This is whats RIGHT with America

[crazyrabbittown]

In n Out Double Doubles (suck my dick east coast)

hahah fucking true

[tg318is]

Hank Williams Jr...

[mrsleeve]

well go for it, Just remember the old saying "be careful what you wish for"

Join the French foreign Legion then. You might grow some stones and would earn you french citizenship all at the same time.

Not a bad idea actually.

[mrsleeve]

I like France. I think the USA should be more like France.

Join the French foreign Legion then. You might grow some stones and would earn you french citizenship all at the same time.

[E30Nova]

sonic the hedgehog is japanese. lol

osnap.

Good point, haha.

Hey, didn't Sonic's use him as like a mascot for a while? :p

Matt

[Iain]

French women... haw, haw, haw...

[nando]

I like France. I think the USA should be more like France.

we know ;)

[nando]

...the Hedgehog? Or the fast food chain?

They both pwn, actually. But this dude is awesome:





Matt

sonic the hedgehog is japanese. lol

I like France. I think the USA should be more like France.

[Iain]

738: English

It may not be the best language...but...wtf is a "yob"? :weak:

American English or the Queen's English?

"Yob" = "Yobbo"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobbo

[E30Nova]

It's ok. it wasn't like I was going to get Russell Crowe and Tugga around and then go hunt you down.

As a nation, we tend to call each other waffleswaffleswaffleswaffless say stuff like "oh look at that fucking fat bludger over there". We don't really mean it, we just like to practice aggressive tall poppy syndrome, where everyone is dragged down to the same level (Jack is as good as his master) - which probably stems from convict days.

I think some people see this and think we're a bunch of offensive, spite-filled, jelous and prejudiced yobs. Well, we ARE yobs, but yobs that like to take the piss out of each other at all times to maintain a level of equality.

Back on topic - I like America for giving the world Smokey Yunick.

I don't even know what you're saying. Sooo:

738: English

It may not be the best language...but...wtf is a "yob"? :weak:

274) sonic

...the Hedgehog? Or the fast food chain?

They both pwn, actually. But this dude is awesome:





Matt

[Iain]

sorry. that was not the intended effect. i haven't lived in aussie but been there many many times and lived in PNG and went to school with plenty of aussies.

It's ok. it wasn't like I was going to get Russell Crowe and Tugga around and then go hunt you down.

As a nation, we tend to call each other waffleswaffleswaffleswaffless say stuff like "oh look at that fucking fat bludger over there". We don't really mean it, we just like to practice aggressive tall poppy syndrome, where everyone is dragged down to the same level (Jack is as good as his master) - which probably stems from convict days.

I think some people see this and think we're a bunch of offensive, spite-filled, jelous and prejudiced yobs. Well, we ARE yobs, but yobs that like to take the piss out of each other at all times to maintain a level of equality.

Back on topic - I like America for giving the world Smokey Yunick.

[kishg]

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but your post really offended me and bunched my panties so far up my arse the skidmark came out my nose.

sorry. that was not the intended effect. i haven't lived in aussie but been there many many times and lived in PNG and went to school with plenty of aussies.

[Iain]

dude.. go look at the reports of racial violence against asians in australia. per capita, its much much worse than here. i'm not saying your a racist btw.

Yeah, righto. Are you talking about the attacks on Indian students? Or the Asian violence?

Good to see you've based your opinion on a bunch of reports that are - to put it delicately - highly questionable in their findings, have been ridiculed out here and proved to be as much fiction as fact. You ever lived out here?

We are not free of racism by ANY stretch of the imagination, but the general populous (which is what we're talking about in this thread) is accepting, tolerant and friendly to foreigners of all walks of life.

Australia was founded on criminal convicts and generally displaced people, not to mention all the refugees that have flooded (particularly after WW1, WW2 and Vietnam), so we have a hugely diverse cultural mix. This causes problems as some groups bring prejudice from back home to this new country (Serbians vs Croats, Indos vs Papuans, Indians vs Pakistanis vs Sri Lankans, Aboriginals vs everyone, etc)

It isn't perfect and I'm not claiming Australia is some idyllic paradise free of all worries - so to call us all racists and bigots off the back of one "report" is a little hasty wouldn't you say?

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but your post really offended me and bunched my panties so far up my arse the skidmark came out my nose.