Perceptions of Australia

[LennonCook]

In Australia,there are sooooo many deadly bugs and spiders and snakes...

Redback, Funnelweb, Blueringed Octopus,
Taipan, Tiger Snake, Attabox Jellyfish,
Come to Australia, you might accidentaly get killed.

We do not have our own flag. (Spot the difference with ours and NZ

Ours has two extra stars. The NZ stars are red. And, uh, that's about it...


OK, the 'typical Aussie'...
"I dug a hole." - Dale Kerrigan (The Castle)

[Donut]

Originally posted by sylent: I've been doing a bit of thinking lately, and I'm just wondering how the rest of the world perceives Australia... g Cheers

Bites tongue, sits on hands, stops biting tongue and puts tongue in cheek, sniggers, giggles, has to bite tongue again - too obvious, stop it! help - sensory overload, brain hurts!

[wellard]

Originally posted by Donut: quote: Originally posted by sylent: I've been doing a bit of thinking lately, and I'm just wondering how the rest of the world perceives Australia... g Cheers

Bites tongue, sits on hands, stops biting tongue and puts tongue in cheek, sniggers, giggles, has to bite tongue again - too obvious, stop it! help - sensory overload, brain hurts!

[/QUOTE]Puts donut out of his misary [img]graemlins/railgun.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

[wellard]

Originally posted by Epona: I met a couple of Australians once. In the course of a few days one of them managed to blow up an electrical adapter, grab hold of an electric fence, and burn his hand on a halogen lamp because he wanted to see if it was hot. The other one was obsessed with Bundy and orange robed monks, thought he could speak French because he knew the international hand signal for a coke while saying 'coke' in a French accent, and thought I was a man called Nigel. I therefore conclude that all Australians are insane. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

G'day Nigel [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

I've been meaning to PM you about the origins of your "name" for ages but now I can rest easy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[wellard]

[quote]Originally posted by LennonCook:
[QB]

In Australia,there are sooooo many deadly bugs and spiders and snakes...

Redback, Funnelweb, Blueringed Octopus,
Taipan, Tiger Snake, Attabox Jellyfish,
Come to Australia, you might accidentaly get killed.

Come on, you forgot the animal with the most crap name for something that is on the top ten most deadly animals list. Namely the brown snake, its name will not give you a heart attack but it's bite will [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

It should be called something 'ard like the * silent assassin * but nope, in typical Aussie humour we call it the brown snake

[Donut]

Originally posted by Epona: I met a couple of Australians once. In the course of a few days one of them managed to blow up an electrical adapter, grab hold of an electric fence, and burn his hand on a halogen lamp because he wanted to see if it was hot. The other one was obsessed with Bundy and orange robed monks, thought he could speak French because he knew the international hand signal for a coke while saying 'coke' in a French accent, and thought I was a man called Nigel. I therefore conclude that all Australians are insane. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yup! Sounds like a bard that I once met who died in a D & D game because the strings of his lute were poisoned - very careless! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Grojlach]

I've expressed anger about Australia's immigration policies before, but other than that, it seems like a very interesting place to visit one day. The general impression I get from Australian posters around here is definitely positive; very laidback and matter-of-fact, and friendly as well. Still a pity about John Howard, though. [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img]

[Davros]

Originally posted by Epona: I met a couple of Australians once. In the course of a few days one of them managed to blow up an electrical adapter, grab hold of an electric fence, and burn his hand on a halogen lamp because he wanted to see if it was hot. The other one was obsessed with Bundy and orange robed monks, thought he could speak French because he knew the international hand signal for a coke while saying 'coke' in a French accent, and thought I was a man called Nigel. I therefore conclude that all Australians are insane. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Nigel my man - how they hangin?

This "Bundy you talk about - that wouldn't be the world renowned beverage marketed as Bundaberg Rum would it. I believe I have tried that myself on the odd occasion - goes great with (insert international hand signal here) from memory [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Oh - any true blue Aussie wouldn't be caught dead in orange - my mum bought me a shirt like that once for golf from the Arnold Palmer range - never did wear it though

[Davros]

Originally posted by wellard: quote: Originally posted by Donut: quote: Originally posted by sylent: I've been doing a bit of thinking lately, and I'm just wondering how the rest of the world perceives Australia... g Cheers

Bites tongue, sits on hands, stops biting tongue and puts tongue in cheek, sniggers, giggles, has to bite tongue again - too obvious, stop it! help - sensory overload, brain hurts!

[/QUOTE]Puts donut out of his misary [img]graemlins/railgun.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Hmmm - the degree of difficulty was low, but excellent style points, great artistic expression, and of course, flawless execution [img]smile.gif[/img] .

[Thoran]

well, based on the impression I got when I met a bunch of rugby players up here for a tourney a few years back all Aussies are loud braggards who eat too much, drink too much, party too hard, sleep too little, drink too much, like to bash their heads into unoffending inanimate (and sometimes animate) objects, like to show off scars, drink too much, and are overall a fairly maloderous bunch of goons.

In other words... my sort of people, damn those boys knew how to have a good time! .