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I like the fact that your first thought was removed. I can appreciate those willing to change for the better.
Posted 26 Aug 08 in Appreciation Club
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Sorry but I'm no better off as far as clearly understanding anything.
Posted 26 Aug 08 in Lsexy's Referral Exchange Network
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notice all energy is being spared in search of this solution! Carbon Offset sounds like total bullshit to me! How could anyone fall for that lame scam?
Posted 19 Jul 08 in carbon offsets
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does the elevator break down occasionally?
Posted 18 Jul 08 in Riddle me this...
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Australian culture is definitely a part of this western worlds lives. You read our books, watch our t.v. shows, you watch our movies, you look at our art, we compete well at sport and have a good chance of beating you,
If you think the world is out there clamouring for our books, t.v. shows and movies, I'm betting you haven't seen too much of the world outside of Australia beyond perhaps a week or two in Bali or an after school "break in Europe"? Spend a decade or two living overseas and you'll get a much more realistic view of the way the world sees us . You may also like to check your local library and note that most other places in the "Empire" which have not "done so well" actually had their own cultures to begin with - and unlike our indigenous culture, they'd all discovered the wheel too!
At least that's what they taught us at school.
Australian culture simply does not rate in most other countries. Go check for yourself - there's a big world out there waiting to tell you that Waltzing Matilda was an Irish folk song and "Oggy Oggy Oggy , OI OI OI" was a UK miner's chant. Men At work and the song the Land down Under? - created by a scotsman - it goes on.
Once you see an interview with an Australian on an overseas, English speaking t.v station where they actually subtitle the Australian speakers in English for the benefit of English speaking viewers...... gives you some perspective. What you will never learn in Australia is how the world see us from the outside.
Posted 18 Jul 08 in General Conversation
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I don't think its in the best interests of that family to post that picture of them there!! I note there is an even younger child now and we all know how that happened !!!!! See I can be open minded too!
Posted 17 Jul 08 in General Conversation
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R.I.P. George Carlin-unless you're laughing too hard
Thanks. From memory , his favourite joke told in the outtakes section was "The Dirty Doctor" like all the other jokes in that documentary, it was well beyond funny.
Posted 12 Jul 08 in please hijack this forum
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