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I love Oz but we do xxxxx better.....
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01-07-2009 10:24am#1Im trying to come up with all the things we have better, or that are god awful here in Oz. Mainly to annoy my mates Aussie missus who is coming back to the old country on holiday soon, a sort of, wait til you see how much better our (whatever) is
(it might shut her up about us still living like Angelas feckin Ashes)
Off the top of my head:
Nearly all Aussie crisps are tasteless cardboard sh1t. Even Smiths ffs, despite being owned by Walkers!
There doesnt seem to be anywhere that does a typical quarter pounder like you get in an Italian chipper back home. Any burger not from the US chains Ive got here has been greasy, badly built sh1t, same type you get from Eddie Rockets back home if you are thick enough to go to them. And for some reason Aussie lettuce is watery bland sh1te.
Hungry Jack aint no Burger King.
Bondi Beach isnt ALL that.
KFC is dryer than the outback, pricey, and the servings are tiny.
Aussies are shockingly disorganised. And coming from a country where we build road tunnels too small for trucks you know it must be bad.
In a city of 5 million people and a great deal of them Italian it is a pain in the arse to get truly good pizza in Sydney, the kebab house pizza is mkiddling but most of the rest is shockingly bad. In Dublin its hard to get a poor one.
Yes, I know they have to put some anti melting substance into it, but Cadburys here is fooking awful.
McDonalds in Ireland usually have more than 2 staff on till.
Dont get me wrong, I love it here but god there are some things the Aussies just cant get right! Mainly food related for some reason. And Im trying to come up with abuse against a girl who claims outlandish things like Australia invented indoor ceilings
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Im trying to come up with all the things we have better, or that are god awful here in Oz. Mainly to annoy my mates Aussie missus who is coming back to the old country on holiday soon, a sort of, wait til you see how much better our (whatever) is (it might shut her up about us still living like Angelas feckin Ashes)
Off the top of my head:
Nearly all Aussie crisps are tasteless cardboard sh1t. Even Smiths ffs, despite being owned by Walkers!
There doesnt seem to be anywhere that does a typical quarter pounder like you get in an Italian chipper back home. Any burger not from the US chains Ive got here has been greasy, badly built sh1t, same type you get from Eddie Rockets back home if you are thick enough to go to them. And for some reason Aussie lettuce is watery bland sh1te.
Hungry Jack aint no Burger King.
Bondi Beach isnt ALL that.
KFC is dryer than the outback, pricey, and the servings are tiny.
Aussies are shockingly disorganised. And coming from a country where we build road tunnels too small for trucks you know it must be bad.
In a city of 5 million people and a great deal of them Italian it is a pain in the arse to get truly good pizza in Sydney, the kebab house pizza is mkiddling but most of the rest is shockingly bad. In Dublin its hard to get a poor one.
Yes, I know they have to put some anti melting substance into it, but Cadburys here is fooking awful.
McDonalds in Ireland usually have more than 2 staff on till.
Dont get me wrong, I love it here but god there are some things the Aussies just cant get right! Mainly food related for some reason. And Im trying to come up with abuse against a girl who claims outlandish things like Australia invented indoor ceilings
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for starters coles cheese and onion crisps are lovely and woolies salt and vinegar one are good also..... eddie rockets is lovely fast food .... as for calling people that go there "thick".....:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:....
the lettuce tastes the same to me as it does back home .....
agree with ya on the kfc point.
aussie's are not disorganised they are just a bit more laid back than we are.
as for the bold highlighted part , i dont have a notion what you are on about there.
i have'nt had chocolate so i cant comment on your cadburys point.
all in all you are not really getting anywhere fast with your argument !0 -
the lettuce tastes the same to me as it does back home .....
Only the stuff from the US chains. Most of the rest is gash.aussie's are not disorganised they are just a bit more laid back than we are.
There is a fine line between being disorganised and being downright dangerous. They make us look like Germans in comparison.
To reiterate, I love this place and can probably see myself staying for good....but some stuff, jesus.
Another to add: Sydney pubs/ clubs toilets are a disgrace, be they expensive places or sh1thole bars Ive never seen one you didnt have to hold your breath in.
Mind you, I suppose I can put up with great club- **** toilets rather than back home with sh1t nightclub- clean jacks 0 -
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Stupid bloody little glasses of beer - midis, pots and all that sh!te. Just give me a fcuking pint and keep your little girly glasses thanks.
Bundy and coke. I don't care if it's on draught, premixed in a can, in a pitcher or just served normally. It's just ghey.
Mullets, sleevless shirts and working shorts that are 4 sizes too small. Fashion sense is not common in Oz.
Modesty. A word that doesn't appear in any Australian's vocabulary.
Oh sorry, isn't this the Ranting and Raving forum
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Can we add things they do better than Ireland? ;-)
1. Prepaid phone credit
Meh, only half. We charge by the second, these cnuts charge a dollar if the person doesnt pick up (though seeing as you get more than 4 times your purchase for free I guess I shouldnt complain. But I will )
Ive never understood the pork thing the Irish gripe about here, most of my local cafs do a great fry up in general. About twice the food you would get from some stingy caf in Dublin for half the price, fry up here fills you for a good 8 hours.Stupid bloody little glasses of beer - midis, pots and all that sh!te. Just give me a fcuking pint and keep your little girly glasses thanks.
Christ how did I forget. Any Irishman who willingly drinks a schooner when reasonably priced pints of decent beer are on offer is a lesser form of life tbh. Beer from a schooner is like drinking canned courvoisier, it just shouldnt be done.Would a chilled fridge not do the trick here? and leave well good alone!
Its not like it even works! Any chocolate I ever bought at the height of summer was half melted anyway.
Another gripe- public transport. Nothing like a trip to an intended destination up the country passing train stations with little or no signage and no announcements regarding where you have arrived. And the Sydney subway on a Sunday- one train every 15 if you are lucky.0 -
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Yes , in ireland i bitched about the economy , legal issues , state of the nation etc
How long have you been there for? There was plenty of bitching about the economy, government, traffic etc. when I was there (Sydney). This is by Aussies though. If you're there on a 1 year visa who cares about that crap?
Although I was there when Howard was in power. Maybe it's all better now.0 -
Yes , in ireland i bitched about the economy , legal issues , state of the nation etc
Here I bitch about Sausages and the telly ....
Classic! I am the same, but opposite direction to you. Spent some time in Ireland hearing whinging about traffic, drink/house prices, then got back home and I whinged about the crap oz telly. I was brought up on the food so it doesnt bother me - I just chopped my sleeves off and grew a mullet and got back into the swing of things.. :cool:0 -
mickoneill30 wrote: »How long have you been there for? There was plenty of bitching about the economy, government, traffic etc. when I was there (Sydney). This is by Aussies though. If you're there on a 1 year visa who cares about that crap?
Although I was there when Howard was in power. Maybe it's all better now.
What Aussies bitch about is what Aussies bitch about Im irish. I know what I bitch about thanks.
If I was too bitch about life here migrating was a huge mistake.0 -
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