MICKY DANDAN

soapy©

you waited all this time to post that?


now, thats clever

brido

ROFFPMSL!!!

If the average Aussie saw The Waltons on tv they'd think it was about 'City Folk'

soapy©

now you have taken it too far


watched 6/3 last night mate faf, i tell ya
if u want them, just nip over and ill gee yae it

brido

Morning mate,i might just do that later as we'll be out and about shopping for more furniture,will call you either way.
Spoke to my maw last week and she said ep 2 was brilliant,didnt say what it was about thou so not to spoil it for us!

soapy©

i will be in all day mate as we are packin for port douglas, so see ya later

brido

When are you away?

BadgeIsBack

I realise you're telling a funny story here and it was far-fetched of him to *apparently* believe every last word - but surely this is not an Australian thing. To me, this is an example of what I called disingenuity in some of the stories here - especially if you are trying to say that Australians are stupid.

To be honest, If I was in his shoes, I'd ask the question and just have to take the answer. After you, all it's you, that's the person driving, and lying and being cheeky about it.

Remember in work situations often people frankly don't want to confront someone and will look for a diplomatic way out of something and just being seen to ask questions is enough for due diligence. If you have an accident he can claim to have in some shape of form reminded you or questioned you about it even though it's probably otherwise no skin of his nose and he sees tens of people a day.

Not having a go, just pointing out that people like to tell tales as if they are proof of some national malaise...(!) we've all lied between our teeth to people doing their job as we know they have no comeback or jurisdiction. Very few people actually do....thank God, or most of us would be in the courts.

BadgeIsBack

The reality is that there are millions of thick, inexperienced, or stupid people in Australia. The problem with some migrants is that they set up shop in the heartlands of the Australian areas where these people live. How clever is that?

But there are also thousands of well travelled Australians - infact probably out of all proportion to population, when you consider the relative difficulty of mobility. In fact, it you discount the likes of Spain, millions of Brits have never gone overseas either.

All our Australian friends go overseas regularly or have done so.

sdunx

I had an architect visit my house to design an extension, there was a tree in our garden which would need to be removed.

Under the tree were a load of seedpods obviously off the tree, I picked one up and said:

'What type of pod is this?'
Architect: 'They've fallen off that tree'
Me: 'Yes I know that but what is it called'
Architect: 'It's a turnip'
Me: 'So that would be a turnip tree then?'
Architect: 'Yeah mate, that's right, a turnip tree'

He wasn't taking the piss or having a laugh he was dead serious. Thick t**t

Dorothy

Maybe because he was an architect and not an arborist he didn't know the answer. The tree was in your yard, so why did you not know what kind of tree it was?

iPom

I had a great conversation about aboriginal issues the other day with my friend Maddy... She's Australian.

soapy©

your just looking for a fight

iPom

'Thick' and 'architect' don't go together.

This is a prime example of very dry Aussie humour. You just didn't get it.

On the other hand, it's made me laugh like a drain. Oh dear, that's funny.

(don't know anything about drains, I'm not a plumber)

iPom

Look out for my next thread entitled 'List your chats with Australias (no apostrophe) finest intelectuals (spelt wrongly) on BE'


It'll be a blinder.