What do you really know about Australia?

[BENZOOKA]

You do have quite a lot of rules stating "No pooftahs".
- Bruce

 

[ConnorTheRed]

Hum, in addition to what has been mentioned..

My country imported one of your tasmanian humpbacks to become a princess and our future queen.

She lost her Aussie accent. We're all ashamed.

 

[SckizoBoy]

oh hey are you from slowbart?
I'm from Inceston!

Actually, I'm English, so I haven't the faintest idea what you're referencing. Went DU on hols, enjoyed Tasmania and suddenly found out I act like a ridiculous ojii-chan

 

[Bloodastral]

On the Simpsons they showed water flows the other way down a sink in Australia. Also I think 90% of the population is called Bruce and the other 10% Shiela. Kangaroo's called Skippy help people out when little Bruce has fallen down a well. Dingo's hunt in packs at creches and people have nicknames like Crocodile Dundee.

 

[LitleWaffle]

Debate about whether it being a country or a continent has/had been going on for a while.

Screw being American

Please tell me you're deliberately poking fun at perceptions of the geographical ignorance of Americans. Please.

Well since you asked so nicely, yes I was. Stereotypically Americans know nothing about the outside world.

 

[binvjoh]

Uhm, Yahtzee lives there.

 

[xdom125x]

I know like 4 things about Australia
1. The Sydney Opera House is there(probably)
2. It is kind of big
3. Umm, boomerangs come from there(but always go back)?
4. The didgeridoo originates from there.
edit remembered a fifth point
5. kangaroos and koalas are there.

 

[Dravinski]

Irresistible accents... >.>

Pretty much this, oh and I have relatives there who occasionally send letters about how nice the weather is.

 

[fgdfgdgd]

Oh and rupert murdoch is australian, and apparently hates it.

Pfft, he only hates it because we kicked him out for being too American. [I keed the Americans, we don't hate you, just Rupert Murdoch]

 

[Spoonius]

All you need to know about the way we think...
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[floppylobster]

I lived in Sydney for 6 months and I can say without a doubt - it's a great city to visit, but a shitty city to live in. My fun fact is that Australians agree with me and Sydney was voted worst city to live in in a recent poll.

Beyond that I have been to Melbourne (love it), Canberra (hate it), Adelaide (love it), Cairns (hate it), Exmouth (nice), Perth (nice) and Tasmania (nice). And how many Australians can say they've done that? Despite my experiences living in Sydney I love Australia. Go the ANZACs and all those good Aussie films. And that, my friend, is going straight in the pool room.

Final fun fact - In Australia Burger King is called Hungry Jack's. I hate fast food but it's interesting none the less.

 

[SpAc3man]

I know its full of Australians who are cheating under-arm bowling dicks.

We will never forget 1981.

 

[MattRooney06]

EVERYTHING THERE WILL FUCK YOU UP!

In all seriousness, it's home to the aboriginies (spelling?), and they practicaly invented Bushcraft

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

I do know that your surfers have a reputation of being incomprehensible.

Aww, c'mon, we both know that's hardly representative of...
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Well, most of them aren...
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Some of the surfers are ok, c'mon!

I have to admit though, that did make me laugh. In a "wtf is this guy doing out of jail" way.

 

[fgdfgdgd]

Irresistible accents... >.>
[sup] Most of the stuff I know was already mentioned...[/sup]

Aaaaaaaand now aussies everywhere come out of the woodwork, >.> Present poster included. Oh yes, self deprecating humour is our thing too.

 

[ezeroast]

oh hey are you from slowbart?
I'm from Inceston!

Actually, I'm English, so I haven't the faintest idea what you're referencing. Went DU on hols, enjoyed Tasmania and suddenly found out I act like a ridiculous ojii-chan

lol i have no idea what you just said.
I live in the north of Tasmania and we have a friendly rivalry with Hobart

Edit: Ahh i see Ojiichan means grandpa

 

[fgdfgdgd]

Australia is the country most similar to the U.S. in terms of culture.

If you said that in most any Pub, you'd get either a torrent of abuse or an arse kicking...

 

[Brutus03]

My Friend moved to Australia with his Wife. He say's there are a lot of spiders that can kill you there.

 

[Professor James]

that everyone rides kangaroos and hunt wombats with bowie knives. Nothing much except that the capital is Sydney and Melbourne is a Major city.