ohhhhh, i get it

Could you dumb that down a bit for me?

Exactly! When I was about to travel through Europe all of a sudden everyone knew someone that had their wallet stolen or was pick pocketed etc. I walked around the streets of most Western European countries that month and never once felt under threat.

People have been stabbed at Bondi, right dow by the beach but it is usualy a matter of finding or putting yourself into bad situations. I run along the beach a few times a weke and surf there almost daily, never had a problem!



You're in, now to convince the wife we need a king size bed and to openly explore threesomes, should be a piece of cake!







spotted

nice Quote ..

It's the bondi smiley!

I get alotta use out of it I must say

What more could you ask for out of a smiley!?

I had better re-direct that question to the smiley king, Evade20

Oh.. right!!
-waits for Evade to post some smiley to pwn all other smilies-

You'll have to include 3 smilies in that lost post, it's the only way the old fella can communicate

Ok!

annnnd

NOW he'll get it!

Good!!
-waits patiently-

haha, that's like the bat symbol to evade

now that shits funny!

Question:
I saw in another thread, and some others in the past, about many Aussie's contempt for New Zealanders. Being an info junkie I had to know more.
Is it like a friendly rivalry between the two countries, or do the two really despise each other, or do Aussies not like kiwis while they try their hardest to befriend Australia, like a young boy tries to impress an older brother.
Do the governments get along amicably?
How far are apart are the two?
How do the two countries differ culturally? Are the accents that different. I've heard both and "think" I can tell a difference but what the hell do I know.
To people living there, there are probably A LOT of little things that the casual observer would never notice, just how many people think Canada and the US are the same, whereas the people living here view the two as night and day in many respects.
I remember asking about the differences between the Scandanavian countries awhile ago and it was pretty interesting to read what its inhabitants had to say.

OK I am done with my nerdery for now.

Ok I broke your post up and I'll respond in kind.

1. It is more of a friendly rivalry on our side, but some "kiwis" do have the little man syndrome. They try gallantly to beat us in anything to reclaim some pride. Truth be told there are probably more Kiwis in Bondi than locals haha. The joke is they come here and live off the doll (welfare) because they don't have to get visas or greencards to work here.

2. Rather well although we rarely deal with them in trade. Most of our dealings are with Asia, the USA and some parts of Europe.

3. Having never been I cant be 100% sure but im certain it's a 3 hour flight from Sydney to Auckland. Google for Km distance

4. In some ways we are similar and in many ways we are completely different. Both very laid back people but the Kiwi work ethic is non existent in comparison to Aussies. The accents are poles apart and we take the piss out of them constantly about it. Get a kiwi to say "six" and Im sure you can use your imagination to think of how they'd pronounce it. We only get confused for one another by North Americans haha. We both have indigenous people (Aus = Aboriginals, NZ = Maori). We both enjoy similar sports but we when we compete against each other it is a fierce rivalry.

Anything else your nerdyness needs to know?

Bondi dear.. i rather enjoy your new avatar

Yeah, those bastards should pay me, or at least hook me up with free merch!

and why thank you dear

Haha... free stuff would be nice!

If there's anything better than free stuff, it's more free stuff

Bondi dont take this as personal question , in my tracking of wheat prices , I have come across a story that states the corp there called AWB was stripped of there Wheat Marketing Monopoly cause of there 300 Million dollar kickbacks to the Regime of the tobbled Saddam Hussein ? Why were they giving that guy kickbacks ? any idea ?

nope, that about covers it.
sorta reminds me of Newfies(people from Newfoundland, waaaaay out on the east coast) and us Wetern Canadians. Although we're all from the same country sometimes ya gotta wonder.


haha, in canada we use that stuff to wax the tape on our hockey sticks.

Oh don't even get me started on the difference between the states in Australia. We can be poles apart in so many ways, including sport! e.g 1. In New South Wales (Sydney) we barely watch what you would know as Aussie Rules, we watch Rugby Leage (A similar but different game to Rugby Union. Whereas in Victoria (melbourne) Aussie Rules is religion and they barely know about Rugby League!!!


Are you serious??? Is there anything it cant do???

My dad loves Aussie Rules football or whatever it is that you call it... I've only sat down to watch it once and was confused as heck, but I should give it another try sometime.

Oh.. and Bondi... you and I haven't been on at the same time in a couple of days

I was reading a book called Rowing to Alaska, which I can't recommend enough, written by an Aussie and he explains how the 2 different leagues(or unions if you will) evolved. Interesting stuff.

It is confusing as fuck for me too... it's not as popular in my state as it is in the Southern States...

Yeah the whole time difference sure does suck sometimes! Let me know when you'll be on via myspace?



I'll have to read that book, sounds like a good read. I am reading a book right now about a guy who plays for my team (The Bulldogs) named Hazem El Masri. He's a lebanese Muslim who migrated to Australia when he was 11 from war torn Lebanon. He'd only ever played soccer until he was about 13 or 14 and now he is on the brink of becoming the greatest point scorer in league history!

I think I've heard of him...or at least heard you mention him before.

Yeah Rowing to Alaska is an awesome book. If you enjoyed Fight Club and American Beauty, I think you'd like this. It's in the same vein....a guy who goes against the status quo of what's expected of people. He's an Aussie who was born in a coal mining town and the last thing he wanted to become is a coal miner. So this book is a series of short stories about some of the crazy adventures he had during his life. From working in a bank in Australia and his life there, to rowing to Alaska, to panning for gold in Costa Rica, to operating a fishing boat in Nicaragua...with lots of booze, fighting, and women mixed in. Sorry to sound like amazon.com but it was one of the best reads I've had in the last couple years and it's all non-fiction.

Well I'll have to obtain a copy post haste by the sounds of it!

Didn't wanna be a coal miner? Just like this guy...