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We use to go to the movies in town living off base in England...

They'd play God Save the Queen, and we American kids would stand and sing, " My Country Tis of Thee...."

The screen would show images and the music, but not the words...

We'd do it because the Limeys would get all pissed off and start yelling " you bloody yanks sit down and STFU!".. which just inspired us to sing louder.....

just us and some old duffers in there on Saturday afternoon for the 1 PM showing...

The Theatre was owned by an Aussie, who use to get a big kick out of pissing off the English...so he would seldom tell us to sit down and shut up...

Australia is a must see...not so much Sydney but the outback areas are pretty unique. They say Australians have a "Can Do" attitude much the same as the US was back in the 50's and I've seen it first hand. Not a bunch of whiners like in the US right now thats for sure- its refreshing.

I can promise you an Aussie "can do" attitude isn't necessarily good for a career path in the US, particularly in the corporate sector. Takes a while to find where you fit in and that is usually in the privately owned segment of industry where they actually like performance and making money.

My first exposure to guys from the Land of Oz wuz a bunch of Aussie Grunts in Vietnam. Too busy with "business" to get a lot more out of it. SECOND encounter!!!! Bangkok Thailand. In a bar. Had just hired my girl for the week when a bunch of Aussie Sailors stumbled in. After a few Thai beers (strong stuff) they just got up and started fighting. EVERYBODY got dragged in! Then jus as suddenly, they stopped fighting, put the tables and chairs back up, started drinking again and everybody wuz best friends again.

According to Sir Les Patterson.
Chocolate cha cha artist is the correct term.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjnECsAf-WY

That video, is good I'm telling you.

lol

You might not realize this but Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everidge are one of the same.

And Barry Humphries does a mighty fine job as both.

I would shake the man's hand because I guarantee that no Aussie could possibly say anything more disparaging about our head of state than I do.

Ain't that the truth! I'd probably get along fine with any Australian who tabs our illustrious leader with with "Drongo, F---Wit, turd burgler, wacker, ice hole, and a dozen more" because as best I can tell they all fit! Heck, I might adopt some of that verbiage because in the last few years I've worn the American equivalents out when referring to our "head of state". Right off the bat I notice that Obongo rhymes with Drongo!

My all time favorite expression came from a white haired Aussie who was my host in Sydney for a few days. He told a couple of us about a brazen attempt a company had made to cheat him in a business deal. My response was something along the line that it is hard to believe how stupid people can be.

"Spit me death and hope to die in a rat trap, it's true!" he replied.

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I don't know those boys are pretty creative but i would buy them beer and compare notes on disparaging remarks re obongo.

When I got out of the Navy in '72 I stayed in the Philippines for a year or so. For a while I had an guy from Australia (another young, expat SOF) as a room mate. He'd emigrated from the UK with his family to Australia as a kid. One thing he told me was that, at the movie theater (I'm sorry, theatre) in Australia, everyone would reverently stand for GSTK. When he'd been a kid in Liverpool, they'd all just hoot and holler through the whole thing.

In Oz, the "Theatre" is called the "Pictures" as it is in the UK.

You never hear anyone calling it a theatre.

Just an FYI.

And the work "Outback", it an American phrase. I never heard as Aussie use it. Thus, Oz now has the Outback restaurant which made its debut in Sept 2002 and they flew in a plane load of yanks to start it up as no Aussie ever heard of a "Blooming Onion" let alone an Outback restaurant.

At least they could get Aussie beer there I guess, which is a huge let down here in the US.

So what term do you guys use for the outback then?

When Aussies gout out in the scrub we call it the bush, no matter what the terrain is.

PS: We don't drink Fosters either. It is cats piss.
The Fosters sold in the US is made in the US and not the same recipe.