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Not at all,Australians can probably take the p#ss out of themselves almost more than any country i think.Though talking of visitors,i was recently working with a young bloke from Cornwall named Dave.He landed a very nice job here,quite a likable bloke though very obnoxious at the same time:) He had no qualms in telling me that ‘he didn’t like Australians’ and ‘didn’t like Australia’ he was only here because he was earning his $95 000 and that was without any qualifications.He went on to tell me that on his very first day in Australia he was out at the pub having a few drinks.Every Aussie at the pub he played pool with he kept calling a convict.He said most took it pretty well though some became a bit annoyed after an hour or so.One bloke said look mate you are getting a bit annoying with the convict thing,surely you can be a little more original and find another name for us. Dave said okay how about c****!
Not surprisely that bloke actually knocked Dave out cold on his first day in Australia 
There are idiots from every corner of the World.
It is often how something is said, not what is said Jollyp. When "Ginger" is said in a certain way it can be ofensive. The same with "Pomme" or "Convict".
Value Is EverythingI like aussies as a rule but they are away with the fairies and totally full of themselves far tooa often
a few years back in Hong kong a really nice aussie couple were telling me all seriousness that they would win the football world cup before 2020 because when they want to win something they win it
I was laughing but they got a little upset
Still if they can get past New Zealand Papua new guinea easter island and iran next time, who knows?
Well if we meet you in a penalty shoot out,we know what the outcome will be
One should not get too smug remember the last time the Socceroos played England they flogged them 3-1 
We didn’t go too badly at the last WC, had a shocker against Germany (you fared about the same )then beat Serbia 2-1 but missed out on the last 16 on Goal difference.The 2006 WC we were robbed when the cheating Italian took a dive in front of goal(which the ref said later that he made a mistake)in the last 16 stage.You couldn’t beat Algeria or Slovenia in the 2010 WC who were rated well below Australia in the rankings!
You shouldn’t knock New Zealand they were the only team at the 2010 WC who didn’t lose a game, even drawing 1-1 with Italy.They may have progressed futher if they didn’t have 600 000 of their 4 million population living in Australia either working or on the doleWell if we meet you in a penalty shoot out,we know what the outcome will be
One should not get too smug remember the last time the Socceroos played England they flogged them 3-1 We didn’t go too badly at the last WC, had a shocker against Germany (you fared about the same )then beat Serbia 2-1 but missed out on the last 16 on Goal difference.The 2006 WC we were robbed when the cheating Italian took a dive in front of goal(which the ref said later that he made a mistake)in the last 16 stage.You couldn’t beat Algeria or Slovenia in the 2010 WC who were rated well below Australia in the rankings!
You shouldn’t knock New Zealand they were the only team at the 2010 WC who didn’t lose a game, even drawing 1-1 with Italy.They may have progressed futher if they didn’t have 600 000 of their 4 million population living in Australia either working or on the doleSee what I mean?
Mike
Well if we meet you in a penalty shoot out,we know what the outcome will be
One should not get too smug remember the last time the Socceroos played England they flogged them 3-1 We didn’t go too badly at the last WC, had a shocker against Germany (you fared about the same )then beat Serbia 2-1 but missed out on the last 16 on Goal difference.The 2006 WC we were robbed when the cheating Italian took a dive in front of goal(which the ref said later that he made a mistake)in the last 16 stage.You couldn’t beat Algeria or Slovenia in the 2010 WC who were rated well below Australia in the rankings!
You shouldn’t knock New Zealand they were the only team at the 2010 WC who didn’t lose a game, even drawing 1-1 with Italy.They may have progressed futher if they didn’t have 600 000 of their 4 million population living in Australia either working or on the doleSee what I mean?
Mike
What are you on about
I just love the self rigtheous one’s on here,knock someone or their country then say ‘we were only joking’,then go on to blame the other person for not having a sense of humour If there was ever conclusive proof that aussies havent a clue about the game, then this was it
embarassing
Odd how threads can sometimes go so off topic. Having said that I will add my bit. Twenty years ago I went backpacking around Australia, I was thirty at the time and went on my own before I got too old to do it. I have to say I thought Australians were great people and always made me most welcome. I tended to avoid places where the brits congreated so that I could meet the Australians. I always had good banter. Yes, they took the piss out of me being a pom but I gave the same back and as long as you could laugh and took no offence you would get on great with them. A couple of experiences that I still remember. Once I arrived in a town, can’t remember which one. I got on a local bus to take me to where I was staying. I asked the bus driver if he could let me know when we got near as it was of the bus route. When we got near the driver turned round and said to the other passengers he was just going off his route for a couple of minutes to ‘drop this pommy at his backpackers’. Could never see that happening here. On another occaision I had moved on to New Zealand and arrived in Christchurch. When I got there I decided to pop out for a drink. I was sat at the bar on my own when a guy I had never seen before approached me. He was there with his girlfriend, both were Aussies. He just came up to me and said out of the blue as I was on my own if I wanted to join them I was welcome. We all ended up going out to a club together. Really nice people in my opinion.
Not surprisely that bloke actually knocked Dave out cold on his first day in Australia 
We didn’t go too badly at the last WC, had a shocker against Germany (you fared about the same 
I just love the self rigtheous one’s on here,knock someone or their country then say ‘we were only joking’,then go on to blame the other person for not having a sense of humour 
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