Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Jun 23rd 2008, 8:02 am
#1
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 912
Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Here's some of the Naff things I will definately not miss about Australia!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
Jun 23rd 2008, 9:38 am
#2
Account Closed
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,533
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
The way the sports show presenters actually talk to the camera like they're having a conversation with you at home!
The "How's it gawin'?" question when they really don't give a sh*t!
Every weekend saying "Freo or Hilary's then?"
Barbeques, every single social occasion revolves around them.
The "How's it gawin'?" question when they really don't give a sh*t!
Every weekend saying "Freo or Hilary's then?"
Barbeques, every single social occasion revolves around them.
Jun 23rd 2008, 12:40 pm
#3
Forum Regular
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 69
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
The hordes of chav immigrants from the UK saying the UK is full of chavs....
Jun 23rd 2008, 12:50 pm
#4
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 912
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
The way the sports show presenters actually talk to the camera like they're having a conversation with you at home!
The "How's it gawin'?" question when they really don't give a sh*t!
Every weekend saying "Freo or Hilary's then?"
Barbeques, every single social occasion revolves around them.
The "How's it gawin'?" question when they really don't give a sh*t!
Every weekend saying "Freo or Hilary's then?"
Barbeques, every single social occasion revolves around them.
Jun 23rd 2008, 1:00 pm
#5
Forum Regular
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 69
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Jun 23rd 2008, 1:05 pm
#6
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 912
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Ah right, no wonder I've never heard of them then.
Jun 23rd 2008, 5:20 pm
#7
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 456
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Not being able to find good biscuits, bacon, sausages, etc.
Having to buy a telephone calling card every week.
Having to decide which set of parents we will visit that year. My parents are in the UK and my wife's in India.
Having to use all my holidays to visit parents. I get 10 days a year.
Missing birthdays and family events.
Not being able to walk to get a paper or a pint of milk.
Not having any family within a 5000 mile radius.
I'll think I'll stop here before I depress myself even more.
Having to buy a telephone calling card every week.
Having to decide which set of parents we will visit that year. My parents are in the UK and my wife's in India.
Having to use all my holidays to visit parents. I get 10 days a year.
Missing birthdays and family events.
Not being able to walk to get a paper or a pint of milk.
Not having any family within a 5000 mile radius.
I'll think I'll stop here before I depress myself even more.
Jun 24th 2008, 12:47 am
#8
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas, USA
Posts: 2,620
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Here's some of the Naff things I will definately not miss about Australia!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
Seeing ponsey looking blokes with veneers on their teeth.
Rednecks
bad fashion
bad TV
bad music (esp. country)
crap nightlife
crap beer
nothing to do within walking distance
rudeness
big-time capitalism (although I know the UK is bad, but not THAT bad)
restaurants everywhere
Jun 24th 2008, 12:49 am
#9
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas, USA
Posts: 2,620
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Not being able to find good biscuits, bacon, sausages, etc.
Having to buy a telephone calling card every week.
Having to decide which set of parents we will visit that year. My parents are in the UK and my wife's in India.
Having to use all my holidays to visit parents. I get 10 days a year.
Missing birthdays and family events.
Not being able to walk to get a paper or a pint of milk.
Not having any family within a 5000 mile radius.
I'll think I'll stop here before I depress myself even more.
Having to buy a telephone calling card every week.
Having to decide which set of parents we will visit that year. My parents are in the UK and my wife's in India.
Having to use all my holidays to visit parents. I get 10 days a year.
Missing birthdays and family events.
Not being able to walk to get a paper or a pint of milk.
Not having any family within a 5000 mile radius.
I'll think I'll stop here before I depress myself even more.
Jun 24th 2008, 1:33 am
#10
Forum Regular
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 184
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
won't miss the way maroon is pronounced....FFS.....it has 2 oo's in it ....I always ask why they say marOAn....when they do not say "look at the mOAn in the sky" and do not say spOAn for spoon....so what is it with MarOOn...just can't get away from in in Qld...the land of the "MAROANS" maybe they mean morons 
Jun 24th 2008, 2:21 am
#11
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 511
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
Here's some of the Naff things I will definately not miss about Australia!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
- When you go into a shop, or especially in fast food restaurants, and they greet you with "Who WAS next?", or "DID you want that in a meal?" etc. It seems to be a universal thing that many young Australians don't understand the difference between past, present and future tenses. I told you the education here was rubbish!
- The fact that they call yoghurt "Yo-gat"
- The fact that they call crisps "Chips"
- The fact that you can't get a decent meal in a pub
- The horrible experience of trying to get in your car on a very hot day after it's been parked in a shopping centre carpark for a while, and it's so hot you literally can't touch the steering wheel!
- Having to see men in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who go around without a shirt on on sunny days, exposing their enourmous, ugly, beer bellies!
- Rubbish TV
- Australian comedy shows, and worse still, Australian stand up comedians who always laugh at their own jokes, even though they're extremely obvious and NOT funny!
- Not having someone rush up to me in the chemist (or any shop) to ask if I need help. (Yes, I do need help ...but it's to get out of this country....and you probably can't help with that one!)
- Paying $60 every time I visit the docs (ok $30 after the medicare refund).
- Driving to the Medicare office and queueing to get the above $30 back because our docs don't bulk bill.
- Crap TV/Radio - adverts where they have to SHOUT, particularly hate the Blind Factoreeeeee advert.
- Advertising Viagra etc on radio in daytime when kids in the car.
- Crap driving, actually had someone in a ute (and what is that anyway........just call it a pick up) lean out window and shout "Blaaady slowcoach" because I was doing 60 kph - the speed limit - as I'm fed up with parking/speeding/turning right fines.
- Flies, cockroaches in my kitchen
- Cold crappily built weatherboard houses.
Jun 24th 2008, 2:23 am
#12
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 511
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
won't miss the way maroon is pronounced....FFS.....it has 2 oo's in it ....I always ask why they say marOAn....when they do not say "look at the mOAn in the sky" and do not say spOAn for spoon....so what is it with MarOOn...just can't get away from in in Qld...the land of the "MAROANS" maybe they mean morons
To which I replied.....
"And I've never under stood why you lot think there is an "i" in....stomach, havoc, paddock.
Needless to say he was speechless!!!!
Jun 24th 2008, 2:25 am
#13
Forum Regular
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 61
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
My 4 year old asking for 'wada' in her best jersey accent. it's 'waaarrrrta', darling!
The idea that decent health care is a privilege and not a right.
Having to be SO pc all the time - they are a bit OTT here!!
Bread with high fructose corn syrup (yuk) and having to make my own bread (oooh, a nice loaf of Hovis)
Having to be so cheerful all the time and chatty to strangers (Ok, OK, I'll miss it really, but there ARE times when you just don't want to be cheerful!!)
The idea that decent health care is a privilege and not a right.
Having to be SO pc all the time - they are a bit OTT here!!
Bread with high fructose corn syrup (yuk) and having to make my own bread (oooh, a nice loaf of Hovis)
Having to be so cheerful all the time and chatty to strangers (Ok, OK, I'll miss it really, but there ARE times when you just don't want to be cheerful!!)
Jun 24th 2008, 2:37 am
#14
Account Closed
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 8,913
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
I won't miss the crisps here, they are naff
Bring on the Prawn
Bring on the Prawn
Jun 24th 2008, 4:01 am
#15
South Yarra Sheila
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,078
Re: Naff things you will NOT miss when you're back in England
1) the over abundance of white cars (counted 14 on my dog walk today)
2) the way after some adverts they say"sponsered by the Australian government" but really quickly as they are obviously paying for the time
3) pokies in all the (and I use the term loosely) "pubs"
4) they way they have adverts on TV asking you to "dob in a hoon"
5) the way some folk, instead of having a normal gate at the entrance to their open driveway, fit a metal roll-up garage door instead-how naff is that!!
6) The house down the highway from me where someone has put loads of old loos around their front garden and planted flowers in them
7) Tacky old supermarkets with rusty trolleys
8) Sad, soulless pre-fab shopping strips
9) no post delivery on a Saturday
10) Tacky soulless Westfield centres you get lost in instead of high streets
2) the way after some adverts they say"sponsered by the Australian government" but really quickly as they are obviously paying for the time
3) pokies in all the (and I use the term loosely) "pubs"
4) they way they have adverts on TV asking you to "dob in a hoon"
5) the way some folk, instead of having a normal gate at the entrance to their open driveway, fit a metal roll-up garage door instead-how naff is that!!
6) The house down the highway from me where someone has put loads of old loos around their front garden and planted flowers in them
7) Tacky old supermarkets with rusty trolleys
8) Sad, soulless pre-fab shopping strips
9) no post delivery on a Saturday
10) Tacky soulless Westfield centres you get lost in instead of high streets
Last edited by JoolsB; Jun 24th 2008 at 4:05 am.