtake? Wales, I would have thought.

I have a question: is it true that Australians are now legally obliged to spend a gap year working in a bar in London, or does it just seem that way? Paying us back for all of the 'ten-pound poms', no doubt.

Spend a gap year working a bar in London?
In a word, no.

But now you've given us ideas...

as a true ocker i feel ashamed that i didnt know that pommy came from POME, nor that it was an aus/nz thing, i just assumed everyone called them "filthy whinging poms" like us.


*cough*

*jedi mind trick*
NO AUSTRALIANS DO NOT CALL ENGLISHMEN MEAN NAMES BEHIND THIER BACKS


excellent they'll never know.....

as for what kangaroo tastes like; i think you'd have better luck asking a dane, because it was on a trip to the great cold nordic lands that i saw roo in a supermarket for the first time in my life, and not just a little bit but lots of it.

ive also been told that roo meat is popular in japan, but then again ive heard vegemite is popular in japan, which i just cant believe.

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Have you ever burned your pubes dancing around the fire naked?

I thought it was POHM, since prisoners stayed at 'her majesty's pleasure' not 'mother englands pleasure.' (its a prison term not something sick!)

as a true ocker i feel ashamed that i didnt know that pommy came from POME, nor that it was an aus/nz thing, i just assumed everyone called them "filthy whinging poms" like us.


*cough*

*jedi mind trick*
NO AUSTRALIANS DO NOT CALL ENGLISHMEN MEAN NAMES BEHIND THIER BACKS


excellent they'll never know.....

as for what kangaroo tastes like; i think you'd have better luck asking a dane, because it was on a trip to the great cold nordic lands that i saw roo in a supermarket for the first time in my life, and not just a little bit but lots of it.

ive also been told that roo meat is popular in japan, but then again ive heard vegemite is popular in japan, which i just cant believe.

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The Force gives you power over weak minds. And I shalln't mention the Rugby World Cup.

Kangaroo meat is really nice - like beef but with a bit of a spicy/gamey tang, like rabbit. We have it in the UK, too. There seems a bit of a fad at the moment for bizarre meat in supermarkets. Ostrich, that kind of thing.

The Force gives you power over weak minds. And I shalln't mention the Rugby World Cup.

Kangaroo meat is really nice - like beef but with a bit of a spicy/gamey tang, like rabbit. We have it in the UK, too. There seems a bit of a fad at the moment for bizarre meat in supermarkets. Ostrich, that kind of thing.

damnit, i knew i should have paid more attention to what master yoda spake.

speaking of ostrich, the best meat ive ever had is emu. DELICIOUS. real juicy, and full of flavour.

damnit, i knew i should have paid more attention to what master yoda spake.

speaking of ostrich, the best meat ive ever had is emu. DELICIOUS. real juicy, and full of flavour.
Elephant... yumyum

hmm, why do you keep saying her majesty anyway, heh, the monarch of England at the time of the convicts is the same guy who led England during America's revolution, King George III.

Of course, I suppose one must probably note Pommy was never even used until the 20th century, so its origins are somewhat questionable, although it being a joke about english immigrants in the early 20th century does seem Australian, laugh.

So then....what exactly is pommy?

I wanna go to Australia.......any good computer science jobs I can find there when I graduate? (May 2007) ;)

So then....what exactly is pommy?

I wanna go to Australia.......any good computer science jobs I can find there when I graduate? (May 2007) ;)

a pommy is an english person (note: that ENGLISH not BRITISH, a welshperson, or scott for example would never be called a pom (or pommy)).

Australia being a small country has always been a bit unsure of our place in the world, so we tend to latch our selves on to "big and powerful friends" (first UK and now US) with whom we have a love hate relationsips. So when we say poms, it has both positive and negitive connotations, same as the word yank.

But dont worry, just cause we might have a love hate relationship with america and britian, doesnt mean we are racist toward specific individuals

I'm going to have to bust on you guys for the POME bit. It's an urban legend:
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm :(

So which of the resident Aussies want to remain a commonwealth and which ones want a republic?
What's better - a Tim Tams, a Cherry Ripe, or a Violet Crumble?

I'm going to have to bust on you guys for the POME bit. It's an urban legend:
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm :(

So which of the resident Aussies want to remain a commonwealth and which ones want a republic?
What's better - a Tim Tams, a Cherry Ripe, or a Violet Crumble?


Tim Tams- best

Cherry Ripe- horrible.