The Large One
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Hello? It was the Australian press that started all this up. Again.
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Hello? It was the Australian press that started all this up. Again.
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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Dunno, it was a joke I heard once, refering to Neighbours or summat!
tedebear
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I wouldn't make it into a "but you started it" - that just sounds worse from your perspective...and I'm not sure its true..
It does seem from those reports that you have reporters in Sydney asking Australians the questions to me?
tedebear
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Oh - in the eternal sunshine of Neighbours
The boys certainly didn't at my school (your typical run of the mill school - not private or anything)...
The Large One
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Of course those reporters are asking those questions, on the back of the Australian media whipping up the Brit-hating sentimentalist claptrap in their newspapers. It's a repeat of the 2003 Rugby World Cup where one of the Aussie papers had a picture of Jonny Wilkinson with the caption 'Is that all you've got?' For whatever reason, they just hate Britain doing well.
I know the British press is WELL capable of behaving exactly the same. However, if Australia had pissed GB out of sight, I don't reckon we'd be getting an anti-Australian slant from them.
In a way, it's a back-handed compliment, and it shows that they spend time thinking about our achievements, which is more than the British press would care about Australia beating us.
I'm sure the rest of sports-appreciating Australia is sagely muttering a reluctant 'well done' to Team GB.
We're sporting rivals of Germany as well, yet there's been none of this anti-British crap from their media.
tedebear
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Ah well - your opinion which you're obviously not going to be swayed from, mine is rather different....
Stumpy Tim
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What the f*** are you talking about. The headlines this week have been about a whale called Colin (today renamed Collette after it was discovered the whale was female) who got lost in Pittwater and died today. There's only one person talking claptrap today I'm afraid, and he used to own a TShirt shop
The Large One
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My point exactly.
Olympics takes a back seat to Vanessa Feltz lookalike.
That's sulking.
Olympics takes a back seat to Vanessa Feltz lookalike.
That's sulking.
tedebear
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The Large One
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I don't. I'm quoting from Stumpy Tim, who is, I believe, resident is Australia.
Stumpy Tim
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No... Your point was that Australian's press are moaning and groaning about how the Brits are beating the Ozzies. But I live here and I know it's complete bollocks. A whale is more important. The Ozzies are talking more about their own medals rather than worrying about the Brits. Yes there are a few columns about the Brit's success but it's mainly light-hearted banter. That's what Oz/UK rivalry is all about.
Who can forget Sir Clive Woodward's famous comment when he entered Passport Control in Sydney in 2003. The passport guy jokingly said, "do you have a criminal record" and he responded, "I didn't realise I still needed one". Could have been taken the wrong way, but was seen as a light-hearted joke at Australia's expense. I dread to think how the UK papers would have taken an equivalent put-down
tedebear
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Yes he is - I was just wondering where you got the "on the back of the Australian media whipping up the Brit-hating sentimentalist claptrap in their newspapers" comment from - tis all...
Tyrone Biggums
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Tyrone Biggums
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Just like "Britons" greatest achievements were by foreigners?
You must be some kind of prize dumbarse to not understand how much of it's own history and language was imparted upon it by others.
I guess that makes England a French/German achivement then going by your genius theory.
The Spanish
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oh pack it in mate I will wipe the floor with you on the history of Britain, its internal influences and its influence on the rest of the world, let alone the part others played in the development of the British Empire.
You are just splitting hairs. 1000+ years of England as a nation state and the best thing you can come up with is erm well erm you know britain has been invaded by all sorts and the language is originally from a german tribe. zzzzzzz mate rubbish argument.
You are just splitting hairs. 1000+ years of England as a nation state and the best thing you can come up with is erm well erm you know britain has been invaded by all sorts and the language is originally from a german tribe. zzzzzzz mate rubbish argument.
Strike
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Seconded, too many myths blown about the Aussies often, I have a good laugh with most I know.
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bhaexpress
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I have a feeling that all the speculation about what the Aussie papers are alleged to have said is more a spot of our tabloids displaying their usual jingoism rather than the truth. At the end of the day who cares anyway ?