Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Feb 16th 2008 | 11:32 pm
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Feb 17th 2008 | 4:13 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Feb 17th 2008 | 4:22 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
What a load of crap. We came having visited Australia a number of times and made some good Australian friends.
Then we moved there and realised they are, as a generalisation, arrogant, poor sportsman and generally have a chip on their shoulders. As we had only good feelings about Australians before we came to Australia permanently, as I'm sure most people have that up sticks and invest much time and money moving across the world, then how would our "smelly attitude" become a self fulfilling prophesy?
There are some great Australians and we still have some good friends we keep in touch with but the culture, through the media and the mindset of the average Aussie is 1 part caveman, 2 parts shark.
Usual shoot the messenger me thinks.
Kev
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Feb 17th 2008 | 4:34 am
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Feb 17th 2008 | 4:44 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
What a load of crap. We came having visited Australia a number of times and made some good Australian friends.
Then we moved there and realised they are, as a generalisation, arrogant, poor sportsman and generally have a chip on their shoulders. As we had only good feelings about Australians before we came to Australia permanently, as I'm sure most people have that up sticks and invest much time and money moving across the world, then how would our "smelly attitude" become a self fulfilling prophesy?
There are some great Australians and we still have some good friends we keep in touch with but the culture, through the media and the mindset of the average Aussie is 1 part caveman, 2 parts shark.
Usual shoot the messenger me thinks.
Kev
Then we moved there and realised they are, as a generalisation, arrogant, poor sportsman and generally have a chip on their shoulders. As we had only good feelings about Australians before we came to Australia permanently, as I'm sure most people have that up sticks and invest much time and money moving across the world, then how would our "smelly attitude" become a self fulfilling prophesy?
There are some great Australians and we still have some good friends we keep in touch with but the culture, through the media and the mindset of the average Aussie is 1 part caveman, 2 parts shark.
Usual shoot the messenger me thinks.
Kev
Feb 17th 2008 | 7:44 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
What a load of crap. We came having visited Australia a number of times and made some good Australian friends.
Then we moved there and realised they are, as a generalisation, arrogant, poor sportsman and generally have a chip on their shoulders. As we had only good feelings about Australians before we came to Australia permanently, as I'm sure most people have that up sticks and invest much time and money moving across the world, then how would our "smelly attitude" become a self fulfilling prophesy?
There are some great Australians and we still have some good friends we keep in touch with but the culture, through the media and the mindset of the average Aussie is 1 part caveman, 2 parts shark.
Usual shoot the messenger me thinks.
Kev
Then we moved there and realised they are, as a generalisation, arrogant, poor sportsman and generally have a chip on their shoulders. As we had only good feelings about Australians before we came to Australia permanently, as I'm sure most people have that up sticks and invest much time and money moving across the world, then how would our "smelly attitude" become a self fulfilling prophesy?
There are some great Australians and we still have some good friends we keep in touch with but the culture, through the media and the mindset of the average Aussie is 1 part caveman, 2 parts shark.
Usual shoot the messenger me thinks.
Kev
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
Feb 17th 2008 | 7:51 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Then we will agree to disagree, the traits you have described are hopeless generalisations in my experience.
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
Country is OK , it's the majority of the people in it that's the problem.
Feb 17th 2008 | 7:59 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
I guess if you were an arrogant, self centred, unsportsmanlike parochial sort of person with a chip on both shoulders then you would probably fit in very well
Feb 17th 2008 | 8:16 am
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Feb 17th 2008 | 8:42 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Thought this thread would bring out the resident plastic Aussies. I'm wondering what the Aussie citizenship test is like these days? "I solemly swear to uphold the Aussie tradition of pom-bashing, because even though it's really just insults it means we can tell everyone how we've got a great sense of humour and the poms should just get over it. I also swear that if any pom gives us anything back, or even *slightly* suggests that Aus isn't paradise on earth, then I promise to throw my teddy as far as I can and start blubbing like a great big baby".
Probably something like that.
Probably something like that.
Your original statement was talking generalised bollocks, I stand by my assessment. I have enough evidence to the contrary to say that tarring every Australian with your brush is, at best, ignorant.
Based on the information I have (and I can't judge by anything else) I suggest your attitude is at least partly to blame for your failure, can't be any plainer than that.
This obviously isn't part of the 20% you like but then again this isn't humour either.
Based on the information I have (and I can't judge by anything else) I suggest your attitude is at least partly to blame for your failure, can't be any plainer than that.
This obviously isn't part of the 20% you like but then again this isn't humour either.
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Feb 17th 2008 | 10:00 am
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Feb 17th 2008 | 10:04 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Then we will agree to disagree, the traits you have described are hopeless generalisations in my experience.
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
This isn't agreeing to disagree Vim, it's being presumptuous about, and insulting to, another poster. You have no right whatsoever to assume that whatever Kevin did was an error, or that he does (or should) feel bad about it.
Feb 17th 2008 | 10:11 am
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Re: Time to ask for the Union-Jack back.
Then we will agree to disagree, the traits you have described are hopeless generalisations in my experience.
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
You have probably realised you have made a huge personal error in judgement and are trying to compensate by blaming the country as a whole ... it's a common fault, don't feel bad.
I hope you find a home soon
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I realised after 3 weeks that Oz was not for me.