Ken Gargett Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 two things - vegemite is truly appalling. like axle grease without the goodness. ching chongs? seriously? is this from the 40s? 2
JohnS Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 It's either from the 40's or Aussies who view that way are stuck in the 40's.
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 i have a feeling it is actually an english creation they have attributed to aussies. first of all, what self-respecting aussie would put "gentlemen" for england? next, what aussie would have a clue about the green/not green bit. i mean no disrespect, if indeed that was what it appears. we just have little clue. and what is maple snow? i know no aussie who knows what maple snow is. my sister lived in sealbasher land for 4 years (half in edmonton, so she is familiar with both snow and maple syrup) and she has no idea.
wabashcr Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 next, what aussie would have a clue about the green/not green bit. i mean no disrespect, if indeed that was what it appears. we just have little clue. I think that's merely a reference to the old "Iceland is green, yet Greenland is covered in ice" bit.
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think that's merely a reference to the old "Iceland is green, yet Greenland is covered in ice" bit. i'm sure you're correct but most aussies have about as much idea about greenland and iceland as we do about mars.
Guest rob Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 i'm sure you're correct but most aussies north of the NSW border have about as much idea about greenland and iceland as we do about mars. Fixed your post I kid, I kid.... kind of.
sengjc Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 ...first of all, what self-respecting aussie would put "gentlemen" for england?... Maybe it was misspelled, there is a difference between "gentlemen" and "gentle men". ...and what is maple snow? i know no aussie who knows what maple snow is... Must be the Canadian equivalent of the American "yellow snow". 1
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Fixed your post I kid, I kid.... kind of. nice. may i remind you that you are from canberra. they are still searching for signs of intelligent life in that place and there is more chance of them finding it on mars. that said, we now have a premier who doesn't even know what the GST rate is, and probably what the GST itself is. truly appalling. and she has appointed as attorney general, someone whom should terrorise all qlders (not that the previous idiot was robert kennedy). Y'vette D'Ath, (i swear the apostrophe actually should be an 'e'), held the Queensland federal seat of Petrie at the last election. She used to be described as one of the nodding 'parcel shelf puppies' that Rudd liked to have appearing behind him in telecasts of Question Time. As the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, she famously couldn't name her Minister. Er, Chris Evans, she tried. It was Kim Carr. Then she couldn't say what the carbon tax rate was per tonne. She has a law degree, but could not get a job on graduating and worked in hospitality. Then as an AWU representative for two years. She is now Attorney-General of Queensland. terrifying. a law student who could not get a job and was waiting tables and washing dishes before shoehorned into a union job is now the attorney general of Qld. newman and his mob of tossers got what they deserved if it is true that people get the politicians they deserve then we must be really bad people. 1
Guest rob Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Yep, I agree totally.... except the bit about intelligent life. They gave up the search years ago. I like to keep abreast on Aussie state and Federal politics, and the latest honour in QLD is very scary indeed. The system is so F'd up, that one needs more qualification to become a masseuse, than they do to run a state of 7 million people.
cigcars Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 i have a feeling it is actually an english creation they have attributed to aussies. first of all, what self-respecting aussie would put "gentlemen" for england? next, what aussie would have a clue about the green/not green bit. i mean no disrespect, if indeed that was what it appears. we just have little clue. and what is maple snow? i know no aussie who knows what maple snow is. my sister lived in sealbasher land for 4 years (half in edmonton, so she is familiar with both snow and maple syrup) and she has no idea. "Sealbasher Land"! That, I'm gonna have to remember! 1
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 "Sealbasher Land"! That, I'm gonna have to remember! term of endearment. 1
leftimatic Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 i have a feeling it is actually an english creation they have attributed to aussies. first of all, what self-respecting aussie would put "gentlemen" for england? next, what aussie would have a clue about the green/not green bit. i mean no disrespect, if indeed that was what it appears. we just have little clue. and what is maple snow? i know no aussie who knows what maple snow is. my sister lived in sealbasher land for 4 years (half in edmonton, so she is familiar with both snow and maple syrup) and she has no idea. Sealbasher land!?!1? LOL! Jeez louise! We give the world hockey, lacrosse, basketball, maple syrup, back bacon and the toque! Let us not forget a giant robotic arm on a space station! Club a couple baby seals.....
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Sealbasher land!?!1? LOL! Jeez louise! We give the world hockey, lacrosse, basketball, maple syrup, back bacon and the toque! Let us not forget a giant robotic arm on a space station! Club a couple baby seals..... correction. ice hockey. not proper hockey. the toque! seriously? when it comes to judgement day for nations, you blokes will be sticking your hand up for a silly looking hat? still, it might be a diversion from dead seals when they are totting up things. i must say, i thought 'the toque' must be something else because i really could not see anyone claiming a silly hat so i wikipedia'd it. seems you are about 500 years too late - they have been around since the 1300's in europe (personally, i'd be relieved).
leftimatic Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 correction. ice hockey. not proper hockey. the toque! seriously? when it comes to judgement day for nations, you blokes will be sticking your hand up for a silly looking hat? still, it might be a diversion from dead seals when they are totting up things. i must say, i thought 'the toque' must be something else because i really could not see anyone claiming a silly hat so i wikipedia'd it. seems you are about 500 years too late - they have been around since the 1300's in europe (personally, i'd be relieved). There's a proper hockey? What the hell is that? Field hockey? We only play that when we can't find ice. Alright alright maybe I was jumping the gun on the toque. I always throw it out there cause nobody knows what the heck it is. We do need them around here though. But I noticed you didn't argue the back bacon, maple syrup (which I am sure must of happened earlier also) lacrosse, basketball or the space arm. It is a pity though that we will always be remembered for the seal killing. Rather an embarrassment really. Something I'm sure most Canadians would love to forget about.
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 There's a proper hockey? What the hell is that? Field hockey? We only play that when we can't find ice. Alright alright maybe I was jumping the gun on the toque. I always throw it out there cause nobody knows what the heck it is. We do need them around here though. But I noticed you didn't argue the back bacon, maple syrup (which I am sure must of happened earlier also) lacrosse, basketball or the space arm. It is a pity though that we will always be remembered for the seal killing. Rather an embarrassment really. Something I'm sure most Canadians would love to forget about. every nation has its black sheep (or dead baby seal - not to flog the proverbial dead animal, as it were). didn't know anywhere had maple syrup so happy to concede that one. back bacon? to be honest, my level of interest in where that originally came from - not that i don't like the stuff - was not sufficient to bother checking. and i thought i'd been a little harsh on you guys today so i wasn't going to touch the space arm for the space station. my first thought was that i guess that makes canada the howard wolowitz of nations. 1
Fosgate Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Another United States from an Aussie. The original post is better than what my country men think of the rest of the world. 2
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 those are a bit more accurate. i will say in all seriousness that i think aussies actually have a far better grip on world geography than most nations. that is because being so far away from everything, when we travel, we tend to go as many places as possible. when i worked in DC i was staggered at the complete and total lack of knowledge of the vast majority of americans (i do not say that to be critical but simply my experience). i can remember the number of times people wanted to talk about the lions and tigers we have. so many thought we were part of europe. one quite brilliant, and very hot, lawyer was stunned to find out we were in the vietnam war. "which side", she asked. in a meeting at my law firm at the time, 20 plus international banking lawyers, among them some brilliant people, depositing funds on the island of jersey was discussed. one of the partners knew where it was, and so did i (i'd spent several days there at the durrell zoo) and the rest of them stumbled around before coming to the consensus that it was a reasonably large island not far from hawaii. i kid you not.
Johanski Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think sweden should say polar bears and not Ikea..
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think sweden should say polar bears and not Ikea.. not touching that.
cigcars Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I read on some thread somewhere a guy's comments to where; "I know we have a great marriage, because my wife and I put together some IKEA furniture and didn't get a divorce."
CanuckSARTech Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 ...and what is maple snow? i know no aussie who knows what maple snow is. my sister lived in sealbasher land for 4 years (half in edmonton, so she is familiar with both snow and maple syrup) and she has no idea. Maybe it was misspelled, there is a difference between "gentlemen" and "gentle men". Must be the Canadian equivalent of the American "yellow snow". It's the remnants that leak out of the baby seal's saturated fur once they're clubbed in the head, and stains the snow with their maple tears. Maple snow is a delicacy around here. Kids sell baby-seal-tears-maple-snow cones for grade-school fundraising efforts. 1
Ken Gargett Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 It's the remnants that leak out of the baby seal's saturated fur once they're clubbed in the head, and stains the snow with their maple tears. Maple snow is a delicacy around here. Kids sell baby-seal-tears-maple-snow cones for grade-school fundraising efforts. charming! you are not tamper proof. you might be surprised what your next post declares!!
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