Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

Humble apologies. :D

Originally Posted by kiwi_child

You have a point about cloners being unhappy but in denial. Trawling shopping centres sucking on a brownes coffee chill or spending an excessive amount of time drinking lattes at some trendy cafe spot seem to be an Australian national pastime! I even recall a post from some perth girl in uk who whinged about how she couldn't get brownes coffee chill in uk LOL

And by the way: If you ever have any hope of making it here, remember it is vital you do not order a cappacino after 10:30 am Why 10:30? Well prob cos that's when the breakfast menu ends :D Reminds me of that Michael Douglas movie about the guy having a bad day.

Originally Posted by gruffbrown

It is surprising what the perception is, I had a semi heated debate with my Sisters boyfriend about that. He reckoned she could just turn up and adjust her VWP :D

Originally Posted by sassenach (Post 4232123)

I my self am not totally de-cloned yet as i can often be seen sucking on a coffee milk ,in the uk last year i also fretted and my addiction was cured when sucking on small bottles of banana flavoured milk .
I still cant work out why you cant get into a restaurant after 7-30 pm on a friday night in leederville ,they always tell me they arnt taking anymore and are closing soon .

Originally Posted by Sally (Post 4233515)

I think I've got it. I thought Godzone meant the people who like Oz so it makes a bit more sense now.

I guess most people get gloomy sometimes, last night I saw "Night at the Museum" with an American couple who seemed in imminent danger of splitting their sides at every lame minute of it, it made me feel that really getting into American culture was some way off.

Originally Posted by kiwi_child (Post 4233607)

To complicate matters even more...the term 'Godzone' I recall being used to describe NZ back in the 70s. It wouldn't surprise me if the aussies stole it and claimed it was their term. They are always doing that, trying to lay claim for some well known NZ'er or NZ product etc as being Australian :rolleyes:

As for American culture... OZ is definitely more americanised than nz. NZ retains a more English character, with the exception perhaps of young Maori who have gotten onto the African-American culture through rap music etc

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4233697)

Another forum I use labels the NZ/Aus setcion as Dununder and Godzone, and the Godzone bit there is referring to NZ.

Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 4233718)

On the MBttUK forum FPM starting called the Australia Forum Godzone a few months back.

Originally Posted by rodders39 (Post 4233708)

Tetris champ...! Sneaked that in right quick didn't you...! :)

Originally Posted by kiwi_child (Post 4233725)

Seems to have taken off since then going by the number who refer to OZ and the OZ forum by that name.

Originally Posted by kiwi_child (Post 4233597)

I have to admit to being quite fond of vanilla malt milk. Not always easy to find though. I first came across it in brissy and thoguht ..this is good stuff!

Friday and saturday nights are the busiest in restaurant game, so I'm thinking that you got turned away due to number of bookings they have between 7:30 and 10pm. Most don't have the kitchen open after that time I think.

Have you only struck this problem in leederville? I'd have thought it would be perth wide.

Originally Posted by kiwi_child (Post 4233607)

To complicate matters even more...the term 'Godzone' I recall being used to describe NZ back in the 70s. It wouldn't surprise me if the aussies stole it and claimed it was their term. They are always doing that, trying to lay claim for some well known NZ'er or NZ product etc as being Australian :rolleyes: