Originally posted by pommie bastard
Not looks but still a nice insight to what an Aussie is ?


Alison Broinowski (Insight, 24/5) argues that the international reputation of Australians as boors may have been a factor in the Bali bombing. Whether this is true or not, every time I've been to Asia the behaviour of one or two Australians has made me cringe - like the middle-aged man who boarded my flight in Kuala Lumpur wearing his AFL-approved footy shorts and exhibited football crowd demeanour all the way back to Melbourne.

Then, at Tullamarine, while waiting for luggage, no one could avoid overhearing a long monologue from an Australian man in which every sentence contained an expletive. He wasn't drunk or angry, he'd simply found a friend and was telling him about his holiday - oblivious that he was in an international airport and standing two metres from a Muslim woman.

Finally, just the other day I heard an Australian man casually refer to an Asian shop assistant (within her earshot) as a "dim sim" - and he actually wasn't trying to insult her.

Guy Coape-Smith, Kew

Originally posted by queenie
Not heard this comment about East Timor before, but I thought the bombers were from Java.

Which is the worse behaviour Aussie or Essex? Essex would get the gold medal but Australia would get both the silver and bronze.

Where are you heading to PB? always enjoy your posts. Be sure to post when you find Eden.

Queenie

Originally posted by Houdini
Right that's it! There's no way I'm moving to a country that allows loud-mouthed people wearing football shirts/shorts to roam the streets.........................doh!

Originally posted by Florida_03
Dear Houdini,

You are so far out of touch, it is not funny. There are only annoying people in:

(1) Australia, and
(2) Essex.

You have been warned.

Yours etc.

TPBDATROTTGS

PS. My sources assure me they have meet ALL the people of Essex and ALL the people of Australia, otherwise how on Earth would they have formulated their in-depth critical analysis of these peoples?

Originally posted by queenie
...worse behaviour Aussie or Essex? Essex would get the gold medal but Australia would get both the silver and bronze.

Where are you heading to PB? always enjoy your posts. Be sure to post when you find Eden as all kinky proposals will be gladly entertained.

Queenie

Originally posted by Florida_03
C'mon PB groupie...where do you hail from???

...or is sling then slink???...weak as....

Originally posted by queenie
Give me a chance to answer, I do have other things to do.

Officially I am an Aussie so I think I have a right to insult myself. Having lived in Essex and many other parts of the UK for many years, I have found the worse behaviour there.

Don't be insulted by this, be proud, you will indeed make a great Australian.

I enjoy PB's posts, but rarely agree with them, simply food for thought.

Queenie