What happened to Australia

The 'genuine' West Aussies call Victorians "Mexicans" simply because they (we) come from over the border

Now I've a WA drivers licence I'm one of 'em too.......
Mexicans, just come over here and take all the good caravan spots on the beach.
Blackboy's were a type of tree, now they're called grass tree, talk about 'political correctness' gone mad.

(Will need really big feet to tread on them toes)

Gidday

Yes i agree we do not think for ourselve's well it would appear that way it all come about with being zapped with subliminal messages.

A good indication of that is we are now expected to drink recycle sewage the sewage system being full of cockroachs blood vomit and what ever else goe's down there.

However find a Cockroach in a meat pie and there would be hell to play.

A subliminal message is like when you get a song in your head and you can not get rid of it.

A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another object, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. These messages are indiscernible to the conscious mind, but are alleged to be perceptible to the subconscious or deeper mind: for example, an image transmitted so briefly that it is only perceived subconsciously, but not otherwise noticed. Subliminal techniques have occasionally been used in advertising and propaganda.

Shane

Hairy, totally agree.
The Bride 'N her Embarrassment went to a TAFE course recently.We were being primed as offsiders to an ESL instructor.(English [as] Second Language).

WOULD YOU BELIEVE WE SPENT A FULL DAY ON WPHS? (that's Work Place Health and Safety, for anyone lucky enough to be spared the crudd ).
And the poor robot who accepted money to expound this banal nonsence repeated, frequently, that there is 'no place for common sence*. Everything must run to rule, and no room for maverics.
(*Yeah, so I mis spelt: enjoy, 'cause there are more to follow.)
Hairy, it's as you said. A melding of experience with common bloody sense beats "Legislation" hands down, 'most every time.
As it turned out, the Bundaberg TAFE facilities are lower than abysmal. The bird running the show is gifted, but she is trying to cater to young'ns who are pretty damn good, to old Chinese farts who've just arrived in country and wouldn't know a John Howard from a dead crab.
Shi* service just isn't good enough, Mr Howard.
Thanks eh, JH.

The one thing we know about common sense is that it is not "common"

Jack

God bless Australia!

WE ARE ONE!

We are the people of a free nation of blokes, sheilas and the occasional wanker.

We come from many lands (although a few too many of us come from New Zealand), and although we live in the best country in the world, we reserve the right to bitch and moan about it whenever we bloody like.

We are One Nation but divided into many States.

First, there's Victoria, named after a queen who didn't believe in lesbians.

Victoria is the realm of Mossimo turtlenecks, cafe latte, grand final day, and big horse races.

Its capital is Melbourne, whose chief marketing pitch is that "it's liveable". At least that's what they think.

The rest of us think it is too bloody cold and wet.

Next, there's NSW, the realm of pastel shorts, macchiato with sugar, thin books read quickly and millions of dancing queens.

Its capital Sydney has more queens than any other city in the world and is proud of it.

Its mascots are Bondi lifesavers who pull their Speedos up their cracks to keep the left and right sides of their brains separate.

Down south we have Tasmania, a State based on the notion that the family that bonks together stays together. In Tassie, everyone gets an extra chromosome at conception.

Maps of the State bring smiles to the sternest faces.

It holds the world record for a single mass shooting, which the Yanks can't seem to beat no matter how often they try.

South Australia is the province of half-decent reds, a festival of foreigners and bizarre axe murders.

SA is the state of innovation. Where else can you so effectively reuse country bank vaults and barrels as in Snowtown, just out of Adelaide (also named after a queen).

They had the Grand Prix, but lost it when the views of Adelaide sent the Formula One drivers to sleep at the wheel.

Western Australia is too far from anywhere to be relevant.

WA was the last state to stop importing convicts and many of them still work there in the government and business.

The Northern Territory is the red heart of our land. Outback plains, sheep stations the size of Europe, kangaroos, Jackaroos, emus, Uluru, and dusty kids with big smiles.

It also has the highest beer consumption of anywhere on the planet and its creek beds have the highest aluminium content of anywhere too.

Although the Territory is the centrepiece of our national culture, few of us live there and the rest prefer to fly over it on our way to Bali.

And there's Queensland.

While any mention of God seems silly in a document defining a nation of half arsed sceptics, it is worth noting that God probably made Queensland, as its beautiful one day and perfect the next.

Why he filled it with Richard Craniums remains a mystery.

Oh yes and there's Canberra.

The less said the better.

We want to make "no worries mate" our national phrase, "she'll be right mate" our national attitude and "Waltzing Matilda“ our national anthem (so what if it's about a
sheep-stealing crim who commits suicide).

We love sport so much our newsreaders can read the death toll from a sailing race and still tell us who's winning.

And we're the best in the world at all the sports that count, like cricket, netball, rugby, Aussie Rules, roo shooting, two up and horse racing.

Stand proud Aussies - we shoot, we root, we vote.

We are girt by sea and bleep by lunchtime.

I am, you are, we are Australian!

PS. We also shoot and eat the two animals that are on our National Crest!!!!

No other country has this distinction!

My cynical view is that commercialism and an obsession with economic growth has turned many people into consumers who buy and do whatever advertising tells them to. We get a lot of our popular culture from the US.

I was amazed that Sony pre-released the new playstation in the US not long ago and people were lining up in the street for days so they could be one of the first to get one! Some were actually starting fights over it! Why? Because big corporations spend huge amounts of money telling people that they will be cool if they buy their product. They did a pre-release of limited numbers to build up consumer hype.
If this is happening in the US then no doubt it will start happening here too.

Example last week with change in leadership of the opposition. Beazley is a man of high intellect, experience and integrity yet he gets ousted because apparently voters want a more 'saleable' figure.

Independent thought gets left behind.

Barnesy

Hairy,

There's wrong with my Australia. best place on Earth!

Regards

Kim

"The 'genuine' West Aussies call Victorians "Mexicans" simply because they (we) come from over the border "

Hate to break it to ya mate but NSW has this saying, ya know "south of the border down Mexico way."

Correct if i'm wrong, but no other state in australia can claim this fact!!! that Vics are genuine Mexicans to us, cause the're south of the border.