Taking the P

[DaveDiamond]

Aussies and Brits are known for 'Taking the P...'.
We also say 'He's full of P and wind'.

Discuss.

 

[Snuffy]

We have a similar saying, "He's full of p... and vinegar".
And then there's "Go p... up a rope".

 

[Rish]

Don't P on my leg and tell me it's raining.

 

[MaxStout]

On the p**s (drunk). Probably heard it in a few too many Kevin Bloody Wilson tunes.

 

[Brockness Monster]

He's just Pi..ing into the wind

as a famous person once famously said of a famous American Light Lager "put this pi.. back in the horse"

 

[MaxStout]

This thread needs some Jerry Jeff Walker.

 

[Brockness Monster]

Who pi..ed in his Cheerios?

 

[Broken Crow]

Familiar with the term since growing up on CBC, TVO and PBS....BBC, London Weekend, Thames, ABC (Austrailian).....
over here it was ususally the equivalent of "Pulling my leg", but over here is kinda puritanical with broadcasts.

This thread needs some Jerry Jeff Walker.

I'd have gone with Patti Smith;

 

[Snuffy]

 

[day_trippr]

One of the more curious threads in a long while...

 

[doug293cz]

One of the more curious threads in a long while...

Yes. I wonder what motivated the OP to start it.

Brew on

 

[Rish]

motivated the OP

Hard OJ and lemonade

 

[seatazzz]

Since I live in the great PNW, our phrase should be "who p***ed in your double tall half caf oat milk sugar free vanilla frappe this morning?" I know people who order this offal. Which says a lot about the company I keep (not willingly, they are coworkers. One of which is so hipster that she refuses to wear standard deodorant, she uses frankincense or myrrh or something to the point you can tell when she's been in a particular area of our office two hours later. Not a pleasant smell either. She's a lovely girl but I stand upwind when I am in her company.),

 

[passedpawn]

Aussies and Brits are known for 'Taking the P...'.
We also say 'He's full of P and wind'.

Discuss.

Aussies also refer to me as a seppo. so there's that.

 

[DaveDiamond]

One of the more curious threads in a long while...

Yes. I wonder what motivated the OP to start it.

Brew on

Hard OJ and lemonade

Actually it was a few Ales, followed by 3 litres of Hard Lemonade, chased down by a few mugs of Hard OJ!
Then a YT video talking about a visit to Australia and how we take the P out of you to see if you're worth talking to. Then I wondered if taking the P out of someone was related to people being full of P and wind. Perfectly normal if you ask me!

 

[day_trippr]

^Sounds legit^
Carry on.

 

[Snuffy]

Aussies also refer to me as a seppo. so there's that.

I had to look that one up. Yank. Septic Tank. Seppo. That's a crooked path to an inside-joke kind of insult, but creative for sure.
You gotta figure it could make a guy a bit surly listening to Christmas music in a Speedo.

 

[DaveDiamond]

I had to look that one up. Yank. Septic Tank. Seppo. That's a crooked path to an inside-joke kind of insult, but creative for sure.
You gotta figure it could make a guy a bit surly listening to Christmas music in a Speedo.

Nah it's just straight rhyming slang. Septic Tank - Yank.
You drop the rhyming word so you get Septic.
Seppo is just how Aussies soften it.

The fact that people from the US spent decades developing an International reputation of being loud, brass, crass, boastful, arrogant and ignorant was just a happy coincidence. Septic Tank would still rhyme with Yank.

 

[Snuffy]

I would be willing to bet a large bar tab that the only place Aussies have seen loud, brass, crass, boastful, arrogant and ignorant Americans is on TV.
If I ever get to Australia, I'm going to wear Bermuda shorts, a cowboy hat and a sweaty tshirt with "SEPPO" emblazoned on it.
And then I would buy you a beer and we would get along just fine.

 

[DaveDiamond]

I would be willing to bet a large bar tab that the only place Aussies have seen loud, brass, crass, boastful, arrogant and ignorant Americans is on TV.
If I ever get to Australia, I'm going to wear Bermuda shorts, a cowboy hat and a sweaty tshirt with "SEPPO" emblazoned on it.
And then I would buy you a beer and we would get along just fine.

Yeah, it's just a stereotype, but a pretty widespread one, this sketch is one example of how they're viewed.

American tourists are usually portrayed as loud, brash, boastful, arrogant and ignorant, and most times wearing a loud colourful Hawaiian shirt!
Australians are usually portrayed as something like Steve Irwin meets Crocodile Dundee. Like every stereotype there will be people proudly living up to it, while the majority of the population are just your average person who could fit in anywhere.
A Seppo shirt would definitely go down well in Australia, you'd be welcomed and bought many beers wearing one because you'd be taking the P out of yourself, a sure sign of a good bloke!

 

[Snuffy]

A Seppo shirt would definitely go down well in Australia, you'd be welcomed and bought many beers wearing one because you'd be taking the P out of yourself, a sure sign of a good bloke!

Now, I would just like to say this. See, that fits MY stereotype of Aussies. No-nonsense folks with a great sense of humor who drive modified monster trucks and know how to voodoo a water buffalo.