Australia in Pop Culture

[180deg]

catfrog said:

Why are their movie stars taking over the world?

... because any time a Kiwi actor becomes successful they're immediately labelled Australian (see: Crowe, Russell; Neill, Sam; etc.)? ;D

[Yossarian]

Puh-lease!

Sporting advice from Noel Gallagher?

Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher has let rip at the Socceroos, saying Australians should stick to sports they're better at.

The keen soccer fan saw the Socceroos play at the World Cup in Germany this year and says he wasn't impressed.

Gallagher, renowned for his controversial outbursts, said he did not have a great deal of respect for Australians playing soccer.

"Stick to the Aussie Rules and the tennis and the cricket and the rugby, you are good at that," he told AAP from the United Kingdom.

"Football is the game of the intelligentsia and you are shit at it.

"You will never win anything so give it up."

The 39-year-old is a keen follower of his hometown club Manchester City and was the unofficial mascot of Italian World Cup striker Alessandro Del Piero.

It was the Italians that dumped the Socceroos out of the World Cup under controversial circumstances, thanks to a hotly disputed last-minute penalty.

"What do they call them, the Socceroos?"

"Do me a f---ing favour, you could come up with a better nickname than that."

Gallagher says he has a particular dislike for Socceroos midfielder Tim Cahill, who plays for Liverpool club Everton.

"I don't know, there is something about him. I would love to kick him right in the bollocks."

Cahill scored two goals for the Socceroos in the World Cup match against Japan and was widely considered one of the country's best players of the tournament.

"He has just got one of those faces," said Gallagher, whose brother Liam is also in Oasis.

"Don't you find his face really slapable? I can assure you, lots of people in England do."

Oasis toured Australia last December and next month release a "best of" album, titled Stop the Clocks.

The album features a selection of what Gallagher considers the band's best work, including tracks such as Wonderwall and Morning Glory.

Despite his outburst, Gallagher said he liked visiting Australia and that he was "gagging" to get over for the Ashes cricket series.

"The last time was just brilliant so the sooner the better for me," he said.

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He's such on old has-been. How many versions of their greatest hits are there anyway?
But in some twisted way, he may be spurring the Socceroo dream on...we're gonna show him!

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Football is the game of the intelligentsia? I thought cricket and rugby union were supposed to be the 'gentlemanly' games. Even if I'm wrong, it's still a stupid thing to say.

[marywebgirl]

I'd just like to introduce myself in this thread since my husband and I are possibly moving to Sydney in about two years for his work. He's had an informational phone interview with one of the VPs of the company and sent in his resume, but we're still not 100% sure it's something we want to do. It wouldn't be forever (two or three years), but there are a lot of pros and cons that we need to consider. We went to Australia (Sydney and Port Douglas) and New Zealand on our honeymoon, and when we were walking around Sydney I literally said to my new husband that I would have no problem moving there, so it's just sort of nice that this opportunity has come up for us.

Just wanted to let you guys know I might be lurking around here and pestering you with questions like, "Can I watch the American Office anywhere??"

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No worries, MaryWebGirl, Aussies (and Kiwis) are a friendly bunch. Everyone is welcome here. ;D

And aboutl Noel...there are no words. Well, maybe one: knob. He's pasty and aging and needs to figure out that producing one half-way decent song ten years ago does not justify this superiority complex he seems to have. And he isn't one to talk about Aussie footy; England didn't exactly tear up the field at the World Cup either.

[Yossarian]

marywebgirl said:

I'd just like to introduce myself in this thread since my husband and I are possibly moving to Sydney in about two years for his work. He's had an informational phone interview with one of the VPs of the company and sent in his resume, but we're still not 100% sure it's something we want to do. It wouldn't be forever (two or three years), but there are a lot of pros and cons that we need to consider. We went to Australia (Sydney and Port Douglas) and New Zealand on our honeymoon, and when we were walking around Sydney I literally said to my new husband that I would have no problem moving there, so it's just sort of nice that this opportunity has come up for us.

Just wanted to let you guys know I might be lurking around here and pestering you with questions like, "Can I watch the American Office anywhere??"

Cool! Sydney is a fun city - feel free to ask as many questions as you like! And yes, we do get the American Office ... although the British one rates better here.

[Ripley]

Hey, Aussies...

Do you know that most of you regularly eat a substance that has been BANNED IN THE USA!!!!

That's right. The country that allows tons of refined carbohydrates and high fructose corn syrup and once listed ketchup as a vegetable has banned vegemite because vegemite contains folic acid.

I love it when my government protects me!

[Brookie]

Yes, folic acid is a hyooooooooooooooge worldwide threat.

[Yossarian]

Isn't folic acid good for you? I know it's given to women who are trying to get pregnant/are pregnant because it minimizes the chance of spina bifida. Anyhoo, vegemite is the yum.