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I posted this because I thought it was funny. No other ulterior motive is intended or should be suggested. Shut up.
quote:The difference between Australians, Brits, Canadians & Americans
Australians: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad. Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
Australians: Believe you should look out for your mates. Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club. Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves. Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.
Australians: Are extremely patriotic to their beer. Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness. Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them. Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.
Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box. Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels. Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels. Australians: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.
Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball. Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby. Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball. Australians: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.
Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English". Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English." Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans. Australians: Add "G'day," "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid.
Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Australians: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country. Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.
Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer. Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer. Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss. Australians: Drink anything with alcohol in it.
Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect. Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect. Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things. Australians: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.
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Actually we pay a licemce fee to watch 5 channels... .
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Since it IS funny, there will be no questioning of motives
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If I had to decide on a country to migrate to and that list was my only source of information... I'd probably pick Down Under.
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Don't tell me you're going there for the beer Cartman...
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Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
ADDENDUM: and how they beat the Americans in both Olympic hockey events in their own backyard.
hehehehe.....
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Wasn't it great how we beat the Americans in both Olympic hockey events in their own backyard?
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And wasn't it great how we beat everyone at the Women's curling, considering that there's possibly one curling centre in this entire country, and anyone who walks in the door gets automatic qualification to play for Great Britain at the Olympics?
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Hmm, Liam curling was invented in Scotland and they have been Canada's biggest rivals at curling events, since they started to have intenational events. All the rocks come from Scotland, and originally all of the best rinkmakers came from there. So you are doing GB a disservice by stating that just anyone can make the team, I'm sure if you went to a Scottish Pub and shouted that out it would come with a very warm welcome.
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quote: Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English."
Pronounce words properly, surely...
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Kidding. On the whole, it's fair and even handed with all four nationalities, but as someone pointed out Aussies seem to come out of it best. On the other hand it plays heavily on the stereotypical Australian traits so I wouldn't suggest it was written aby anyone down under. Let's blame New Zealanders.
quote:. . . there's possibly one curling centre in this entire country, and anyone who walks in the door gets automatic qualification to play for Great Britain at the Olympics?
Which explains why the women's curling team all had straight hair and looked annoyed, they must have walked in hoping to get a perm.
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I would guess it was written by someone American since it refers to "soccer" and "football", rather than "football" and "American football".
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I considered that. Well. . . hmm. Maybe. On the toher hand, maybe whoever it was just thought it looked silly putting "American Football" in the American line of that section, especially since they were going by what you Yanks call it. Whereas we do actually call football soccer, we object to calling it only that, just because your ancestors couldn't play rugby properly. 8)
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"So you are doing GB a disservice by stating that just anyone can make the team, I'm sure if you went to a Scottish Pub and shouted that out it would come with a very warm welcome."
Going to a Scottish pub and trying to be funny is like going up to Hitler and saying "So, those Jews are pretty cool then, aren't they?"
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