DeadSeraphim Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 [COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][QUOTE=ChibiHorsewoman][color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy] It's probably a very nice place to visit. It would confuse the heck out of me because it'd be near one hundred in December and I'm from Upstate New York where we have -10 degrees and about five feet of snow at that time. But it would be nice to visit.[/color][/font][/QUOTE] You'd be even more confused, since we use celsius, not the flawed fahrenheit system. Ohnoes, your poor fragile brain!! Also, it's platypus. How the hell you managed platapoose is beyond me.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 [QUOTE=DeadSeraphim][COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial] You'd be even more confused, since we use celsius, not the flawed fahrenheit system. Ohnoes, your poor fragile brain!! Also, it's platypus. How the hell you managed platapoose is beyond me.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy]Well, I've been to Canada enough times to figure out that you have to subtract 32 or something like that to get celsius. All I really need to know is hot is hot and cold is cold. And don't make me do the metric system... I hated learning about how King Henry wants my chocolate milk. Well I'm a glupi American... and I think I was going for screwed up phonetic spelling when I did that. [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSeraphim Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 [QUOTE=ChibiHorsewoman][color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy]Well, I've been to Canada enough times to figure out that you have to subtract 32 or something like that to get celsius. All I really need to know is hot is hot and cold is cold. And don't make me do the metric system... I hated learning about how King Henry wants my chocolate milk. Well I'm a glupi American... and I think I was going for screwed up phonetic spelling when I did that. [/color][/font][/QUOTE] [color=indigo][size=1][font=arial]Metric is the easiest system on Earth. 10millimetres in a centimetre -> 100 centimetres in a metre, and a thousand metres in kilometre. 1000 millilitres in a litres -> 10000 litres in a kilolitre. Boiling point 100°, freezing point 0°. I honestlly think most people who didn't grow up with it have trouble because there's no real way you cleanly convert inches to centimetres and what not.[/font][/size][/color]] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpool Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 [font=book antiqua][color=darkred][size=2]Metric system is by far easier to learn and remember. WE damn Americans just need to suck it up and switch over that away the entire world can at least have one thing in common instead of us always haveing to be freakin different. I got a couple freinds in Australia. Two live in Queensland and one lives in Victoria. Actually visited Victoria as well. Warm if I say so just like here in the South. As for deadly animals. Most of them don't bother you[/size][/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNED Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 First thought thing about Australia? Definetly how much of a pimp one of their inhabitants is ( Myself) and the fact that he lives in the same city as James. See, living in Australia does that to you, Gives you a certain feeling of pimpness. Another thing is the oldest football code in the World, Aussie Rules football. Older than Soccer and Rugby and is actually more dangerous. BTW: Platypi (Plural spelling), people. Proof that God exists and he has a sense of Humor. BTW BTW: Dead Seraphim shall die for insults against Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSeraphim Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 [quote name='PWNED']BTW BTW: Dead Seraphim shall die for insults against Victoria.[/quote] [size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Unlikely, loser. What are you going to do, send a horde of effeminate Melbourne men to lynch mob me? Oh my, I fear their dangerous handbags![/font][/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNED Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 [quote name='DeadSeraphim][size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Unlikely, loser. What are you going to do, send a horde of effeminate Melbourne men to lynch mob me? Oh my, I fear their dangerous handbags![/font][/color'][/size][/quote] Hey; Let's try not to bring in St Kilda. They're something else all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain linda Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 First thing that comes to mind: COOL WEATHER WoOt! After that, its Ayer's Rock. Then shampoo. Hehe... :animeswea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiyo Chan Fan Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 kangaroos! Cute little baby kangaroos(or joeys), then they decapitate them and make them into those boots that all the girls in our grade are wearing. Also known as Uggs. :animecry: How can they wear them when they know that they were once a beautiful animal? Sorry, I got off topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 [size="1"][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Racism? Sorry, I've been doing a Human Rights and Ethics class at university and it has been messing with my head. I could splurge a lot of stuff now, but mainly it comes back to an ingrained sense of unknowing racism. Most 'normal' people are not knowingly racist against the Aboriginal population, but that's one stereotype that is reinforced unknowingly continually in the Australian "blokey" culture. For those confused about what I am talking about, I suggest you substitute "Aboriginal" with "white trash" in your internal vocabulary and you'll instantly understand how a small part of White Australia policy [unintentionally I am certain] continually marginalises another race. I'm certain that everyone loves each other and don't mean it at all when they talk about "those abbos" [I apologise], but invariably they justify their position by saying "most of them sniff paint anyway" Le Sigh. Sorry. My father worked out in Roma [6/8 hours west of Brisbane, in the desert pretty much ;p] for Family Youth and Community Care on contract, and it was an incredible eye opener to go out there and just see a pretty much untouched part of Australian Heritage. Stereotypes still exist, though it's darkly hilarious to discover that 90% of the cases of child protection that my Dad had to sort out were white. The Aboriginal community, however, was completely normal. Dad couldn't walk down the street without a million kids rushing up to him yelling out "Uncle." He was offered a position on the NAIDOC committee and was adopted as a tribe member [and his family by association, kinda cool ^_^;]. What was my point? Right. Some people in Australia still haven't learnt that there are bad people throughout the world, mostly due to their social circumstance and so on. I could write a thesis here on the whole affair, citing a lot of what is currently in the news about Aboriginal land rights and the flow on effects of early Imperialism and Colonisation, but you are smart cookies here ^_~ It's caught on a lot more now, but chips handed down from shoulder to shoulder become deeply ingrained in families. There's a lot of ground to be covered, but my generation seems to no longer see the divides between race and gender. Please don't correct me, you know that I'm referring to my experiences at university and my social circle, ;p. Sorry, I was meant to say something nice. The smell. The mixture of our natural flora is just amazing. Bottlebrush, eucalyptus, wattle bush. Even in the early days of spring, you can just smell Christmas coming, it's amazing. It's not so strong in the city, but it is still there. When I came home from the big smoke to the hilly place of Highfields, it was even stronger. So peaceful and relaxing. Oh Ayer's Rock is no more, it's commonly referred to now and accepted as Uluru. [Not meant to be scolding, sorry] And I say G'day all the time. I work in retail and the greeting is the easiest thing in the world to say. No worries and she'll be right are all parts of my vernacular. I've tried to use some rhyming slang, but I never got the hang of it really... "Hey Noah! It's the dog and bone for your china plate!" Stolen generation aside, I do love my country. Bleeding hearts [Do not talk to me about my lectures. There are some serious Art students out there that need to be throttled] will try to make the past a larger wound than it needs to be, rather than accepting that reconciliation is the current need. There has been irreparable cultural damage done, but if yobbos simply accepted Aboriginals as people and ignored the divide, we'd be well on our way. Again, all of the sins of our fathers aside, I wouldn't live anywhere else. No other country in the world holds any appeal in my eyes. [Except maybe Canada. Go the Commonwealth!]. ^_^ [/FONT][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakkeness Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 lol it doesnt have to be nice things..I'll admit myself that australia has a few issues regarding rascism, and not just with the aboriginies either..Probably only australians would remember the tampa incident that happened back in the 90's regarding refugees. John Howard really doesnt like them that much.. That aside I love australia, and I love Vegemite which though it is american owned is still uniquely australian in its own way. Speaking of Vegemite, did anyone hear about it being banned in America because it has folate in it? I read in the paper that in the early stages of it being banned that Australian tourists were being searched at airports to see if they were carrying any Vegimite with them..Off topic I know but how stupid is that? [quote name='PWNED']Hey; Let's try not to bring in St Kilda. They're something else all together.[/quote] Now now..dont fight..After all we know the real freak states is south australia and the act lol.. [FONT=Trebuchet MS][COLOR=Red]drakkeness, you aren't allowed to post straight after yourself. I've merged the two consecutive posts together for the moment, but if you feel the need to add something and no one else has yet posted, use the EDIT button in the bottom right of your post, rather than hitting REPLY again. --Raiyuu[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 [QUOTE=drakkeness]lol it doesnt have to be nice things..I'll admit myself that australia has a few issues regarding rascism, and not just with the aboriginies either..Probably only australians would remember the tampa incident that happened back in the 90's regarding refugees. John Howard really doesnt like them that much.. That aside I love australia, and I love Vegemite which though it is american owned is still uniquely australian in its own way. Speaking of Vegemite, did anyone hear about it being banned in America because it has folate in it? I read in the paper that in the early stages of it being banned that Australian tourists were being searched at airports to see if they were carrying any Vegimite with them..Off topic I know but how stupid is that?[/QUOTE] [size="1"][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Oh, don't get me started on refugees. I'm all for a due processing of people coming from other countries, and it is logical to have them stay over in a secure environment before encouraging them into a community...but months? Possible years? In the desert? It's insane. I'm not pleased about it. I guess that puts me in the middle of the whole debate, but you get that. Ah yes, the [b]Folate[/b] issue. I don't get that, someone can feel free to explain American culinary laws and why they suddenly apply now, despite Kraft [and various other Northern Hemisphere conglomerates] buying up Australian icons generations ago... Though the concept of someone being tackled to the concrete in an airport for carrying a tube of Vegemite entertains me to no end... [Also, Vegemite is made from concentrated yeast extract. Who knew microorganisms were delicious?] ^_^ [/FONT][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 [color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy]Country singer Keith Urban whose song 'Who wouldn't want to be me' mentions the states California and Tennessee and nothing about Australia. But I think we could blame that on his little rehab problem. Also Keith's wonderful wife, Nicole Kidman. I absolutely loved her wedding dress. [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSeraphim Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 [quote name='liamc2]h yes, the Folate issue. I don't get that, someone can feel free to explain American culinary laws and why they suddenly apply now, despite Kraft [and various other Northern Hemisphere conglomerates'] buying up Australian icons generations ago...[/quote] [size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]It was a hoax. lol Not that it would matter if it was true. Americans are too soft to appreciate the salty beauty of Vegemite.[/font][/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakkeness Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 hoax? But it was reported in the major newspapers..Oh well still funny though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWNED Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 [quote name='DeadSeraphim][size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]It was a hoax. lol Not that it would matter if it was true. Americans are too soft to appreciate the salty beauty of Vegemite.[/font][/color'][/size][/quote] It's cause they put on too much, It'll burn your tongue off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Funk Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Box jellyfish, blue ringed octopuses, and just about every single animal down there that can kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 [size=1]The first things that come to my mind are kangaroos, some stupid race horse, koalas and James. Mostly the first and the last are connected somehow. Oh, and don't forget those huge trucks.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma_tenshi Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 [quote name='drakkeness']Queensland's okay in the winter but its way to humid in the summer I'm from country Victoria nice and warm all year round..Which is also semi-desert and not all australians avoid them some find them very interesting.. :D[/quote] i really wouldn't call victoria nice and warm all year round... winter and early spring and pretty cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiyasha Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 First of all, my vacation to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in 2000. Very unforgettable. :love2: Second of all, Jin Kazama. He went to Brisbane to train himself the true Karate arts in Tekken 4. Sorry if you find this one weird. :animeswea Lastly, the didgeridoo. Man, I love its reverb sounds. :love2: Guess that's all for now. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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