how aussie thread

[escapin]

hi all dont know if this has been done but couldnt find one
but i just wanted to know all stories about how aussie or how much some one u know or have seen loves australia. doesn't have to be car related can be the local ****pot or a sterotypical person to an area that you just like to laugh at or makes you smile.
my one for the day which i just saw that made me want to post is

on my way home just then drving past Ian Luffs place see him out the front on a ride on mower cutting the grass wearing a green and gold parachute material tracksuit, with LUFFY across the back. just made me smile and think no matter what u think of the guy he loves this country.

any way any other things that make u laugh please add

cheers

[uranium_death]

How much to I love Australia?
I appreciate freedom, I appreciate safety, and I appreciate the fact that I have food on my table every night, and have clean water to drink. I also don't litter.

People wearing tracksuits and dressing up doesn't mean a thing.
I see people wearing their flag capes who act like idiots, throw their garbage all over the place and then say that 'love' Australia.

You don't have to dress up to love your country.

[MYVYSS]

When I lived overseas, I had the boxing kangaroo and the Australian flag flying proudly in my lounge room, when in the Aussie consulate in San Fran first thing I did was touch the Aussie flag, then kiss it....

[motorcycles4eva]

living on an island in europe/ lawless lifestyle and corrupt in many ways made me realise how awsome ozz is.. in more ways than one!!!
people laugh at me when i stroll around wearing my jack daniels hat (only the corks are missing) and vb shirt..
reminds me of home..

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by motorcycles4eva

... lawless lifestyle and corrupt in many ways

Are you talking about Europe or Queensland?

[DJR-351]

Love my country.....but i certainly dont shove it down other peoples throats...

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Love my country.....but i certainly dont shove it down other peoples throats...

Me too.

Although...

I love having a bill of rights.

A legal system “Speed cameras” that find you guilty before being proven innocent.

Where paedophiles can be given suspended sentences.

Where big business dictates to government how they want the system run.

Where someone who rapes and murders a woman gets less jail time than someone who rips off the tax office.

Where a state government can virtually steal your land of you by rezoning it and imposing a $90,000 a hectare levy on the sale forcing you to sell it to a greedy developer for less that what your tax bill would be.

Where exotic cars that are safe enough for German Autobahns are not considered safe to use here under Australian design rules.

Where someone who abuses an animal can be given a jail sentence but someone who abuses a child is given counselling.

Where a federal government imposes an Alcopops tax that makes a legal drink more expensive than illegal drugs.

Where building workers lose the right to silence when they appear before the ABCC.

Where truck drivers by law must surrender documents to authorities that may incriminate themselves, yet no other citizens are required to do this.

Where civil liberties are being eroded with “anti gang laws” that are supposed to be for bike gangs but will eventually be used on any group the government doesn’t like.

Where a citizen can get five years in prison for refusing to cooperate with ASIO on a questioning warrant, even if not suspected of an offence.

Where the federal government wants to censor the internet so citizens can’t dig up sensitive information about them, sorry, so our kids are protected from the dangers of pornography.

Where asylums seekers are given detention and are treated better than some of our returned serviceman.

I could go on but it doesn’t matter.

I love Australia and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, however, it isn’t perfect here.

[OLDFORDNUT]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

Me too.

Although...

I love having a bill of rights.

A legal system “Speed cameras” that find you guilty before being proven innocent.

Where paedophiles can be given suspended sentences.

Where big business dictates to government how they want the system run.

Where someone who rapes and murders a woman gets less jail time than someone who rips off the tax office.

Where a state government can virtually steal your land of you by rezoning it and imposing a $90,000 a hectare levy on the sale forcing you to sell it to a greedy developer for less that what your tax bill would be.

Where exotic cars that are safe enough for German Autobahns are not considered safe to use here under Australian design rules.

Where someone who abuses an animal can be given a jail sentence but someone who abuses a child is given counselling.

Where a federal government imposes an Alcopops tax that makes a legal drink more expensive than illegal drugs.

Where building workers lose the right to silence when they appear before the ABCC.

Where truck drivers by law must surrender documents to authorities that may incriminate themselves, yet no other citizens are required to do this.

Where civil liberties are being eroded with “anti gang laws” that are supposed to be for bike gangs but will eventually be used on any group the government doesn’t like.

Where a citizen can get five years in prison for refusing to cooperate with ASIO on a questioning warrant, even if not suspected of an offence.

Where the federal government wants to censor the internet so citizens can’t dig up sensitive information about them, sorry, so our kids are protected from the dangers of pornography.

Where asylums seekers are given detention and are treated better than some of our returned serviceman.

I could go on but it doesn’t matter.

I love Australia and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, however, it isn’t perfect here.

Wow i agree 100% with your whole post and could not have said it better,

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

Me too.

Although...

I love having a bill of rights.

A legal system “Speed cameras” that find you guilty before being proven innocent.

Where paedophiles can be given suspended sentences.

Where big business dictates to government how they want the system run.

Where someone who rapes and murders a woman gets less jail time than someone who rips off the tax office.

Where a state government can virtually steal your land of you by rezoning it and imposing a $90,000 a hectare levy on the sale forcing you to sell it to a greedy developer for less that what your tax bill would be.

Where exotic cars that are safe enough for German Autobahns are not considered safe to use here under Australian design rules.

Where someone who abuses an animal can be given a jail sentence but someone who abuses a child is given counselling.

Where a federal government imposes an Alcopops tax that makes a legal drink more expensive than illegal drugs.

Where building workers lose the right to silence when they appear before the ABCC.

Where truck drivers by law must surrender documents to authorities that may incriminate themselves, yet no other citizens are required to do this.

Where civil liberties are being eroded with “anti gang laws” that are supposed to be for bike gangs but will eventually be used on any group the government doesn’t like.

Where a citizen can get five years in prison for refusing to cooperate with ASIO on a questioning warrant, even if not suspected of an offence.

Where the federal government wants to censor the internet so citizens can’t dig up sensitive information about them, sorry, so our kids are protected from the dangers of pornography.

Where asylums seekers are given detention and are treated better than some of our returned serviceman.

I could go on but it doesn’t matter.

I love Australia and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, however, it isn’t perfect here.

Excellent post.

You could add Australia:

A place that welcomes people ("REFUGEES - Yeah right") arriving by boat or plane or any other method who are too gutless to fight in their own countries but expect Aussie soldiers to go fight their wars;

A so called democracy that allows/compels people to vote in PENCIL

A so called democracy that allows people to vote more than once just by quoting a name. No ID Required.

A place that allows non Australians to vote

The list goes on

Its not perfect but its the best country that I know of

If only we could force RG and my Dad to eat vegemite

[Spudz27]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

Me too.

Although...

I love having a bill of rights.

A legal system “Speed cameras” that find you guilty before being proven innocent.

Where paedophiles can be given suspended sentences.

Where big business dictates to government how they want the system run.

Where someone who rapes and murders a woman gets less jail time than someone who rips off the tax office.

Where a state government can virtually steal your land of you by rezoning it and imposing a $90,000 a hectare levy on the sale forcing you to sell it to a greedy developer for less that what your tax bill would be.

Where exotic cars that are safe enough for German Autobahns are not considered safe to use here under Australian design rules.

Where someone who abuses an animal can be given a jail sentence but someone who abuses a child is given counselling.

Where a federal government imposes an Alcopops tax that makes a legal drink more expensive than illegal drugs.

Where building workers lose the right to silence when they appear before the ABCC.

Where truck drivers by law must surrender documents to authorities that may incriminate themselves, yet no other citizens are required to do this.

Where civil liberties are being eroded with “anti gang laws” that are supposed to be for bike gangs but will eventually be used on any group the government doesn’t like.

Where a citizen can get five years in prison for refusing to cooperate with ASIO on a questioning warrant, even if not suspected of an offence.

Where the federal government wants to censor the internet so citizens can’t dig up sensitive information about them, sorry, so our kids are protected from the dangers of pornography.

Where asylums seekers are given detention and are treated better than some of our returned serviceman.

I could go on but it doesn’t matter.

I love Australia and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, however, it isn’t perfect here.

Very Very True.

[Laminge]

Me

I love the freedom to edit uranium_death's posts.....

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Me

I love the freedom to edit uranium_death's posts.....

What was edited? I think one line was changed...

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

What was edited? I think one line was changed...

Another thing I love, creating doubt when there was none to create

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Another thing I love, creating doubt when there was none to create

Swish!

[Barry_v]

I love Australia because being Australian isnt a race or religion. A quick survey of me and 4 friends on a recent trip to heathcote showed that all of us had at least one parent born overseas, and they were all different countrys.

[alecrain]

Originally Posted by Barry_v

I love Australia because being Australian isnt a race or religion. A quick survey of me and 4 friends on a recent trip to heathcote showed that all of us had at least one parent born overseas, and they were all different countrys.

In the lab I'm doing my PhD (at Monash) we recently realized that out of 15 people only 3 were born here, 3 out of the remaining came here as young kids, the rest in their 20-ties.
I came here in 2006 with my wife, and we really fell in love with this country (we chose it over UK and USA), now we're applying for permanent residency and let me tell you it's not easy. Australia is a very attractive country and has a selection system in place making sure only the best people can come here to live permanently.

By the way, our neighbour is a true Aussie, he's a truckie and drives this big tipping truck (we call it his UTE) and parks it in front of his house, one day we saw him take it to the local shopping centre to get fish and chips for his family- he took 5 parking spaces

[Tuddy200]

Originally Posted by alecrain

Australia is a very attractive country and has a selection system in place making sure only the best people can come here to live permanently.

Shame we don't have the same system to be able to kick out some that were born here! :hihi:

Party-Boy Corey anybody? :sm_headba I vote yes on eviction from our home Australia!

[ltd]

I find I love my country more when I'm away (4 days tops). Then I get into Sydney Airport, drive home and after negotiating some of the crap roads, bad drivers and congestion begin to whinge about it again.

[escapin]

wow a lot of thought put in to some of those replies
no one can doubt that this is the best place to live and we all show how much we love it in differening ways.

[fordomatic]

you can't get much more Australian than dying for your country in battle.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

you can't get much more Australian than dying for your country in battle.

Not when your country is England, USA, Iraq etc.

[xbrules]

A great example of the Perfect Aussie Sportsman is Mark Webber! after winning Germany last week, whilst on the radio, he said something only an Aussie would say: F#$%ing Beauty!!!!!... now if that doesn't some up us as a nation, i don't know what does. I have no intention of going overseas cos australia is Perfect!!!

[ltd]

^^^^^^^^^^

X2

But I would add on the refugee thing;

Australia, where its people are second class to economic refugees; where we can't afford to look after the elderly or the homeless but can afford to look after a new arrival afghani, his 8 wives and 35 children.

[RG]

Geez, who would have thought a loaded topic like this would end up with these types of responses here...