What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
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What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
AUSTRALIA'S PECULIAR TRAITS, AS SEEN BY A POM
1. A Nigel has no friends in Australia while a Billy in UK is someone with no mates
2. When Australians are annoyed, something 'gives them the s***s'
3. A Golden Gaytime is a popular ice cream, and no one thinks it strange it sounds like a sex act
4. A grass trimmer is a 'whipper snipper' not a garden strimmer as the English say
5. Fairy bread, with hundreds and thousands on white bread, is so strange and also a national treasure.
6. Second lowest fire rating is high and Sydneysiders go 'meh, bushfires'
7. Brush turkeys are wild and roam around
8. Magpies swoop and try to peck out your eyes
9. Cockatoos are like UK pigeons except they're massive and sound terrifying like dinosaurs when they fly over.
10. A sausage sizzle is basically a £1 BBQ outside every B and Q (hardware store). Amazing
11. Australia lost a prime minister Harold Holt who went for an ocean swim, disappeared and then they named an aquatic centre after him. Cruel
12. 'Ranga' is a ginger. 'Pom' is a Brit. Neither is offensive
13. Australians say 'heaps' in every single context. I'm heaps tired
14. Everything is abbreviated. Someone told me they shorten words because there's so much dust
15. Australians think it's weird how Brits have pancakes for dinner
16. The 'bush' is anything rural while 'bush' becomes 'outback' at some indeterminate inland point
17. British greetings don't go down well. 'Alright?' is more an expression of concern, getting looks of confusion
18. Every now and then you go out and get smacked in the face by the kind of heat usually only felt when opening an oven
19. Australians use terms that would be obscenely offensive in the UK. The term 'Wog' is thrown about, and 'Coon cheese' is a thing
20. I've never seen anyone drink Foster's. Ever
Source: Reddit
1. A Nigel has no friends in Australia while a Billy in UK is someone with no mates
2. When Australians are annoyed, something 'gives them the s***s'
3. A Golden Gaytime is a popular ice cream, and no one thinks it strange it sounds like a sex act
4. A grass trimmer is a 'whipper snipper' not a garden strimmer as the English say
5. Fairy bread, with hundreds and thousands on white bread, is so strange and also a national treasure.
6. Second lowest fire rating is high and Sydneysiders go 'meh, bushfires'
7. Brush turkeys are wild and roam around
8. Magpies swoop and try to peck out your eyes
9. Cockatoos are like UK pigeons except they're massive and sound terrifying like dinosaurs when they fly over.
10. A sausage sizzle is basically a £1 BBQ outside every B and Q (hardware store). Amazing
11. Australia lost a prime minister Harold Holt who went for an ocean swim, disappeared and then they named an aquatic centre after him. Cruel
12. 'Ranga' is a ginger. 'Pom' is a Brit. Neither is offensive
13. Australians say 'heaps' in every single context. I'm heaps tired
14. Everything is abbreviated. Someone told me they shorten words because there's so much dust
15. Australians think it's weird how Brits have pancakes for dinner
16. The 'bush' is anything rural while 'bush' becomes 'outback' at some indeterminate inland point
17. British greetings don't go down well. 'Alright?' is more an expression of concern, getting looks of confusion
18. Every now and then you go out and get smacked in the face by the kind of heat usually only felt when opening an oven
19. Australians use terms that would be obscenely offensive in the UK. The term 'Wog' is thrown about, and 'Coon cheese' is a thing
20. I've never seen anyone drink Foster's. Ever
Source: Reddit
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Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
ozzie drinks XXXX
Money is not the problem, the problem is no money
Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
That's not quite correct Boli. While XXXX is quite a popular beer, most Aussies would rather drink Cats piss, IMHO. XXXX is a Queensland beer (they called it XXXX coz they couldn't spell BEER). Queensland is a beautiful place, it's full of Queerlanders though. They can't make Beer for shit. I think they actually believe XXXX Gold tastes good! Its not even full strength beer! WTF!
What's with the OP? They make it sound like WE'RE peculiar, when in fact we're fine and everyone else is a bit f..cked up!
What's with the OP? They make it sound like WE'RE peculiar, when in fact we're fine and everyone else is a bit f..cked up!
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Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
Everyone knows that Harold Holt was picked up/abducted by a Red Chinese submarine.
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Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
Pancakes for dinner?
pancakes only get eaten on pancake day (Shrove Tuesday) and is usually a desert (in our house anyway)
were not American lol
pancakes only get eaten on pancake day (Shrove Tuesday) and is usually a desert (in our house anyway)
were not American lol
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Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
Yeah we do call them whipper snippers and my wife is a Kiwi and they call them a weed wacker. As wierd as it sounds Golden Gaytimes are pretty good and now i really want one.
Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
Kiwis also call them whipper snippers, as well as weed wackers.
...and XXXX stands for PISS, cause that's what it tastes like!
...and XXXX stands for PISS, cause that's what it tastes like!
Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
BUD wrote:That's not quite correct Boli. While XXXX is quite a popular beer, most Aussies would rather drink Cats piss, IMHO. XXXX is a Queensland beer (they called it XXXX coz they couldn't spell BEER). Queensland is a beautiful place, it's full of Queerlanders though. They can't make Beer for shit. I think they actually believe XXXX Gold tastes good! Its not even full strength beer! WTF!
What's with the OP? They make it sound like WE'RE peculiar, when in fact we're fine and everyone else is a bit f..cked up!
Re: What this Pom has learnt about Australia.
Hahaha! I'm surprised you took so long to respond Hoty! The comment WAS directed straight at you!
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