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Poms lack humour over ad: Abbott (Bloody Poms ALERT!!!)
Herald Sun ^
| 10 March 2006
Posted on 03/09/2006 8:36:45 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Army Air Corps; Aussie Dasher
Rule Number Two: No pooftas.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:26:01 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
To: FierceDraka
Poms wil always be Poms and Americans will always be "Yanks" or "Septics" down here...
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:28:11 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Hey, it's still daytime where you are, isn't it?
I work 2nd shift, so that means I'm up most of the night.
Too bad intercontinental phone calls are so expensive - one of my old, old friends emigrated to Oz a few years back - he lives in WA outside Perth.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:28:32 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
To: FierceDraka
I thought that was Rule 3...
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:28:41 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: FierceDraka
Yep. Just after half-past-four in the afternoon. Nearly knock-off time.
Three days off coming up for a long weekend.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:30:07 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Long weekend? You blokes DO have a lot more public holidays than we do. Too many bloody Calvinists here! LOL
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:33:08 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
To: Aussie Dasher
That is Rule 3. Rule 2 is:
"Rule Two, no member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abbos in any way at all -- if there's anybody watching"
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:33:25 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
"Rule Two, no member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abbos in any way at all -- if there's anybody watching"LOL God I love the Pythons. I got Graham Chapman's "Yellowbeard" book the other day. It's got his original nove, the screenplay, and lots of ther goodies.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:36:28 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
To: Army Air Corps
I remember my first visit to Darwin. I was told by a charming young lady behind the hotel reception desk, "If any Abos give you a hard time, just push 'em over. They'll be p*ssed! (as in drunk).
Fortunately, they didn't and nor did I!
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:36:52 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Poms wil always be Poms and Americans will always be "Yanks" or "Septics" down here...
Septics?
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:38:10 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: fr_freak
As in "Septic Tanks" (rhyming slang for Yanks).
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:39:12 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
*Chortle*
No need to explain "pissed" - I know a bit of Pommy and Aussie slang. :-)
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:40:02 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: FierceDraka
Have you heard "The Philosopher's Song"?
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:40:44 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Aussie Dasher
"Septics"
Septic? Where did that come from? Yank is the only nickname for Americans that I've ever encountered and I've been a few places in my military career.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:41:52 PM PST
by
Tailback
(USAF distinguished rifleman badge #300, German Schutzenschnur in Gold)
To: AirForceBrat23
I was thinking "pomfret" Hmm, the only Pomfret I know of was a comedic relief character in a Dorothy Sayers novel.
Or, maybe the Anglicanization of the French pommes frites...
Any one here care to give a clueless kitty some help?
My brain must have a hairball tonight...
Cheers!
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:43:01 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Tailback
You don't know what a 'Septic Tank' is? LOL!!!
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:46:20 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Boiler Plate
Just where did the name Pommies come from? It may have come from pomegranate, pommes, the French word for potatoes, or POM, meaning "permit of migration," a sort of "green card."
To: Army Air Corps; Aussie Dasher
Using the term Poms is bound to be the most offensive one to British. In each and every instance I use it, the conservative-in-name-only, Tory-but-not-conservative, and plain-leftist types hurl back insults. It seems they prefer eny term - Limeys, Brits (they like that one - they use this among themselves), Old Country residents, the civilised race, whatever, but not Poms.
This is why I enjoy calling such types of Britons Poms.
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posted on
03/09/2006 9:59:26 PM PST
by
NZerFromHK
(Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
To: Aussie Dasher
I know exactly what a septic tank is, I just replaced the one at my Dad's house. How does that term relate to a nickname for an American?
I'm familiar with the origin of "Digger", "Doughboy", "Yank", and "Limey" but I've never heard of the term "Septic" used as a cultural nickname.
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posted on
03/09/2006 10:04:12 PM PST
by
Tailback
(USAF distinguished rifleman badge #300, German Schutzenschnur in Gold)
To: Aussie Dasher
The Brits are just odd people period.
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posted on
03/09/2006 10:14:04 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
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