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How to spot a whinging pom.

Old Jul 15th 2004, 10:08 pm
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I wonder what my chances of blending in are when I get to Oz...


What things identify a Whinging Pom at 50 paces??!

How about covering yourself liberally in sunscreen yet wearing as little as possible?!

Any more tips to avoid ridicule when i get there?


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Old Jul 15th 2004, 10:17 pm
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Originally posted by Olive101
I wonder what my chances of blending in are when I get to Oz...


What things identify a Whinging Pom at 50 paces??!

How about covering yourself liberally in sunscreen yet wearing as little as possible?!

Any more tips to avoid ridicule when i get there?


tell them your welsh, or scottish or irish
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Old Jul 15th 2004, 10:21 pm
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doesnt matter....you will still be called a pom!!
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Old Jul 15th 2004, 10:23 pm
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Originally posted by podgypossum
doesnt matter....you will still be called a pom!!

i wasnt
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maybe not to your face.......
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Old Jul 15th 2004, 10:32 pm
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Originally posted by podgypossum
maybe not to your face.......
hmm, so thats what your really like is it!

and i just though you really wanted to hear me speak welsh to you, or about you whatever the case may be
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Originally posted by Olive101
I wonder what my chances of blending in are when I get to Oz...


What things identify a Whinging Pom at 50 paces??!

How about covering yourself liberally in sunscreen yet wearing as little as possible?!

Any more tips to avoid ridicule when i get there?


Just being yourself will work fine.
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hmm, so thats what your really like is it!

and i just though you really wanted to hear me speak welsh to you, or about you whatever the case may be

LOL..ive heard enough welsh to last a lifetime..i was adopted by my grandmother who was welsh..came from Merthyr Tydfil.... you can woo me with welsh if you like...i love listening to it
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Originally posted by podgypossum
LOL..ive heard enough welsh to last a lifetime..i was adopted by my grandmother who was welsh..came from Merthyr Tydfil.... you can woo me with welsh if you like...i love listening to it

i would but whenever I speak welsh on here, Ceri always smackes my arse for my poor spelling and grammar!
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i reckon you're the type that would like that .. :scared:
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aint that a fact!
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Originally posted by podgypossum
i reckon you're the type that would like that .. :scared:

hell yes!
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Just keep saying how much you love the country

Dont start conversations by whinging about- the weather, cost of things, politics etc

You will generaly find that aussies are pretty big whingers. So just join in with them when they start, which is generally every 5 mins
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You know you have spotted a whinging pom when you hear someone complaining about the heat when it is 18C.
 
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1. Carry a pocket mirror with you
2. The locals whinge more than us anyway.
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