Ask me anything about Australia

Alexander's Horse · February 12, 2002, 03:58

And I'll try my best to answer your questions, possibly with the help of some other Australians on the OT.

Asher · February 12, 2002, 03:59

What do Dingos taste like?

Alexander's Horse · February 12, 2002, 04:01

Dingos taste like dog.

I have never eaten one.

Simon Darkshade · February 12, 2002, 04:01

Like normal dog, but the ones from near Ayre's Rock have a slight hint of baby to them

Alexander's Horse · February 12, 2002, 04:02

I was tempted to say they taste like chicken....

Asher · February 12, 2002, 04:02

Given the opportunity, would the average Australian welcome a Canadian, American, or Englishian into their homes for a few nights' stay?

Alexander's Horse · February 12, 2002, 04:05

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Originally posted by Asher
Given the opportunity, would the average Australian welcome a Canadian, American, or Englishian into their homes for a few nights' stay?

Yes definitely.

There was an official looking letter which circulated just before the Olympics in Sydney which said the householder had been selected to host a family from the Middle East. You were expected to buy a herd of goats and set up a tent in your back yard

Asher · February 12, 2002, 04:06

That was not a yes/no question. It was a PickTheParasite question.

Alexander's Horse · February 12, 2002, 04:18

Given the choice, probably an American. We like Americans. Canadians would be seen as the same as Americans.

We have a love hate relationship with the Brits, who are famous for being miserable company.

Sprayber · February 12, 2002, 04:56

Why isn't Australia a republic yet?

Rufus T. Firefly · February 12, 2002, 05:29

You know, I just happen to have two questions I've always wanted to ask an Australian:

1) When did you guys change the national anthem to "Waltzing Matilda," and why? (For what it's worth, my wife and I both think it's the best national anthem of all.)

2) At whom is your animosity directed over Gallipoli: the Brits, the Turks, or both?

Zylka · February 12, 2002, 05:30

Why was my girlfriend turned off when I suggest we do this?

Zylka · February 12, 2002, 05:30

She's Australian...

Asher · February 12, 2002, 05:30

I foresee Ming's banning rod in your future.
Perhaps stuck up an orifice of some kind.

Zylka · February 12, 2002, 05:32

Can he make it a digeriedoo in keeping the thread kosher?

Lars-E · February 12, 2002, 06:24

How many christians are there?

Have you heard of Christine Caine? She has visited my church in Scandinavia. She's a dynamic preacher and has been ex-communicated by the Australian Greek Orthodox church

Since you like to ponder on scriptures here's one:

Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

What do you get outta that one?

Drekkus · February 12, 2002, 06:29

Where does that hideous Australian accent come from?

Does everybody wrestle alligators/crocodiles in Australia?

MikeH · February 12, 2002, 07:07

Why do you take cricket seriously?

Hydey · February 12, 2002, 07:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You know, I just happen to have two questions I've always wanted to ask an Australian:

1) When did you guys change the national anthem to "Waltzing Matilda," and why? (For what it's worth, my wife and I both think it's the best national anthem of all.)

2) At whom is your animosity directed over Gallipoli: the Brits, the Turks, or both?

1) our National anthem is Advance Australia fair

not waltzing Matilda.

2) The Turks are ok , they were just fighting for there country, It is the brits we hate for landing us on the wrong bloody beach.

Bloody stupid Poms.

Hydey · February 12, 2002, 07:25

Quote:

Originally posted by Sprayber
Why isn't Australia a republic yet?

Because I share this country with a bunch of morons.

Skanky Burns · February 12, 2002, 07:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Drekkus
Does everybody wrestle alligators/crocodiles in Australia?

Obviously

Quote:

Why isn't Australia a republic yet?

We are self governing in all but name. If England ever ordered Australia to do something that Australia didnt want to do, they wouldn't have much luck getting us to obey them.

Our government as it stands is fairly decent, doesn't let the politicians get away with too much. If our governor general was an Australian it'd be nice. No great benefit, but still nice. However the Republic model they asked us to vote for was, basically, idiotic. Rather than just modifying the current system so that our governor general was Australian, they also added bits here and there in our constitution giving the politicians way too much extra power, throwing the whole power-structure out of balance. Politicians are untrustworthy bastards at the best of times.

I would support a Republic in principal, but not the type of Republic they offered.

Hydey · February 12, 2002, 07:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Drekkus
Where does that hideous Australian accent come from?

Does everybody wrestle alligators/crocodiles in Australia?

We have no accent.

Yes we all wrestle crocs, it is a coming of age ritual.

Hydey · February 12, 2002, 07:31

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeH
Why do you take cricket seriously?

We are given the option , take our politics seriously or our cricket.
I think we made the right choise.

Lars-E · February 12, 2002, 07:42

Hydey, you guys still feel inferior to the brits who just wanted to get rid off you lot. Good riddance to bad nuisance.

Is the croc hunter dead yet? I saw him once swimming with Great White sharks. Risk profile: seeker.

What happened with "the dingo took my baby"? She got aquitted right? I saw the movie. The family was adventist and were wrongfully persectuted.

Cricket (named after a grasshopper?), rugby - dumb sports. Even Handmelon is better. Handball sux.

What's up with the white policy? Still harassing immigrants in concentration 'look alike Guantamo' camps?

Don't like foreigners huh? Especially brownies. Remember the Norwegian ship. The captain was awarded man-o-year in politically correct Germany. They have to due to holocaust - so they feel.

Hydey · February 12, 2002, 07:51

We actually feel superior to everyone.

No he is not dead but we can only hope.
The dingo was innocent , "mummy was the one who did away with me"
Cricket is great, rugby is a dumb sport and handball is hardly played. Aussie rules is king of sports here.

John Howard is a very racist man.

average Aussies love foreigners and welcome them with open arms.

Rufus T. Firefly · February 12, 2002, 08:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Hydey

1) our National anthem is Advance Australia fair

not waltzing Matilda.

Right, well, I think I'll just be embarrassed then.

aaglo · February 12, 2002, 08:24

What is the best Australian beer?

Lars-E · February 12, 2002, 08:24

Waltzing Mathilda hehe

Sounds like something the Austrians(wieners) woud use. Wiener waltz.

Chowlett · February 12, 2002, 09:00

Quote:

Originally posted by Lars-E
Waltzing Mathilda hehe

Sounds like something the Austrians(wieners) woud use. Wiener waltz.

What, you don't know of it? Quoted from a webpage...

Quote:

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

Under the shade of a coolibah tree

And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled

You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda You'll come a waltzing matilda with me And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me

Down came a jumbuck to dri-ink at that billabong

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee

And he sang as he stuffed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag

You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred

Up rode the troopers, one, two, three

"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?"

You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into that billabong

"You'll never take me alive!", said he

And his ghost may be heard as you pa-ass by that billabong

You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me

The refrain is repeated after each verse. In each case, the third line of the refrain is the same as the third line of the preceding verse. And the last two lines of the last verse are performed in a hushed tone, before bursting back into the jollity of the refrain.

Chowlett · February 12, 2002, 09:13

Ok, I have a question.

Why the Duck-billed platypus? Not why it is anything, just why it is.