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I love Oz but we do xxxxx better.....

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    #182
    m@cc@
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    What I've also noticed is that on nights out, in a lot of cases the Aussies drink equal if not more than the Irish but they don't get the same rep for it.


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    #183
    daftdave
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭daftdave


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    What I've also noticed is that on nights out, in a lot of cases the Aussies drink equal if not more than the Irish but they don't get the same rep for it.


    completely agree


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    #184
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    What I've also noticed is that on nights out, in a lot of cases the Aussies drink equal if not more than the Irish but they don't get the same rep for it.

    Dunno, think they get pissed way quicker on less beer myself. They are alot rowdier than us when locked as well (fcuk, look at the amt of scandals the AFL and rugby are notching up)


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    #185
    myhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭myhorse


    guess this story belongs in here. Saw it last week on one of the chat shows on 7/9 or 10. wonder if we do health and safety better than the Aussies

    A guy got pulled over by the cops for being over the speed limit and the fine was $120. The guy that was pulled over was a workplace health and safety officer and he in turned fined the cop $800 for not wearing a high visiblity vest while carrying other his duties.


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    #186
    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    HA, that'll learn him


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    #187
    miami365
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭miami365


    have to agree that aussies can't handle their drink or more to the point prone to hooligan like behaviour when drunk. places like newcastle have 11pm lock ins which are slowly being introduced to melb and sydney.
    having said that an irish bar the mean fiddler is the roughest pub in sydney though its out west so doubt if many irish drink there.
    anyway great country but like all places let down by a yobbish minority.


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    #188
    miami365
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭miami365


    commercials during live sport, serious no no.
    boast about being good at sports which no-one else plays (cricket, rugby league, swimming ...) and are the biggest bandwagon supporters ever.
    bar staff cant pour a pint without wasting half of it, pour at an angle people!


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    #189
    Mr Benevolent
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    Australia is basically the UK in the sun with an even lazier population.


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    #190
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Confab wrote: »
    Australia is basically the UK in the sun with an even lazier population.

    Utter b*llocks .... its way closer to the states.


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    #191
    miami365
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭miami365


    very true especially with regards to cop on and banter or lack of to be precise,
    aussies view themselves as americas cousins.


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    #192
    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Confab wrote: »
    Australia is basically the UK in the sun with an even lazier population.


    How would you know?


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    #193
    m@cc@
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Confab wrote: »
    Australia is basically the UK in the sun with an even lazier population.


    To a certain degree yes but also with heavy influence from the US. It nevers ceases to amaze me the amount of interesting articles in Aussie newspapers/news programmes only to find out it's been taken from London. Sydney wishes tries to be like New York but comes up short I have to say.


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    #194
    JONJO THE MISER
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    miami365 wrote: »
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    having said that an irish bar the mean fiddler is the roughest pub in sydney though its out west so doubt if many irish drink there.

    This place http://www.meanfiddler.com.au/ yeah it look real rough:rolleyes:


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    #195
    myhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭myhorse


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    This place http://www.meanfiddler.com.au/ yeah it look real rough:rolleyes:

    Yeah the most violent pub in the state. Which is saying something when it tops the CBH and some of the pubs out west. Dont let a few fancy pics fool you. Same with the coogee bay
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/11/2185902.htm

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/states-violent-pubs-face-closure/story-e6freuzi-1111116368960


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    #196
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    myhorse wrote: »
    Yeah the most violent pub in the state. Which is saying something when it tops the CBH and some of the pubs out west. Dont let a few fancy pics fool you. Same with the coogee bay
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/11/2185902.htm

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/states-violent-pubs-face-closure/story-e6freuzi-1111116368960
    The figures show the Mean Fiddler Hotel in north-west Sydney had 51 assaults, while eastern Sydney's Coogee Bay Hotel had 41 assaults.

    51 assaults over the space of a whole year :P I'm quaking in my boots!

    I'm sure most pubs in Dublin city have that many over a long weekend.


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