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I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?

Silence you drunken convict!

Silence you drunken convict!


Touche.

Nope sorry, I still see it as just what you describe. :D

I like that though, are you telling me it isn't like that? I will be crushed!! :p


Ha Ha.

No Honey.

it isn't like that.

I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?


Nope sorry, I still see it as just what you describe. :D

I like that though, are you telling me it isn't like that? I will be crushed!! :p

I view Austrailia as the place where everyone lives near the coast, and it's only claim to fame is Wolfmother!:p
Oh, and Yahtzee currently lives there.
Seriously.

Ok, in all seriousness, when I think of Australia, I think of my mate who has a horrible hybrid British-Australian accent, I think of surfing, but I mainly think of..... Neeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiighhhhhbooooooooours.

I view Austrailia as the place where everyone lives near the coast, and it's only claim to fame is Wolfmother!:p
Oh, and Yahtzee currently lives there.
Seriously.


Only claim to fame is Wolfmother!??? WHATTT!!??

*cough cough* *looks at list*

Geoffery Rush
Nicole Kidman
Russell throw-a-phone Crowe
Heath Ledger
Naomi Watts
Eric Banana
Hugh Jackman
Jet (although they are sh*t they did make it into a few American movie soundtracks)
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS


Uhhhh...there is more..but i can't think of them...hmmmff.

And i live inland. In the city.

Ok, in all seriousness, when I think of Australia, I think of my mate who has a horrible hybrid British-Australian accent, I think of surfing, but I mainly think of..... Neeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiighhhhhbooooooooours.

Ha HA. Everybody loves good Neighbours.

Hmmm, movies and exports are the general lens that people see

Unless a few Australian expats come here (and I currently work for one).

He doesn't have any accent, which we expected but didn't get.

Paul Hogan, the now deceased Croc Hunter, and a few other movie characters have done Australia a disservice in that department.

It's a nice place to visit. I've been to Melbourne and Cairns.
Not really sure what the rest of my country thinks of it though.

Nope sorry, I still see it as just what you describe. :D

I like that though, are you telling me it isn't like that? I will be crushed!! :p

http://i.pbase.com/o6/83/502383/1/57511336.wp5gNKbw._RBS2674.jpg

http://www.davidagrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Melbourne-City.gif

This is where i live.

Hmmm, movies and exports are the general lens that people see

Unless a few Australian expats come here (and I currently work for one).

He doesn't have any accent, which we expected but didn't get.

Paul Hogan, the now deceased Croc Hunter, and a few other movie characters have done Australia a disservice in that department.

Hmmmm 'Thats not a kinfe. This...is a knife'
Not our best quote.

It's that crazy upside down place where there are crazy animals, many of which are poisonous.

Crazy poisonous.


Haha. There are more poisonous animals in Africa then there are here.
That and we don't ever coem across any of them. Not unless youre bushwalking or something. Which i can't say i have done a lot of since Year 10 school camp at Ayers Rock.

It's that crazy upside down place where there are crazy animals, many of which are poisonous.

Crazy poisonous.

I think of Australians as Americans with funny accents.

Aussies have funny slang and stuff. I always think about the Sydney opera house, because it's beautiful and I want to go there.

I think of Australians as Americans with funny accents.

What?! Americans? We are completely different to Americans. No Offence to the Americans. But we are much better.

:eek:

Aussies have funny slang and stuff. I always think about the Sydney opera house, because it's beautiful and I want to go there.

Too right we do mate.

And the Opera house wasnt even designed by an Aussie, it was done by a Danish or Sweedish or French or something.

Its good to look at, but once youve seen it its not that special. The Sydney Harbour Bridge...NOW SHE'S A BEAUTY!

What?! Americans? We are completely different to Americans. No Offence to the Americans. But we are much better.Maybe more like Canadians with differently funny accents, deprived of maple syrup and suspiciously many sheep.

This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand.

With hands firmly in my pockets, guarding against ne'er-do-wells.

I just think of them as louder, brasher Brit's with funny accents. But that’s probably quite old-fashioned; I hear they like the Americans more than us these days. But we can still claim to have the same Queen :p

Maybe more like Canadians with differently funny accents, deprived of maple syrup and suspiciously many sheep.


We have Maple Syrup. And maybe you are right.
Do we have funny accents? I dont think we do....maybe we do....hmmmm

I just think of them as louder, brasher Brit's with funny accents. But that’s probably quite old-fashioned; I hear they like the Americans more than us these days. But we can still claim to have the same Queen :p

Oh no, no, no. We LOVE the Brits. Myself especially. I'd pick a Brit over an American any day. That sounds terribly rascist. Its not that i dont like Americans, im sure they are lovely. But i think we have a lot more in common with the Brits. Same dry-sarcastic sense of humour etc.

its the place dull Englishman flee to in the hope that it makes them appear unique and give them some sliver of achievement...or that might just be Perth :p

its Britain but hotter, larger and with the Welsh confined to an Island to the East

I think of my memories from when I visited Australia in 1999. So the top four things are (in no particular order):

The Powerhouse museum (which I rank as the fifth best science museum I have visited)
The mass of construction in Sydney
Swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
The Aborigine center near Cairns I visited

And when I think of an Australian, I think of either:

The female tour guide at the zoo (I don't know why, but her accent stood out for me)

Or

Blunty3000

I don't think Australians are a bunch of backwards hicks. I tend to think they are like Americans, only more homogenous (lacking America's melting pot nature). Aborigines are like Native Americans, only without warrior traditions or the ability to give local governments the finger because state law doesn't apply on reservations, suckers!

What?! Americans? We are completely different to Americans. No Offence to the Americans. But we are much better.

:eek:

At least I don't think you're all like Steve Irwin.

And I don't base my judgements on The Thorn Birds.

I actually think you're a fairly diverse crew.

I've only actually known one Australian in my life, and she was of Chinese extraction.

I think of my memories from when I visited Australia in 1999. So the top four things are (in no particular order):

The Powerhouse museum (which I rank as the fifth best science museum I have visited)
The mass of construction in Sydney
Swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
The Aborigine center near Cairns I visited

And when I think of an Australian, I think of either:

The female tour guide at the zoo (I don't know why, but her accent stood out for me)

Or

Blunty3000

I don't think Australians are a bunch of backwards hicks. I tend to think they are like Americans, only more homogenous (lacking America's melting pot nature). Aborigines are like Native Americans, only without warrior traditions or the ability to give local governments the finger because state law doesn't apply on reservations, suckers!


That and the Aboriginies here usually sit outside McDonalds asking for change. This, in turn, renders them unavailable to give the finger as their time is obviously consumed by annoying people who work for their money.

I view Australia as being quite similar to Canada. It's a big, empty country that keeps to itself.

I do prefer your views on immigration, though.

Everyone seems to be going down the Canadian line. I must do research into this. Of course Canada is rather colder. But who am i to judge!?

I view Australia as being quite similar to Canada. It's a big, empty country that keeps to itself.

I do prefer your views on immigration, though.

At least I don't think you're all like Steve Irwin.

And I don't base my judgements on The Thorn Birds.

I actually think you're a fairly diverse crew.

I've only actually known one Australian in my life, and she was of Chinese extraction.

Yeah, we have a big group of people here. Most of Melbournes populace is of Asian 'extraction'!

No, we are not all like Steve Irwin (rip) but he was a good bloke and it wouldnt be a bad thing if a few more people in the world took a leaf out of his book.

That and the Aboriginies here usually sit outside McDonalds asking for change. This, in turn, renders them unavailable to give the finger as their time is obviously consumed by annoying people who work for their money.

According to the movie Quigley Down Under, and probably Neesika, the spokesperson for all oppressed aboriginals, they're unable to work for money because of the oppression (especially that seen in the movie).

Yeah, we have a big group of people here. Most of Melbournes populace is of Asian 'extraction'!

No, we are not all like Steve Irwin (rip) but he was a good bloke and it wouldnt be a bad thing if a few more people in the world took a leaf out of his book.

I certainly enjoyed his shows. But I don't think anyone could keep up with his energy level.

I certainly enjoyed his shows. But I don't think anyone could keep up with his energy level.

Smoking meth helps.

According to the movie Quigley Down Under, and probably Neesika, the spokesperson for all oppressed aboriginals, they're unable to work for money because of the oppression (especially that seen in the movie).

Oh its an age old argument. They could work if they wanted too. They are just lazy. 'You stole our land, blah blah blah' Thats the excuse they have been using for 200 years. I wonder when it will get old?

I certainly enjoyed his shows. But I don't think anyone could keep up with his energy level.

Thats very true. he was very OTT, but still. Good guy. Very good guy.

Smoking meth helps.

I will try this and let you know.

God! Its 3:30am. I have to go to sleep otherwise i wont get anything done tomorrow.

I dont know if anyone usually says 'bye' in forums when they leave..but....Goodnight!

Only claim to fame is Wolfmother!??? WHATTT!!??

*cough cough* *looks at list*

Geoffery Rush
Nicole Kidman
Russell throw-a-phone Crowe
Heath Ledger
Naomi Watts
Eric Banana
Hugh Jackman
Jet (although they are sh*t they did make it into a few American movie soundtracks)
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS


Uhhhh...there is more..but i can't think of them...hmmmff.

And i live inland. In the city.
Who are they?

Oh, Heath Ledger. But he dosen't count cause he's dead! :eek:

There is no such place as Australia - it is all a hoax perpetrated by the British Government to cover drowning large numbers of criminals in the English Channel.

Australia is supposedly the world leader in soft power. So there's that.

I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?
I understand. I live in Florida and most people I meet from outside the state think alligators roam the streets.

My view of Australia changed after I read Jared Diamond's Collapse. I never realized that Australia had such poor soil and, considering its size, is not really capable of sustaining a large human population agriculturally.

a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia

This "unmanly" American always thinks of this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0CB6URrV0) when he thinks of Australia...

Like this:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/MPost4552-f011e22120.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/cautionaustralia.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Sexy_Beast_2.jpg

http://www.1984web.com/img/funny/posters/countries/australia.jpg

I dated a girl from Australia who's brother worked for Steve Irwin, and she had crazy animals, like owls (she said they were owl-like, not just plain owls) and wallaby's (sp?) I've got some pictures of the little baby wallies around here somewhere, I'll try and find them, post a link up.

When I think of Australia, I think of people with British accents that you can actually understand, and lame ass license laws that say you have to drive for so many years before you can have a car above a certain horsepower or with forced induction. And Vegemite.

This "unmanly" American always thinks of this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0CB6URrV0) when he thinks of Australia...

after watching that video it seems Australia has the worst problem with kids.


though I hear Melbourne is the best place in the world to get a westernized Asian girl.

Forgot about drop bears. Got to watch out for those, haha.

Like this:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/MPost4552-f011e22120.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/cautionaustralia.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Sexy_Beast_2.jpg

^This^
Gravlen covered it!:p

Only claim to fame is Wolfmother!??? WHATTT!!??

*cough cough* *looks at list*

Geoffery Rush
Nicole Kidman
Russell throw-a-phone Crowe
Heath Ledger
Naomi Watts
Eric Banana
Hugh Jackman
Jet (although they are sh*t they did make it into a few American movie soundtracks)
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS


Uhhhh...there is more..but i can't think of them...hmmmff.

And i live inland. In the city.

Don't forget Yahoo Serious. :D

Only claim to fame is Wolfmother!??? WHATTT!!??

*cough cough* *looks at list*

Geoffery Rush
Nicole Kidman
Russell throw-a-phone Crowe
Heath Ledger
Naomi Watts
Eric Banana
Hugh Jackman
Jet (although they are sh*t they did make it into a few American movie soundtracks)
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS


Uhhhh...there is more..but i can't think of them...hmmmff.

And i live inland. In the city.
I don't know if a list that short helps our cause...

What is this Australia? We only recognise West Island, as shown in this map of New Zealand

http://www.ultrakasa.com/oldhome/images/westisland.gif

I don't know if a list that short helps our cause...
I don't think a list containing Russel Crowe helps our cause at all...
What about: ACDC, Crowded House, Pavlova (yes, shut up you kiwis, they are both ours), The Church, Living End, Vegemite, Tooheys Beer, a shitload of coal exports, uhh.. yeah... anything else?

What is this Australia? We only recognise West Island, as shown in this map of New Zealand

http://www.ultrakasa.com/oldhome/images/westisland.gif

bahahah! and we of course just think of you as our 7th and 8th states :P

Hmmm, movies and exports are the general lens that people see

Unless a few Australian expats come here (and I currently work for one).

He doesn't have any accent, which we expected but didn't get.

Paul Hogan, the now deceased Croc Hunter, and a few other movie characters have done Australia a disservice in that department.

I enjoy thinking that Americans think that we all ride Kangaroos to work, and that we all drink Fosters. In fact when speaking to Americans overseas I encouraged these sort of Myths

What is this Australia? We only recognise West Island, as shown in this map of New Zealand

http://www.ultrakasa.com/oldhome/images/westisland.gif

Damn Kiwi, we wont have any of you people from Sha banga bang trying to put us in our place, go back to your sheep.

How does that joke go again?

What happens when a Kiwi moves to Australia?

The IQ's of both countries goes down.

and lame ass license laws that say you have to drive for so many years before you can have a car above a certain horsepower or with forced induction.

WTF?

Only claim to fame is Wolfmother!??? WHATTT!!??

*cough cough* *looks at list*

Geoffery Rush
Nicole Kidman
Russell throw-a-phone Crowe
Heath Ledger
Naomi Watts
Eric Banana
Hugh Jackman
Jet (although they are sh*t they did make it into a few American movie soundtracks)
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS


Uhhhh...there is more..but i can't think of them...hmmmff.

And i live inland. In the city.

Christ woman! You forgot AC/DC!?

I don't think a list containing Russel Crowe helps our cause at all...
What about: ACDC, Crowded House, Pavlova (yes, shut up you kiwis, they are both ours), The Church, Living End, Vegemite, Tooheys Beer, a shitload of coal exports, uhh.. yeah... anything else?


Aboriginies, Bauxite, Uranium, Fosters, Ayers Rock, Wollemi Pine etc....

http://i.pbase.com/o6/83/502383/1/57511336.wp5gNKbw._RBS2674.jpg

http://www.davidagrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Melbourne-City.gif

This is where i live.


Dang that looks like where I live. (Atlanta) :(

Welp, I guess that nixes that vacation idea. I was looking forward to meeting all those Crocadile Dundee types. ;)

Btw my hubby moaned when I told him you all don't own kangas like we thought. :p

Aboriginies, Bauxite, Uranium, Fosters, Ayers Rock, Wollemi Pine etc....

Jacko!
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As an Australian enviromental student who has been to U.S, canada, New Zealand, Bali, Figi and Japan the first thing I have noticed the huge difference in nature. Nothing is close to Australias natural environment

But when it comes to other places I find Australians to be quite relaxed and unconcerned. Our main problem I believe is that as a vast nation containing 22 million people we insist we have the same kind of resources as far more dense places everywhere. This is especially odd when it comes to the country. We have so much space and want a city with the capasities of New York.

That being said I have had met the most down to earth people at home

Jacko!
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You should have warned me before posting this photo! I lamost fell off my chair.

As an Australian enviromental student who has been to U.S, canada, New Zealand, Bali, Figi and Japan the first thing I have noticed the huge difference in nature. Nothing is close to Australias natural environment

But when it comes to other places I find Australians to be quite relaxed and unconcerned. Our main problem I believe is that as a vast nation containing 22 million people we insist we have the same kind of resources as far more dense places everywhere. This is especially odd when it comes to the country. We have so much space and want a city with the capasities of New York.

That being said I have had met the most down to earth people at home


Yeah, i would agree with that. We are pretty laid back. When i was back-packing a couple of years ago in Europe i found that i made more friends with Aussies over there then i did with any one else.

You should have warned me before posting this photo! I lamost fell off my chair.

He kind of looks like he's passing batteries, doesn't he?

^This^
Gravlen covered it!:p

This made me giggle

He kind of looks like he's passing batteries, doesn't he?

I don't know what he is passing, but it definately isn't natural.

How does that joke go again?

What happens when a Kiwi moves to Australia?

The IQ's of both countries goes down.

Actually, the joke goes like this. What happens when a Kiwi moves to Australia? The average IQ of both countries goes up.

Then, of course, here is their list of thefts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oevo71dyzM

Heh... as Kiwi, All I have to say is "shut up you rowdy roo rapists"

:P

bring on the bledisloe :D

Yep, bring on the Bledisloe Cup. Does anyone know if there are matches in Christchurch and/or Dunedin this year?

http://i.pbase.com/o6/83/502383/1/57511336.wp5gNKbw._RBS2674.jpg

http://www.davidagrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Melbourne-City.gif

This is where i live.

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I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?

Thread has been done before.

Thread has been done before.

So have most of them, if you have a problem with it posting in it to bring back the to very top probably isn't the best course of action :p

I like how these threads show our insecurity about our place in the world, coming from a pretty damn insecure city I should know about that...

Thread has been done before.


Ok, then why dont you go and post this comment in all the other threads that have been done before too?

I'm new. I didnt know. Dont get your knickers in a twist.

I’m Irish and I get the impression that the Australians (I’ve never actually been to Australia, but I’d like to – I’ve got an aunt and some cousins near Melbourne, and it sounds like it's really nice there) are sort of like our distant cousins. I mean, they’re laid back and friendly, they like their drink, they swear liberally, the only main difference is the warm climate, and the wildlife - the good (koala bears, pretty tropical birds, kangaroos, you know, the stereotypical Australian stuff) and the bad (there aren’t even any native wild snakes here, and the nastiest insect you’ll come across is a wasp). Oh and the fact that the Catholic Church doesn’t have this strong grip on you.

In terms of English speaking nations, anyway, Australia is far more like the UK than America. I wouldn’t agree at all with comparison with the USA.

Aussie comedians are good, and lots of UK comedians go over for comedy festivals. Australia’s also become an export of grade-A Hollywood actors, and also TV actors (Alan Dale was on Neighbours for years and now he’s making it into practically every major American TV show). And I never would’ve guessed that Anthony LaPaglia was an Aussie either. Oh, and my favourite actor (guess who?) is an Aussie. No, can't really knock the Aussies.

I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?
Aha! You're from Australia!

That's why I see you online often!

This made me giggle

Glad we made you laugh, Aussie lass. Welcome to NSG!:D

We have got to page 6 and no one has mentioned the one export us Brits hate with a vengance - the unstoppable Aussie cricket team ;)

Come to mention it, they're not bad at rugby, golf, swimming, athletics......

*starts signing Waltzing Matilda and supporting the Aussies*

We have got to page 6 and no one has mentioned the one export us Brits hate with a vengance - the unstoppable Aussie cricket team ;)

Come to mention it, they're not bad at rugby, golf, swimming, athletics......

*starts signing Waltzing Matilda and supporting the Aussies*

Thanks mate, much appreciated:).

What the hell, I'll return the favour. After all you blokes gave birth to us...

*God save our gracious queen...*

I live in America. I can't remember hearing a bad thing about Australia. We all love you up here as far as I know

So have most of them, if you have a problem with it posting in it to bring back the to very top probably isn't the best course of action :p

I like how these threads show our insecurity about our place in the world, coming from a pretty damn insecure city I should know about that...

Actually, the thread I posted a while back was moreso interested in proving my point that the government's choice to fund films that deal specifically with Australian identity has created a homogenous, stereotyped and largely incorrect international notion of what Australia is like.

has created a homogenous, stereotyped and largely incorrect international notion of what Australia is like.

Umm... lets see, a bunch of white ex-cons who sic the navy on refugees, get blind stinking drunk around a barbie while singing waltzing matilda, spend more government money on sports than most other countries per capita in an effort to lord it overseas on the playing fields,
can't pronounce "fish and chips" correctly, and whose farmers "Luurrve" their sheep :D

sounds accurate :D

Mind you, apart from the waltzing matilda bit, us kiwis like a nice BBQ and beer as well :D

I enjoy thinking that Americans think that we all ride Kangaroos to work, and that we all drink Fosters. In fact when speaking to Americans overseas I encouraged these sort of Myths

Thank you so much...

Aussies have funny slang and stuff. I always think about the Sydney opera house, because it's beautiful and I want to go there.

Everywhere has funny slang, though.

That and the Aboriginies here usually sit outside McDonalds asking for change. This, in turn, renders them unavailable to give the finger as their time is obviously consumed by annoying people who work for their money.

Then get out of the McDOnalds line, fat ass.

erm as a rascist hell hole full of the decendents of criminals who hunted aboriginies in tazmania to extinction and now think it's ok because they give "abos" social welfare. lets not mention the hatred of clever people and the ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls oh and all the un-arrested psychopaths oh and the endless poisonous animals and the crap bear............. i could go on

Then get out of the McDOnalds line, fat ass.

Amor, you´re too pretty to be this mean, really. Plum Duffs´s new, have a care, eh?

My image of Australia is simply as the place where most of the dislikable people in England want to move to.

Which is a shame.

erm as a rascist hell hole full of the decendents of criminals who hunted aboriginies in tazmania to extinction and now think it's ok because they give "abos" social welfare. lets not mention the hatred of clever people and the ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls oh and all the un-arrested psychopaths oh and the endless poisonous animals and the crap bear............. i could go on

Shush you, whichever country you're from probably has baggage too.

i was only answering the question. :confused: but your right every country is pretty crappy except.. erm... erm...erm i can't finish that sentence, how depressing is that?:(

Kangaroos and R.I.P. Stewe Irwin

The Land Of Teh Nekkid Sunbatherz http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8398/droolgx7.gif

Nope.

You're a buncha folk with them ankle-biters n' your funny accents and you have funny words for things n' ya drink alot and play digery doos. Plus you drive on the wrong side of the road and Russell Crow punches people a lot.

That's just the stereotype I use when I'm mocking you guys.

My real view is... Well, you guys are like American Southerners minus the racism. You know, friendly, outgoing, and helpful.

The Land Of Teh Nekkid Sunbatherz http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8398/droolgx7.gif


And at the other end of the spectrum, it's the land of the tin can outlaws :D Clint Eastwood wore a pot lid :D Ned Kelly wore the whole pot :D

erm as a rascist hell hole full of the decendents of criminals who hunted aboriginies in tazmania to extinction and now think it's ok because they give "abos" social welfare. lets not mention the hatred of clever people and the ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls oh and all the un-arrested psychopaths oh and the endless poisonous animals and the crap bear............. i could go on

I resent that, my state was never a penal colony and never accepted convicts!

Well, you guys are like American Southerners minus the racism.

You might want to check in with the Aborigines and the non-white immigrants before reaching a final conclusion on that one.

You might want to check in with the Aborigines and the non-white immigrants before reaching a final conclusion on that one.

I am a non-white immigrant of 14 years. I have never really suffered from it at all. In school the only people who ever said anything about the Asians were the good ol' boys from the country, and that all ended by the time we were in senior year.

Aborigines on the other hand...talking about them brings out the inner racist in me so imma leave it alone.

/rant
Basically Australia is just like the U.S, except we're kinda behind on broadband access, civil rights and we get a lot of your products a fair few months later.
Our last leader stuck so close to Dubya we might as well have been another state.
About the only thing better about our current one is he brought the troops home. But we're still as homophobic, religiously intolerant, hamburger guzzling, screwed up education system as the U.S. /rant

Although our health care trumps theirs so fuck yea.

P.S. Also urgench is probably a product of our shitty failed public education system. Private schools represent. Rite?

/rant
Basically Australia is just like the U.S, except we're kinda behind on broadband access, civil rights and we get a lot of your products a fair few months later.

Don't get me started on that...

Play-Asia FTW! :D
Region-locking FTL! :(

*snip

Oh, and my favourite actor (guess who?) is an Aussie. No, can't really knock the Aussies.


I dont know! Who?
I like your opinions on us though. Youre a good sort. My sisters marrying an Irishmen.

Aha! You're from Australia!

That's why I see you online often!

Ha Ha. Whats that suppose to mean?! Because we have nothing better to do then ride our Emus and be on the net? :) :D

Glad we made you laugh, Aussie lass. Welcome to NSG!:D

Thankyou indeed!!

We have got to page 6 and no one has mentioned the one export us Brits hate with a vengance - the unstoppable Aussie cricket team ;)

Come to mention it, they're not bad at rugby, golf, swimming, athletics......

*starts signing Waltzing Matilda and supporting the Aussies*

Ha Ha...Yeah we are pretty good at the old sport aren't we? In fact, we are bloody good at a lot of things. No, we are the best. Yeah. That sounds about right. :D

''Australia all let us rejoice...for we are young and free!!''

I live in America. I can't remember hearing a bad thing about Australia. We all love you up here as far as I know

Bless your little cotton socks.

Umm... lets see, a bunch of white ex-cons who sic the navy on refugees, get blind stinking drunk around a barbie while singing waltzing matilda, spend more government money on sports than most other countries per capita in an effort to lord it overseas on the playing fields,
can't pronounce "fish and chips" correctly, and whose farmers "Luurrve" their sheep :D

sounds accurate :D

Mind you, apart from the waltzing matilda bit, us kiwis like a nice BBQ and beer as well :D

Now, how did i knwo you'd be a Kiwi...I think it may have been the 'fish and chips' comment that did it for me.

We can't pronounce it right? Ha! Who are you kidding!? Fesh and Cheps! :D :D

Thank you so much...



Everywhere has funny slang, though.



Then get out of the McDOnalds line, fat ass.


Uncalled for :)
Also, I'm never in the Mcdonalds line. Im a vegetarian :)

Ha Ha. Whats that suppose to mean?! Because we have nothing better to do then ride our Emus and be on the net? :) :D

GMT+9.5 is the bane of my existence, luckily NSG has a few people active during this time.

erm as a rascist hell hole full of the decendents of criminals who hunted aboriginies in tazmania to extinction and now think it's ok because they give "abos" social welfare. lets not mention the hatred of clever people and the ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls oh and all the un-arrested psychopaths oh and the endless poisonous animals and the crap bear............. i could go on

Racist hell hole? Ha. Ok.
I dont call them Abos. I think thats an awful term.
Hatred of clever people? Where did you get this information? Is it a fact? Can you send me the link? Id like to read up about it. ;)
Ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls? Now tell me, what country are you from??
Endless poisionous animals, ones which i have never come across in my whole life living in Australia. Yeah, those things are everywhere!! ;)
And Crap Bear? Or is that Beer? Because we onyl have one Bear and by Golly is he great!

Please...do go on.

The Land Of Teh Nekkid Sunbatherz http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8398/droolgx7.gif

Thats only when its too hot for bikinnis ;)

Nope.

You're a buncha folk with them ankle-biters n' your funny accents and you have funny words for things n' ya drink alot and play digery doos. Plus you drive on the wrong side of the road and Russell Crow punches people a lot.

That's just the stereotype I use when I'm mocking you guys.

My real view is... Well, you guys are like American Southerners minus the racism. You know, friendly, outgoing, and helpful.

Ha Ha. Russell Crowe is a tool.

Don't get me started on that...

Play-Asia FTW! :D
Region-locking FTL! :(

I know right?
Tv Programs too.
Its a joke.

Ha Ha. Whats that suppose to mean?! Because we have nothing better to do then ride our Emus and be on the net? :) :D
... and export kangaroo-meat-tainted canned corned beef, and not take a bath because of water rationing. :D

Seriously, now... I live in a country in the GMT +8 time zone, so we have the same time or you're just a few hours forward - that's why I often see you online at the same time as me. ;)

Endless poisionous animals, ones which i have never come across in my whole life living in Australia. Yeah, those things are everywhere!! ;)

They are if you look.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Redback_frontal_view.jpg/250px-Redback_frontal_view.jpg

... and export kangaroo-meat-tainted canned corned beef, and not take a bath because of water rationing. :D

Seriously, now... I live in a country in the GMT +8 time zone, so we have the same time or you're just a few hours forward - that's why I often see you online at the same time as me. ;)

Ah i see. And where are you?

They are if you look.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Redback_frontal_view.jpg/250px-Redback_frontal_view.jpg

Ahhh, he didnt say Insects though did he? He said animals! I wasnt even thinking along the spider lines!
But, even so, Ive seen maybe...3 of those? Maybe.
They arent exactly crawling around my house or walking down the street reading newspapers. But they are around yes.
As for the other poisionous animals, its rare you come across them too, unless...in the bush.
But its like any other country though isnt it? We all have them.
Except maybe Inuits. They might now have so many.

:)

Ah i see. And where are you?
Southeast Asia... specifically, the Philippines.

Southeast Asia... specifically, the Philippines.

Not too far away then at all!!

Not too far away then at all!!
Yes, but airfares are not cheap for me. :(

best to get the fares quickly before fuel prices mean buying a sailboat is cheaper... the Aussie navy aren't fans of boats sailing in from the islands :P

You might want to check in with the Aborigines and the non-white immigrants before reaching a final conclusion on that one.

Racist hell hole? Ha. Ok.
I dont call them Abos. I think thats an awful term.
Hatred of clever people? Where did you get this information? Is it a fact? Can you send me the link? Id like to read up about it. ;)
Ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls? Now tell me, what country are you from??
Endless poisionous animals, ones which i have never come across in my whole life living in Australia. Yeah, those things are everywhere!! ;)
And Crap Bear? Or is that Beer? Because we onyl have one Bear and by Golly is he great!

Please...do go on.

You realise a large percentage of the population didn't want Mr Rudd to apologise to Aboriginals?
If someone mentions something bad about them, at all my work places, or during high school, even at university, people can chime in with bad stories or encounters they've had with them. It's anectdotal, but to deny there's an undercurrent of racism in Australian society, especially towards Aborigines, I have to ask what country are YOU from.

As for smart people, hell yes. Australia has a bad case of tall poppy syndrome. People are feted for sport more than intelligence, there's no doubt about it.
Honestly this doesn't bother me too much. Sports is just sexier than studying.

Like this:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/MPost4552-f011e22120.jpg

this a drop bear
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/zxc_047/dropbear.jpg

You realise a large percentage of the population didn't want Mr Rudd to apologise to Aboriginals?
If someone mentions something bad about them, at all my work places, or during high school, even at university, people can chime in with bad stories or encounters they've had with them. It's anectdotal, but to deny there's an undercurrent of racism in Australian society, especially towards Aborigines, I have to ask what country are YOU from.

As for smart people, hell yes. Australia has a bad case of tall poppy syndrome. People are feted for sport more than intelligence, there's no doubt about it.
Honestly this doesn't bother me too much. Sports is just sexier than studying.


I'm Australian and quite proud to be. I know who rightly owns our land. And i know from where i came from. I am not racsist in any way...but to say that the Australian society is rascist is a generalization is it not?
Just because some may be, doesnt mean we all are. And to attack our country or the statements i have made about it does nothing but tell me you are a close minded fool who wishes to bad mouth me and all Australians for somethign you probably know little about. A lot of people did not want Mr Rudd to apologize purely for the fact that they knew he was doing it as a 'suck up' job. Because he disliked the previous prime Minister and what he stood for and to gain popularity he knew it would be the right thing to do. Have you seen how Mr Rudd acts towards other issues in our country? Heard his promises liek all other leaders make? He may have meant it and yes it may have been the right thing to do, but they wouldnt be leaders if they didnt have alterier motives. They can always benefit. Now he has the votes that John Howard never had by gaining the poluarity for apologizing. Whether you see it that way or not, frankly, i do not care. However if you wish to criticize me or Australia and call us rascist i would seriously consider what you are going to say before you say it because i would not pass judgement of any kind so quickly like that towards anyone, especially if i dont live in their country. So thankyou for your comments. I appreciate you having an opinion. But unfortunately i dont agree with it and i would encourage you not to insult me in future as i do not take lightly to it.

Also, to claim we have a hatred of intellectuals or the like is ridiculous. We do not have tall poppy syndrom. So whe dont mind winning at sport? What is the problem with that? Because we have pride in our nation? Would you say America has the same problem? They dominate the Olympic games and most other sports. Would they have tall poppy syndrom too? Since when was it a crime to have pride for your country and want to win at something? Be the best? Since when was it a crime to be passionate about something?

People here are not looked up to because they are good at sport. Sport is one of the things our country loves the most. and we are good at it. So shoot me if that is such a bad thing. I dont know what your problem is, but clearly you have one with us.

for all the good it actually did he might have apologised for making the sky blue...

Ahhh, he didnt say Insects though did he? He said animals! I wasnt even thinking along the spider lines!
But, even so, Ive seen maybe...3 of those? Maybe.
Redbacks? Up here in Brisbane they're everywhere. Every two weeks or so my mum makes a round around the house and probably kills 5 or so in the process.

As for the other poisionous animals, its rare you come across them too, unless...in the bush.
A snake once fell on me when I took out the garbage. You know that trick when they put a bucket of water on top of the door and when you open it, it falls on you? Yeah, the snake figured it'd do the same.

We never did find out what it was or where it went.

Anyways, the most dangerous thing around here are cars. They're everywhere, and they can kill you just like that. Scary stuff.

I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?

uh, no to wearing blue singlets. red ones are more fashionable around here.:p

My opinion of Australia is it's a country many miles away, yet it would also be a really good place to visit for a while.
In other words it's amazing!

I’m Irish and I get the impression that the Australians (I’ve never actually been to Australia, but I’d like to – I’ve got an aunt and some cousins near Melbourne, and it sounds like it's really nice there) are sort of like our distant cousins. I mean, they’re laid back and friendly, they like their drink, they swear liberally, the only main difference is the warm climate, and the wildlife of grade-A

Well it stands to reason, many Irsih came to Australia to settle or sent because the damn POMs shipped them over here, it doesn't surprise me that we share a similar culture.

can't pronounce "fish and chips" correctly, and whose farmers "Luurrve" their sheep :D

Umm, what? Are you sure you aren't thinking of Kiwis?

I resent that, my state was never a penal colony and never accepted convicts!

Yeah but your state has an inferiority complex because of it.

''Australia all let us rejoice...for we are young and free!!''

Ahh, but Plum let me ask you, Do you know the rest of the words or are you like 55% of the population who don't know the words?

Yeah but your state has an inferiority complex because of it.

No, I'm pretty sure that stems from the constant stream of insults from across the border. Which I don't tend to mind because I like that this is a quiet city.

Ahh, but Plum let me ask you, Do you know the rest of the words or are you like 55% of the population who don't know the words?

If foreign foe e'er sight our shore
Or dare a foot to land
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand
Brittania then shall surely know beyond wide ocean's roll
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul

Is it strange that I remember the last verse, which was cut for obvious reasons, but have trouble remembering the second?

Hatred of clever people? Where did you get this information? Is it a fact? Can you send me the link? Id like to read up about it. ;)
Endless poisionous animals, ones which i have never come across in my whole life living in Australia. Yeah, those things are everywhere!! ;)

It's called the Tall poppy syndrome Plum, I am surprised you haven't heard of it or seen it in work, it mainly applies to people who have become successful.

As for not seeing a lot of dangerous wildlife, are you serious? Even while living in major cities I have seen redbacks (who hasn't?), a funnel web in my house once, golden orb spider (a walk in the Royal Botanical gardens in Sydney will set you straight), huntsmen amongst others. I have also had in major cities a King Brown, and a Red Bellied Black snake.

Of course there has been a lot of other non-dangerous animals I have seen in our cities various kinds of native birds and of course Blue tongue lizards.

It's called the Tall poppy syndrome Plum, I am surprised you haven't heard of it or seen it in work, it mainly applies to people who have become successful.

Does it still count if I think only certain successful people deserve to be cut down?

Does it still count if I think only certain successful people deserve to be cut down?

Marxism Fuck the World!:p

No, I'm pretty sure that stems from the constant stream of insults from across the border. Which I don't tend to mind because I like that this is a quiet city.

If you say so but it isn't because of that, it is most noticeable when reading the state paper and it is their are articles in their having a whinge about one thing and another I believe the Sunday mail had a cry last week about their only being seven Olympians from SA selected. There are other examples of ordinary South Australians inferiority complex in action but I won't go into it. I too live in Adelaide and I have seen it first hand many times.

If foreign foe e'er sight our shore
Or dare a foot to land
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand
Brittania then shall surely know beyond wide ocean's roll
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul

Is it strange that I remember the last verse, which was cut for obvious reasons, but have trouble remembering the second?

Not even I know this verse (I once was told there are seven verses in the original song) I know the lines for the first two as that is what I was brought up on till about the middle of primary school when the principal just started making us sing the first verse. It seems to be something that is common as at events they only sing and play the first verse and chorus, something which I dislike, I would like to see the second verse be sung as the words are quite moving.

Does it still count if I think only certain successful people deserve to be cut down?

Does it still count as Tall poppy syndrome?

I'm Australian and quite proud to be. I know who rightly owns our land. And i know from where i came from. I am not racsist in any way...but to say that the Australian society is rascist is a generalization is it not? Half of this doesn't even address racism, what do I care if you know who owns what? That has nothing to do with anything. And I never said Australia as a whole. I said a large percentage.


Just because some may be, doesnt mean we all are. And to attack our country or the statements i have made about it does nothing but tell me you are a close minded fool who wishes to bad mouth me and all Australians for somethign you probably know little about. A lot of people did not want Mr Rudd to apologize purely for the fact that they knew he was doing it as a 'suck up' job. Because he disliked the previous prime Minister and what he stood for and to gain popularity he knew it would be the right thing to do. Have you seen how Mr Rudd acts towards other issues in our country? Heard his promises liek all other leaders make? He may have meant it and yes it may have been the right thing to do, but they wouldnt be leaders if they didnt have alterier motives. They can always benefit. Now he has the votes that John Howard never had by gaining the poluarity for apologizing. Whether you see it that way or not, frankly, i do not care. However if you wish to criticize me or Australia and call us rascist i would seriously consider what you are going to say before you say it because i would not pass judgement of any kind so quickly like that towards anyone, especially if i dont live in their country. So thankyou for your comments. I appreciate you having an opinion. But unfortunately i dont agree with it and i would encourage you not to insult me in future as i do not take lightly to it.
All I got from this was nothing.

Also where did I insult you? The only thing I asked was what country YOU were from, and you did the same to someone else in the thread earlier.
Also, to claim we have a hatred of intellectuals or the like is ridiculous. We do not have tall poppy syndrom. So whe dont mind winning at sport? What is the problem with that? Because we have pride in our nation? Would you say America has the same problem? They dominate the Olympic games and most other sports. Would they have tall poppy syndrom too? Since when was it a crime to have pride for your country and want to win at something? Be the best? Since when was it a crime to be passionate about something?

People here are not looked up to because they are good at sport. Sport is one of the things our country loves the most. and we are good at it. So shoot me if that is such a bad thing. I dont know what your problem is, but clearly you have one with us.

Once again you completely miss the entire point. Tall poppy syndrome, as someone explained it again, is prevalent in Australia especially in academic studies. Taking delight, in cutting those who are more successful, cutting down those who rise above. Or did you not see the massive media fest over Ben Cousins, to use a recent example.

I never said it was wrong to be proud of sports, or winning medals at the Olympics, that is the worst strawman I have ever encountered.

Once again you completely miss the entire point. Tall poppy syndrome, as someone explained it again, is prevalent in Australia especially in academic studies. Taking delight, in cutting those who are more successful, cutting down those who rise above. Or did you not see the massive media fest over Ben Cousins, to use a recent example.

I never said it was wrong to be proud of sports, or winning medals at the Olympics, that is the worst strawman I have ever encountered.

I think the mediafest over Ben Cosins is a poor example of the Tall poppy syndrome, it was more a case of the media being dicks and their enjoyment of sensatilising everything which cost a man his job (The police can take most of the balme for that too). Perhaps Steve Irwin and now some of the stick his daughter gets is better

I think the mediafest over Ben Cosins is a poor example of the Tall poppy syndrome, it was more a case of the media being dicks and their enjoyment of sensatilising everything which cost a man his job (The police can take most of the balme for that too). Perhaps Steve Irwin and now some of the stick his daughter gets is better

Everyone talked about this. Everyone. Everyone had an opinion, everyone loved to spout sage old sayings. The media gives what people buy, and sure as hell ratings went up, not down when they covered it.

Does it still count as Tall poppy syndrome?

Yeah, I probably should have made that clearer.

If you say so but it isn't because of that, it is most noticeable when reading the state paper and it is their are articles in their having a whinge about one thing and another I believe the Sunday mail had a cry last week about their only being seven Olympians from SA selected. There are other examples of ordinary South Australians inferiority complex in action but I won't go into it.

Well, I suppose I only really see how my friends and I feel about stuff like that, so you're probably right.

I love reading the letters in the Advertiser, they often make me chuckle. For example a few weeks back somebody from Semaphore suggested running a tram line between the O-Bahn tracks, which doesn't work for a few reasons.

I too live in Adelaide and I have seen it first hand many times.

Wow, I didn't know that.

Marxism Fuck the World!:p

Hmm... well if Marxists are going around fucking everyone like the old fashioned 60's hippies, I want a pretty female one to come visit me :D

Mountains. Skiing. Rich. Homogenous. Snow. Speak funny dialects of German. Nice disciplined culture. Imperial.

.....what?:p

Everyone talked about this. Everyone. Everyone had an opinion, everyone loved to spout sage old sayings. The media gives what people buy, and sure as hell ratings went up, not down when they covered it.

And your point is?

Hmm... well if Marxists are going around fucking everyone like the old fashioned 60's hippies, I want a pretty female one to come visit me :D
Problem.

There exist no pretty marxists.

Hmmmm... nice things about Australia.... They make nice Shampoo and body wash.
Can I ask why you are so insecure Plum Duffs?

Yeah, I probably should have made that clearer.

I think it does, if you cut them down because they are successful, even if these aren't the reasons you give then yes it is still the tall poppy syndrome.

Well, I suppose I only really see how my friends and I feel about stuff like that, so you're probably right.

I love reading the letters in the Advertiser, they often make me chuckle. For example a few weeks back somebody from Semaphore suggested running a tram line between the O-Bahn tracks, which doesn't work for a few reasons.

You make a good point there Dryks, so you may be right yourself, after all it is only a matter of opinion.

In regards to your second paragraph, I love you even more, I too read The Advertiser letters for a laugh over the stupidity of people. I know some of these ideas people come up with are crazy and ill thought out, sometimes I think the paper should screen some of these letters, but then where would I get my early morning laugh.

Wow, I didn't know that.

Umm, I don't know if this is meant to be sarcasm or not. Anyway, I wonder how may times we have seen each other in the street, walking down Rundle Mall, down by the Bay, maybe you were the guy that brought me a beer Saturday night at the Elephant who knows, eerie isn't it I will always be thinking I wonder if any of these people are Dryks.

Don't get me wrong I enjoy living in Adelaide, but there are some aspects of the culture and City which I don't like, just as the same way when I was living in Melbourne and Sydney they were things I didn't like, but enjoyed living there for different reasons then I enjoy living in Adelaide.

Problem.

There exist no pretty marxists.



well... could we try giving some of the less noxious ones a bath? and maybe some of the aussie shampoo that's been mentioned?

Whenever I think of Australia I think of coastal cities with big white skyscrapers/hotels/etc.
And a few patches/belts of open, desert-ish land here and there.
I'm guessing the rest of it is just like the States here, but with a different accent.
I think it might be cool to visit there some day.

Ha Ha. Whats that suppose to mean?! Because we have nothing better to do then ride our Emus and be on the net? :) :D

You have nothing better to do than ride EMUs - no wonder your rail patronage is through the roof!

Everything I know about Australia come from the song "Come to Australia" and Zero Punctaution.:headbang::cool:

Hmm... well if Marxists are going around fucking everyone like the old fashioned 60's hippies, I want a pretty female one to come visit me :D
hah, hippies they were just Marxists on drugs.
and oddly portrayed in films as the person who hates the government.
I bet they never thought a Marxist would be in government eh?
Problem.

There exist no pretty marxists.
what if i paid them lots of money to work for me? the extra money could get them fitter or better looking ya know? no? yes? yeah i thought you'd agree, because i'm right.

I think it does, if you cut them down because they are successful, even if these aren't the reasons you give then yes it is still the tall poppy syndrome.

Not because they're successful, because of how or why they are. I'm not trying to argue that the term shouldn't apply by the way, I have intention of defending myself, I just want to clarify.

Umm, I don't know if this is meant to be sarcasm or not. Anyway, I wonder how may times we have seen each other in the street, walking down Rundle Mall, down by the Bay, maybe you were the guy that brought me a beer Saturday night at the Elephant who knows, eerie isn't it I will always be thinking I wonder if any of these people are Dryks.

Out of those examples, probably not. I hardly ever go to the beach and I'm underage, sometimes I end up walking through Rundle Mall with friends after uni though so who knows.

Everything I know about Australia come from the song "Come to Australia" and Zero Punctaution.:headbang::cool:

Well, at least who know how messed up the video-game industry is down here, that's something I suppose.

Hmmmm... nice things about Australia.... They make nice Shampoo and body wash.
Can I ask why you are so insecure Plum Duffs?

she wants to kill you, that's why. This is merely a distraction for the swat teams to smash through your windows, just for kicks mind nothing nasty.
:p

Not because they're successful, because of how or why they are. I'm not trying to argue that the term shouldn't apply by the way, I have intention of defending myself, I just want to clarify.

It is hard to tell and I am by no means an expert on the subject, it could be argued that even tough you say you dislike them because they act like a prick which may be your reason, because they are successful even tough they are a prick you hate them. So while your reason for saying you dislike someone is that they are a prick, you hate them not only for that but because they are successful even though they are a prick and become successful you hate them. See if you can make heads or tails out of that, it is hard to tell if you are suffering from tall poppy syndrome. Of course it could be said that this syndrome has been made up as a way for successful (mainly academic people) to alleviate any crap they get from other people sort of a way of saying "Well they are just jealous"

Out of those examples, probably not. I hardly ever go to the beach and I'm underage, sometimes I end up walking through Rundle Mall with friends after uni though so who knows.

Ahh so you are 17 year old first year uni student then (unless you are some sort of genius and have been attending since you were 14. Attending Adelaide perhaps, or it could be UniSA. Exams coming up soon, I am meant to be studying now but am instead spending my time on here. Yes maybe we have bumped into each other some where along the line, nice to know that there are at least two of us.

Ahh so you are 17 year old first year uni student then (unless you are some sort of genius and have been attending since you were 14. Attending Adelaide perhaps, or it could be UniSA. Exams coming up soon, I am meant to be studying now but am instead spending my time on here. Yes maybe we have bumped into each other some where along the line, nice to know that there are at least two of us.

Adelaide, second-year, really should be studying considering I have an exam on Saturday. I'll do it tomorrow.

Adelaide, second-year, really should be studying considering I have an exam on Saturday. I'll do it tomorrow.

second year really? So what you skipped a year in school? As for the study, that's what I have said, it doesn't always work. Good luck on the exam btw what is it on?

second year really? So what you skipped a year in school? As for the study, that's what I have said, it doesn't always work. Good luck on the exam btw what is it on?

Differential Equations and Fourier Series

Everyone talked about this. Everyone. Everyone had an opinion, everyone loved to spout sage old sayings. The media gives what people buy, and sure as hell ratings went up, not down when they covered it.

I like to check the first three pages of the paper to see how often they're mostly "real news", it's not that often. In fact the day I first started checking for it half of page three was about getting hair straighteners installed in pubs and clubs.

Differential Equations and Fourier Series.

Well good luck with that, especially as it is on a Saturday seriously which bright spark came up with that idea.

I like to check the first three pages of the paper to see how often they're mostly "real news", it's not that often. In fact the day I first started checking for it half of page three was about getting hair straighteners installed in pubs and clubs.

Well you would have been thrilled with pg.3 of The Advertiser earlier this week with the advertisement disguised as an article about the iPhone

Ahh, but Plum let me ask you, Do you know the rest of the words or are you like 55% of the population who don't know the words?

:) I know the first verse. Dont know the second one. But then again, no one ever sings that bit.

[QUOTE=Blouman Empire;13769587]It's called the Tall poppy syndrome Plum, I am surprised you haven't heard of it or seen it in work, it mainly applies to people who have become successful.

QUOTE]

I know what tall poppy syndrome is. I was joking :)

:) I know the first verse. Dont know the second one. But then again, no one ever sings that bit.

Well that's good, as for the second bit how no one ever sings it nowadays that does annoy me, and I wish I was someone successful sports star where it is played every time I win, just so I could complain and make them play it entirely. Hell sometimes you don't even hear the chorus.

I know what tall poppy syndrome is. I was joking :)

Oh ok.

I was joking :)

If you know how to joke... one thing is for damn sure, You don't work for Aussie customs and border security :D

If you know how to joke... one thing is for damn sure, You don't work for Aussie customs and border security :D

Ha Ha. Yes, they are lacking in the humour department arent they?
Have you tried any terroist jokes? Bomb threats? Hiding things in your underpants. That may lighten them up a bit.

Nah, not yet, I have wondered what the reaction would be to:

"Reason for coming to australia?"
"Just passing through, I'll be catching another flight to Kackistan, hopefully before they find the dismembered corpse in the basement at home, theres no extradition treaty with Karkistan"

Nah, not yet, I have wondered what the reaction would be to:

"Reason for coming to australia?"
"Just passing through, I'll be catching another flight to Kackistan, hopefully before they find the dismembered corpse in the basement at home, theres no extradition treaty with Karkistan"

Yes. I think you should try that one. That will get them giggling for sure.

will you visit me in detention? :P

will you visit me in detention? :P


Sure. Ill bring waffles.

Get a room.

Get a room.

Id get a room with Gerard Butler. Thats probably it though. Oh and maybe my boyfriend if he deserved it. Which he doesnt. Because he is a doosh bag.

I quite like australians, though I have never been to the island myself I hope to maybe remedy that.


Oh, and Plum... its Douchebag ;) only one word in there.

I quite like australians, though I have never been to the island myself I hope to maybe remedy that.


Oh, and Plum... its Douchebag ;) only one word in there.

Ah. Thats the Australian coming out in me. :)
Either way. he is a knob jockey.

Ah. Thats the Australian coming out in me. :)
Either way. he is a knob jockey.

Knob jockey :p. I ain heard (more precisely read) that in a long time.

Knob jockey :p. I ain heard (more precisely read) that in a long time.

Oh i have plenty of those goodies up my sleeve.
Cock Wrangler and Poo Pirate are two of my favourites.

Oh i have plenty of those goodies up my sleeve.
Cock Wrangler and Poo Pirate are two of my favourites.

Old slang is oft times the funniest.

Id get a room with Gerard Butler. Thats probably it though. Oh and maybe my boyfriend if he deserved it. Which he doesnt. Because he is a doosh bag.

He can't be all that bad if he's your boyfriend...

He can't be all that bad if he's your boyfriend...

Ahhh....it's..complicated. Very. Id go into it but then id get a million and one opinions from people telling me why i shouldnt be with him.

I kinda like the tall poppy syndrome. It encourages people to be humble which, IMHO, is a good thing.

Like theyll be dead soon.....Fucking Kangaroos...

Lol, but, no seriously, when i think of Australia my first thought is generally Sydney and the Opera House...I think of the Outback as just that, Out in the Backwoods of your country...we have that too, we call it, Wyoming and Montana, lol...


Besides, Australia's great because A) they dont hate our Guts, like everyone else seems too, and B) they have Wolfmother who're definitely one of the best bands ive heard in years...

they dont hate our Guts,
We just don't have much of a choice :P It's either kiss your arse or kiss Chinas' arse for us.

However, that's the political point of view, from a personal point of view, I have nothing against you.

my first thought is generally Sydney and the Opera House
Well, we all enjoy a trip down the opera house every sunday for our concerts. Did you know 3/4s of the population of Australia can fit in there at once :eek: However, kangaroo parking is a bit expensive, and kangaroos cost too much to run these days already, so no, only the locals regularly go the the opera house.

I kinda like the tall poppy syndrome. It encourages people to be humble which, IMHO, is a good thing.

It encourages people not to stick their necks out and achieve what they could possibly achieve. It encourages people to be mediocre.

Ahhh....it's..complicated. Very. Id go into it but then id get a million and one opinions from people telling me why i shouldnt be with him.

Man the personal stuff just keeps coming.

Amor, you´re too pretty to be this mean, really. Plum Duffs´s new, have a care, eh?

That doesn't excuse Plum Duff's rather rude comments about "Aboriginal people asking for change in the McDonalds line" or whatever, now, does it?

Uncalled for :)
Also, I'm never in the Mcdonalds line. Im a vegetarian :)

Uncalled for? How, exactly? It's okay for you to bag on Aboriginal people?

Racist hell hole? Ha. Ok.
I dont call them Abos. I think thats an awful term.
Hatred of clever people? Where did you get this information? Is it a fact? Can you send me the link? Id like to read up about it. ;)
Ridiculous glorification of people who can kick balls? Now tell me, what country are you from??
Endless poisionous animals, ones which i have never come across in my whole life living in Australia. Yeah, those things are everywhere!! ;)
And Crap Bear? Or is that Beer? Because we onyl have one Bear and by Golly is he great!

Please...do go on.

Just because you don't call them "Abos" doesn't mean you weren't rude about them?

And, what about redbacks...?

I'm Australian and quite proud to be. I know who rightly owns our land. And i know from where i came from. I am not racsist in any way...but to say that the Australian society is rascist is a generalization is it not?
Just because some may be, doesnt mean we all are. And to attack our country or the statements i have made about it does nothing but tell me you are a close minded fool who wishes to bad mouth me and all Australians for somethign you probably know little about. A lot of people did not want Mr Rudd to apologize purely for the fact that they knew he was doing it as a 'suck up' job. Because he disliked the previous prime Minister and what he stood for and to gain popularity he knew it would be the right thing to do. Have you seen how Mr Rudd acts towards other issues in our country? Heard his promises liek all other leaders make? He may have meant it and yes it may have been the right thing to do, but they wouldnt be leaders if they didnt have alterier motives. They can always benefit. Now he has the votes that John Howard never had by gaining the poluarity for apologizing. Whether you see it that way or not, frankly, i do not care. However if you wish to criticize me or Australia and call us rascist i would seriously consider what you are going to say before you say it because i would not pass judgement of any kind so quickly like that towards anyone, especially if i dont live in their country. So thankyou for your comments. I appreciate you having an opinion. But unfortunately i dont agree with it and i would encourage you not to insult me in future as i do not take lightly to it.

Also, to claim we have a hatred of intellectuals or the like is ridiculous. We do not have tall poppy syndrom. So whe dont mind winning at sport? What is the problem with that? Because we have pride in our nation? Would you say America has the same problem? They dominate the Olympic games and most other sports. Would they have tall poppy syndrom too? Since when was it a crime to have pride for your country and want to win at something? Be the best? Since when was it a crime to be passionate about something?

People here are not looked up to because they are good at sport. Sport is one of the things our country loves the most. and we are good at it. So shoot me if that is such a bad thing. I dont know what your problem is, but clearly you have one with us.

*yawn*

Tall poppy syndrome definitely exists. And it doesn't mean what you think it means.

And since when do "we" have pride in our nation? I think - out least our generation - aren't exactly nationalist.

And, perhaps if you're trying to say Australians aren't racist, you should avoid making comments about the "Aboriginals in the McDonalds line" or whatever.

Uncalled for? How, exactly? It's okay for you to bag on Aboriginal people?

Didn't you know? Vegetarianism now officially cancels out the moral implications of racism. The UN pulled the resolution through back in May.
Tricky bastards, they are.

Didn't you know? Vegetarianism now officially cancels out the moral implications of racism. The UN pulled the resolution through back in May.
Tricky bastards, they are.

Aaah, must've missed that. ;)

That doesn't excuse Plum Duff's rather rude comments about "Aboriginal people asking for change in the McDonalds line" or whatever, now, does it?



Uncalled for? How, exactly? It's okay for you to bag on Aboriginal people?



Just because you don't call them "Abos" doesn't mean you weren't rude about them?

And, what about redbacks...?



*yawn*

Tall poppy syndrome definitely exists. And it doesn't mean what you think it means.

And since when do "we" have pride in our nation? I think - out least our generation - aren't exactly nationalist.

And, perhaps if you're trying to say Australians aren't racist, you should avoid making comments about the "Aboriginals in the McDonalds line" or whatever.

So because i commented on something that is a fact. eg. alot of Aboriginal people beg for money on the streets and have no jobs, it means i'm rascist? And im 'bagging on' them? No. Im just saying what i see. Or should i lie about it? You seem to have all the answers about what is right and wrong to say, so you tell me.

Didn't you know? Vegetarianism now officially cancels out the moral implications of racism. The UN pulled the resolution through back in May.
Tricky bastards, they are.

No, i think you must have got confused. But thats ok, i wont hold it against you. I said I wouldnt be in a Mcdonalds line because i am a Vegetarian in response to Amor calling me a fat arse. Maybe you should read the comments properly before you decide to be smart about it.

Like theyll be dead soon.....Fucking Kangaroos...

Lol, but, no seriously, when i think of Australia my first thought is generally Sydney and the Opera House...I think of the Outback as just that, Out in the Backwoods of your country...we have that too, we call it, Wyoming and Montana, lol...


Besides, Australia's great because A) they dont hate our Guts, like everyone else seems too, and B) they have Wolfmother who're definitely one of the best bands ive heard in years...

Don't you guys have a chain restaurant called The Outback, meant to serve Australian food, yeah right what a joke not only evidenced by the so called food that they serve but also the fact that they state they serve beef instead of kangaroo because "The kangaroo is an endangered animal" what a laugh.

Don't you guys have a chain restaurant called The Outback, meant to serve Australian food, yeah right what a joke not only evidenced by the so called food that they serve but also the fact that they state they serve beef instead of kangaroo because "The kangaroo is an endangered animal" what a laugh.

Why is it a laugh?

Why is it a laugh?

Because killing kangaroos for meat isn't exactly what you'd call unsustainable.

Because killing kangaroos for meat isn't exactly what you'd call unsustainable.

Exactly Kangaroos are not endangered, wallabies yes, kangaroos no, yet they claim that they can't serve Kangaroo because it is an edangered species. There are also many menu items which they claim to be Australian, such as the Bush onion which is a stuffed deep fried onion (from memory) can't remember what it is stuffed with but it certainly isnt Australian. And you would not call that traditional Australian fare.

Exactly Kangaroos are not endangered, wallabies yes, kangaroos no, yet they claim that they can't serve Kangaroo because it is an edangered species. There are also many menu items which they claim to be Australian, such as the Bush onion which is a stuffed deep fried onion (from memory) can't remember what it is stuffed with but it certainly isnt Australian. And you would not call that traditional Australian fare.

So it's "inspired by" instead of "from"? I hate when they do that on soundtracks.

So it's "inspired by" instead of "from"? I hate when they do that on soundtracks.

Yeah so do I, but I think the only thing that inspired them was the fact that they could make money from ignorant Americans.

Yeah so do I, but I think the only thing that inspired them was the fact that they could make money from ignorant Americans.

don't forget make money form people in the Bahamas, Beijing, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Seems we yanks have determined what your food is in the eyes of the entire world.
Just get over it no one in the world wants to eat vegemite except people from your backwards island.

It is funny my friends in Korea didn't even realize it was an American owned chain until I told them.

don't forget make money form people in the Bahamas, Beijing, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Seems we yanks have determined what your food is in the eyes of the entire world.
Just get over it no one in the world wants to eat vegemite except people from your backwards island.

It is funny my friends in Korea didn't even realize it was an American owned chain until I told them.

Well I didn't realize that the chain spread through the Americas and Asia and the UK. It still doesn't deny the fact that The Outback is a joke and you blokes from Seppoland are still ignorant. There is no need to get defensive GaD and there is plenty of Aussie food that they could serve such as Roast lamb, incorporate Quondongs into meals maybe serve some Kangaroo instead of making up shit they could also serve meat pies but I know that the Yanks are a bit averse to it maybe they could also serve Lamingtons and Pavlova both Australian inventions.

but I know that the Yanks are a bit averse to it maybe they could also serve Lamingtons and Pavlova both Australian inventions.

Never heard of Lamingtons and Pavlova, the names kinda sound tasty though, lol...

But, yeah, youll find its a common practice around here, I think it started with Chinamen, Immigrants come into our country, they need to make money, so they start a restaurant serving food from their native countries, and over time, after careful studying of American tastes, which generally means making it more fattening(hence the deep fried onion) while still remembering that we like feeling like we're eating something different and exotic, and, viola, Americanized Chinese or Australian or what have you food, almost unrecognizable to the native countries, but instantly recognizable here in the states...

And sometimes when they get big, like Outback we'll export it to other countries who havent tasted that kind of food, and they except the same belief...

Its the ultimate and purest form of capitalism....;)

Since European settlement Kangaroos have been the only mammal that has increased in numbers

This is due to the increase in dams and other year long water bodies. Before European settlement kangaroos were limited to streams that stopped during the dry times. They dyed out in areas due to this.

Now because of the desire to keep the grasses green, increases in farm dams as well as lakes and pond in and around cities the kangaroos dont die of dehydration.

They instead die of starvation. The kangaroos work by scramble competition. Their is no alpha male limiting the food source. They all scatter and eat randomly. Due to this the food source depletes to next to nothing. Species become extinct and the kangaroos starve.

A solution to this problem is to hunt and sell the meat. There is no where in the Australian wild that can support more kangaroos. They have all reached their peak and when they reach their peak there is mass death by starvation.

It is nicer to quickly shoot them to death then let them starve over a week. Anyone saying the kangaroos are in danger of extinction are misinformed or out of their minds. Their numbers have increased dramatically since European settlement.

Didn't we steal pavlova from the Kiwis?

Pavlova
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pavlova.png/250px-Pavlova.png

Lamington
http://files.ifood.tv/files/lamington.jpg

Didn't we steal pavlova from the Kiwis?

Pavlova
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pavlova.png/250px-Pavlova.png



It kinda looks like a fruit Cake with whip creme on top, complete with a lack of fruit, lol...

So because i commented on something that is a fact. eg. alot of Aboriginal people beg for money on the streets and have no jobs, it means i'm rascist? And im 'bagging on' them? No. Im just saying what i see. Or should i lie about it? You seem to have all the answers about what is right and wrong to say, so you tell me.

... Right.

No, i think you must have got confused. But thats ok, i wont hold it against you. I said I wouldnt be in a Mcdonalds line because i am a Vegetarian in response to Amor calling me a fat arse. Maybe you should read the comments properly before you decide to be smart about it.

No, sweetheart, he wasn't confused.

Exactly Kangaroos are not endangered, wallabies yes, kangaroos no, yet they claim that they can't serve Kangaroo because it is an edangered species. There are also many menu items which they claim to be Australian, such as the Bush onion which is a stuffed deep fried onion (from memory) can't remember what it is stuffed with but it certainly isnt Australian. And you would not call that traditional Australian fare.

Ah i see. Well i wouldnt eat Kangaroo anyway. Its vermen here, not exactly endagered. They are everywhere. Still...dont wanna try one. For obvious reasons! :)

don't forget make money form people in the Bahamas, Beijing, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Seems we yanks have determined what your food is in the eyes of the entire world.
Just get over it no one in the world wants to eat vegemite except people from your backwards island.

It is funny my friends in Korea didn't even realize it was an American owned chain until I told them.

Ive neevr even seen or heard of this 'Outback' restaurant!? Is it really that popular? I havent seen one in any of the states ive been to.

Didn't we steal pavlova from the Kiwis?

Pavlova
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pavlova.png/250px-Pavlova.png

Lamington
http://files.ifood.tv/files/lamington.jpg

Im not sure! But the pavlova my nana makes looks a lot bloody nicer then that does, thats for certain.

... Right.




No, sweetheart, he wasn't confused.


'Right...' so you dont have an answer then?
Look if youre going to be a smart arse to me you might as well have something proper to say or not say anything at all.

Well if he wasnt confused, his comment certainly wasnt making much sense.

'Right...' so you dont have an answer then?
Look if youre going to be a smart arse to me you might as well have something proper to say or not say anything at all.

Well if he wasnt confused, his comment certainly wasnt making much sense.

I don't feel like bothering with an answer, because you won't understand it. I clearly think that your comment about Aborgines was rude, so I don't need to say it again.

And just because you didn't understand it, didn't mean it didn't make sense.

Ive neevr even seen or heard of this 'Outback' restaurant!? Is it really that popular? I havent seen one in any of the states ive been to.

Well, its pretty popular down south here, probably because their Supposedly 'Australian' food, is differently prepared Southern foods...I havent really seen many up North, and i havent really been out West much...

I don't feel like bothering with an answer, because you won't understand it. I clearly think that your comment about Aborgines was rude, so I don't need to say it again.

And just because you didn't understand it, didn't mean it didn't make sense.


So your going to base your petty little argument on something that you obviously havent read properly. And make me feel small because you misconstrued my words and took something i said the wrong way? Thats not my problem. And if you really dont want to bother then why bother havign a dig at me in the first place? Why not just save yourself the effort of being rude and not say anything at all. My comment wasnt meant to be rascist. Im not a racsist person. Take it as you will. Youre obviously quite stubborn.

Im not sure! But the pavlova my nana makes looks a lot bloody nicer then that does, thats for certain.

I don't eat pavlova, therefore I use the Wikipedia picture. I eat and understand lamington, therefore I looked for a picture with a piece cut out of it :p

Well, its pretty popular down south here, probably because their Supposedly 'Australian' food, is differently prepared Southern foods...I havent really seen many up North, and i havent really been out West much...

Ok. Because i havent seen any in Australia. But im not even sure if thats what you meant. I doubt they would have them here anyway. I didnt even think Australia had traditional food, besides the odd one or two things.

I don't eat pavlova, therefore I use the Wikipedia picture. I eat and understand lamington, therefore I looked for a picture with a piece cut out of it :p

:) Lamingtons are good. Although cant say i have had one for a good few years! Im lacking in the lamington department.

Ok. Because i havent seen any in Australia. But im not even sure if thats what you meant. I doubt they would have them here anyway. I didnt even think Australia had traditional food, besides the odd one or two things.

Sorry, it wasnt, i was referencing American Regions, we're not very creative with them...

I was just saying that alot of the food they make is traditionally Creole, or Cajun foods that are prepared in a way to make them seem Australian...

Didn't we steal pavlova from the Kiwis?


the basic recipe, yep... But what you did to it after is as bad as what the yanks have done to the english langauge.

A Kiwi pavlova is a cake shaped meirangue with a crisp outside and a fluffy moist inside. While an Aussie versoin is a hollowed bowl of merangue that is crisp all through and has cream and fruit salad piled inside.

way different end results!

Sorry, it wasnt, i was referencing American Regions, we're not very creative with them...

I was just saying that alot of the food they make is traditionally Creole, or Cajun foods that are prepared in a way to make them seem Australian...

Oh ok. I get ya now. Probably didnt read all the posts properly!
Yeah, i mean, come to think of it..you can't really do a lot with Aussie food.
Theres a couple od deserts, meat pie that isnt really ours, you could do BBQ'd things..prawns...sausages..but then again they arent 'traditional'. We dont really have much that is our own. We just eat everyone elses food.

Oh ok. I get ya now. Probably didnt read all the posts properly!
Yeah, i mean, come to think of it..you can't really do a lot with Aussie food.
Theres a couple od deserts, meat pie that isnt really ours, you could do BBQ'd things..prawns...sausages..but then again they arent 'traditional'. We dont really have much that is our own. We just eat everyone elses food.

Yeah, thats what we do, we just take the extra mile and Cannibalize it whilst we're at it, lol...

I mean, we have some Native Foods down here, mostly from Africans and Native Americans, but im not entirely sure about the rest of the Country...


Dammit, now i want a Bloomin' Onion, lmao :D

:) Lamingtons are good. Although cant say i have had one for a good few years! Im lacking in the lamington department.

It's easy to make your own :D just buy a couple of packs of cheap spounge cake, a packet of berry jelly, and a pack of crumbed (grated, chipped, rolled, flaked, whatever the brand calls it, in small bits anyway) coconut.

chop the sponge cake into cubes about 2 to 3 inches on a side, make the jelly and when still tacky and not quite set, scramble with a fork and dip the sponge squares in until coated on all sides, roll in the coconut crumbs to cover. put to one side to let the jelly finish setting.

then enjoy your snack :D

It's easy to make your own :D just buy a couple of packs of cheap spounge cake, a packet of berry jelly, and a pack of crumbed (grated, chipped, rolled, flaked, whatever the brand calls it, in small bits anyway) coconut.

chop the sponge cake into cubes about 2 to 3 inches on a side, make the jelly and when still tacky and not quite set, scramble with a fork and dip the sponge squares in until coated on all sides, roll in the coconut crumbs to cover. put to one side to let the jelly finish setting.

then enjoy your snack :D

I will do that. I love cooking. I like doing choc chip cookies and slices and stuff. Mmm hungry now. Wouldnt mind some chocolate!

I'm Australian and quite proud to be. I know who rightly owns our land. And i know from where i came from. I am not racsist in any way...but to say that the Australian society is rascist is a generalization is it not?
Just because some may be, doesnt mean we all are. And to attack our country or the statements i have made about it does nothing but tell me you are a close minded fool who wishes to bad mouth me and all Australians for somethign you probably know little about. A lot of people did not want Mr Rudd to apologize purely for the fact that they knew he was doing it as a 'suck up' job. Because he disliked the previous prime Minister and what he stood for and to gain popularity he knew it would be the right thing to do. Have you seen how Mr Rudd acts towards other issues in our country? Heard his promises liek all other leaders make? He may have meant it and yes it may have been the right thing to do, but they wouldnt be leaders if they didnt have alterier motives. They can always benefit. Now he has the votes that John Howard never had by gaining the poluarity for apologizing. Whether you see it that way or not, frankly, i do not care. However if you wish to criticize me or Australia and call us rascist i would seriously consider what you are going to say before you say it because i would not pass judgement of any kind so quickly like that towards anyone, especially if i dont live in their country. So thankyou for your comments. I appreciate you having an opinion. But unfortunately i dont agree with it and i would encourage you not to insult me in future as i do not take lightly to it.

Also, to claim we have a hatred of intellectuals or the like is ridiculous. We do not have tall poppy syndrom. So whe dont mind winning at sport? What is the problem with that? Because we have pride in our nation? Would you say America has the same problem? They dominate the Olympic games and most other sports. Would they have tall poppy syndrom too? Since when was it a crime to have pride for your country and want to win at something? Be the best? Since when was it a crime to be passionate about something?

People here are not looked up to because they are good at sport. Sport is one of the things our country loves the most. and we are good at it. So shoot me if that is such a bad thing. I dont know what your problem is, but clearly you have one with us.


all of this vitriol is very amusing but it doesn't really address the central point being made. australia has an appaling history of racsim (so do other countries, but you didn't ask us about them) you never denied my point about the tazmanian first people presumably because like most australians you are either unnaware of their extinction or are too ashamed to talk about it. prison ships for immigrants and your navy patrolling half the south seas looking for boats of desperate people to turn back, let alone the actual plight of the first people of australia only add to the picture i'm afraid.
as to tall poppy syndrome well yes the u.s. is as anti-intellectual in culture as yours is. the celebration of sports persons over thinkers and people who actually contribute to society is as rampant there as in australia.
i do agree though that your countries bear is pretty magnificent ;)

Ive neevr even seen or heard of this 'Outback' restaurant!? Is it really that popular? I havent seen one in any of the states ive been to.

Korea had at least 70.Thailand had at least 50 well over 1000 locations in 25 countries now.

a poll in China listed outback steak house as the number one thing Chinese identified Australia with. and 1.2 billion Chinese ARE NEVER WRONG.

So just get over so we yanks determined your culture. My advice adapt and try to keep up with the stereotypes we say you are.

I was just wondering, a lot of people (manly Americans) think of Australia as some barren, deserted red land. Or that we all own livestock and wear blue singlets and drink VB on the porch after shaving some sheep.
Theres actually been a few times when i've told people that i own a Kangaroo and they have believed me.

Do you all really see us like that? Or is this passing now that Australia is getting bigger on the Media Map?

I don't, but I reckon it's because a red desert abounding with kangaroos and VB-drinking shepards is a hell of a lot more interesting than a subtropical city in a developed country in an economically diversified democratic state.

What comes to mind when Australians think of America? I'm actually quite curious.

Well, its pretty popular down south here, probably because their Supposedly 'Australian' food, is differently prepared Southern foods...I havent really seen many up North, and i havent really been out West much...

Outback advertises here in Michigan all the time, the voiceover doing a full-throated "Crocodile Dundee" imitation-Aussie accent; but I've never eaten there.

Well if he wasnt confused, his comment certainly wasnt making much sense.

I don't understand cricket, but that doesn't mean it doesn't make any sense.
Although, with cricket, it is a pretty good indication.

It encourages people not to stick their necks out and achieve what they could possibly achieve. It encourages people to be mediocre.

Not necessarily. Australians are good at achieving. Tall poppies get cut down when the get too big for their boots. (Please forgive the mixed metaphor).

Not necessarily. Australians are good at achieving. Tall poppies get cut down when the get too big for their boots. (Please forgive the mixed metaphor).

the problem being sports star boots are 35's, while everyone else has to make do with 0.5's

Didn't we steal pavlova from the Kiwis?

No we invented it and they claim to have come up with it first. It is just the Kiwis trying to get some form of recognition after we beat them in a certain cricket game.

And even if we didn't invent it, but we did, anything that comes out of New Zealand is really Australian anyway think Crowded House, Russel Crowe etc.

Ah i see. Well i wouldnt eat Kangaroo anyway. Its vermen here, not exactly endagered. They are everywhere. Still...dont wanna try one. For obvious reasons! :)

You really should try it Plum it tastes beautiful.

:) Lamingtons are good. Although cant say i have had one for a good few years! Im lacking in the lamington department.

It's the good thing about having a son at school whenever they have a fundraiser they get those Kryton or whatever it is bakery and I buy a few boxes the bad thing is I go through them in about a month, and then have to wait for the next two terms.

*snip*

Yeah but I prefer it with chocolate rather than the jelly.

Korea had at least 70.Thailand had at least 50 well over 1000 locations in 25 countries now.

a poll in China listed outback steak house as the number one thing Chinese identified Australia with. and 1.2 billion Chinese ARE NEVER WRONG.

So just get over so we yanks determined your culture. My advice adapt and try to keep up with the stereotypes we say you are.

Well as I said in an earlier post I encourage the myths that we all ride kangaroos to work and we all wear akubra hats with corks and all we eat is vegemite. Purely for my enjoyment because it is funny to think that people believe this stuff.

Well as I said in an earlier post I encourage the myths that we all ride kangaroos to work and we all wear akubra hats with corks and all we eat is vegemite. Purely for my enjoyment because it is funny to think that people believe this stuff.

And we think ti is funny because The US makes money off people believing that stuff.

Well as I said in an earlier post I encourage the myths that we all ride kangaroos to work and we all wear akubra hats with corks and all we eat is vegemite. Purely for my enjoyment because it is funny to think that people believe this stuff.

If you don't wear an Akubra, you are not an Australian in my eyes.
You'd be like one of those 'Canadians' who doesn't go to Tim Hortons.

Korea had at least 70.Thailand had at least 50 well over 1000 locations in 25 countries now.

a poll in China listed outback steak house as the number one thing Chinese identified Australia with. and 1.2 billion Chinese ARE NEVER WRONG.

So just get over so we yanks determined your culture. My advice adapt and try to keep up with the stereotypes we say you are.

No worries. Whats on the agenda next then? ;)

I don't, but I reckon it's because a red desert abounding with kangaroos and VB-drinking shepards is a hell of a lot more interesting than a subtropical city in a developed country in an economically diversified democratic state.

What comes to mind when Australians think of America? I'm actually quite curious.

Ahhh...you dont want to know my opinion on that! :)
Maybe ask someone else.... :D

If you don't wear an Akubra, you are not an Austrailian in my eyes.
You'd be like one of those 'Canadians' who doesn't go to Tim Hortons.

Ahh but I said an Akubra with corks.

Outback advertises here in Michigan all the time, the voiceover doing a full-throated "Crocodile Dundee" imitation-Aussie accent; but I've never eaten there.

Thats really horrible. Please dont eat there. Theyre making us all look like country bumpkins!

You really should try it Plum it tastes beautiful.

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And we think ti is funny because The US makes money off people believing that stuff.

And? I never knew you were an owner of the Outback. My point was that the Outback makes these claims I find them funny and the other stereotypes which as I have said twice now encourage and tell foreigners myself because I find it funny. We can tell you aren't an Aussie because you are too wound up and defensive seriously dude relax a bit.

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Oh OK well that would explain it then.

Ahh but I said an Akubra with corks.

Er… *backpedals* An Akubra without corks is not an Akubra in my eyes?

Er… *backpedals* An Akubra without corks is not an Akubra in my eyes?

lol, nearly had you NMS.

Ahh but I said an Akubra with corks.

Ha! But only if ya carry a fly swat with ya whenever ya go out inta ya backyard or veranda to check ya blue heela' is still lookin afterya sheep mate!
Then if thas alright ya can crack open a VB and sit down with tha Mrs and have a few coldies. Maybe check whason tha telly and have a few snags on ya barby. Me sheila really likes them snags. She makes em for me when im feelin crook. Shes a real true blue i tell ya. Real nice lady me Mrs.

And? I never knew you were an owner of the Outback. My point was that the Outback makes these claims I find them funny and the other stereotypes which as I have said twice now encourage and tell foreigners myself because I find it funny. We can tell you aren't an Aussie because you are too wound up and defensive seriously dude relax a bit.

everyone seems to be defensive on here. i think everybody should relax..its all fun and games!...mate

Ha! But only if ya carry a fly swat with ya whenever ya go out inta ya backyard or veranda to check ya blue heela' is still lookin afterya sheep mate!
Then if thas alright ya can crack open a VB and sit down with tha Mrs and have a few coldies. Maybe check whason tha telly and have a few snags on ya barby. Me sheila really likes them snags. She makes em for me when im feelin crook. Shes a real true blue i tell ya. Real nice lady me Mrs.

:D

You can see me in the kitchen cooking up a roast,
or Vegemite on toast, just you and me, a cup of tea.
And later on we'll settle down and mull up on the porch,
and watch the possums play.

Oh give me a home amongst the gum trees
Witrh lots of plum trees a sheep or two and a kangaroo....

everyone seems to be defensive on here. i think everybody should relax..its all fun and games!...mate

I know that that is why I have been having a laugh on this thread, but does greed and death know that.

:D

You can see me in the kitchen cooking up a roast,
or Vegemite on toast, just you and me, a cup of tea.
And later on we'll settle down and mull up on the porch,
and watch the possums play.

Oh give me a home amongst the gum trees
Witrh lots of plum trees a sheep or two and a kangaroo....



I know that that is why I have been having a laugh on this thread, but does greed and death know that.


I've been around the world a couple of time, or maybe more,
I've seen the sights, I've had delights on ev'ery foreign shore,
But when my friends all ask me the place that I adore,
I tell them right away.

Give me a home among the gum trees
With lots of plum trees, a sheep or two, a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back, verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.

There's a Safeway on the corner and a Woolworths down the street,
A New World's just been opened where they regulate the heat,
But I'd trade them all tomorrow for the simple bush retreat
Where the kookaburras call.

Give me a home among the gum trees.
With lots of plum trees, a sheep or two, a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back, verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.

Some people like their houses with fences all around,
Others live in mansions, and some beneath the ground,
But me, I like the bush, you know, with rabbits running round
And a pumpkin vine out the back.

Give me a home among the gum trees.
With lots of plum trees, a sheep or two, a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back, verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair!!!

Oh this website has a few goodies! http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/songs/i-still-call-australia-home-10.htm

http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/slang/people.htm

Aussie slang at its best

*Snip*

Yes, three cheers for songs on Australia.

I see australlia as a country of divers landscapes ranging from jungle to plains with many thriving cities. I also think of it like another canada - another country that doesnt really do much.

lol, nearly had you NMS.

NMS cannot be had.

He He

There is a defenition for Tall Poppy on this website : successful person often a target of jealous remarks.

Isnt that what allt he Americans were calling us on this thread??

:D

Oh this website has a few goodies! http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/songs/i-still-call-australia-home-10.htm

http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/slang/people.htm

Aussie slang at its best

lol, indeed it is and I notice that it has an Aussie food section, such as damper and ANZAC biscuits as for the burger well yes you need beetroot and egg to make it Australian.

Not to mention the song section, ahh the memories come flooding back back at school the amount of times I sung those songs Tie me Kangaroo Down, Redback on the toilet seat, Along the Road to Gundagai, Click Go the Shears not to metion the dance moves that came along with it.

I see australlia as a country of divers landscapes ranging from jungle to plains with many thriving cities. I also think of it like another canada - another country that doesnt really do much.

Nah mate you got it all wrong it's a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains.

He He

There is a defenition for Tall Poppy on this website : successful person often a target of jealous remarks.

Isnt that what allt he Americans were calling us on this thread??

:D

:p You know I think it is.

Nah mate you got it all wrong it's a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains.



:p You know I think it is.

Give me a suburnt country :D

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OY OY OY
AUSSIE, OY
AUSSIE, OY
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OY OY OY!!!
COOOOEEEE!!!

AUSSIE AND PROUD!!!
now live in melbourne, used to live in sydney...

Give me a suburnt country :D

Do you love it

And? I never knew you were an owner of the Outback. My point was that the Outback makes these claims I find them funny and the other stereotypes which as I have said twice now encourage and tell foreigners myself because I find it funny. We can tell you aren't an Aussie because you are too wound up and defensive seriously dude relax a bit.

it is just we determine what your culture is.
You Aussie need to start acting like the outback commercials say you act like.

…now live in melbourne, used to live in sydney...

You Aussies have weird ideas about what to put in your chants.

it is just we determine what your culture is.
You Aussie need to start acting like the outback commercials say you act like.

As I said and? or are you just trying to brag.

You Aussies have weird ideas about what to put in your chants.

yeah... but i needed to chant and establish that fact... in australia its important 2 say where u live... mainly because cities are so different and far away...

Do you love it

I love a sunburnt country. :)

You Aussies have weird ideas about what to put in your chants.

Well living in Melbourne rather then in Sydney is certainly something to chant about!!

(although i did live in Sydney for a year and loved it, but i thought id keep up the Melbourne/Sydney war)