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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2007 13:15:33 GMT -4
^^You'll get used to it, I promise. I'm in America on a study abroad venture, and I was pretty lost for about a month, but you pick things up quickly. But Aussies are, in general (with a few exceptions) a friendly bunch, and I'm sure there will be plenty of people around to help you out. We'll snicker at you a wee bit, but it's all in good fun. And it goes both ways; Americans snicker at me all the time...particularly that one time when a waiter asked me if I wanted a muffin or an English muffin with my eggs when I ate breakfast at a diner. My response ("There's a difference?"), and the fact that everyone spent fifteen minutes explaining what an English muffin was to me, had everyone in stitches. That's part of the fun of traveling though, having no idea what the hell is going on, and making stuff up as you go along.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2007 20:19:43 GMT -4
Thanks for the info about Kath & Kim, everyone! And I'll amend my original statement to "ignorant American", how's that? Even better, thanks to all you kind Aussies, I'm not even ignorant any more!*
*At least concerning Kath & Kim, heh.
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Post by fairfox on Jan 10, 2007 22:16:14 GMT -4
::puts up dukes:: (FAE dukes, mind you)
Eh, yes, England embarassed themselves badly.
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Post by elmo8 on Jan 11, 2007 7:42:32 GMT -4
That is true about Mrs Fervola but I guess I am just sick of Aussie sports guys getting a free pass for stuff they do in their private lives because they are successful (Shane Warne).
I guess also because I live close to the 'Shire' and Lara is giving us all living here a bit of a bad rep (not that it didn't have one before with the riots etc).
Don't worry about moving to Australia. I currently have two Canadians and an American working on my floor at work in Sydney and everyone all gets on really well. Australia has so much American TV and gossip anyway that you won't be too lost (except for our TV ratings periods are topsy turvy so we always end up about 4 months behind TV shows if we are lucky which sucks).
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Post by Yossarian on Jan 11, 2007 18:04:30 GMT -4
That is true about Mrs Fervola but I guess I am just sick of Aussie sports guys getting a free pass for stuff they do in their private lives because they are successful (Shane Warne). But playing sport gives you a free pass to be an ass, remember? So who's going to be Australian of the Year? Dear Warney, perhaps? A posthumous award to Steve Irwin?
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Post by december on Jan 12, 2007 2:07:35 GMT -4
I think Irwin as he was nominated before, but because of the baby dangling didn't get it. Although I don't think Warney will get it I think McGrath or the-other-cricket-guy-who-retired have a good shot.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2007 7:26:34 GMT -4
Jennifer Hawkins secures $4m Myer dealCall me bitter, but I'm pretty well over this business of giving people tonnes of money just to look good. **Sigh**, who am I kidding, I'm jus' jellus that I have to work for a living.
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Post by Yossarian on Jan 14, 2007 19:18:52 GMT -4
I like Jennifer Hawkins. In theory, she should annoy me: she's the ex cheerleader, perky beach babe kind of gal who should grate on my last nerve. But I like her, she seems kind of approachable and fun - and doesn't seem to take herself too seriously. And she handled the whole "skirt falling off" incident with a sense of humour.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2007 1:40:07 GMT -4
Why the hell do we keep importing celebrities like Tara Reid and Paris Hilton to be 'international guest stars' at various Australian events. I know Tara has to pay for her reconstituted bosom and all, but why must our advertising dollars fund them.
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Post by Yossarian on Jan 15, 2007 1:45:10 GMT -4
Eh, well, American train wrecks are always just that bit more amusing than Aussie train wrecks! I mean, for snark value, would you rather see Kate Fisher or Tara Reid at the opening of an envelope?
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