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| Why did you leave Australia? |
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| Because John Howard sux |
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| Because Australia sux |
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| Because people think I'm up myself |
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| Just Because |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| just because wrote: |
| i have an uncle who is collecting 3 pensions while I was slaving my ass off so I dobbed him in. |
that is hilarious! good on you!  |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:07 am Post subject: |
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I lived in Aussie for 6 months but I left because it sucked...  ... especially at rugby Yeah... Australia sucks BIGTIME~ |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:48 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget the triangular one day cricket tournament in India at the moment.
Australia, India and New Zealand, who are imho, the best one day sides in the world at the moment.
Australia tumbled to a loss against India after a stupid middle order collapse, and truth to tell, I don't think we're likely to win considering the lack of bowling depth. Lehmann is out and Bevan hasn't bowled in years.
One spinner. On the subcontinent. Do the math and you'll see that NZ will probably end up on top, if Tendulkar can be contained. :)
jae. |
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William Beckerson
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Personally, if I was Aussie, I'd say I left because of the spiders that sit under the toilet seat waiting to bite you on the nads |
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denz
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: soapland. alternatively - the school of rock!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| William Beckerson wrote: |
| Personally, if I was Aussie, I'd say I left because of the spiders that sit under the toilet seat waiting to bite you on the nads |
girls like that can be found in every country. |
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Starperson
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Stop calling it 'Aussie'!
A person from Australia is an Aussie.
Or, 'an Aussie bbq'.
It's like us calling New Zealand, Zealy, or something. Geez.
Anyway whatever.
The reason I've always had itchy feet being in Australia is that I just found everything so average. So normal. Nothing exotic. We're not exotic in any way. I also found that people were pretty materialistic and it got on my nerves. However, since coming to Korea I've found that it's probably the same most places.
Okay here are some things that annoy me about Australia:
1 - the average person's attitude to indigenous Australians and everything about them, past and present, is completely and utterly ignorant.
2 - the education system doesn't do much to fix this
3 - it's a bit far away from the rest of the world
4 - ....................can't think of anything else. You guys just don't like Johnny's eyebrows.
Things I like about Oz:
1 - for the most part they know how to conserve the environment. They don't stick colourful banners all through national parks.
2 - there are lots of different coloured-people.
3 - it's a bit far away from the rest of the world. |
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William Beckerson
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Starperson wrote: |
Stop calling it 'Aussie'!
A person from Australia is an Aussie.
Or, 'an Aussie bbq'.
It's like us calling New Zealand, Zealy, or something. Geez.. |
We already have a nick-name for New Zealanders:
Unemployed!
*Ba-dump!* |
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Plastic B
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Daejeon no more
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| Erm...one of the reasons for leaving Oz was glaringly omitted from your poll. On the run from federal authorities. Not that I am. Nope. Not me. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. |
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YiSunSin
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:53 am Post subject: |
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I resent the higher taxes.
I resent the incompetent politicians.
I resent the overwhelming amount of laws governing personal safety (IF I WANT A FIRECRACKER! I WILL GO OUT AND BUY ONE AND IF I BLOW OFF MY HAND THEN ITS MY OWN *beep* FAULT)
I resent the expensive lifestyle (Eg housing has gone thru the roof back home)
I resent our alliance with the US in the whole IRAQ debacle.
I resent that the government lied to us in regards to Asylum seekers
I resent how the education system is slowly being strangled back home
I resent how the private health insurance scheme is slowly getting more expensive as well.
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Amen (not so sure about the whole "poor people" thing - think it's a bit misguided). Sydney is so expensive to live in. If you want to work a basic 9-5, get married, get a house and not much else then it's a great place. If you want to be involved with anything outside of finance, accounting and what not and create your own business/innovations then it is tough.
I've started to resent Sydney a bit lately. Beautiful city but the energy seems lacking.
But you have to admit when you fly into Mascto airport having been overseas, damn it feels good.
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YiSunSin
Joined: 08 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| William Beckerson wrote: |
| Personally, if I was Aussie, I'd say I left because of the spiders that sit under the toilet seat waiting to bite you on the nads |
Damn, for someone who has quoted Masta Ace in their signature you're quick to resort to simple-minded American-centric stereotypes. Go eat a hamburger. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| YiSunSin wrote: |
| William Beckerson wrote: |
| Personally, if I was Aussie, I'd say I left because of the spiders that sit under the toilet seat waiting to bite you on the nads |
Damn, for someone who has quoted Masta Ace in their signature you're quick to resort to simple-minded American-centric stereotypes. Go eat a hamburger. |
He's not an American though.
The USA isn't the center of the world, there are other countries and nationalities out there too. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:19 am Post subject: |
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1 - the average person's attitude to indigenous Australians and everything about them, past and present, is completely and utterly ignorant.
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I would have to say i fall into this category and am to quick to stereotype. A few years of travelling the world has given me a different perspective and mindset of things. Definantly a lot more tolerant now. |
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Starperson
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:02 am Post subject: |
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1 - the average person's attitude to indigenous Australians and everything about them, past and present, is completely and utterly ignorant.
just because wrote:
"I would have to say i fall into this category and am to quick to stereotype. A few years of travelling the world has given me a different perspective and mindset of things. Definantly a lot more tolerant now."
That's good. It's so easy to stereotype when you're ignorant about things. Which most Australians are when it comes to indigenous people. All I learnt in school was, "Oh what a cute little bark hut" and was shown that picture of the black man and the white man hanging from a tree. I guess that was to show there was a bit of fighting. Pity they don't tell the whole story. |
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