Australia day
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That's what the dropbears are for! Who needs a gun when you've got a feral Koala about to fall from the sky!BlueMage said:
I love Australia. Simply for the fact that we have one of the largest populations of dangerous animals on the planet and we eat most of them anyway! Crocodile? Surrre! Snake? Throw it on the barbie! Kangaroo? OMG delicious! (Btw, a Kangaroo can kill a man. It's dangerous)
I have a uncle named Bryan Thomas... lives in Townsville but never mind. Yeah in WW1 we got our arses kicked thanks to 'British Intelligence' and a British commander I want to resurrect from the hell he surely is in to have the pleasure of sending him back down there. Yet even in that long gruelling 11 month stalemate we carved out a name for ourselves: 'Diggers!' It saddens me that many people don't even know why we got that name, what it represents and how strongly it speaks to our characteristics as a people.BrynThomas said:
For those who don't know it was the Turks that gave us that name, our enemies at the time. They respected our ability to defend whatever little chunk of dirt we managed to claim from them, even if it was just a single pine tree standing on top of a hill. Repeatability since then, in wars I both agree where moral and don't, Australian troops have lived up to that name.
You do NOT attack the Australian military head on when they have even a slight chance to dig in, you just do not!
It annoys me too. First off I love to point out that slavery was ending during the period of our colonisation, indeed before Byron Bay even became large enough to even be considered a town slavery was outlawed. So then how would 'mother England' get a large enough work force it could force into a unforgiving lands to work for free? It rounded up all the vagrants it could and shipped them over here. It made 'indentured servitude' a punishment for any crime not serious enough to justify state sponsored murder and shipped the people over here as slaves. Not being rich enough to pay outlandish taxes was a favourite at the time.
That is why I can never look at the term indentured servitude without seeing it for what it really is: Slavery.
Then we found gold. At that point everyone flocked into Australia as fast as the boats could carry them. Quickly Australia rate of 'convicts' to pioneers changed dramatically. So even if the 'settled by convicts' claim was accurate it would be very hard to find a person who can trace their ancestry back to a convict. I can't trace mine back to convicts but to welsh pioneers.
Sing it!zen5887 said:
Australia day, tomorrow. It'll be odd spending it another country, but I think this will be the first time I ever felt towards it. Being away from home, with the girl you love. I'm planning to eat pudding, pie and chocolates. Not very Australian, but I'm not doing really anything Australian-ish tomorrow.
Wow, with all the talk of patriotism, racism, and brawling, you could exchange "Aussie" with "American" and "lamb" with "pork" and this could be an "America Day" discussion!
Seriously though, I hate to be a pot calling the kettle black, but you folk got some racism issues. I was only there for three weeks and it blew my mind. But, it was an awesome three weeks, so thanks. Oh, and before you start, yeah, the U.S. is way fucked morally, so I have no room to judge you guys...enjoy your holiday!
Seriously though, I hate to be a pot calling the kettle black, but you folk got some racism issues. I was only there for three weeks and it blew my mind. But, it was an awesome three weeks, so thanks. Oh, and before you start, yeah, the U.S. is way fucked morally, so I have no room to judge you guys...enjoy your holiday!
You aren't doing anything Australian? On Australia Day?PurpleRain said:
Even non-Australians should be doing something (someone?
) the most Australian Day of the year. Hell, even if its just swearing lots, whilst slightly intoxicated.Go on, have a ball, be the Australian you were born to be.
But it's cold outside and I'm depressed to leave Canada. I guess that makes me less of an Australian, or am I just cheating?Beefcakes said:You aren't doing anything Australian? On Australia Day?PurpleRain said:
Even non-Australians should be doing something (someone?
Go on, have a ball, be the Australian you were born to be.
My brother is a typical "Feckin' Aussie mate!" He has the Southern Cross tatooed on his chest. Which is funny, because my mum was born in Scotland, and moved out here when she was 8 or so.
Also, I love Australia, but I don't get why people get so over the top with it. I would never do anything like getting a Southern Cross tatoo or anything like that.
EDIT: Oh, I haven't done anything Australian today...
Also, I love Australia, but I don't get why people get so over the top with it. I would never do anything like getting a Southern Cross tatoo or anything like that.
EDIT: Oh, I haven't done anything Australian today...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHTmXExjyEReaperman Wompa said:
I think you feel the same as this guy.
Personaly my Australia Day has been talking with family and listening to the JJJ hotest 100.
Once upon a 1770 Captain James Cook of the British Navy stuck a British flag on an Australian beach and then went home. 18 years later on January 26th, 1788 the first fleet of 1500 people (~1/4 free men/women, ~1/4 soldiers and ship crew and ~1/2 convicts) landed at Sydney Cove and actually established the colony.carnkhan4 said:
These days we celebrate January 26th as Australia day. It's a public holiday where everyone sticks tacky Australian flags on their cars and gets drunk. We also strap about 100,000 fireworks to the Harbour Bridge and then set them off.
Oh, and you have to eat Lamb on Australia Day, because Sam Kekovich said so [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWVJikNnx4].