On the BBC there's a series called 'Wanted Down Under', and some of the people are exactly like that - there was a woman from Hull saying if this was the Australian experience you could keep it. Life imitating art?
What the hell is going on in this comments column? Australia is equally as screwed up, plus it has no secondary industry so we can't manufacture OUR own goods for OUR own consumption, due to us to sucking cock to China and other countries, We already overpopulated as it is (NOTE: Australia is a very dry country, we cling on to the green bits, Which is scarce) due to the free-market 'more is better' mindset. our unions are weak, and the rich always get their way.
@masterawesomeish you are more than welcome to join myself and @lapalad in this discussion! On balance I agree with lapalad that Oz is not so screwed as western Europe/north America - you at least are not stuck in the worst recession since the 1930's - you should also be especially thankfull to China who are paying top dollar for all your minerals! Oz is indeed a dry country - the situation with the Murray river is a taste of things to come - the Oz green party should get its act together!
@revol148 The Greens also believe that 'more people is better', which doesn't help the environment at all. If we want to help the environment, we MUST consider now human population levels. 7 Billion people too many. If we decrease population, we can increase quality of life due to more resources being available, and save costs on infrastructure. I believe in a self-sufficient Australia, not relying on foreign countries to make consumer goods and clothing, or to hand over minerals.
And more generalisation. No doubt based on some filthy nationalistic crap. The mistake I make is responding to morons like some present here who profess to know all.
Bondi would do well with a bulldozer over the whole suburb. At least the water quality is fine since the 80's and no longer suffers the Bondi Cigars any longer.
And what is this... some tool still believing the lies spread by ignorant racist scumbag fuckwit locals from Cronulla? I lived there for well over 10years and full well know what that was all about you tool. If you see a flag in a window at Cronulla that means a racist cunt lives there. I couldn't leave quick enough.
@Reproducer100 Bondi is not that bad! Although on balance I reckon the northern beaches are better: whale beach for example.I do agree with you: the Brits (especially the pissed-up 19 year olds with attitude variety) are a pain - but hey as with most Anglo-saxon cultures the desire (need) to get as drunk as possible and cause trouble in order to have a good time is getting more and more extreme.
@revol148 good and bad in every suburb. I don't buy into the 'wrong side of the tracks' shit. Cronulla is situated in a Council region notorious as an Anglo Enclave where few venture out. Same crap in Northern suburbs of Sydney. Just a planning disaster... more crap on top of more old crap. It will never change due to rich fat bastards that don't want their little plot to change... investment in misery.
Without venturing out and living in other areas how can one really say how it is?
@Reproducer100 "rich far bastards" are one of many issues at the moment - particularly in my part of the world where all the social progress of the post war era is rapidly coming to an end.Tuition fees once free are soon to top £9,000 per year - education for the rich minority just like in the "good old" days.Huge property speculation & bankers recklessly gambling with inevitable results(economic termoil).This didn't happen in Oz due to tighter financial regulation the kind loathed by the rich!
My sources for the Cronulla disturbances:stuff read online in the Herald & ABC news reports seen on this website.You question their accuracy then I take it? I did meet a muslim Aussie here (first generation with Pakistani parents) - a nightmare - telling me in no uncertain terms that ALL women are slags and should never go on a beach in a bikkini.Of course when I asked what gives him the right to be a self-appointed guardian on public morality he never managed to get back to me.
@revol148 Source faulty due to limited scope for full reporting and restriction on what can be printed due to Court process. Futhermore, local rag, of the same publishing house [Fairfax] actually published the racist SMS crap going around at the time and was politicly aligned to the useless moron for a State political who had no idea. He was despised by local Police for the bullshit claims being made... all erroneous and of intent to shit stir. Initial Police report erroneous too. Why?
@Reproducer100 so in conclusion all is fine in multi-cultural Australia - it's all down to rabid right wing Telegraph readers the sort who used to support Pauline Hanson mixed together with a mixture of corrupt Nazi police officers and editors with an agenda to follow?The fact that there has in the meantime been some high profile (racial?) rapes "we are going to do you Lebanese style" etc is in your eyes not a sign of things to come.Time will tell perhaps.
@revol148 LOL Thing is... you are wrong on both points. It's the british backpackers who take pride in deliberately getting into trouble in the surf at Bondi so they can ring mum at home and say they have just been saved by a lifesaver at Bondi [a shithole of a beach anyway] and the biggest group of violent rioters [+5,000] at Cronulla happen to live in the Anglo Enclave, not a few 'middle eastern appearance' dick heads.
@Reproducer100 Bondi - a shit hole of a beach - are you sure it's not just Bondi beach which is a shit hole? After all what about Sydney itself - a city so dull tourists have the "opportunity" to climb on a bridge?! Besides if Australia is a great as Aussies never tire of reminding us - how come so many of you live abroad even Paul Hogan & Nicole Kidman prefer to live in the US! You are not the sharpest of pencils as seen from your limited grasp of facts about the Cronulla riot!
@Reproducer100 simple though well meaning liberals like yourself need to look at the current inter-racial chaos of many Western european cities to understand that **shock horror** certain cultures don't get on with the mainstream and indeed some races are more disruptive than others to society.I have relatives who live in Sydney and I am well aware of the many gruesome cases of rapes BY people of middle-eastern origin ON Anglos.I can supply videos here if you need further evidence.
The darts at Chas and Dave had me in stitches. God I miss the Late Show! And I'm an Anglophile who LOVES British culture,but this is feckin' hilarious.
It was called the Britannia Inn and there was one in the centre of Brisbane and was exactly like this.......i know cause when i was young we went in there for dinner.
This kind of humour is okay normally but with Australians it`s not just humour,there is a real edge and genuine dislike of we British i believe, even though the country is a blood relation and they are not much different to us.They like to always try to put us down, in their hearts they think they are better than us,so i look down on them.
I agree it is a strange relationship, purely because we have a similar, if not the same, sense of humour. Aussies and Poms are the only nations that actualy take the piss out of themselves. If you think that Aussies think us inferior, then I think it a weakness on your part. Believe me when I tell you I am inferior to no one in my mind, and that is the way Aussies think. Why should they think any different. You need to be a bit more thick skinned, otherwise an Aussie will tear you apart.
@bazzatheblue But it's okay for the British to make incessant convict jibes and snide remarks about our perceived lack of culture, is it? For you to seriously say, after 200 years of colonial condescension, that Australians are putting the British down is truly the pot calling the kettle black!
Calling an Australian a convict isn't offensive to Australians. For one most people come from free settlers and most Australians don't trace their roots back very far anyway. It just makes English people look like idiots who can't read a book or at least wikipedia.
Hee hee.. good to see we have whinging Aussies at the cricket this year.. good to see you're really just 'Poms' who've forgotten where they've come from!
showed this to a real pom and she said "what's wrong with darts?" .... i had no idea they actually did play darts. i've never seen anyone play darts in a pub. and im glad, if they did regularly there'd be a lot more injuries
she said "what's wrong with darts? lmfao ... i've had that before - i just simply could'nt believe what i was hearing !
how friggin sad is that ! ...add some permanant crap weather into the picture and presto, no wonder their so bitter about the convicts getting a better deal !
i think it was bill bailey the pommy comedian who joked once that the old convicts would send letters home to england saying "the weather is nice STEAL; ANYTHING YOU CAN" ahhahahaha!!
To all those who think this sketch is racist, it's actually parody. A parody of an ad for an english pub, an ad that was basically this racist. But now nobody remembers that ad so it just seems racist
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Pom, Pom Pom. Love it Fuck, I would die for you guys. The Ashes, the rugby, the rivalry. Fucking love it. Love yous Aussie bastards, it is what makes us different. We can take the piss out of each other....Not like the Yanks!
hear hear! The rivalry is mostly good natured - I've seen 2 Poms in the middle of 20 Aussies on a tram here in Melbourne after a cricket match, all of them dressed up in their teams colours, giving each other lip and everyone laughing.
Too right mate - Where would we be without it, it is what makes our countries so special. On the subject of Poms on Melbourne trams, I have been to Melbourne a couple of times, love it - And this is one Pom that will be there again.....Boxing day test me Aussie mate, got my flights booked and all, a mate in Melbourne getting the tickets. Cannot bloody wait. Good on ya Aussie......Cmon the Poms!
Yep, Lord's may be the home of cricket but there is nothing like the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Do yourself a favour dartmoordog & go to the "G" in the niddle of winter......
Gonna be there mate, got me flights booked and all. Boxing day test here we come...Cannot wait. Went to the G back in 2005 for the tour, it was fantastic... Going to see my mate Woody, he is a right Aussie prick, me being a Pomme wanker get on just fine!
@mgo26 Yeah I know you did mate. Our two nations will always fight for what we believe in and to defend our way of life....See you Aussie bastards at the "G" in December, my flight is booked! Cant bloody wait.
@dartmoordog I'll hold you to it, and I'll even buy you a drink afterwards to dry your tears, and a second for having the sense to come to the right town!
@ALshow1989 You're joking aren't you? There's no country more politically correct than Britain. Have you heard some of the jokes about black people that U.S. comedienne Sarah Silverman gets away with telling? If she told those jokes on U.K. T.V. her career would be over.
@dartmoordog eh you can take the piss out of Australians can you? In my experience (I had the misfortune to live there in the late 1990's) if you DARE to suggest their country is NOT as great as they like to believe -then stand back and watch the sparks fly! "I made a mistake when my plane landed in Australia - I got out"! - Frank Sinatra. "I can always tell when I'm in the company of fellow Australians: it's that sound of people constantly patting themselves on the back" - Clive James.
@revol148 The worst type of people I have ever met were spawned in Australia. Paul Hogan is nothing more than a dirt common moron. You generalise. Assumption makes an ass out of you. Guess what.. I'm 4 generation Australian and hold no beloved romantic view of the place. Biggest problem is piss heads with some belief in a right to piss it up any time and place. In fact, the worst you will see is drunkard locals on Australia Day at some beach. Happy to read the truth now?
@revol148 It's the same in the UK, dare suggest that Britain isn't great and duck, bob and weave as the punches fly.I made the mistake of boarding the plane that flew to the uk.I had the experience of watching first hand the riot at Lansdowne road at a so called "Friendly international"when Eire had the hide to score a goal,but these hard nut British louts went to water when placed in cells next to IRA prisoners.Funny how Blue eyes visited Australia on many occassions,
@lapalad we are all looking for paradise my friend:yet after having in 46 countries I (personally) can not say I found it! The beauty about the eventual rise in aviation travel is that we all can stay put in our own countries and stop this nonsense that travel broadens the mind - it most certainly does NOT - it simply confirms prejudice.What honestly do Australians get out of a work visa to the UK? Nothing - apart from looking down at the natives and slagging the county off - pathetic!
@revol148 Try working in a backpackers in Oz and listen to the Brits whinging and slagging off Australia-Pathetic!! What i find funny brits getting upset over this sketch is how many comedians from the Uk have taken the piss out of Australia The Goodies,Monty Python,Hale and Pace,Dick Emery,Billy Connolly the list goes on.And as for you quoting Frank Sinatra he said that when the unions backlisted him after insulting a female journalist,after that he loved Australia returning many times
@lapalad hmm - all very depressing - where abouts in Oz did you work?To be fair when I was living in Sydney on an (utterly miserable) working visa "holiday" back in 1999-2000 I did make a point of living away from the backpacker scene - one trip to Bondi beach was more than enough for me.Still my point stands travel is wasted on most people: the scene you experinced is no worse than the nationalistic Aussies in their enclaves in south London.Do you think travel broadens the mind by the way?
@revol148 Worked in Coffs Harbour,i feel travel broadens the mind if you travel with your mind open.As for nationalistic Aussies have you never been to resorts in Europe?Full of British pubs,cafes bingo halls and flags,crowded with brits wearing English shirts or the football or Rugby tops,lying on their union jack towels by the pool.Have you never been to an England football game? Aussies aren't anywhere near as nationalistic as English football crowds,never seen a riot at an aussie game yet!!!
@lapalad ever been to Kuta beach in Bali? - about as bad as Benidorm! (Brits have a bad reputation I don't disagree with you there!) When were you in Oz? - back in 1999 - the newspapers where full of "no travellers" adverts in the Herald job section also huge limitations with people on working visas: you can not be employed for more than 3 months at any one time - oh and travellers get a higher tax rate.I know of 5 people who live there (including my brother) believe you me it is no paradise.
@revol148 No never been to Bali Aussies told me to avoid it, why just mention Benidorm,it's one of many? Now i ask you have you been in a city abroad when England are playing football like i was in Dublin?It's actually where John Gleese got his idea for the episode of Faulty Towers "The Germans"he was so embarassed by the nationalistic brits and the way they behaved.I was in Oz for 10 yrs (95-05) only returned to look after my Mum who has dementia. If Oz is no paradise what do you call UK??
@lapalad I seriously can't comment about anything football related due in part to having having zero interest in any aspect of that tiresome sport.The fact that the English supporters are a nusiance is no real surprise to me.If it helps with football supporting prejudice: when it comes to football violence: east European and south American supporters have a far worse reputation.By all means go to Bali (incredible food & scenery in the north of the island) just remember not to go to Kuta beach.
@revol148 I have the same opinion on football but i,m not talking just about the violence of the football fans,i'm talking about the nationalistic attitudes of these louts decked out in their england tops and flags abusing locals,going on about how England won the war and totally embarassing their nation,never seen this from nationalistic Aussies,now be honest have you??I will eventually get to Bali,i'm a surfer it,s surfing heaven and i'll take your advice and avoid Kuta beach.
@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
@revol148 As for those tax rates are you telling me the Aussies are looking after their own first?? Gee wouldn't that be a good policy to introduce to the Uk?, and as for the 3 months at one time that applies here to you know,and we in the Uk seem to be adopting the Australian policy with immigration and long overdue too.You seem very anti Australia for some reason,i think we made the biggest mistake in history if you committed a crime we sent you to Australia,makes no sense at all to me.
@lapalad Absolutely not! - I have a huge amount of time for both Australians & the country itself (what little I saw in the year I was there - due to the poverty wages on offer).What I find tiresome is the superiority complex that many of its residents have of their country towards other (less sunnier) countries.I try to have a balanced opinion of all places I've been to - working on the sinister assumption that there is both good and bad where ever you go.
@revol148 I find the superiority complex of "we used to rule the world" very tiring also!!Now you said you were in Oz in 99,How could you not find a job with good wages??The country was booming in the lead up to the olympics,i met backpackers from UK,Eire,SA,NZ,Canada etc etc making huge money on building,driving,catering etc etc,I made enough in 99 to put a deposit on a house we had so much overtime,you must be the only backpacker from that time that couldn't find well paid employment.
@lapalad I recall Mickeys brasserie, Oxford road Paddington on $AU12 an hour.Things got so bad towards the end of my visa that I used to steal food from the freezer & take bread from the bins behind that posh bakery a few doors up! I met three Dutch girls who were so desperate they ended up using the soup kitchens for the homeless in Banksia! Oh well - we got it all wrong - as there were loads of jobs just waiting for us *sigh* in the Olympics year! Put a deposit on a house? in Sydney !?
@revol148 Hated that place,misus loved it,but do you think Aussies are making a killing working on minimum wage in the uk?The house i put the deposit on was in the snowy mountains use it as a weekender for when skiing in the winter and canoeing/fishing in the summer.When i did the working hol i found my money went a lot further in Oz than UK,instead of going to the pub w-ends i went to the beach,free outdoor ocean pools or bushwalking in the blue mountains
@revol148 Now where in the uk can you go to a beach and find free BBQs showers and open picnic space like the beaches in Oz have?Where in the Uk do they have clubs like the leagues and RSL clubs?I joined Souths Juniors as well as discounted food and drink,i could use the Gym,Pool,squash and tennis courts,snooker and table tennis tables,take a hol at their resorts in the snowies do variety of exercise classes, watch free movies,concerts or sports like boxing for $3, cost to join this club?$10
@lapalad so tell me if Australia is such a paradise that you so claim - can you please explain to me why it enjoys one of the highest suicide rates in the developed world?(Finland is number one by the way, with Sweden and NewZealnad not far behind.Oh and before you ask the UK is around 27 the last time I checked.We will have to leave for another time why there is huge expat Oz populations in the US and UK & why Nicole Kidman,Paul Hogan,Clive James & Germaine Greer chose to live elsewhere!
@revol148 U didn't answer my question?Where in the uk can you do you find places like that.U really do have a hang up about Oz don't you? Those famous Australians you mentioned are in the Usa and UK for 1 reason,that's where they'll find employment in their lines of work,in fact alot of UK actors,and musicians also choose to live abroad correct me if i'm wrong?When did i say Oz was paradise?I just think it's miles better than the UK,just turn on the tv "Wanted downunder" and "Poms in paradise"
@revol148 As for the suicide rates i can't answer that one not my field,but i do know that Australian have a greater life expectancy and live a better lifestyle especially the kids,with such a wonderful outdoors lifestyle,although i suppose it doesn't beat watching the riots and lootings,or the rain coming down again,or swimming in bitterly cold water on pebble beaches.By the way it's WWOOFing "Willing"workers on organic farms in other words you don't do it for $ but for accommodation and meals
@lapalad riots eh? Luckily for you I have never about heard of the events in Cronulla a few years back! The rest of your comment I agree 100% with:the climate will be one of the reasons which will drive me out of this country along with rip-off prices,lack of manners,general couldn't-give-a-fuck attitiude which pervades all strata of society & the ever rise of "celebrity culture": witness how even so-called serious papers such as the Guardian & Times now fill their pages with them.
@revol148 I love how often Brits bring up the Cronulla riot but brush over the Brixton,Bradford,Nottinghill,chapeltown,Toxteth Moss side,Handsworth,Broadwater farm i would keep going but i'll run out of characters.Answer the question where can you go to clubs like they have in Oz in the Uk? where are the beaches with free BBQs,showers,picnic areas like in Oz??And compare life expectancy Oz is miles ahead,and as for going to soup kitchens,seen the news lately charities giving out food to families
@lapalad the amount of riots is not the issue here - it is the fact that there are ANY riots in Australia is of interest.Similarly i'm still waiting for you to give some explanation as to why the suicide rates are as high as they are in Oz even compared to the UK.As for huge divisions between rich and poor, lawless schools and an inability of affordable housing there seems to be little difference.I never go to clubs in the UK so I can't compare them.Rural Oz alcoholism rates anyone?
@revol148 The latest figures show that the divisions between rich and poor are the biggest since Victorian times,add fuel poverty to that along with the biggest unemployment rates in 17 years.And the riot you mentioned in Oz happened how long ago? and stayed in one suburb didn't spread across the country like we had here in the uk this year! As for suicide rates i told you i can't answer that,not my field,but why do they have a greater life expectancy? Y the record number of people moving to Oz
@lapalad as with your answer to my questioning the massive suicide rates in Oz I'm NOT suggesting that the UK has the answer - and neither am I putting one forward here (not my field).I am suggesting that the UK is fucked as with many other western countries in the world - the US is the extreme example and one where the UK is heading.Seriously if there is a paradise available on this planet I would move there asap.What is the current figure of emmigration to OZ by the way? (just curious to know)
@lapalad There are soup kitchens in (both) countries as a result of capitalism simply not coming up with the goods anymore.Whilst communism had its moments it was too miserable to last for more than two generations.Ask yourself with the situation in Greece wouldn't most of the population be served better under communism than dog-eat-dog capitalism which has chewed on and spat out the entire country? China will hit recession antime soon - the west simply has run out of money to buy Chinese stuff.
@revol148 We're not discussing capitalism here,as for China the Australian mines are exporting to the BRIC countries Brazil,Russia,India,China and booming,big money to be made there and that's where many Irish are heading now.
@lapalad we are CERTAINLY discussing capitalism here and it is EXACTLY because of the there-is-no-alternative-to-capitalism theory as to why Western europe is seriously fucked.When Greece pulls out of the Euro in the next year just look at the chaos which will ensue.I'm no cheerleader for communism but as with (some) of the protestors camped outside St.pauls cathedral would say surely there has to be an alternative to what is currently on offer! Why did you bring the Irish in to your answer?
@revol148 Where did you get your suicide rates from??? I just checked them and noticed Australia was in 45th position 1 position ahead of the UK???? Were you making up these figures??????
@lapalad google: "suicide rates by country" - then click on the link to the WHO website - the OZ rates (for both genders) are double that of the UK.I know the website you are referring to (the fact the suicide rate statistics mentioned still proves my point by the way!) but I reckon the world health organisation is far more reliable - I certainly have never heard of Lithuania having a higher rate than the world leaders of Finland! Sad to see (beautiful) Sri-Lanka is high up on the list though.
@revol148 Another question you bypassed Do you think Aussies/Kiwis on working hols in the Uk are making big money working in pubs or doing what you did in Oz working in the hospitatily ind? They also steal food and eat left overs from peoples plates to survive,try asking them for yourself.Once again i ask How couldn't you find better paid work in 99 is beyond me,Sydney was booming and has been ever since,if your work was so badly paid why didn't you look for another job?I did and saw more of Oz!
@lapalad (2 months later!) I have met many Aussies (such as my Australian sister-in-law) who did indeed make very good money in London - they don't all work in pubs you know! Do you find it odd that there are limitations placed on working hoilday visas in Oz that do NOT apply to Aussies coming to the UK? I wasn't there in 99 it was 2000 - but hey you are welcome to be surprised by the shit wages that were on offer at the time.
@revol148 The Aussies have better border controls which the authorities in the uk are now starting to copy.There are poor wages in every country, once again i ask you why didn't you just find better paid work like i did??? I met many brits/Irish/South Africans/Canadians/Kiwis etc who made big money in Oz at that time. Yes i know all Aussies don t work in pubs but alot do and the pay is very poor indeed like all jobs in the hospitatily area are.
@lapalad I have no idea why I wasn't able to find well paying job back in 2000 (I'm being honest with you here!).Oz has better border controls agreed.Right-wing countries like the UK require porus borders as it allows thousands of migrants in,divides the (unionless) working classes - all great for the capitalists as they don't have to give any (above inflation) wage increases.This is no conspiracy - after all just look at the sort of people who bankrolled (new)"Labour" back in the late 1990's!
@revol148 That basically what happened to our Labor party as well, infiltrated by capitalists believing in fairy stories called the 'free-market', and other neo-liberalist bullcrap theories which doesn't make any sense. Now we have two parties in the nation that create problems, and no solutions.
@masterawesomeish well it seems that the situation in Oz is the same in the US and UK.There is a feeling the the populace get the politicians they deserve - people in the west are too apolitical/apathetic/disinterested - the end result is that you end up with political parties almost identical to each other and completely void of ideology.
@revol148 Why didn't you try seasonal work?it's a great way to see the country and get a great tan,some companies pay for your transport to these farms,and you're miles away from the backpacker scene.Yes it's hard work but if you get fast at it you can earn some good money and it's usually a good laugh with fellow pickers.
@lapalad because I spoke to people who picked fruit in Queensland (and people who did woofing) and almost all said that back breaking work and long hours in the sun was an utterly miserable experience! *shock horror* They wouldn't do it in their own country so why should they offer their labour abroad?- ah opps of course because working abroad is supposed to be fun eh!? Rather like those chalet girls who earn £45 a week on the French ski resorts!
@revol148 Why didn't you try it for yourself??I did it in the Riverina area apples,and it all depends on what crop you are picking.Most these backpackers that try and give up after one day haven't done a hard days work in their lives,just outta uni /school and have just left home for the first time.I made good money got a great tan and met some fantastic people?
@lapalad Oh sorry I thought you were from Oz! Britain isn't great (in both senses of the word!) Still if you are happy in Wales (I would happily live there than most of continental Europe) then that's fair enough.As I said below - the sooner aviation fuel is priced out of the reach of most people the better.We need to start appreciating our own surroundings.Went to boading school in Wales (Brecon) - was homesick and left after two terms but thats's another story!
Being a pom that lived in australia for a couple of years i got to know tony martin. Love his stuff, especially on get this. But didn't find this sketch too funny.
Hey guys, lets take this for what it is, FUNNY! I am a Pom through and through, proud to be a Pom. But the relationship between us is one of humour and respect, I gotta lot of time for Aussies, got lotsa Aussie mates, love the country and cannot wait to go back next year for a bit of Aussie/Pom banter. You could not have such fun with the Yanks, they just dont get it. LOVE IT!
I tell you folks. I've lived in both countries and a herd of fuking wild horses wouldn't drag my scrawny white, non-suntanned arse back to Britain. It sucks there!
South west of Scotland and London. Scots - dour, no sense of humour & take themselves too seriously and Londoners - miserable arseholes. Just my experience, please don't get offended! Maybe other people think differently. Just my opinion.
No worries mate. But I cannot understand, why most Aussies, who I realy like by the way, judge England on London. London is a shithole the likes of which I try to avoid like piles. I live in the Westcountry, 200 miles away,gods country. Try it, it will change your opinion totly. Most of Wales is lovely as well.
coralarch thats the best one ever,this couple i knew from Manchester were always complaining about how cold Sydney was.They went back to Manchester for xmas and europe was in the middle of a deep freeze, temperatures dropping to as low as -15oC,he said this is too much lets go back to Australia,she replies i like this weather,16 oC was too cold in Sydney,but -15oC in Manchester was pleasant
Yes, I believe what you say- I have heard a lot of whingers carry on about our climate- they must have short memories, that's all I can say. I remember back in 1985 in UK, I did not see sun moon or stars for 8 solid weeks. Just howling sleet and black skies- gack!
Not typical mate. I am a Pom through and through, and I love the banter. It is what brings us close, as long as you give as good as you get. I have visited your wonderfull country a couple of times, and just love it, and am offended if I am NOT called a Pom. That is what I am, it aint offensive....Cannot wait to get back, I would love a few beers in the whingeing Pom bar. Good on yas Aussie...No worries.
The thing about this sketch, one of the people that did this (Tony Martin) said on his radio program (*sniff* --> you understand get this fans) that this was actually a send up of an almost identical commercial in Melbourne at the time (I trust this is correct, for one I am in the wrong city and too young at the time). Now, twenty years on it looks like the most racist and ignorant thing, but it is classic D Gen and Late Show... Champaigne Comedy!
Haha classic D-Gen, thanks for sharing! To put this in historical context I think at the time one of the current affairs shows had just run a story about an English family who emigrated for 3 days before going home because "it rained the whole time" and "it wasn't like neighbours".
yeah that's just soo pathetic - typical poms, bring them back here for 2 days & i'll show them Ramsey st (pin oak crt)& i'll show them it rains there too ( bloody dipshits ).
...actually bring em' back here, and we'll dump them at Marble Bar W.A, then drive off on them, that should be warm enough for them ! ..anyone for 2 whingeing lobsters ? ....coming up sir .
@ horro01, i heard the same podcast, tony was saying that it's a send-up of an ad for a bar that's exactly like this. so, this isn't racist, it's a send up of an ad.
i was listening to a get this podcast last night and heard the fraise or however its spelt not in this by the way "if its ok by you it uk by us" from tony martin since been axed from MMM
On the BBC there's a series called 'Wanted Down Under', and some of the people are exactly like that - there was a woman from Hull saying if this was the Australian experience you could keep it. Life imitating art?
kmfw72 1 month ago
Why is it that every time I watch a comedy skit, the comments are furious political debates?
eastman9 1 month ago
What the hell is going on in this comments column? Australia is equally as screwed up, plus it has no secondary industry so we can't manufacture OUR own goods for OUR own consumption, due to us to sucking cock to China and other countries, We already overpopulated as it is (NOTE: Australia is a very dry country, we cling on to the green bits, Which is scarce) due to the free-market 'more is better' mindset. our unions are weak, and the rich always get their way.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
@masterawesomeish you are more than welcome to join myself and @lapalad in this discussion! On balance I agree with lapalad that Oz is not so screwed as western Europe/north America - you at least are not stuck in the worst recession since the 1930's - you should also be especially thankfull to China who are paying top dollar for all your minerals! Oz is indeed a dry country - the situation with the Murray river is a taste of things to come - the Oz green party should get its act together!
revol148 1 month ago
@revol148 The Greens also believe that 'more people is better', which doesn't help the environment at all. If we want to help the environment, we MUST consider now human population levels. 7 Billion people too many. If we decrease population, we can increase quality of life due to more resources being available, and save costs on infrastructure. I believe in a self-sufficient Australia, not relying on foreign countries to make consumer goods and clothing, or to hand over minerals.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
whingeing poms dislike this 8 times.
fardaypu 3 months ago
I Don't find this offensive at all. i find the late show funny
AlexDhuna 9 months ago
I Don't find this offensive at all.
AlexDhuna 9 months ago
I Don't find this offensive at all
AlexDhuna 9 months ago
And more generalisation. No doubt based on some filthy nationalistic crap. The mistake I make is responding to morons like some present here who profess to know all.
Nope... not worth the time of reply.
Reproducer100 9 months ago
Bondi would do well with a bulldozer over the whole suburb. At least the water quality is fine since the 80's and no longer suffers the Bondi Cigars any longer.
And what is this... some tool still believing the lies spread by ignorant racist scumbag fuckwit locals from Cronulla? I lived there for well over 10years and full well know what that was all about you tool. If you see a flag in a window at Cronulla that means a racist cunt lives there. I couldn't leave quick enough.
Reproducer100 9 months ago
@Reproducer100 Bondi is not that bad! Although on balance I reckon the northern beaches are better: whale beach for example.I do agree with you: the Brits (especially the pissed-up 19 year olds with attitude variety) are a pain - but hey as with most Anglo-saxon cultures the desire (need) to get as drunk as possible and cause trouble in order to have a good time is getting more and more extreme.
revol148 9 months ago
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Reproducer100 9 months ago
@revol148 good and bad in every suburb. I don't buy into the 'wrong side of the tracks' shit. Cronulla is situated in a Council region notorious as an Anglo Enclave where few venture out. Same crap in Northern suburbs of Sydney. Just a planning disaster... more crap on top of more old crap. It will never change due to rich fat bastards that don't want their little plot to change... investment in misery.
Without venturing out and living in other areas how can one really say how it is?
Reproducer100 9 months ago
@Reproducer100 "rich far bastards" are one of many issues at the moment - particularly in my part of the world where all the social progress of the post war era is rapidly coming to an end.Tuition fees once free are soon to top £9,000 per year - education for the rich minority just like in the "good old" days.Huge property speculation & bankers recklessly gambling with inevitable results(economic termoil).This didn't happen in Oz due to tighter financial regulation the kind loathed by the rich!
revol148 9 months ago
My sources for the Cronulla disturbances:stuff read online in the Herald & ABC news reports seen on this website.You question their accuracy then I take it? I did meet a muslim Aussie here (first generation with Pakistani parents) - a nightmare - telling me in no uncertain terms that ALL women are slags and should never go on a beach in a bikkini.Of course when I asked what gives him the right to be a self-appointed guardian on public morality he never managed to get back to me.
revol148 9 months ago
@revol148 Source faulty due to limited scope for full reporting and restriction on what can be printed due to Court process. Futhermore, local rag, of the same publishing house [Fairfax] actually published the racist SMS crap going around at the time and was politicly aligned to the useless moron for a State political who had no idea. He was despised by local Police for the bullshit claims being made... all erroneous and of intent to shit stir. Initial Police report erroneous too. Why?
Reproducer100 9 months ago
@Reproducer100 so in conclusion all is fine in multi-cultural Australia - it's all down to rabid right wing Telegraph readers the sort who used to support Pauline Hanson mixed together with a mixture of corrupt Nazi police officers and editors with an agenda to follow?The fact that there has in the meantime been some high profile (racial?) rapes "we are going to do you Lebanese style" etc is in your eyes not a sign of things to come.Time will tell perhaps.
revol148 9 months ago
Whinging Poms in Bondi beach or rioting Lebanese in Crunulla - which do you prefer?
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148 LOL Thing is... you are wrong on both points. It's the british backpackers who take pride in deliberately getting into trouble in the surf at Bondi so they can ring mum at home and say they have just been saved by a lifesaver at Bondi [a shithole of a beach anyway] and the biggest group of violent rioters [+5,000] at Cronulla happen to live in the Anglo Enclave, not a few 'middle eastern appearance' dick heads.
All the fool you who knows fuck all.
Reproducer100 9 months ago
@Reproducer100 Bondi - a shit hole of a beach - are you sure it's not just Bondi beach which is a shit hole? After all what about Sydney itself - a city so dull tourists have the "opportunity" to climb on a bridge?! Besides if Australia is a great as Aussies never tire of reminding us - how come so many of you live abroad even Paul Hogan & Nicole Kidman prefer to live in the US! You are not the sharpest of pencils as seen from your limited grasp of facts about the Cronulla riot!
revol148 9 months ago
@Reproducer100 simple though well meaning liberals like yourself need to look at the current inter-racial chaos of many Western european cities to understand that **shock horror** certain cultures don't get on with the mainstream and indeed some races are more disruptive than others to society.I have relatives who live in Sydney and I am well aware of the many gruesome cases of rapes BY people of middle-eastern origin ON Anglos.I can supply videos here if you need further evidence.
revol148 9 months ago
The darts at Chas and Dave had me in stitches. God I miss the Late Show! And I'm an Anglophile who LOVES British culture,but this is feckin' hilarious.
blackwhimsy 1 year ago
As a Pom I think it's feckin hilarious when the Aussies take the Michael. "Wine & dine or just whine." Love it :D
Gazinhio 1 year ago
haha ' bloody nig nogs' - just imagine of some political corect american arsehole saw that!
ALshow1989 1 year ago
Three cheers to Australia and Britain's eternal brotherhood.
mgo26 1 year ago
It was called the Britannia Inn and there was one in the centre of Brisbane and was exactly like this.......i know cause when i was young we went in there for dinner.
gordybegood 1 year ago
The food hasn`t changed much.
Lol.
Thebirdienumnum 1 year ago
I think I went there....Is it in Melbourne..?
dartmoordog 1 year ago
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bazzatheblue 2 years ago
bazzatheblue - Dont be a twat......
dartmoordog 1 year ago
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bazzatheblue 1 year ago
bazzatheblue - WHY?
dartmoordog 1 year ago
This kind of humour is okay normally but with Australians it`s not just humour,there is a real edge and genuine dislike of we British i believe, even though the country is a blood relation and they are not much different to us.They like to always try to put us down, in their hearts they think they are better than us,so i look down on them.
bazzatheblue 1 year ago
I agree it is a strange relationship, purely because we have a similar, if not the same, sense of humour. Aussies and Poms are the only nations that actualy take the piss out of themselves. If you think that Aussies think us inferior, then I think it a weakness on your part. Believe me when I tell you I am inferior to no one in my mind, and that is the way Aussies think. Why should they think any different. You need to be a bit more thick skinned, otherwise an Aussie will tear you apart.
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@bazzatheblue But it's okay for the British to make incessant convict jibes and snide remarks about our perceived lack of culture, is it? For you to seriously say, after 200 years of colonial condescension, that Australians are putting the British down is truly the pot calling the kettle black!
mgo26 1 year ago
@mgo26 ,,i think it`s half a dozen of one and six of the other ,you get on our tits and vice versa.But we love you really.
bazzatheblue 1 year ago
@bazzatheblue And we love you, honestly. Not two nations are closer. But let's be fair.
mgo26 1 year ago
@bazzatheblue Sorry, meant 'no two nations'.
mgo26 1 year ago
@mgo26 Yep...I am a Pom and I fully agree.
dartmoordog 1 year ago
You know the difference between a Brit and an Aussie?
Australians got more teeth!
HAHA
Hello from the USA
level242 2 years ago
Great thanks, they even whinge here lol
lffit 2 years ago
Calling an Australian a convict isn't offensive to Australians. For one most people come from free settlers and most Australians don't trace their roots back very far anyway. It just makes English people look like idiots who can't read a book or at least wikipedia.
capablemachine 2 years ago 3
me no rikey!
(dizzy stuff)
brownda7 2 years ago
I reckon Aussies could give the Poms a run for their money in the whingeing stakes lately but this sketch is priceless.
"the bloke from Love Thy Neighbour who says 'I'll have half!'" hahaha "Bloody nig nogs!"
beergoggles69 2 years ago 5
Thats true about the darts ...and yes even the women are playing pub darts now ..ha ha very funny skit..
PalladiumTV 2 years ago
Hee hee.. good to see we have whinging Aussies at the cricket this year.. good to see you're really just 'Poms' who've forgotten where they've come from!
Love Oz, love UK more!
themosesmob 2 years ago
what whinging? We lost, I thought Ricky Ponting took it on the chin.
tosgem 2 years ago
My cousin in the UK is always complaining her partner is off playing darts. It really is an obsession for overweight Brits.
julia393n 2 years ago
hahahahahaha... awesome. i'm aussie with irish-convict descent, so this humour suits me just fine!
PaleInDarkness 2 years ago
I think it's delightful that the colonials are developing a sense of humour.
psbas1 2 years ago
They're laughing at you, not with you my friend!
acs1978aus 2 years ago
You realise that if you hid a million pound note under a bar of soap, a POM would still die in poverty. :)
A whats with the lack of reference to bad teeth?
elthambarrel 2 years ago
lol i love the late show
klogos123 3 years ago
showed this to a real pom and she said "what's wrong with darts?" .... i had no idea they actually did play darts. i've never seen anyone play darts in a pub. and im glad, if they did regularly there'd be a lot more injuries
juzzen 3 years ago
she said "what's wrong with darts? lmfao ... i've had that before - i just simply could'nt believe what i was hearing !
how friggin sad is that ! ...add some permanant crap weather into the picture and presto, no wonder their so bitter about the convicts getting a better deal !
Barsopen1970 2 years ago
i think it was bill bailey the pommy comedian who joked once that the old convicts would send letters home to england saying "the weather is nice STEAL; ANYTHING YOU CAN" ahhahahaha!!
muuuch better deal hahahaha
juzzen 2 years ago
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scouserL35 3 years ago
To all those who think this sketch is racist, it's actually parody. A parody of an ad for an english pub, an ad that was basically this racist. But now nobody remembers that ad so it just seems racist
tolchock1984 3 years ago 18
Comedy made by our finest criminal genes :P
One or two characters do ring a bell though :)
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neilwavg 3 years ago
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Pom, Pom Pom. Love it Fuck, I would die for you guys. The Ashes, the rugby, the rivalry. Fucking love it. Love yous Aussie bastards, it is what makes us different. We can take the piss out of each other....Not like the Yanks!
dartmoordog 3 years ago 33
hear hear! The rivalry is mostly good natured - I've seen 2 Poms in the middle of 20 Aussies on a tram here in Melbourne after a cricket match, all of them dressed up in their teams colours, giving each other lip and everyone laughing.
tosgem 2 years ago
Too right mate - Where would we be without it, it is what makes our countries so special. On the subject of Poms on Melbourne trams, I have been to Melbourne a couple of times, love it - And this is one Pom that will be there again.....Boxing day test me Aussie mate, got my flights booked and all, a mate in Melbourne getting the tickets. Cannot bloody wait. Good on ya Aussie......Cmon the Poms!
dartmoordog 2 years ago
@dartmoordog
Yep, Lord's may be the home of cricket but there is nothing like the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Do yourself a favour dartmoordog & go to the "G" in the niddle of winter......
Plogs 1 year ago
Gonna be there mate, got me flights booked and all. Boxing day test here we come...Cannot wait. Went to the G back in 2005 for the tour, it was fantastic... Going to see my mate Woody, he is a right Aussie prick, me being a Pomme wanker get on just fine!
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mgo26 1 year ago
@dartmoordog And we would die for you.
mgo26 1 year ago
@mgo26 Actually, what the fuck am I talking about? We've died for you twice!
mgo26 1 year ago
@mgo26 Yeah I know you did mate. Our two nations will always fight for what we believe in and to defend our way of life....See you Aussie bastards at the "G" in December, my flight is booked! Cant bloody wait.
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@dartmoordog I'll hold you to it, and I'll even buy you a drink afterwards to dry your tears, and a second for having the sense to come to the right town!
mgo26 1 year ago
@mgo26 No worries mate...Guess I better buy you a beer first though having just seen the 20/20....lol
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@mgo26 G`Day mate. I missed my beers mate....No tears though!
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@dartmoordog It will be interesting to see how many more South Africans you can recruit.
5haiHulud 1 year ago
@5haiHulud I reckon there is room for a few more....Not too keen on them myself though.
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@dartmoordog - Okiez, but leave the whingin' at home you miserable bastard. :)
JasperAbraxxious 1 year ago
@mgo26 Bloody twice! Bruce Ruxton died in 4 World Wars under a Brtish flag and clutching bagpipes while sing Walzing Matilda!
verziehen 1 year ago
@dartmoordog yeah bloody yanks, always take political corectness too far.
ALshow1989 1 year ago
@ALshow1989 Too right my Antipodean cousin. Political Corectness is a scourge and should be removed from society..
dartmoordog 1 year ago
@ALshow1989 You're joking aren't you? There's no country more politically correct than Britain. Have you heard some of the jokes about black people that U.S. comedienne Sarah Silverman gets away with telling? If she told those jokes on U.K. T.V. her career would be over.
bugstrut 1 year ago
@dartmoordog eh you can take the piss out of Australians can you? In my experience (I had the misfortune to live there in the late 1990's) if you DARE to suggest their country is NOT as great as they like to believe -then stand back and watch the sparks fly! "I made a mistake when my plane landed in Australia - I got out"! - Frank Sinatra. "I can always tell when I'm in the company of fellow Australians: it's that sound of people constantly patting themselves on the back" - Clive James.
revol148 9 months ago
@revol148 The worst type of people I have ever met were spawned in Australia. Paul Hogan is nothing more than a dirt common moron. You generalise. Assumption makes an ass out of you. Guess what.. I'm 4 generation Australian and hold no beloved romantic view of the place. Biggest problem is piss heads with some belief in a right to piss it up any time and place. In fact, the worst you will see is drunkard locals on Australia Day at some beach. Happy to read the truth now?
Reproducer100 9 months ago
@revol148 It's the same in the UK, dare suggest that Britain isn't great and duck, bob and weave as the punches fly.I made the mistake of boarding the plane that flew to the uk.I had the experience of watching first hand the riot at Lansdowne road at a so called "Friendly international"when Eire had the hide to score a goal,but these hard nut British louts went to water when placed in cells next to IRA prisoners.Funny how Blue eyes visited Australia on many occassions,
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad we are all looking for paradise my friend:yet after having in 46 countries I (personally) can not say I found it! The beauty about the eventual rise in aviation travel is that we all can stay put in our own countries and stop this nonsense that travel broadens the mind - it most certainly does NOT - it simply confirms prejudice.What honestly do Australians get out of a work visa to the UK? Nothing - apart from looking down at the natives and slagging the county off - pathetic!
revol148 5 months ago
@revol148 Try working in a backpackers in Oz and listen to the Brits whinging and slagging off Australia-Pathetic!! What i find funny brits getting upset over this sketch is how many comedians from the Uk have taken the piss out of Australia The Goodies,Monty Python,Hale and Pace,Dick Emery,Billy Connolly the list goes on.And as for you quoting Frank Sinatra he said that when the unions backlisted him after insulting a female journalist,after that he loved Australia returning many times
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad hmm - all very depressing - where abouts in Oz did you work?To be fair when I was living in Sydney on an (utterly miserable) working visa "holiday" back in 1999-2000 I did make a point of living away from the backpacker scene - one trip to Bondi beach was more than enough for me.Still my point stands travel is wasted on most people: the scene you experinced is no worse than the nationalistic Aussies in their enclaves in south London.Do you think travel broadens the mind by the way?
revol148 5 months ago
@revol148 Worked in Coffs Harbour,i feel travel broadens the mind if you travel with your mind open.As for nationalistic Aussies have you never been to resorts in Europe?Full of British pubs,cafes bingo halls and flags,crowded with brits wearing English shirts or the football or Rugby tops,lying on their union jack towels by the pool.Have you never been to an England football game? Aussies aren't anywhere near as nationalistic as English football crowds,never seen a riot at an aussie game yet!!!
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad ever been to Kuta beach in Bali? - about as bad as Benidorm! (Brits have a bad reputation I don't disagree with you there!) When were you in Oz? - back in 1999 - the newspapers where full of "no travellers" adverts in the Herald job section also huge limitations with people on working visas: you can not be employed for more than 3 months at any one time - oh and travellers get a higher tax rate.I know of 5 people who live there (including my brother) believe you me it is no paradise.
revol148 5 months ago
@revol148 No never been to Bali Aussies told me to avoid it, why just mention Benidorm,it's one of many? Now i ask you have you been in a city abroad when England are playing football like i was in Dublin?It's actually where John Gleese got his idea for the episode of Faulty Towers "The Germans"he was so embarassed by the nationalistic brits and the way they behaved.I was in Oz for 10 yrs (95-05) only returned to look after my Mum who has dementia. If Oz is no paradise what do you call UK??
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad I seriously can't comment about anything football related due in part to having having zero interest in any aspect of that tiresome sport.The fact that the English supporters are a nusiance is no real surprise to me.If it helps with football supporting prejudice: when it comes to football violence: east European and south American supporters have a far worse reputation.By all means go to Bali (incredible food & scenery in the north of the island) just remember not to go to Kuta beach.
revol148 5 months ago
@revol148 I have the same opinion on football but i,m not talking just about the violence of the football fans,i'm talking about the nationalistic attitudes of these louts decked out in their england tops and flags abusing locals,going on about how England won the war and totally embarassing their nation,never seen this from nationalistic Aussies,now be honest have you??I will eventually get to Bali,i'm a surfer it,s surfing heaven and i'll take your advice and avoid Kuta beach.
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad I'd also like to comment to the message you sent to my page but you have a friend block so i can't reply
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad a "friends block" eh? I'll have to check my settings out - I wasn't aware I have any friends in youtube world!
revol148 4 months ago
@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
revol148 4 months ago
@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
revol148 4 months ago
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@lapalad Walk up to such people and whisper in their ear the fact that between 75% - 80% of the German army was destroyed on the Eastern front! WW2 was won on Russian blood & the incredible and rarely acknowledged generosity of the US.Whilst you have understandable issues with footballl supporters - my beef is with the constant anti-American spite across western Europe - the entire continent would have grown up under a dictatorship without the US.
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 As for those tax rates are you telling me the Aussies are looking after their own first?? Gee wouldn't that be a good policy to introduce to the Uk?, and as for the 3 months at one time that applies here to you know,and we in the Uk seem to be adopting the Australian policy with immigration and long overdue too.You seem very anti Australia for some reason,i think we made the biggest mistake in history if you committed a crime we sent you to Australia,makes no sense at all to me.
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad Absolutely not! - I have a huge amount of time for both Australians & the country itself (what little I saw in the year I was there - due to the poverty wages on offer).What I find tiresome is the superiority complex that many of its residents have of their country towards other (less sunnier) countries.I try to have a balanced opinion of all places I've been to - working on the sinister assumption that there is both good and bad where ever you go.
revol148 5 months ago
@revol148 I find the superiority complex of "we used to rule the world" very tiring also!!Now you said you were in Oz in 99,How could you not find a job with good wages??The country was booming in the lead up to the olympics,i met backpackers from UK,Eire,SA,NZ,Canada etc etc making huge money on building,driving,catering etc etc,I made enough in 99 to put a deposit on a house we had so much overtime,you must be the only backpacker from that time that couldn't find well paid employment.
lapalad 5 months ago
@lapalad I recall Mickeys brasserie, Oxford road Paddington on $AU12 an hour.Things got so bad towards the end of my visa that I used to steal food from the freezer & take bread from the bins behind that posh bakery a few doors up! I met three Dutch girls who were so desperate they ended up using the soup kitchens for the homeless in Banksia! Oh well - we got it all wrong - as there were loads of jobs just waiting for us *sigh* in the Olympics year! Put a deposit on a house? in Sydney !?
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 Hated that place,misus loved it,but do you think Aussies are making a killing working on minimum wage in the uk?The house i put the deposit on was in the snowy mountains use it as a weekender for when skiing in the winter and canoeing/fishing in the summer.When i did the working hol i found my money went a lot further in Oz than UK,instead of going to the pub w-ends i went to the beach,free outdoor ocean pools or bushwalking in the blue mountains
lapalad 4 months ago
@revol148 Now where in the uk can you go to a beach and find free BBQs showers and open picnic space like the beaches in Oz have?Where in the Uk do they have clubs like the leagues and RSL clubs?I joined Souths Juniors as well as discounted food and drink,i could use the Gym,Pool,squash and tennis courts,snooker and table tennis tables,take a hol at their resorts in the snowies do variety of exercise classes, watch free movies,concerts or sports like boxing for $3, cost to join this club?$10
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad so tell me if Australia is such a paradise that you so claim - can you please explain to me why it enjoys one of the highest suicide rates in the developed world?(Finland is number one by the way, with Sweden and NewZealnad not far behind.Oh and before you ask the UK is around 27 the last time I checked.We will have to leave for another time why there is huge expat Oz populations in the US and UK & why Nicole Kidman,Paul Hogan,Clive James & Germaine Greer chose to live elsewhere!
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 U didn't answer my question?Where in the uk can you do you find places like that.U really do have a hang up about Oz don't you? Those famous Australians you mentioned are in the Usa and UK for 1 reason,that's where they'll find employment in their lines of work,in fact alot of UK actors,and musicians also choose to live abroad correct me if i'm wrong?When did i say Oz was paradise?I just think it's miles better than the UK,just turn on the tv "Wanted downunder" and "Poms in paradise"
lapalad 4 months ago
@revol148 As for the suicide rates i can't answer that one not my field,but i do know that Australian have a greater life expectancy and live a better lifestyle especially the kids,with such a wonderful outdoors lifestyle,although i suppose it doesn't beat watching the riots and lootings,or the rain coming down again,or swimming in bitterly cold water on pebble beaches.By the way it's WWOOFing "Willing"workers on organic farms in other words you don't do it for $ but for accommodation and meals
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad riots eh? Luckily for you I have never about heard of the events in Cronulla a few years back! The rest of your comment I agree 100% with:the climate will be one of the reasons which will drive me out of this country along with rip-off prices,lack of manners,general couldn't-give-a-fuck attitiude which pervades all strata of society & the ever rise of "celebrity culture": witness how even so-called serious papers such as the Guardian & Times now fill their pages with them.
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 I love how often Brits bring up the Cronulla riot but brush over the Brixton,Bradford,Nottinghill,chapeltown,Toxteth Moss side,Handsworth,Broadwater farm i would keep going but i'll run out of characters.Answer the question where can you go to clubs like they have in Oz in the Uk? where are the beaches with free BBQs,showers,picnic areas like in Oz??And compare life expectancy Oz is miles ahead,and as for going to soup kitchens,seen the news lately charities giving out food to families
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad the amount of riots is not the issue here - it is the fact that there are ANY riots in Australia is of interest.Similarly i'm still waiting for you to give some explanation as to why the suicide rates are as high as they are in Oz even compared to the UK.As for huge divisions between rich and poor, lawless schools and an inability of affordable housing there seems to be little difference.I never go to clubs in the UK so I can't compare them.Rural Oz alcoholism rates anyone?
revol148 2 months ago
@revol148 The latest figures show that the divisions between rich and poor are the biggest since Victorian times,add fuel poverty to that along with the biggest unemployment rates in 17 years.And the riot you mentioned in Oz happened how long ago? and stayed in one suburb didn't spread across the country like we had here in the uk this year! As for suicide rates i told you i can't answer that,not my field,but why do they have a greater life expectancy? Y the record number of people moving to Oz
lapalad 2 months ago
@lapalad as with your answer to my questioning the massive suicide rates in Oz I'm NOT suggesting that the UK has the answer - and neither am I putting one forward here (not my field).I am suggesting that the UK is fucked as with many other western countries in the world - the US is the extreme example and one where the UK is heading.Seriously if there is a paradise available on this planet I would move there asap.What is the current figure of emmigration to OZ by the way? (just curious to know)
revol148 2 months ago
@lapalad There are soup kitchens in (both) countries as a result of capitalism simply not coming up with the goods anymore.Whilst communism had its moments it was too miserable to last for more than two generations.Ask yourself with the situation in Greece wouldn't most of the population be served better under communism than dog-eat-dog capitalism which has chewed on and spat out the entire country? China will hit recession antime soon - the west simply has run out of money to buy Chinese stuff.
revol148 2 months ago
@revol148 We're not discussing capitalism here,as for China the Australian mines are exporting to the BRIC countries Brazil,Russia,India,China and booming,big money to be made there and that's where many Irish are heading now.
lapalad 2 months ago
@lapalad we are CERTAINLY discussing capitalism here and it is EXACTLY because of the there-is-no-alternative-to-capitalism theory as to why Western europe is seriously fucked.When Greece pulls out of the Euro in the next year just look at the chaos which will ensue.I'm no cheerleader for communism but as with (some) of the protestors camped outside St.pauls cathedral would say surely there has to be an alternative to what is currently on offer! Why did you bring the Irish in to your answer?
revol148 2 months ago
@revol148 Where did you get your suicide rates from??? I just checked them and noticed Australia was in 45th position 1 position ahead of the UK???? Were you making up these figures??????
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad google: "suicide rates by country" - then click on the link to the WHO website - the OZ rates (for both genders) are double that of the UK.I know the website you are referring to (the fact the suicide rate statistics mentioned still proves my point by the way!) but I reckon the world health organisation is far more reliable - I certainly have never heard of Lithuania having a higher rate than the world leaders of Finland! Sad to see (beautiful) Sri-Lanka is high up on the list though.
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 Another question you bypassed Do you think Aussies/Kiwis on working hols in the Uk are making big money working in pubs or doing what you did in Oz working in the hospitatily ind? They also steal food and eat left overs from peoples plates to survive,try asking them for yourself.Once again i ask How couldn't you find better paid work in 99 is beyond me,Sydney was booming and has been ever since,if your work was so badly paid why didn't you look for another job?I did and saw more of Oz!
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad (2 months later!) I have met many Aussies (such as my Australian sister-in-law) who did indeed make very good money in London - they don't all work in pubs you know! Do you find it odd that there are limitations placed on working hoilday visas in Oz that do NOT apply to Aussies coming to the UK? I wasn't there in 99 it was 2000 - but hey you are welcome to be surprised by the shit wages that were on offer at the time.
revol148 2 months ago
@revol148 The Aussies have better border controls which the authorities in the uk are now starting to copy.There are poor wages in every country, once again i ask you why didn't you just find better paid work like i did??? I met many brits/Irish/South Africans/Canadians/Kiwis etc who made big money in Oz at that time. Yes i know all Aussies don t work in pubs but alot do and the pay is very poor indeed like all jobs in the hospitatily area are.
lapalad 2 months ago
@lapalad I have no idea why I wasn't able to find well paying job back in 2000 (I'm being honest with you here!).Oz has better border controls agreed.Right-wing countries like the UK require porus borders as it allows thousands of migrants in,divides the (unionless) working classes - all great for the capitalists as they don't have to give any (above inflation) wage increases.This is no conspiracy - after all just look at the sort of people who bankrolled (new)"Labour" back in the late 1990's!
revol148 2 months ago
@revol148 Totally agree with you there
lapalad 2 months ago
@revol148 That basically what happened to our Labor party as well, infiltrated by capitalists believing in fairy stories called the 'free-market', and other neo-liberalist bullcrap theories which doesn't make any sense. Now we have two parties in the nation that create problems, and no solutions.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
@masterawesomeish well it seems that the situation in Oz is the same in the US and UK.There is a feeling the the populace get the politicians they deserve - people in the west are too apolitical/apathetic/disinterested - the end result is that you end up with political parties almost identical to each other and completely void of ideology.
revol148 1 month ago
Good for you Cheap Charlie!
fatpigiam 2 months ago
@revol148 Why didn't you try seasonal work?it's a great way to see the country and get a great tan,some companies pay for your transport to these farms,and you're miles away from the backpacker scene.Yes it's hard work but if you get fast at it you can earn some good money and it's usually a good laugh with fellow pickers.
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad because I spoke to people who picked fruit in Queensland (and people who did woofing) and almost all said that back breaking work and long hours in the sun was an utterly miserable experience! *shock horror* They wouldn't do it in their own country so why should they offer their labour abroad?- ah opps of course because working abroad is supposed to be fun eh!? Rather like those chalet girls who earn £45 a week on the French ski resorts!
revol148 4 months ago
@revol148 Why didn't you try it for yourself??I did it in the Riverina area apples,and it all depends on what crop you are picking.Most these backpackers that try and give up after one day haven't done a hard days work in their lives,just outta uni /school and have just left home for the first time.I made good money got a great tan and met some fantastic people?
lapalad 4 months ago
@lapalad Oh sorry I thought you were from Oz! Britain isn't great (in both senses of the word!) Still if you are happy in Wales (I would happily live there than most of continental Europe) then that's fair enough.As I said below - the sooner aviation fuel is priced out of the reach of most people the better.We need to start appreciating our own surroundings.Went to boading school in Wales (Brecon) - was homesick and left after two terms but thats's another story!
revol148 5 months ago
Being a pom that lived in australia for a couple of years i got to know tony martin. Love his stuff, especially on get this. But didn't find this sketch too funny.
afjmorse 3 years ago
Wine and dine
Supermercado 2 years ago
Hey guys, lets take this for what it is, FUNNY! I am a Pom through and through, proud to be a Pom. But the relationship between us is one of humour and respect, I gotta lot of time for Aussies, got lotsa Aussie mates, love the country and cannot wait to go back next year for a bit of Aussie/Pom banter. You could not have such fun with the Yanks, they just dont get it. LOVE IT!
dartmoordog 3 years ago 6
I tell you folks. I've lived in both countries and a herd of fuking wild horses wouldn't drag my scrawny white, non-suntanned arse back to Britain. It sucks there!
acs1978au 3 years ago
What parts did you work in Britain.
dartmoordog 3 years ago
South west of Scotland and London. Scots - dour, no sense of humour & take themselves too seriously and Londoners - miserable arseholes. Just my experience, please don't get offended! Maybe other people think differently. Just my opinion.
acs1978au 3 years ago
No worries mate. But I cannot understand, why most Aussies, who I realy like by the way, judge England on London. London is a shithole the likes of which I try to avoid like piles. I live in the Westcountry, 200 miles away,gods country. Try it, it will change your opinion totly. Most of Wales is lovely as well.
dartmoordog 3 years ago
lmao at the anally retentive comments from offended poms......
acs1978au 3 years ago 3
Most poms who move to Australia, never want to go back to England, except to visit relatives and then they bring them out with them.
jeffcot 3 years ago
royal
janadp01 3 years ago
This is dizzy stuff folks.
spamviking 3 years ago
boiled lard rofl
wastintime4fun 3 years ago
Rob Sitch as a skinhead!
Lasaration 3 years ago
I'm sure the WS TV at the Whingeing Pom now has dart holes after the past few years cricket results.
meadowsjack 3 years ago
The best whinge i ever heard from a pom about Australia "You get sick of the blue skies" I kid you not
lapalad 3 years ago 3
lapalad, I can match that. Fair dinkum, a Pommy sheila was whingeing about- are you ready for it? - about the too bright colours of lorikeets!
coralarch 3 years ago 3
coralarch thats the best one ever,this couple i knew from Manchester were always complaining about how cold Sydney was.They went back to Manchester for xmas and europe was in the middle of a deep freeze, temperatures dropping to as low as -15oC,he said this is too much lets go back to Australia,she replies i like this weather,16 oC was too cold in Sydney,but -15oC in Manchester was pleasant
lapalad 3 years ago
Yes, I believe what you say- I have heard a lot of whingers carry on about our climate- they must have short memories, that's all I can say. I remember back in 1985 in UK, I did not see sun moon or stars for 8 solid weeks. Just howling sleet and black skies- gack!
coralarch 3 years ago
So you were there in the summer
lapalad 3 years ago
lmao
mattyr2k8 4 years ago
This is dizzy stuff folks!
spamviking 4 years ago
Whoever made this obviously has never been to Britain and he no clue about British culture.
MatureCheddar88 4 years ago
And you obviously have no clue about the long time friendly rivalry between Aussies and Brits.
We're always paying each other out. Lighten up...
Typical Poms... Can't take a joke :)
longboardluva 4 years ago 4
Not typical mate. I am a Pom through and through, and I love the banter. It is what brings us close, as long as you give as good as you get. I have visited your wonderfull country a couple of times, and just love it, and am offended if I am NOT called a Pom. That is what I am, it aint offensive....Cannot wait to get back, I would love a few beers in the whingeing Pom bar. Good on yas Aussie...No worries.
dartmoordog 3 years ago 5
The thing about this sketch, one of the people that did this (Tony Martin) said on his radio program (*sniff* --> you understand get this fans) that this was actually a send up of an almost identical commercial in Melbourne at the time (I trust this is correct, for one I am in the wrong city and too young at the time). Now, twenty years on it looks like the most racist and ignorant thing, but it is classic D Gen and Late Show... Champaigne Comedy!
ElliePri 4 years ago
lol i fancy a pint in the whingeing pom
pietilidie 4 years ago
beer glasses are abit small though
pietilidie 4 years ago
Haha classic D-Gen, thanks for sharing! To put this in historical context I think at the time one of the current affairs shows had just run a story about an English family who emigrated for 3 days before going home because "it rained the whole time" and "it wasn't like neighbours".
ins0mniac75 4 years ago
yeah that's just soo pathetic - typical poms, bring them back here for 2 days & i'll show them Ramsey st (pin oak crt)& i'll show them it rains there too ( bloody dipshits ).
...actually bring em' back here, and we'll dump them at Marble Bar W.A, then drive off on them, that should be warm enough for them ! ..anyone for 2 whingeing lobsters ? ....coming up sir .
Barsopen1970 4 years ago
@ horro01, i heard the same podcast, tony was saying that it's a send-up of an ad for a bar that's exactly like this. so, this isn't racist, it's a send up of an ad.
octarine1owns 4 years ago
i was listening to a get this podcast last night and heard the fraise or however its spelt not in this by the way "if its ok by you it uk by us" from tony martin since been axed from MMM
HORRO01 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
stereotyped and just NOT FUNNY.get over being a colony for gods sake!
neilwavg 4 years ago
stop whinging...
spamuela 4 years ago 3
dont be bitter cause us convicts dominate you at pretty much everything you whinging cunt
theaccempire 4 years ago 2
go and have a bath........
vicbittertoo 4 years ago 3
very funny i thought . P O M
l3n00 4 years ago 2
It's a joke! And it's over 13 years old. Develop a sense of humour.
Like the English don't make fun of Australians...
Rob as a skinhead I would have never thought of that one. LOL
hotaruodori 4 years ago 2
That was funny!!
Tony Martin does a great accent!
Aussies making fun of Pomms and vise versa
is a great tradition!
And I know that UK comedians make fun of Aussies. Don't believe me? Search Steven K Amos. I also recall a Monty Python sketch similar to this.
lwint2 4 years ago