tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post2331775555034287025..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Any excuse for a Basil Fawlty picturedpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-33926853404838997002007-02-18T12:08:00.000-05:002007-02-18T12:08:00.000-05:00scott - I think Bearded is onto something: snide r...<B>scott</B> - I think Bearded is onto something: snide references to their political lunacies will only goad them into symathetic chortles. The Kiwi tack, on the other hand, might get a decidedly more violent response.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-11771618055759586702007-02-17T02:01:00.000-05:002007-02-17T02:01:00.000-05:00Continual reminders of their Iraq war cheerleading...Continual reminders of their Iraq war cheerleading would be my start, though for all I know they're proud of their Prime Minister marching in lockstep with the White House, like the way he warned Americans against voting for Barack Obama this week.<BR/><BR/>Nah, I'd just keep telling them how much I enjoyed <I>Lord of the Rings</I> and how beautiful the countryside was. Coming in second to New Zealand drives 'em crazy!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329360007920754967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-4600536310264739862007-02-16T16:21:00.000-05:002007-02-16T16:21:00.000-05:00How to offend Aussies?Difficult - they are quite t...How to offend Aussies?<BR/>Difficult - they are quite thick-skinned and pretty-much immune.<BR/><BR/>You might call them "Poms" of "Pommies" just to wind them up ("<I>Isn't that what you call yourselves?</I>") or, at a more personal level, <I>Bruce</I> or <I>Sheila</I> depending on who you are talking to. <BR/><BR/>Two stories of how it has been done in the past: the apocryphal Englishman who, upon being asked at the port of entry whether he possessed a criminal record, supposedly replied "I was not aware it was still a requirement"; or the Billy Connolly approach, which was to describe the real Glasgow he came from to his audience rather than the rosey-tinted skipping-through-the-heather Glasgow they imagined. Someone threw a pipe at him in Brisbane for doing that.<BR/><BR/>Tough one, though.Xenoversehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067895289265719351noreply@blogger.com