Originally Posted by Originally Posted by exsquaddie

WHY DO ALL AUSTRALIAN'S SMELL AND HAVE A FUNNY ACCENT

Originally Posted by Grayling (Post 8401202)

Actually that is quite a good question.:thumbup:

I don't know the answer but perhaps someone else will

Originally Posted by Very Happy (Post 8406197)

Funny as. Poms stink, Aussies don't. Remember, where do you hide money from a pom, under the soap, never a truer word said. Got in a taxi the other day in Sydney, driver stank, asked "are you a pom". Said yes, how do you know?

Originally Posted by Very Happy (Post 8406558)

I have a birth certificate to prove my pommy birth. Do you?

Originally Posted by exsquaddie (Post 8401192)

My God I’ve created a monster! What have I done? What has happend to this thread? But back to my original question, DOSE ANYBODY KNOW IF TESCOS IS COMING DOWN UNDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????? ?????????????????????????????????

Clearly not and clearly Tesco isn’t intending to any time soon….

Being this has been my first posted thread on this forum I have been reading with much interest the comments, debates, pros and cons as to wether it would be a good thing if they came down under. There have certainly been contributors who think that any kind of foreign competition in Australia would be a bad thing. In fact I would go further and say that some people are not exactly, (how do you say) expatriate. Not just on this thread but on the rest of the forum as a whole….

Oh well not to worry a bit of protectionism isn’t a bad thing, if we had had a bit more of it back in the old country then maybe there would be more British owned industry left perhaps?

I think that in the next 5 years you will see more companies coming down under simply because of the population rise, new arrivals will demand more choice, and foreign companies would be stupid not to expand down under. Not just in the grocery business either. Australia at this very moment in time, I believe is starting to go through a period of big change. Population, housing affordability, immigration and much more is going to upset some sections of the great Australian public who don’t like change, expatriates included. But I think more choice is a good thing so bring it on!

Now what shall my next thread be about. I know just to get even more interest I will call it “IS M & S COMING DOWN UNDER? AND WHY DO ALL AUSTRALIAN'S SMELL AND HAVE A FUNNY ACCENT?” Whoops sorry only joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (My wife is going to kill me now after reading this!).