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Old Jan 18th 2011, 7:57 am
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Originally Posted by Dreamy
You leave Huey alone!!

He might be a shite chef but my God, that man can advertise.
And he's a Kiwi to boot.
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Originally Posted by Amazulu
Very overrated. His books about South Africa are shite.
Four Fires was good. I liked the Potato Factory. The Power of One I wasn't so sure about.
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Molly Meldrum (cringeworthy)

The Wiggles (bloody annoying)

Anybody on "Australia's Got Talent" (you haven't)

Rove McManus (don't get it)

All these Aussie "legends" not sportspersons or actors, but all 'LEGENDS"
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
Not at all
Johnny Howard takes the f'in biscuit
You obviously never "met" the charming Paul Keating, loved us Brits he did......
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 8:08 am
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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer
1) Paul Hogan - Aussie chav made good by Crocodile Dundee and of late embroiled in a bitter seedy tax dodge issue
2) Anne Geddes - takes cringeworthy pictures of babies (fodder for paedos)
3) Miranda Kerr - model and 'author' of the probably ghost written vomit inducing 'Treasure Yourself'
4) Kerry Packer - spoilt twat with a girl's name who once chucked away the annual GDP of a small African nation ($34 million) at a Vegas casino
5) Roy Meagher - the ginge who plays 'Alf Stewart' in Home and Away, 'Gulah', 'that flamin' mongrel' - who won a 'golden log' in 2010 for something utterly irrelevant and shite
Where I worked we used to import his favourite ice cream from Argentina for him, you know like you do when you are a billionaire.............the bosses would all be in a big lather to make sure it arrived safely like it was a bloody precious jewel!!

Wonder if I could import meself a Cornish Mivvi..........
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
Where I worked we used to import his favourite ice cream from Argentina for him, you know like you do when you are a billionaire.............the bosses would all be in a big lather to make sure it arrived safely like it was a bloody precious jewel!!

Wonder if I could import meself a Cornish Mivvi..........:lol:
Aren't you exporting yourself very soon? A lot easier than trying to import dairy products!
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by Beedubya
You obviously never "met" the charming Paul Keating, loved us Brits he did......

Paul Keating....brutish arrogance, misogynistic, full mouthed




who'd have thought it from an Aussie bloke?
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 9:31 am
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Molly Meldrum (cringeworthy)

The Wiggles (bloody annoying)

Anybody on "Australia's Got Talent" (you haven't)

Rove McManus (don't get it)

All these Aussie "legends" not sportspersons or actors, but all 'LEGENDS"
Agree big time on all these
The Wiggles are the 8th wonder of the world: how 4 stiff men (who look like they should be branch managers at the local ANZ) can become a world wide success is beyond me...
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The entire cast, crew and audience of Hey, Hey, it's Saturday
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Originally Posted by Dreamy
I can't believe I've just publically supported Rex Hunt and Ian 'Huey' Hewitson, Chef Extraordinaire.

My assimilation is complete
Pretty sure he's a Kiwi.
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 3:19 pm
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Huey
Russell Crowe
Sam Neil
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
Huey
Russell Crowe
Sam Neil
Now yer just being silly!
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 3:29 pm
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Originally Posted by bcworld
Now yer just being silly!
sorry, got distracted. I forgot to finish off the post by saying
they're all Kiwis
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
they're all Kiwis
Like pavlova?
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by bcworld
Like pavlova?
yeah, exactly. sorry forgot to add the last bit of original post by saying
but have been mysteriously adopted as Australian
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