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I look like a Canadian when I put on a baseball cap ... it's true! :D

I look at 'fashion' labels and think 'pillock' too so I guess we all have our prejudices ;)

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baseball caps make people's heads look like they've had a lobotomy and there's nothing left to fill the void between their ears
i reckon

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Going for the Mod's job on the Canada forum then? :lol:

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I'm with you on that one as well:D

My dear husband, when wearing a baseball cap, will insist on sitting it off his head a bit. Looks a right bloody fool with a foot long head :eek:

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reckon i'd get on well in Canadia

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Oh Fluffy...shame on you!! I live on a council estate and it's a well known fact that builders live in better houses than us with driveways and extensions.:rofl:

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Just about sums up the Welsh - feeling the need to fly a huge great flag in their garden in order to 'remind' themselves where they come from!

:);)

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:rofl:

Flag Pole plebs:o! - Please don't come and live next door to us, we're doing our best to move away from the CHAVS:zzz: in this country:eek::eek:

Why don't you reconsider your reasons for leaving the UK?? You might be waisting your burberry spending money on getting over here:rofl::rofl:

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Its all about small man syndrome, you are more likely to see the jocks, paddys and welsh flying flags as they feel inadequate next to civilised society:p
As for football shirts, when was the last time you saw a doctor/lawyer in his replica man u shirt? Educated people don't feel the need portray themselves as some sort of gang member. Is it any coincidence that most of the people in defence of footy shirt wearers on here are from dodgy northern towns?
And thats a real insult coming from a brummie:p

Re: UK Flags on display in Aus !
 

On a related note, I notice that on purpose-built estates there are some huge flag poles with Aussie flags on them on the plots, it must be an option I guess.

During a visit coinciding with the World Cup last year there was a house on the other side of the valley (opposite my Mothers place) flying both the St George Cross and the Aussie flag.

I happened to pass the house one day with my Aussie wife and daughter and got into a conversation with the owner about their circumstances. Very pleasant chat it was too and one that wouldn't have happened without the flag.

Repeatedly feeling the need to assert a 'difference' is when it all gets a bit tacky and probably is not a good sign for the long-term happiness of the person in their adopted country.

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I agree that people feel the need to assert themselves more if they feel some form of inferiority ... and yes, this includes Australians (hence the constant 'Do you like Australia?' inquiries ... it's a young country after all).

However the comment about 'educated' people is hopelessly wide of the mark in my opinion. Everyone feels the need to 'belong' in some capacity whether it be the wearing of a sports shirt or the purchase of a BMW.

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The OP's 'half pint' reference leads me to believe that they have a tendency to label or stereotype people or things. Ditto some of the posters who, it appears, have yet to arrive in Australia.

Some of us who are actually living out here chose to do so to get away from this kind of self-opinionated bigotry which was becoming increasingly prevalent back in the UK.

LondonCabbie's ignorant and disrespectful comment typifies this and is consistent with someone (I suspect, but may be wrong) who believes that the world revolves around that cramped part of England south of Watford Gap.

IMO the displaying of flags (national, sporting or otherwise) in a discreet manner is neither provocative nor 'chavvy'. Although not a 'flag person' myself, if people choose to maintain a sense of identity by displaying a reminder of their roots or former life then that's fine.

'Flag people' may, like me, work with Aussies, socialise with Aussies, have an active role in their local Australian sports team and try wherever possible to embrace the different lifestyle offered to them by Australia. I cannot see how someone like this could be accused of not integrating with Australian Society

Live and let live.

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It seems there is a north-south divide - Northerners tend to come from council houses and display UK/England flags while in OZ, whereas expats originally from the South of England are more cosmopolitan, educated and at ease in the global village, and hence don't display UK flags in OZ.

There are exceptions on both sides of course, but I think the trend is clear.

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That's a sweeping generalisation, and coming from someone who has probably never ventured outside of the M25. So the whole of the north is full of council houses eh? :lol:

I would also suggest that the smartest thing any 'educated, cosmopolitan' southerner could do would be to move the hell north!

AND ANOTHER THING! ( ;) ) - just how far 'north' do you think Cardiff is?

Graham

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don't bite my fellow northern council house person. The guy is obviously a right div to think such things. Now get back to your pie and your whippet won't you.