Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > FAO: TP (& Aussies on the board)

[AK]

TP - have you read this full article?????

and your comment?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770


................"There is no denying it, Australia really is the greatest country on earth - provided you can stay awake long enough to enjoy it"


Hmmmmmm.... scratches chin thoughtfully.....

C

[phillc]

"The men wear boardies (long swimming shorts made of shell suit fabric) and go commando at every given opportunity."

What's her point?

"Breaking news on the TV is a car crash on the local highway and the evening news often concludes with a list of the cheapest petrol prices in your local area."

I agree this drives me nuts. All day you get just local, Australian news. Maybe a little South East Asian news. Everything else, from Europe and the Americas, happens while you're asleep. So you hear about it first thing in the morning and then the same International news for the rest of the day.

"Everyone calls you 'mate' because it's easier than remembering your name and if you're a woman, you just tend to get ignored."

OK, I call everyone "mate", but that's because they are until they prove otherwise. Australian male chauvanism is a rude stereotype that I strenuously deny.

" But the biggest thing they truly share with the Brits is a common language - just."

Yeah, everyone here talks funny.

"It is a game with much body contact. In fact, it makes rugby look like a girl's game. And that, by the way, is still the biggest insult in Australia."

Now I'm really starting to get offended. This woman is clearly a Victorian.

"When considering the cultural aspects of the country, it would be wise to wonder why some of the great Aussie intellects of our time (and no, that is not an oxymoron) - Clive James, Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes to name but a few - have chosen to base themselves in the UK and America."

I'd like to add Phill Clarke and Tony Perin to that list.

Question - What's the difference between an Australian and a tub of yoghurt?

Answer - The yoghurt has culture.

[Edited on 18-8-2005 by phillc]

[TP]

I couldn't be ar$ed quoting all the stuff in that article ....

But Phil, she's from Perth ... which is not quite as bad as Victoria but an Aussie Rules state nonetheless. Rugby a bloody girls game!!! I bet she couldn't even put on a cutout pass! Or a chip kick! Useless ...

There's nothing like making a living out of perpetuating stereotypes ...

Actually, a lot of the stuff she says in there I think is very positive about Aus - what a great place.

[Mark]

Oh, I've just woken up....

[phillc]

Originally posted by TP
But Phil, she's from Perth ... which is not quite as bad as Victoria

Don't get me started on Queenslanders.........

[TP]

Originally posted by phillc
Don't get me started on Queenslanders.........

Coming from a cockroach!