DaveDiamond
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Aussies and Brits are known for 'Taking the P...'.
We also say 'He's full of P and wind'.
Discuss.
We also say 'He's full of P and wind'.
Discuss.
This thread needs some Jerry Jeff Walker.
One of the more curious threads in a long while...
Hard OJ and lemonademotivated the OP
Aussies also refer to me as a seppo. so there's that.Aussies and Brits are known for 'Taking the P...'.
We also say 'He's full of P and wind'.
Discuss.
One of the more curious threads in a long while...
Yes. I wonder what motivated the OP to start it.
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Actually it was a few Ales, followed by 3 litres of Hard Lemonade, chased down by a few mugs of Hard OJ!Hard OJ and lemonade![]()
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.Aussies also refer to me as a seppo. so there's that.
Nah it's just straight rhyming slang. Septic Tank - Yank.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.
Yeah, it's just a stereotype, but a pretty widespread one, this sketch is one example of how they're viewed.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.
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.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!![]()
That is my experience. You nailed it.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.![]()
in Europe, the obv sign you were American was tennis shoes. NOBODY wore them. granted, this was a while ago
ok. That was fantastic. Please go on...I spent most of a year in Australia, drove around all the way around the country on Highway One in a Holden HR, which is pretty equivalent to a "66 Chevy Nova with the steering wheel on the other side. I was mainly out in the "bush" but checked out Sydney and Perth pretty well. That was 35 years ago so no doubt it is different.
One of many interesting memories is being in a pub in Cooktown Queensland, and some old timer called me a POM (his derogatory term for english person), his buddy corrected him, and said, Bob, he's not a POM, he's a Yank. I could not buy myself a beer for the rest of the few days I was there, as Bob always insisted on covering them. He put me up in his dirt floor quanset hut for a night or two. Things got wierd when some people came out of the bush with unregisterd vehicles and had me bring them to town for a trial involving death of someone called yankee lynn. Local constablray took note of me with these people and questioned me a bit. Bob told me to get out of town before the "reedys flooded", as it has started to rain, and there were no bridges or culverts, just gravel in the road where streams crossed. You could see several carcases of cars down stream that had not made it across over the years.
Anyway, back to the original premise of thread; If a guy is out in the woods, or a rural area, or somewhere like my yard, where no one can see in due to vegitation, and they have been drinking beer and such, and they insist on going inside to pee, are they overly domesitacted, or just a ******? (Apparently this Austrailian term is considered a swear word, as it has been auto edited but rhymes with banker and starts with w) [;
It sounds like a great trip, I haven't gone as far and I live here! I've been to Sydney, I found the people there to be paranoid, seemingly scared because a stranger talked to them and wanting to minimise interaction. I went to Melbourne, much friendlier people, but the city was just filthy, as in needing a good wash! I got some clue as to why when a truck came past clearing the gutters, which mostly consisted of blasting everything out of the gutter on to the footpath with a jet of water and spraying grime all over the footpath and buildings with a rotating brush! While we were there we went to look at the Yarra River, a dead fish floated by as we stood there!I spent most of a year in Australia, drove around all the way around the country on Highway One in a Holden HR, which is pretty equivalent to a "66 Chevy Nova with the steering wheel on the other side. I was mainly out in the "bush" but checked out Sydney and Perth pretty well. That was 35 years ago so no doubt it is different.
One of many interesting memories is being in a pub in Cooktown Queensland, and some old timer called me a POM (his derogatory term for english person), his buddy corrected him, and said, Bob, he's not a POM, he's a Yank. I could not buy myself a beer for the rest of the few days I was there, as Bob always insisted on covering them. He put me up in his dirt floor quanset hut for a night or two. Things got wierd when some people came out of the bush with unregisterd vehicles and had me bring them to town for a trial involving death of someone called yankee lynn. Local constablray took note of me with these people and questioned me a bit. Bob told me to get out of town before the "reedys flooded", as it has started to rain, and there were no bridges or culverts, just gravel in the road where streams crossed. You could see several carcases of cars down stream that had not made it across over the years.
Anyway, back to the original premise of thread; If a guy is out in the woods, or a rural area, or somewhere like my yard, where no one can see in due to vegitation, and they have been drinking beer and such, and they insist on going inside to pee, are they overly domesitacted, or just a ******? (Apparently this Austrailian term is considered a swear word, as it has been auto edited but rhymes with banker and starts with w) [;