Fool Britannia
Jul 4th 2004, 12:12 am
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Chesterton has always been a retard. A bit like Simon Barnes without the wit. Take anything he writes with a grain of salt.
Edit: England didn't lose to New Zealand where it counted. England won 3-0 in the Tests.
Edit: England didn't lose to New Zealand where it counted. England won 3-0 in the Tests.
Jul 4th 2004, 3:06 am
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by rodmunch99
My wife thinks should just get used to it. Anyway what do you lot think about this article? Am I right to be angry or should I just get over it and grow a thicker skin? (Whatever, I will not be buying that filthy rag again)
My wife thinks should just get used to it. Anyway what do you lot think about this article? Am I right to be angry or should I just get over it and grow a thicker skin? (Whatever, I will not be buying that filthy rag again)
BTW, the Oz Daily Telegraph wouldn't consider itself a "rag".
These comments are just Aussies' way of making themselves feel better : it keeps their cultural cringe - their own term - under control.
Usually the comments refer to sport; so who cares. But, occasionally it spreads further. In a recent edition of Quadrant - a right-wing Oz journal covering politics etc. - they attacked Germaine Greer because of her comments on Oz. Somehow they managed to turn that into 'why Oz is so much better than England'. Pathetic.
Again, listen to your wife, and start growing that thicker skin!
Last edited by MikeStanton; Jul 4th 2004 at 3:09 am.
Jul 4th 2004, 3:53 am
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Originally posted by Bordy
I love it, but then again I'm Scottish.
I love it, but then again I'm Scottish.
i remember a few years ago the front page of the sun was things like......we should have finished them off during the war. and kill the huns !!!!
but hey that was just poking fun
Jul 4th 2004, 4:29 am
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Originally posted by Stewie
Hi to all
Yeah! I agree with Jackthelad, we all need thicker skin.
I actually had a good laugh all the way through the article.
I like the Aussie sense of humour, even when directed at us Poms.
It's just the way they are, don't get a complex about it.
We have to accept it if we are to live there. Some of the best times I've had in Aus is when we've had parties with loads of jokes directed at brits. Just mention the Rugby World Cup. that keeps them quiet for a while.
Regards
Hi to all
Yeah! I agree with Jackthelad, we all need thicker skin.
I actually had a good laugh all the way through the article.
I like the Aussie sense of humour, even when directed at us Poms.
It's just the way they are, don't get a complex about it.
We have to accept it if we are to live there. Some of the best times I've had in Aus is when we've had parties with loads of jokes directed at brits. Just mention the Rugby World Cup. that keeps them quiet for a while.
Regards
Jul 4th 2004, 5:19 am
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by MikeStanton
Somehow they managed to turn that into 'why Oz is so much better than England'. Pathetic.
Somehow they managed to turn that into 'why Oz is so much better than England'. Pathetic.
Jul 4th 2004, 7:11 am
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Ah yes the "cultural cringe". The Aussies have a real chip on their collective shoulders over their colonial past.. They like to lord it over all countries, but especially England. I guess they hate the fact that we thought so little of their country that we sent all the scum we had over there. Nowadays however scumbags like WBB pay the rednecks at DIMIA for the privilage of being at the arse end of oblivion.
Being a POM in Aus maens being treated with the contempt that is also directed at aboriginals. The average Aussie feels that their country is too good for either of these wingers to inhabit.
Being a POM in Aus maens being treated with the contempt that is also directed at aboriginals. The average Aussie feels that their country is too good for either of these wingers to inhabit.
Jul 4th 2004, 7:36 am
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Originally posted by kong
The average Aussie feels that their country is too good for either of these wingers to inhabit.
The average Aussie feels that their country is too good for either of these wingers to inhabit.
Jul 4th 2004, 7:38 am
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Originally posted by seang
How does the non average Aussie feel?
How does the non average Aussie feel?
He feels ok, I spoke to him this weekend.
Jul 4th 2004, 7:39 am
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Originally posted by Bordy
He feels ok, I spoke to him this weekend.
He feels ok, I spoke to him this weekend.
Jul 4th 2004, 12:34 pm
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by MikeStanton
Yes, it is annoying, but your wife is right - you need to get used to it. You should have seen the coverage of the Nov'03 Rugby cup final. So f***ing childish.
BTW, the Oz Daily Telegraph wouldn't consider itself a "rag".
These comments are just Aussies' way of making themselves feel better : it keeps their cultural cringe - their own term - under control.
Usually the comments refer to sport; so who cares. But, occasionally it spreads further. In a recent edition of Quadrant - a right-wing Oz journal covering politics etc. - they attacked Germaine Greer because of her comments on Oz. Somehow they managed to turn that into 'why Oz is so much better than England'. Pathetic.
Again, listen to your wife, and start growing that thicker skin!
Yes, it is annoying, but your wife is right - you need to get used to it. You should have seen the coverage of the Nov'03 Rugby cup final. So f***ing childish.
BTW, the Oz Daily Telegraph wouldn't consider itself a "rag".
These comments are just Aussies' way of making themselves feel better : it keeps their cultural cringe - their own term - under control.
Usually the comments refer to sport; so who cares. But, occasionally it spreads further. In a recent edition of Quadrant - a right-wing Oz journal covering politics etc. - they attacked Germaine Greer because of her comments on Oz. Somehow they managed to turn that into 'why Oz is so much better than England'. Pathetic.
Again, listen to your wife, and start growing that thicker skin!
Cultural cringe - stuned amazement at the narrow mindedness of Pom cultural self-righteousness.
Germain Greer - Mummy, Mummy - misdirected Oedipus complex?
Jul 4th 2004, 12:45 pm
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by Megalania
Daily Telegraph - a rag to entertain the empty brain on the commuter train then in the bin.
Cultural cringe - stuned amazement at the narrow mindedness of Pom cultural self-righteousness.
Germain Greer - Mummy, Mummy - misdirected Oedipus complex?
Daily Telegraph - a rag to entertain the empty brain on the commuter train then in the bin.
Cultural cringe - stuned amazement at the narrow mindedness of Pom cultural self-righteousness.
Germain Greer - Mummy, Mummy - misdirected Oedipus complex?
Jul 4th 2004, 12:51 pm
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by Megalania
Germain Greer - Mummy, Mummy - misdirected Oedipus complex?
Germain Greer - Mummy, Mummy - misdirected Oedipus complex?
Freudian slip
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Jul 4th 2004, 1:24 pm
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Ahh a Telegraph journo sarcastically praising the Sun.
The Tele is for those not bright enough for the big words in the Herald.
The Tele is for those not bright enough for the big words in the Herald.
Jul 4th 2004, 1:58 pm
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The article made me chuckle. And frankly, it's a case of 'get over yourself'. Did you just register to whinge? First post a complaint.... Got anything positive to say about the country you now live in? If not, there's plenty of planes heading back to the UK.
And frankly, it's a case of 'get over yourself'. Did you just register to whinge? First post a complaint.... Got anything positive to say about the country you now live in? If not, there's plenty of planes heading back to the UK.
Jul 4th 2004, 2:39 pm
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Re: Fool Britannia
Originally posted by mr mover
Come on rod , its a tongue in cheek send up of what ,the fleet street. papparazi had already written.
Come on rod , its a tongue in cheek send up of what ,the fleet street. papparazi had already written.
Got to agree with you here MM.
The bit that had me in giggles was "That stately model of journalistic integrity and rational though, The Sun, has ........."
best laugh I've had for ages.