September 15, 2002, 21:48
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Look Australia is really the best country but we don't like to brag
How many of you have
Kangaroos and crocodiles?
Thousands and thousands of miles of empty sandy beaches?
An endless summer?
Are so far from any global trouble spot its all a bit of a joke?
A very high standard of living and a very low cost of living?
I rest my case 
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September 15, 2002, 21:53
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but you ahve all that desert
and are distant from almost everywhere worthwhile
and what if you like winter? or spring and fall?
what if you like tall ragged peaks?
I gues you are closer to New Zealand...
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September 15, 2002, 21:54
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we don't like to brag
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in the (slightly altered) words of winston churchill
"a modest country with much to be modest about"
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September 15, 2002, 22:00
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Originally posted by Jon Miller
but you have all that desert
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Yes, great isn't it. A country where you can just disappear into the vast emptiness of the never never
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and are distant from almost everywhere worthwhile
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We're close to Asia, which is better than Europe or the States for holidays.
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and what if you like winter? or spring and fall?
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Then you live in a place like where I live, which has four seasons - you can also live in monsoon country or just about any climate you fancy including Alpine.
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what if you like tall ragged peaks?
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We got those - several mountain ranges scattered around the country.
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I guess you are closer to New Zealand...
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Everything has its downsides.
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September 15, 2002, 22:00
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September 15, 2002, 22:01
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Re: Look Australia is really the best country but we don't like to brag
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
How many of you have
Kangaroos and crocodiles?
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I will just cover my State rather than my country.
California.
We keep them in the zoo and we have the best in the world in San Diego. Do you have any Snipe or even some foxes.
I am glad to say we don't have seven of the worlds ten deadliest snakes. You may keep them.
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Thousands and thousands of miles of empty sandy beaches?
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Well a thousand for the state anyway. Not exactly empty because there are rather a lot of people here in comparison to Australia per mile of beach. And the water is cold so you do have that in your favor.
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An endless summer?
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A movie made by Californians.
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Are so far from any global trouble spot its all a bit of a joke?
I rest my case
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No farther than California is unless you consider Mexico a trouble spot.
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September 15, 2002, 22:05
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Kangaroos in the zoo? I got wild ones out my back door.
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September 15, 2002, 22:24
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Hey AH, don't forget -- you Euro-Australians did a wonderful job in nearly decimating the aborigines. 
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September 15, 2002, 22:40
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Kangaroos in the zoo? I got wild ones out my back door.
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Fine, we have wild cougars. Not outside my apartments but they are in the state. I don't want them outside my apartment. They have been know to eat people.
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September 15, 2002, 23:26
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Hey AH, don't forget -- you Euro-Australians did a wonderful job in nearly decimating the aborigines.
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What do you mean nearly? 
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September 15, 2002, 23:36
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Everything has its downsides.
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You got that one right. Kiwi's all think thats a huge downside.
All aussies do their darned best to imitate Steve Irwin too. Makes it a riot a minute for the tourists...
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September 15, 2002, 23:47
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All aussies do their darned best to imitate Steve Irwin too. Makes it a riot a minute for the tourists...
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We just pay a few people to act like that so the rest of us can ignore the tourists 
Give me a Home amongst the Gum trees
I've been around the world
A couple of times, or maybe more,
I've seen the sights, I've had delights
On ev'ery foreign shore,
But when my friends all ask me
The place that I adore,
I tell them right away.
Give me a home among the gum trees,
With lots of plum trees,
A dog or two, and a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back,
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.
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September 15, 2002, 23:52
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Woolies made it into that song?!?
He had the complete song up before
My respect for that song just dropped immensly.
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September 16, 2002, 00:42
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What's wrong with Woolies? 
I'm taking a day off work and going whale watching tommorrow
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September 16, 2002, 01:00
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September 16, 2002, 01:03
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I work for them.
They even wanted me to work today. Thank god I'm "at uni" currently.
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September 16, 2002, 01:05
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I almost moved to Australia once upon at time.
We then came to our senses and stayed in North America. 
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September 16, 2002, 01:07
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September 16, 2002, 01:12
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You also gave us Paul Hogan , for that alone you should be nuked. 
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September 16, 2002, 01:22
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You also gave us Paul Hogan , for that alone you should be nuked.
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Don't forget Yahoo Serious...
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September 16, 2002, 01:22
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You also gave us Paul Hogan , for that alone you should be nuked.
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Oh come on... most Americans probably wouldn't know anything about Australia if it wasn't for him and Fosters Beer
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September 16, 2002, 01:23
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Re: Look Australia is really the best country but we don't like to brag
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
How many of you have
Kangaroos and crocodiles?
Thousands and thousands of miles of empty sandy beaches?
An endless summer?
Are so far from any global trouble spot its all a bit of a joke?
A very high standard of living and a very low cost of living?
I rest my case
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We have top quality kangaroos and crocodiles at a convienient distance ... the zoo.
We have thousands of miles of empty sandy beaches too!
Our summer would be regarded by some as endless.
We are further! Anyway australia is a trouble spot with it's anti-asylum-seeker policies.
Once again ... our's is better.
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September 16, 2002, 01:34
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You also sent us smoe other goof, Jackko, Jockko, something like that, he used to sell batteries.
Ming, the best thing to come outta there was "Men at work" and AC/DC.
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September 16, 2002, 02:02
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I work for them.
They even wanted me to work today. Thank god I'm "at uni" currently.
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Oh God if I was a uni student I would love to work there - all those nubile young teenage check out chicks in their cute little uniforms 
So tell me, when I roll up to the register to pay for my hair paint and piles cream and they ask "how are you?" are they genuinely interested in me or is it just corporate policy or do I now look fatherly and middle aged i.e is it my bald spot or is it just that Canberra is just one big friendly country town pretending to be a city?
God I love this city, its got the sweetest people you ever met
If its corporate policy, don't reply.
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September 16, 2002, 02:27
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Woolies made it into that song?!?
He had the complete song up before
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Unless he changed the song, Skanky, that's the song the despicable Don Burke uses.
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My respect for that song just dropped immensly.
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Probably even more so now with Don Burke in the frame.
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September 16, 2002, 02:29
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I would like to go to Australia some day. It seems like a really cool place, but I would get all dizzy from the blood rushing to my head.
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September 16, 2002, 02:33
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You also sent us smoe other goof, Jackko, Jockko, something like that, he used to sell batteries.
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Jacko. Mark Jackson. Former AFL footballer. Goose.
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Ming, the best thing to come outta there was "Men at work" and AC/DC.
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And Colin Hay - who wrote most of MaW's best stuff and was the lead singer - is a Scotsman anyway. As are most of AC/DC - well, the two Youngs, anyway. Oh, and the singer's a Geordie. The lad he replaced - Bon Scott - was another Scotsman who at least had the grace to die a classic Australian death: choking on his own vomit in the front seat of a car after a monumental p*ss-up.
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September 16, 2002, 02:36
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You got that one right. Kiwi's all think thats a huge downside.
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C'mon, give us a Haka. Don't forget the tongue.
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September 16, 2002, 02:48
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Re: Re: Look Australia is really the best country but we don't like to brag
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We have top quality kangaroos and crocodiles at a convienient distance ... the zoo.
We have thousands of miles of empty sandy beaches too!
Our summer would be regarded by some as endless.
We are further! Anyway australia is a trouble spot with it's anti-asylum-seeker policies.
Once again ... our's is better.
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Oh, I so agree
I wonder why...
Our beaches are so much better than Aussie. Especially in the Coromandel.
Winston Peters should be deported to Australia,the anti-Asian *******!
 Just doing our bit to help our neighbours from accross the Tasman.
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September 16, 2002, 02:50
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C'mon, give us a Haka. Don't forget the tongue.
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The Haka is sooo original. What do the Aussies have?
The kangaroo hop?
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