Having just watched the Australian episode of the Simpsons

[mikizee]

I would like to make the following corrections:

1. We do not drink Fosters, nor can you get it in giant cans.
2. Our toilets don't flush in any particular direction.
3. You can get coffee at a pub.
4. We do not kick people in the bum with a giant boot.
5. We do not call our currency 'dollaridoos'.

We do however play knifey spoony quite regularly.

[jackrock]

How many dollaridoo's does a ride in a kangaroo cost?

[mikizee]

If you try to get in a pouch of a kangaroo it would more than likely kill you.

[mikizee]

We have giant Foster's here. Sucks for you.

So the water doesn't drain counter-clockwise when it is draining naturally?

Fosters tastes like cat piss. Sucks for you. Our water doesn't drain in any particular direction. They are referring to the 'coreolis effect'. This applies to larger things, like ocean currents. Not toilets.

[Tzar]

We have giant Foster's here. Sucks for you.
lol oooohhh every australian here would/will laugh reading that.

[Pres Zount]

Am I the only australian that gets embarrassed when these 'Aussie' threads pop up?

[mikizee]

yes

[Gareth]

i cringe at all "aussie" threads except ones about cricket and h&a

[Pres Zount]

i cringe at all "aussie" threads except ones about cricket and h&a
yes.

[Gareth]

i actually really like australia though...like, i'd seriously consider living there in a few years time

[mikizee]

Cringe away... i don't care

























*tear*

[Lyman Zerga]

but my whole australian kowledge came from the simpsons :(

[Pres Zount]

Australian's get a sense of pride when foreigners don't know about australia.

I can feel the twinge inside my heart, too.

[mikizee]

Australian's?

There's only one of them?

Sorry, now I'm just being a dick. But unnecessary apostrophes drive me nut's.

Spose I can't talk though, my grammar rep around here ain't that great!

[Pres Zount]

haha. I've been trying out punctuation the past week. I'm still learning.

[icy manipulator]

i dont know if it's just queensland but you cant buy foster's here. the only place i've seen it is the formula 1 in melbourne, but i'm guessing it was there just because they are a sponsor. the only thing i've seen recently is that Foster's Light Ice but i dont think you can even get that anymore

[Junker]

Cricket sucks....sorry :o

[mikizee]

You can buy Foster's in Adelaide, no-one i know has ever drunk it though.

[Pres Zount]

You can't buy Fosters or Four eks in Tas.

[mikizee]

Cricket sucks....sorry :o

Cricket doesn't suck, you just dont like it.

[Junker]

You really like it?

[icy manipulator]

Cricket sucks....sorry :o
dont worry, i dont like cricket............






















i love it :cool:

[icy manipulator]

You can't buy Four eks in Tas.
trust me, that's a good thing. Queensland is good for it's rum, definately not beer (n)

[Pres Zount]

dont worry, i dont like cricket............

i love it :cool:

I knew you were going to say that.

[icy manipulator]

and on that note i think i'll listen to Dreadlock Holiday again:cool:

[Junker]

lol.....mike's right. It doesnt suck. I just dont like it.

But Rugby......oh God. This game sucks!!!!

I was watching a match yesterday and was like "oh man, this thing is fucking boring ".

[mikizee]

Cricket is great for 3 reasons:

1. when you go to the cricket there are loads of girls not wearing much. You can perve on them all day while drinking more beer than you thought possible.

2. Cricket gives you a great reason to lie on the couch and do nothing for five days.

3. Australia pretty much kicks every country's ass when they play.

[Tzar]

trust me, that's a good thing. Queensland is good for it's rum, definately not beer (n)
yeah
XXXX is like drinking sand

[Junker]

Cricket is great for 3 reasons:

1. when you go to the cricket there are loads of girls not wearing much. You can perve on them all day while drinking more beer than you thought possible.


Well, you've convinced me. CRICKET RULES!!!!! :D :D

[icy manipulator]

Cricket is great for 3 reasons:



3. Australia pretty much kicks every country's ass when they play.

4. Any country that plays cricket has the players to win a much which makes it interesting. Just seems australia doesn't anywhere near as much as anyone else

[icy manipulator]

lol.....mike's right. It doesnt suck. I just dont like it.

But Rugby......oh God. This game sucks!!!!

I was watching a match yesterday and was like "oh man, this thing is fucking boring ".
Rugby Union or Rugby League? i hate league, but union's good. the only teams really worth watching are australia, south africa and new zealand. every other team is pretty useless. Tri Nations and the Super 14 are the only things worth watching.

[Junker]

Rugby Union or Rugby League?

Pat my man, now you're asking too much.... lol :D

[na§tee]

i might be wrong here, but i think the simpsons is slightly a parody, and not a documentary.

this is what bill bryson has written about cricket (y)

After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind) I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry. It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game. It is the only sport that incorporates meal breaks. It is the only sport that shares its name with an insect. It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as players -- more if they are moderately restless. It is the only competitive activity of any type, other than perhaps baking, in which you can dress in white from head to toe and be as clean at the end of the day as you were at the beginning.

Imagine a form of baseball in which the pitcher, after each delivery, collects the ball from the catcher and walks slowly with it to center field; and that there, after a minute's pause to collect himself, he turns and runs full tilt toward the pitcher's mound before hurling the ball at the ankles of a man who stands before him wearing a riding hat, heavy gloves of the sort used to to handle radio-active isotopes, and a mattress strapped to each leg. Imagine moreover that if this batsman fails to hit the ball in a way that heartens him sufficiently to try to waddle forty feet with mattress's strapped to his legs, he is under no formal compunction to run; he may stand there all day, and, as a rule, does. If by some miracle he is coaxed into making a misstroke that leads to his being put out, all the fielders throw up their arms in triumph and have a hug. Then tea is called and every one retires happily to a distant pavilion to fortify for the next siege. Now imagine all this going on for so long that by the time the match concludes autumn has crept in and all your library books are overdue. There you have cricket.

The mystery of cricket is not that Australians play it well, but that they play it at all. It has always seemed to me a game much too restrained for the rough-and-tumble Australian temperament. Australians much prefer games in which brawny men in scanty clothing bloody each other's noses. I am quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished over night and the development of cricket was left in Australian hands, within a generation the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other. And the thing is, it would be a much better game for it.

[scotty]

Cricket was developed before the advent of spectator sports, its a game for players rather than spectators. To understand, you really need to field at deep backward square leg in 45 degree heat for 3 hours.

[Drederick Tatum]

...fuckin convicts..

[The Notorious LOL]

haha the simpsons hurt your feelings

[Freebasser]

Cricket is alright when the second team bats and there's a target to aim for, otherwise it's Zzzville, Arizona.

Flash cricket is fucking minted though.

[roosta]

Rugby Union or Rugby League? i hate league, but union's good. the only teams really worth watching are australia, south africa and new zealand. every other team is pretty useless. Tri Nations and the Super 14 are the only things worth watching.

Ireland are good! We're getting stronger, and mark my words we'll make a name for ourselves at the next world cup..

For the record i hate rugby..but my mates like it and i watch it in work.

[Junker]

Ireland are good! We're getting stronger, and mark my words we'll make a name for ourselves at the next world cup..

For the record i hate rugby..but my mates like it and i watch it in work.

So it does have a world cup.....hmmm...interesting.

[scotty]

I've really developed a dislike for league, I mean what the hell sort of game do you spend heaps of energy and pain to get into an attacking position only to have to give the ball to the other team? And whats the point of the scrum? Rugby is much better. When its played well, theres nothing like its fluidity. And the scrum actually means something. Pity the Wallabies are fucking shit at the minute, particularly in the forwards and George Gregan.

[Drederick Tatum]

rugby union is pretty good, especially when your team tears through Europe, raping and pillaging as they go. Ireland are lucky they didn't play the All Blacks.

[Loppfessor]

I would like to make the following corrections:

1. We do not drink Fosters, nor can you get it in giant cans.
2. Our toilets don't flush in any particular direction.
3. You can get coffee at a pub.
4. We do not kick people in the bum with a giant boot.
5. We do not call our currency 'dollaridoos'.

We do however play knifey spoony quite regularly.


First off the Simpsons have never lied to me, you Sir have a horrible track record in that department so who do you think I"m going to believe???

[hitmonlee]

how the fuck did this turn into a stupid sports thread. ugh. you're all in for a booting.

ps. i know people that drink fosters.

[roosta]

rugby union is pretty good, especially when your team tears through Europe, raping and pillaging as they go. Ireland are lucky they didn't play the All Blacks.

last time we played them they acted like animals.

[icy manipulator]

Ireland are good! We're getting stronger, and mark my words we'll make a name for ourselves at the next world cup..

For the record i hate rugby..but my mates like it and i watch it in work.
true true, you are better than the motherland. rugby is a great sport to watch with a few drinks and a pizza

[icy manipulator]

So it does have a world cup.....hmmm...interesting.
there sure is. i just thought, i wonder what would produce a more embarrassing scoreline. New Zealand Jets vs Brazillian soccer team, or the All Blacks vs Brazillian Rugby team?>?>?

[Kid Presentable]

All my life, I have guffawed whenever America gets to play cricket or Rugby. It reminds me of the X-Games in the mid 90's when you get American commentators too, because they make such a big deal out of using the right words.

I stayed in a hotel in Brussels, and watched America play cricket with American commentary.

"Well Tom, he utilised the off-spin, it'll be interesting to see the batsman maintain his tenacity"

It may not matter to the Americans when we enjoy our local sports, but it's great when they have a go and look shit. Like they're fighting a war. Which they're also shit at.

When they play rugby, they look all earnest and shit. So funny.

[Junker]

there sure is. i just thought, i wonder what would produce a more embarrassing scoreline. New Zealand Jets vs Brazillian soccer team, or the All Blacks vs Brazillian Rugby team?>?>?

I dont even know if we have a Rugby Team. :p

[roosta]

true true, you are better than the motherland. rugby is a great sport to watch with a few drinks and a pizza

who are "the motherland"?

[QueenAdrock]

hahahhaha dollaridoos. I had a good laugh with that one.

Someone I know was talking to an Australian and asked "Is it true you drink Foster's?" and the guy replied in a thick accent, "Yeah...if you're a lady."

PS I love how your Prime Minster hangs out in an inner tube all day.

[na§tee]

i showed my flatmates and boyfriend the video of icy saying "CRIKEY!" and we had a good LOL about it. we love it. after much scientific perusal, you will be pleased to know that ranald does the best faux "CRIKEY!" in my circle of friends.

[icy manipulator]

:)

[Bob]

yahoo serious festival