Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Dec 14th 2005, 11:05 pm
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Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Is this how we are thought of?
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=77542
... and I've only ever read such lovely positive comments on this site
Louise
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=77542
... and I've only ever read such lovely positive comments on this site
Louise
Dec 14th 2005, 11:16 pm
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
English people usually have heaps to moan about; weather, politicians, England football/cricket team etc etc etc. Not surprised we are so good at whinging. Mind you some Aussies like a good moan about the weather/TV/sport etc too.
Dec 14th 2005, 11:19 pm
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Classic...
"...maybe these people should jump on a plane and visit a less-fortunate country where there is genuine cause for complaint.
Then they can tell mothers scouring rubbish tips just how crap their flight was."
"...maybe these people should jump on a plane and visit a less-fortunate country where there is genuine cause for complaint.
Then they can tell mothers scouring rubbish tips just how crap their flight was."
Dec 15th 2005, 6:30 am
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
i've bought the book "is it just me or is everything shit" and it's the FUNNIEST book i've read in a long time! it's not a whinging book it's a "take the piss out of everything that we're subjected to in the 90s/00s" book
highly recommend it as a stocking filler!
highly recommend it as a stocking filler!
Dec 15th 2005, 6:43 am
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Oh dear! am staying out of this,this time 
I thought the title of the book was funny though!!......... Is It Just Me, Or Is Everything Sh*t?
Donna.
I thought the title of the book was funny though!!......... Is It Just Me, Or Is Everything Sh*t? Donna.
Dec 15th 2005, 7:05 am
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Here are quotes from some reviews:
"This book is so crass, as to beggar belief. Take Charles, Prince of Wales and their witless diatribe. Using the caveat 'now some people might say', they continue to accuse him of employing slave labour, and stoop to calling him a 'usurious *****'. They finish him off by being their brave selves again to brand him 'the loony feudal shithead jug-eared parasite bastard,'. Funny one guys!! How puerile and idiotic, whatever ones opinion of Charles."
"Do not waste your money on this book."
and
"Yes, yes, yes... everything IS shit, including ironically enough, this feeble collection of warblings from a pair of socialist students who think they are oh so clever."
"This book is so crass, as to beggar belief. Take Charles, Prince of Wales and their witless diatribe. Using the caveat 'now some people might say', they continue to accuse him of employing slave labour, and stoop to calling him a 'usurious *****'. They finish him off by being their brave selves again to brand him 'the loony feudal shithead jug-eared parasite bastard,'. Funny one guys!! How puerile and idiotic, whatever ones opinion of Charles."
"Do not waste your money on this book."
and
"Yes, yes, yes... everything IS shit, including ironically enough, this feeble collection of warblings from a pair of socialist students who think they are oh so clever."
Dec 15th 2005, 7:56 am
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
sounds like what people were saying about shakespeare and chaucer back in the day! eh!!!!
in the books defence.....
and in the interest of fairness i would hardly call a couple of comments on Amazon.co.uk "reviews" as such! (those guys are just bitter they didn't think of it first!)
in the books defence.....
If you hate: loft living; bar-clubs; Tony Blair; chick lit; global warming sceptics; Keane; loyalty cards; IKEA; Kabbalah; bling and Richard Curtis...then you need IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT? - an encylopedic attack on modern culture and the standard reference work for everyone who believes everything is shit. Which it is. This book is for the large percentage of the population interested in saying NO to the phoney ideas, cretinous people, useless products and doublespeak that increasingly dominate our lives. This book is designed for everyone who thinks they may have mislaid their soul in a Coffee Republic. Never before has there been a book so completely full of shit. This very funny, well-informed, belligerent rant of a book adds up to an excoriating broadside against consumer capitalism that the authors hope will sell loads of copies.
Dec 15th 2005, 7:59 am
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
I think the person who wrote this article is taking this book just a little bit too seriously. I wonder if there is anything in this book about sh*t journalism?
Dec 15th 2005, 2:45 pm
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Originally Posted by Amazulu
I think the person who wrote this article is taking this book just a little bit too seriously. I wonder if there is anything in this book about sh*t journalism?
Dec 15th 2005, 3:51 pm
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Re: Pommy whingers go pro this Christmas
Ok important question...based on the title alone.....How do I get one here in Aus in time for the 23rd December 2005!
Is it just me or is everything shit....sums up hubby attitude at times
but then again I have not found a book that is funny about "male menopause, I have reached that age, I am allowed I am male, I am a man!" etc etc....funny male thing we do not discuss
can I get the book in Sydney now?
Is it just me or is everything shit....sums up hubby attitude at times
but then again I have not found a book that is funny about "male menopause, I have reached that age, I am allowed I am male, I am a man!" etc etc....funny male thing we do not discuss
can I get the book in Sydney now?
