Rosie Cheeks

I don't know anymore northernbird. I have lost the plot.
You have either got it or you haven't.

northernbird

although Australia is larger than england the population isn't. Someone saying they think australia is crap when they have only lived in Sydney is no different to someone saying England is crap when they have only been to London.

northernbird

I clearly haven't got it then and as Catherine Tate says "am I bovvered"

Rosie Cheeks

Who is Catherine Tate?

northernbird

Actually you are wrong about WA. I have toured from the north to South of WA and they are so completely different they could be 2 different countries. Exmouth is different to Esperance beyond belief.

Rosie Cheeks

Well you can't say fairer than that then.

Lothianlad

Am I bovvered? Aye, I'm bovvered! This is Catherine Tate:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/ta...atherine.shtml

FPM

Ah it all makes sense now. You call yourself 'Northernbird' you like Catherine Tate, no wonder you've gone over to the Aussies side. Your life must be like a living breathing Vogue magazine

I'd be interested to know the countries you've 'lived' in. I can't claim 5 (well I could but I'd be lying) but I can claim 3 others (apart from Oz) where I have lived for a period of 4mths or longer. Colombia, Korea and the US. ( I did 2months in Argentina, but that's just a long holiday really). Funny how none of these other countries struggle so hard to find their identity, and they certainly don't need a bumbling 1950s timewarped buffoon to attempt to tell the population what it means to be part of that country. People already know, it's inside them, it's part of them. The population of these other countries (with the exception of the US) don't harp on about how 'good' their country is, because they are not insecure and don't have huge chips on their shoulders.

I'd stick to

http://www.gimmeapackofwinniebluesto...eapwine.com.au

sounds like you'll be among 'friends'.

northernbird

I have lived in England, Norway, Holland, Canada, US and Australia and my life is just fine and dandy thanks and don't need to "prove" myself to you. I would suspect that anyone who frequents the BBC website would know who Catherine Tate is but as I have lived outside of the UK now for nearly 18 months I haven't actually watched the TV show but again don't need to get the OK from you even if I did.

For the record, this is my tipple of choice http://www.wynns.com.au/wines/riddoch.asp and as my mother died of cancer I don't touch the cancer sticks.

I will say it again England is not crap, my life there was. Australia is not perfect, my life here is. Simple as, end of.

busterboy

I will say it again England is not crap, my life there was. Australia is not perfect, my life here is. Simple as, end of.[/QUOTE]


Strangely NB, this is the theme that I have picked up on pretty much all of your posts....there is a lot of selective reading going on.

FPM

Well you certainly have mastered composition of the prose like an Aussie. No wonder you fit in so well.

busterboy

She is trying to reduce the syllable count to suit her audience.

northernbird

I fit in well because I make the effort to fit in and if that makes me some kind of ocker then so be it, I will make sure my singlet is clean for my trip to the beach today. I don't miss any of the things most you homesick folk do. The pub doesn't appeal to me. The countryside is beautiful in England but due to pressures of work we never got to see any of it and I don't have a lot of family to miss.

FPM

Oh I see, so all I've had to all these years is just make sure I have a clean vest on. Wow, it was staring me in the face all the time. I've been so blind.

Your keeping up nicely, stick with, we'll be onto big words soon

busterboy

...That should have been 'you are', or 'you're'.

At least you don't write as if it isn't your native language, unlike some on this forum.