The Miscellaneous Thread

Not a lot of people know this...but we once had a Prime Minister who held a record for sculling beer--5 in 11 seconds.


Here he is in his dotage, at the cricket, downing a pint.

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He was a ******* legend

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Not really accurate. Mostly that's based on stereotypes. The girl in that clip is a bogan also. Most Australian women are not.

We do have distinct seasons in Australia. But they aren't as pronounced as they are in Europe or some places in North America. It does snow here in some regions.

Australian women are as generally useless at general mechanics, repairs, building, construction as women are generally everywhere else.

Australian women are definitely more down-to-earth and far less pretentious than American women and are generally more 'tomboyish'. Far less picky, far less pedantic. They're going to be up for more rough and tumble ****, and will put up with things English and American girls won't in way of hotels, food etc. As long as the company and activities are good she'll be happy.

I do agree that it's important to have a sense of humour if you're trying to date an Aussie girl...critically important. Australians are very, very, very egalitarian. Extremely. We don't really like notions of 'class', and don't really adhere to them the way the yanks and Poms do (The English are far worse in this regard than Americans to be fair) and you have the attitude here that those things matter as opposed to what's in your head, heart and soul, you are going to be ******. Titles and status don't really matter here, who you are as a person, not what you are matters.

If you want to be hated in Australia as an American, visit and talk about how awesome you are, and how awesome America is. You will immediately be defined as a wanker/****head and nobody will talk to you. Do that as an Englishman and you will probably be violently assaulted at some point.

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Well, there's not really an American equivalent. Most Americans think that the term bogan is interchangeable with 'white trash', but that's not really accurate.It's not really got anything to do with money. There are plenty of rich bogans here. My neighbour is a rich bogan. I suppose it refers to an Aussie who is 'working class' and has working class interests. I love Bogans. They're great.

Well it's a bit of a myth that Brits and Aussies don't get along. We actually do, very well--and I think that's because the Brits know how to take the piss out of themselves and everything else in the world so well. There's a common thread there. Most English that come here are working class and they're great. They also tend to be really nice people.

Yeah, that would be a rich Bogan--assuming they are in fact a Bogan. 

Greg has taken away my ability to upvote and downvote which is interesting.

No idea. It just doesn't work anymore.

Been watching The Boondocks last couple of nights. Forgot how funny it is.

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