Move over USA...

Sahan · Post by **Sahan** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:34 pm

...Australians are the new fatties in town!

At least, that's what the news told me. Our family then had pizza to celebrate the momentous occasion.

Discuss?*

*Because the forum runs the risk of dying if we don't?**
**Again?

ruotwocone · Post by **ruotwocone** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:18 pm

Sahan wrote:...Australians are the new fatties in town!

At least, that's what the news told me. Our family then had pizza to celebrate the momentous occasion.

Discuss?

Indeed I will. This Forbes article is about a year and a half old, but I think it's safe to say that all those tiny Pacific islands (like Australia?) are still on top.

Eat Nauru EAT!

HARDKORE · Post by **HARDKORE** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:19 pm

I had some Kangaroo jerky once. was nto half bad. give me good old american beef any day. I know the old men at work song talking about vegemite so good luck with that crap.

Frostbite · Post by **Frostbite** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:23 am

Those random as hell thoughts brought to you by HARDKORE, if it is in caps and misspelled, it is awesome.

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:26 am

Frostbite wrote:Those random as hell thoughts brought to you by HARDKORE, if it is in caps and misspelled, it is awesome.

No kidding.
And he references the song mentioning vegemite (Land Down Under) by Men At Work as if the song itself was strictly about the goodness of vegemite (rather than a list of Australian stereotypes, like it is).

One thousand, one hundred and eleventh post!

TwoBuy · Post by **TwoBuy** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:10 pm

Lethal Interjection wrote:(rather than a list of Australian stereotypes, like it is).

Stereotypes?

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:34 pm

TwoBuy wrote:
Lethal Interjection wrote:(rather than a list of Australian stereotypes, like it is).
Stereotypes?

Yeah. "Stereotypes" is just a inoffensive way of saying "realities". And I'm trying to not be offensive.

Frostbite · Post by **Frostbite** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:01 am

Everything I need to know about Australians I learned from this informational video

HARDKORE · Post by **HARDKORE** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:41 am

Hmm, i would say that you dont like me but i know you do. Next time i will post youtube links to any future songs. Your missing the point. The post was about the food not the song.

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:32 am

What, like this? (Also, apparently I forgot the song, as it isn't as full of stereotypes as I remembered. And the video is awful.)
And I didn't miss the point. The idea of vegemite is gross. Men at Work sing a song that uses the word vegemite once. Men at Work are Australian. However you left out some words, or went with stream of conciousness, and the sentence came off as "Men at Work's song makes vegemite sound gross" or even "Hey, Men at Work, good luck with singing songs about vegemite!"
Also, Colin Hay is awesome. Thank you Zach Braff for jump starting his career so I could hear some of his great solo work.

Sahan · Post by **Sahan** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:52 am

If it's a song about Vegemite you're after, the actual Vegemite Song is sung by the audience in this clipfrom an Australian TV show. A suitably comical reaction from the two Americans on the stage follows.

TwoBuy · Post by **TwoBuy** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:33 pm

God bless Australia

HARDKORE · Post by **HARDKORE** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:06 pm

Yes, some of the best people i play quake with are from that side of the world.

ruotwocone · Post by **ruotwocone** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:01 pm

awesome true story. I was playing TF2 with Simon. like 3 months ago on some Aussie server. I went to say something and my american accent caused one of the guys to come back with "Hey, we don't speak Bulgarian on this server". classic.

Excellent story, well told.

Frostbite · Post by **Frostbite** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:02 am

You should tell it at parties.

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