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Old 02-09-2006, 04:22 PM   #61
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Oh,,we have upset Lumpen..Sorry
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Old 02-09-2006, 04:30 PM   #62
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All this thread show's is how ignorant and arrogant Australian's are, not American's.Think an american is narrow minded? Run a business in a small country village with a constant stream of capital city tourists!

Kangaroo's can and do wander over roads just no where near as much in the big cities. If I could be arsed, I'd drive 100m up to the top of the hill and take some photo's of Roo's and Joey's next to the road for you. They're also all over the sport's grounds and gold club which are both in 'town'.

The bloke asked a genuine question and deserved a genuine answer, not some collection of cocky smartarse quips.



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Whether it was a genuine question or not is debatable given the crap that the thread starter has spun before but we are just having a joke, isnt it not an australian thing to do to "take the ****".
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Old 02-09-2006, 04:33 PM   #63
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i agree take the **** who cares it's all harmless fun..
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Old 02-09-2006, 05:35 PM   #64
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if anyone knows... victoria.. (whittlesea) you find them... where i use to live...we've had roo's come down the main road... and there was once a sick mother ..she was a big ****er..... they're cute little ****ers ... if you go to some zoo's you can pat 'em and **** but yeah.. they also get eat'n.. not only by us :P

oh and you don't wanna be kicked by a roo... they bloody cain .. if you're still alive after the kick !
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well the drop bear joke has been done to death :P
Drop bear jokes on seppos can never be done to death!
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We used to get Kangaroos in our backyard. That was before other people started building in the area.
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This is a quote from when I was in America, "What language do you speak in Australia?"

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Old 02-09-2006, 06:09 PM   #68
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This is a quote from when I was in America, "What language do you speak in Australia?"
Well as much as we do poke fun at that you need to remember that Australia is a bit of a backwater in the big scheme of things, and I'm sure we would be able to replicate a similiar genuine lack of knowledge for instance:

What language do they speak in Singapore?

How about Denmark?

I bet 7/10 people need to do a search before they can answer that one.
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Old 02-09-2006, 06:13 PM   #69
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Im interested to know, do Lama's move around capitol cities in USA???
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Most people know countries that speak their know language. We learn things at school and on the news about other countries, clearly they do not.
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Old 02-09-2006, 06:37 PM   #71
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Last summer with the lack of rain, we used to get the roos in the front yard eating the grass. Roo poo everywhere.
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This is a quote from when I was in America, "What language do you speak in Australia?"

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I've also had this quote when speaking to Americans.
"Wow, you speak American too?" and..
"I speak American, not English"
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There is a bunyip that lives by the river in Murray Bridge, heeps of people have seen it...
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I had that line, when asked what language we spoke here, I replied, "english", "oh, thats the accent!.., cos we speak american here" And these were teachers!!
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Australia is a freakin continent ALL ON ITS OWN!!!!!!! It is pretty damn well hard to miss.

They bought out most of our bloody companies, they play war games with our military, they helped us frame our Constitution

Comparing the ignorance and arrogance of Ausralians and Americans...

Arrogant- Americans (generally speaking) think they own the world, are number 1, so dont give a ***** about anywhere/anyone else.
I speak to US uni students all the time, many agree their schooling taught them heaps about the United States, but barely anything about the rest of the world. Still refuse to use the metric system.
Australians (generally speaking) think they are a big freaking country and invented Vegemite and Tim Tams, so think everyone should know everything about us.

Ignorance- (Americans) They cannot name the (Australian) continent, yet can recite the 50 states. They think; we all have a Kangaroo named skippy, we wrestle crocodiles like Steve Irwin and Crocodile Dundee, that snakes slither throughout our houses, that the national costume is thongs, stubbies, singlet, akubra and beer.
(Australians) Believe everyone likes Vegemite. Think that everyone knows everything about Australia. Think if you go to America you will either come back as a movie star or be shot by a gangsta.


In answer to the original question...Look, the country is so huge that it really does depend on where you live. As fun as so many of us think it would be, we do not ride Kangaroos along the highway, but in many rural areas it is not unusual to see the odd kangaroo jumping through. There is also an animal which is essentially a smaller version of a Kangaroo called a Wallaby. It is much more common to see these in the more rural/ outer suburban areas in parts of the country.
But it is a rare occasion, and would probably make national news if kangaroos were jumping down the middle of a street in the centre of our capital or larger cities.
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Hmmmm Americana... Don't you just love it... To the average American, the entire planet is America. e.g. The American Baseball final... Called The World Series Ok, what other countries are involved?
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Where I work (in Canberra, the capital), there's plenty of wildlife, including roos wandering the car parks, but we are situated right next to a park land.
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Hmmmm Americana... Don't you just love it... To the average American, the entire planet is America. e.g. The American Baseball final... Called The World Series Ok, what other countries are involved?
This is one of the constantly used criticisms that annoy the hell out of me. The reason its called the WORLD series is because that was the name of the original sponsor. After the sponsor left, the decided to keep the name. It has nothing to do with being a global series. Stupid ill-informed arguement
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This is one of the constantly used criticisms that annoy the hell out of me. The reason its called the WORLD series is because that was the name of the original sponsor. After the sponsor left, the decided to keep the name. It has nothing to do with being a global series. Stupid ill-informed arguement
What about the NBA championships then? I remember the 1993 Chicago Bulls being introduced as "Your NBA World Champions" or something to that effect. I believe they even had T-shirts that said NBA World Champions.
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This is one of the constantly used criticisms that annoy the hell out of me. The reason its called the WORLD series is because that was the name of the original sponsor. After the sponsor left, the decided to keep the name. It has nothing to do with being a global series. Stupid ill-informed arguement
Well your point is taken, but your last sentance is a little rough.
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What about the NBA championships then? I remember the 1993 Chicago Bulls being introduced as "Your NBA World Champions" or something to that effect. I believe they even had T-shirts that said NBA World Champions.
I'll take your word for it, and I don't have a response for that. :
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Australia.....the 51st American State.

It isnt just Americans who believe this sort of thing. When i came over here i didnt want to get out of the car the first time because i thought snakes would be all over the ground and i didnt want to get bitten...admittedly i was only 7 yrs old, but thats all i knew from seeing a few Australian documentaries and tv shows.
It is only funny because we know the truth, but hey, how many people in Australia know everything about Australia?
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This is one of the constantly used criticisms that annoy the hell out of me. The reason its called the WORLD series is because that was the name of the original sponsor. After the sponsor left, the decided to keep the name. It has nothing to do with being a global series. Stupid ill-informed arguement
I looked up Wikipedia on this thing and this is what it had to say.

A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series as well as some of the 19th-century postseason series) to "World's Series" (a term first used in the 1880s and which persisted for decades) to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation of the New York World for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship.

That to me says that the name "World" was not derived from any sponsorship... unless my english is worse than my home made salad dressings. lol
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Come back with a better source then Wikipedia, I got my **** wipped at uni for using it, as it is constantly wrong
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I looked up Wikipedia on this thing and this is what it had to say.

A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series as well as some of the 19th-century postseason series) to "World's Series" (a term first used in the 1880s and which persisted for decades) to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation of the New York World for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship.

That to me says that the name "World" was not derived from any sponsorship... unless my english is worse than my home made salad dressings. lol
Tireless research, I like that... But all in all, it seems the name has evolved into something they believe anyway... Good work. :sm_headba
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Ok, Ive done abit more research, and I agree with you pertuan. My apologies to you and especially to ORSM T. Ever come to cairns, and I'll buy you some beers
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We have them in our backyard all the time..... The dog has to eat something.
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Its cool mate. I would have dug up some other info and sources but I was too lazy and Wiki has been a 100% hit rate for me.
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Ok, Ive done abit more research, and I agree with you pertuan. My apologies to you and especially to ORSM T. Ever come to cairns, and I'll buy you some beers
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Australia is a freakin continent ALL ON ITS OWN!!!!!!! It is pretty damn well hard to miss.

They bought out most of our bloody companies, they play war games with our military, they helped us frame our Constitution

Comparing the ignorance and arrogance of Ausralians and Americans...

Arrogant- Americans (generally speaking) think they own the world, are number 1, so dont give a ***** about anywhere/anyone else.
I speak to US uni students all the time, many agree their schooling taught them heaps about the United States, but barely anything about the rest of the world. Still refuse to use the metric system.
Australians (generally speaking) think they are a big freaking country and invented Vegemite and Tim Tams, so think everyone should know everything about us.

Ignorance- (Americans) They cannot name the (Australian) continent, yet can recite the 50 states. They think; we all have a Kangaroo named skippy, we wrestle crocodiles like Steve Irwin and Crocodile Dundee, that snakes slither throughout our houses, that the national costume is thongs, stubbies, singlet, akubra and beer.
(Australians) Believe everyone likes Vegemite. Think that everyone knows everything about Australia. Think if you go to America you will either come back as a movie star or be shot by a gangsta.


In answer to the original question...Look, the country is so huge that it really does depend on where you live. As fun as so many of us think it would be, we do not ride Kangaroos along the highway, but in many rural areas it is not unusual to see the odd kangaroo jumping through. There is also an animal which is essentially a smaller version of a Kangaroo called a Wallaby. It is much more common to see these in the more rural/ outer suburban areas in parts of the country.
But it is a rare occasion, and would probably make national news if kangaroos were jumping down the middle of a street in the centre of our capital or larger cities.
Sheesh! the poor bloke asks a simple question and gets a bloody lecture!
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