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Quoth Kiwi
I'm more interested about where OLD Zealand is....
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I think its holland actually we were "discovered" by abel tasman a dutchmanI wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary BertoneComment
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You mean snow doesn't fall upside down in Australia?
Canada doesn't have snow on the ground for 11-1/2 months of the year?
New Mexico isn't another country?Figers are vicious I tell ya. They crawl up your leg and steal your belly button lint.
I'm a case study.Comment
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The Kingdom of Denmark.Mon aéroglisseur est plein des anguilles!"Comment
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my entire family was looking at me like i was an idiot i was nearly wetting myself reading through the list.Comment
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If you don't mind my asking, just why is it Australia and New Zealand have such a thing about each other? I've been firmly corrected by people from each country when I mistook that person as being from the other, and usually with a sneer at the country that person was not from.Quoth KiwiHA if I have ONE MORE person ask me what part of Australia, New Zealand is in, Im going to shove a globe up their arse!
and they still have the gaul to get offended when I ask what year Canada became a state....
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meh its a friendly rivalry, much like the Canada/ America one
Aussies and Kiwis's when you get down to brass tacks, will always be there for one another, we have fought together (the ANZAC's) in every war except the current one (NZ is only doing peace keeping and rebuilding while Aus is doing active combat duty as well) we even have a shared public holiday in which we remember the ANZACS... heck we even have a trans-tasman cookie!
Ive never met a kiwi who truely hated and aussie and vice versa (although there could well be) mostly its just friendly ribbing, both countries developed VERY closely both timewise and culturally. Its a hard thing to explain.... we both lay claim to the same bands, food, inventions, slang, and even people (eg pavlova, jandels(thongs), russell crowe)
actually aussies you cant keep Rus
The issue that BOTH countries have when being mistaken for the other is...its annoying, like a customer asking if your open 20 times a week... it gets OLD FAST. Its like your culture isnt important enough to be independant...like if you ask a Canadian what state they are from....or a Scotman what part of England they are from...90% of the time its just an eyerolled "here we go again"...
can the other aussies and kiwis on the board help me out here...explain it a little better?
by the way sorry to thread jack!!Last edited by Kiwi; 07-28-2006, 05:02 AM.I wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary BertoneComment
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come on Kiwi we all know Australia wouldn't want yaQuoth KiwiHA if I have ONE MORE person ask me what part of Australia, New Zealand is in, Im going to shove a globe up their arse!
and they still have the gaul to get offended when I ask what year Canada became a state....
seriously i think the relationship between australia and new zealand is best described in terms of brothers - theres rivalry there of course (see the bledisloe cup), but when it comes down to it we stick together (ANZACS). I guess it's also part of the sense of humour we have down in this part of the world, especilly with the sheep shagging jokes going back and forth.Last edited by Tejas; 07-28-2006, 05:28 AM.Comment
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Canadian States!
Actually, plans are under way to annex Canada to the United States, and due to its size, make it the 51st, 52nd, and 53rd States. (Sorry, DC and Puerto Rico!) The planned names for the new States are East Alaska, West Vermont, and North Michigan.Quoth Kiwiand they still have the gaul to get offended when I ask what year Canada became a state....
I bring this out whenever I want to irritate my Canadian friends. When they are sober enough to get it, that is.
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guess they don't have to worry about stinky sc's down there, either; lucky them!Q: Do you have perfume in Australia ? (France)
A: No, WE don't stink.
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Sorry, but while I can do many things, extracting heads from anuses isn't one of them. (so sayeth the irv)Comment
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It's the easernmost island in Denmark, where Copenhagen is located.Quoth TriaYou gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.Comment
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That is one Zealand but the one New Zealand was named after is a Dutch province .Quoth CanarrComment
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Ah okay, didn't know that. Cool, thanks.You gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.Comment
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barefootgirl
ah. huh?Its better to be silent and let people think that you are stupid than to open your mouth and confirm itComment
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I read that and thought I'd be clever and say Ta's many a truth in jest, but then I saw you used the ancient French name for gall about French Canada and mine sounds dismal next to it...Quoth KiwiHA if I have ONE MORE person ask me what part of Australia, New Zealand is in, Im going to shove a globe up their arse!
and they still have the gaul to get offended when I ask what year Canada became a state....
I heard Australia and New Zealand forged less connection than they otherwise might because of lack of shared shipping; the shortest way to Australia from England being through the Indian Ocean, and the shortest way to New Zealand being through the Pacific (even before the Panama and Suez canals, I think).I second that Frederick Douglass quote--unfortunately, so do a lot of SCs.Comment
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