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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 13 2005, 09:39 PM (398 Views) | |
| DEFIANT | Jun 13 2005, 09:39 PM Post #1 |
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Ok, this stuff IS NOT FACT. It's just in good fun....and I only wanted to share. Aussie, Brit, American, Canadians Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates. Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club. Americans: Believe that people should look out for and take care of themselves. Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job. Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad. Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad. Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box. Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels. Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch 4 channels. Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them. Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and basketball. Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer and rugby. Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball. Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they played them in. Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English." Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English." Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans. Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate," and a heavy accent to everything they say Aussies: Are extremely patriotic about their beer. Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness. Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them. Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem. Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer. Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer. Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss. Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it. Brits: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their past citizens. Americans: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their present citizens. Canadians: Prattle on about how some of those great Americans were once Canadian. Aussies: Waffle on about how some of their past citizens were once Outlaw Pommies, but none of that matters after several beers. Americans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect. Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect. Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited. Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers. Canadians: Endure bitterly cold winters and are proud of it. Brits: Endure oppressively wet and dreary winters and are proud of it. Americans: Don't have to do either, and couldn't care less. Aussies: Don't understand what inclement weather means. Aussies: Have produced comedians like Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious. Canadians: Have produced many great comedians, like John Candy, Martin Short, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, and all the rest at SCTV. Americans: Think that these people are American! Brits: Have produced many great comedians, but Americans ignore them because they don't understand subtle humour. |
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| ds9074 | Jun 13 2005, 10:04 PM Post #2 |
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lol |
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| Minuet | Jun 13 2005, 10:49 PM Post #3 |
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How true!
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| somerled | Jun 13 2005, 10:53 PM Post #4 |
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Aussies look at americans abroad and just Aussies look at brits abroad and wonder why they ware hankies for hats. Aussies look at canadians abroad and ask them if they want a beer, canadians afterall are just aussies born in a far away and very cold country called Canada, so they are essentially just mates. Aussies look at other aussies abroad and lock up their daughters and their beer. Aussies when on driving holidays "up north" do the steering wheel salute to every car that passes going the other direction (that is when they see another car going the other direction (which can be very long time apart)) ... It's an aussie thing. Brits when on driving holidays wonder where then next "chippy" is. Americans when on driving holidays behave like migrating wilderbeast , everyone wants to go the same place , all at once , so they travel from a crowded home cities to a yet more crowded holiday resort to relax. Canadians come to Australia to get away from the americans and the cold, and learn the stearing wheel salute. The only things that gives them away as not being dinkidy are their accent and their complexion. Brits have creatures called badgers which are fearsome predators of snails, but apart from than have only a few foxes to fear when out in the wilds of their country. Americans have a creature called the grisly which they fear to encounter when out in forest. Canadians look at the american grisly and say " that aint a bear ' they point at polar bear and say "now that's a bear". Aussies look at the pommy's foxes and badgers and laugth, and just point at Cris the Croc and say " we don't have bears as the crocs ate them all." |
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| Franko | Jun 13 2005, 11:00 PM Post #5 |
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That's just so..... right on. LMAO |
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| 24thcenstfan | Jun 13 2005, 11:21 PM Post #6 |
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Very funny. :lol: With one exception. However, since this is Kick Back I won't go into it.
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| ds9074 | Jun 14 2005, 04:41 AM Post #7 |
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Actually I have a complait, we get 5 TV channels now not 4!! |
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| somerled | Jun 14 2005, 05:29 AM Post #8 |
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What are they ? |
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| ds9074 | Jun 14 2005, 05:56 AM Post #9 |
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BBC 1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The last 3 being commercial TV stations carrying adverts although Channel 4 is actually owned by the Government. |
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| Deleted User | Jun 14 2005, 08:42 AM Post #10 |
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That is pretty much spot on! But, ds forgot to mention that Channel 5 is crap, and not everyone can get it! :lol: |
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| Mel | Jun 14 2005, 10:04 AM Post #11 |
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Ok, that is just too funny! I think I'm going to Australia on my next vacation to drink some beer!
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| Dr. Noah | Jun 14 2005, 02:32 PM Post #12 |
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Very right on! Especially the part about being abroad. I make sure to accentuate all sentences with Eh? to encourage the illusion that I am Canadian. (j/k)
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| DEFIANT | Jun 14 2005, 03:18 PM Post #13 |
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I thougt that was some kind of exageration.......so you really have 5 channels? What about via satellite? |
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| Deleted User | Jun 14 2005, 03:22 PM Post #14 |
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Via satellite, we get 100's of channels, but it can be expensive. Digital TV has even more channels! |
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| ds9074 | Jun 14 2005, 03:42 PM Post #15 |
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We've got digital in the student house but its only the basic package so we get around 40 channels. Most are not worth watching with the exception of a select few like Sky One. Its always been an argument that British television is a triumph of quality over quanitity but now we have Channel 5 and Channel 4 showing Big Brother I dont know any more
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