Mongrel Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Almost as bad as crap snags. Gawd help us if we have to rely on kronenburg to satisfy our Pommy heritage :biglaugh: kev SAme here mate its on apar with fosters , piss brewed under licence ought to be brewed under lock and key and kept there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exenger Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 despite what I say about the Kronebourg and I have managed to find a watering hole that sells it. though I rarely drink there and usually always buy the default beer, Carlton Draft. As for pints, they just make me feel bloated now. Deffo agree on the snags but the steaks and food is much nicer than UK, except the milk and cheese though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sh7t man no way Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Dear itcould be worse---could we replace the term whingeing poms, with the words-opinionated english people---thank you--have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tlander56 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 sorry Aldo ,lol :biglaugh: The way that meat is packed with cellophane in Woolies and Coles....try to pick it up in a hurry and your finger busts through! Arrrggghhh:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proud2beaussie Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 What bugs me about oz? Plenty of things-drought,flies,lack of infrastructure,government incompetence etc but none of it makes me feel any less proud of my country,I love the time I spend in the UK with my GF but I always know I'm coming home when the plane touches down,Australia has lots of problems,just like almost every country in the world. But when it comes to day to day annoyances I don't think Australia has any more of them than anywhere else. BTW you can get good sausages in Australia-you just have to know where to find them-and when you do find them they probably won't be in cellophane.:wink::biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aldo Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 BTW you can get good sausages in Australia-you just have to know where to find them-and when you do find them they probably won't be in cellophane. And the bloke selling them will probably be a pom:biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Me123 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 what are you glad to see the back of from the u.k?and why?:cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toandfrom Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 there is nothing more pathetic than seeing english people using the term "whinging poms" are you lot trying to be an aussie or something?? or just trying to brown nose to them?? the simple act of being outspoken is often labelled as whinging, nothing gives me greater pleasure than hearing aussies whinging in the supermarkets/pubs/casino as they are coming to terms with the price of most things these days, they are doing what brits have always done, and one more point i bet there is little any of you lot on here could tell me about this country as i bet you are all new poms and not like us sons of ten pounders that were brought here against our will at a young age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Having to repeat myself over and over till they understand what im saying:chatterbox:,but then thats more my fault than the aussies i suppose:cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30038 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 i bet there is little any of you lot on here could tell me about this country i bet you are all new poms and not like us sons of ten pounders that were brought here against our will at a young age! Nice first post! Yeah...............15 yrs here so I suppose I'm pretty new compared to the 10 pounders...........I'm just a young pup that knows bugger all :embarrassed: Throw me a few questions abot Oz just to show my ignorance to those more in the know :notworthy: kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 there is nothing more pathetic than seeing english people using the term "whinging poms" are you lot trying to be an aussie or something?? or just trying to brown nose to them?? the simple act of being outspoken is often labelled as whinging, nothing gives me greater pleasure than hearing aussies whinging in the supermarkets/pubs/casino as they are coming to terms with the price of most things these days, they are doing what brits have always done, and one more point i bet there is little any of you lot on here could tell me about this country as i bet you are all new poms and not like us sons of ten pounders that were brought here against our will at a young age! Can see why you're sensitive to the use of that phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well you can't put Union Jack flags up anywhere in public view - Overhead a heated debate in market in town centre where market trader (traded as a butcher there all his working life) wanted to put St George flag inside his shop and was asked to take it down. This happens a lot. You can be patriotic but only in your head!! See a Union Flag flying in a state run school today. Can you explain this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Nice first post! Yeah...............15 yrs here so I suppose I'm pretty new compared to the 10 pounders...........I'm just a young pup that knows bugger all :embarrassed: Throw me a few questions abot Oz just to show my ignorance to those more in the know :notworthy: kev Is Australia the biggestr Island on Earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SusieOR Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 What bugged me was the Aussies thinking their country is the best in the world...When they've only ever been on a plane to visit Tasmania!!! And the endless stream of ants in the house. And the supermarkets were rubbish. And the boredom at the weekends. Australia "is" the best country in the world.... thats why me & quite a few other people are still looking for visa's to go live there :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magnetic6 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Having to repeat myself over and over till they understand what im saying:chatterbox:,but then thats more my fault than the aussies i suppose Eh?:biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Aussies (in general)and whinging poms. Get rid of the aussies and i'll come back. :hug: Tarring all of us with the same brush again Aldo? :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yvonne MacFarlane Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hilarious! MOVE TO VICTORIA, live in Melbourne. It is fantastic. I have lived in Europe and North America and I think that Australia is the BEST. Sure, I miss the UK on occasion (mainly family and friends) but once the decision was made to settle here, I knew I had to get on with it. All the Aussies I have met have been great. I don't care for sport really but have easily adopted AFL, which I find fun and inclusive. WHO cares about cricket anyway? (NOT me!). Why are so many people obsessed with supermarkets? I go to the market, and the butchers. (and we are fortunate enough to have Aldi for the rest!). I find food is generally more varied, cheaper and fresher here than it EVER was in the UK. Either choose where you settle in Oz more carefully, or move to Victoria! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vim Fuego Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 The fact I can live on 3 acres within an hour of Brisbane CBD for $315,000. Bloody extortionate it is. That and the weather. Really DON'T know why I don't return to the UK forthwith ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Happy Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Aldo the xxxxxxx, apart from that nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Aldo the xxxxxxx, apart from that nothing. But....he lives in Spain??!!:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Happy Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 You wouldn't know it, he spends all his time whining here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WA WA WARRGH Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I agree who says you can't be patriotic? THE GOVERNMENT, THAT'S WHO! Apologies if this has already been said but I'm reading this thread late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aldo Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 You wouldn't know it, he spends all his time whining here! interwebs amazing aint it:cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boganbear Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 yellow.com.au - Keyword Search - Business Listings Search results for oz * in All States - Yellow Pages® Search results for australian* in All States - Yellow Pages® funny company names:laugh: I do think Lube Mobile is rather funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boganbear Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 the simple act of being outspoken is often labelled as whinging I've found that any comment and not necessarily a criticism of Australia is seen negatively and the Aussies have an attitude of Bugger off then. My old boss in the UK and I (and colleagues) loved having a light hearted discussions about politics, how crap Bristol City Council etc etc, and it is just taken as a discussion. In trying to learn about Australia or commenting on what is different (no mention of whether something is better in the UK or not) I'm seen as a whingeing pom. There are certainly many things that are different here and I cannot learn about them if I cannot talk to people as adults at work. I've even been criticised for my pronunciation of legal terms (working in law) which i know are correct as they are originally French and I speak French fluently too!! Probably why my contract has not been renewed but do I give a stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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