Plus ça change

[caddyman]

Whatever else is happening in the world, it is comforting that some things never change; they are eternal and dependable.

For a loud, brash and vital country, Australia remains oddly insecure where the UK is concerned and are far more bothered by us than we are by them. Especially in an age where the average British chav couldn't find Australia on a map and would probably spell it wrong if he did. Instead of trumpeting their own success at the Olympics where, Australia is proportionately out performing pretty much evryone (medals gained compared with poulation of country) they are, instead, whinging about the British team's success .

Next time anyone hears an Aussie grumbling about "Whinging Poms" it is incumbent on any and all Britons there present to laugh in their pasty little faces.

Meantime in America, it seems that the latest evidence supporting the existence of Bigfoot aka Saskwatch is another hoax. Didn't see that coming no, Sirree. What makes it even funnier is the fact that someone supposedly paid real money to acquire what turns out to be a rubber gorilla suit frozen in a block of ice.

I love the silly season.

Comments

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Personally, I take "You only win at the sitting down sports" as a great compliment. Obviously we are sensible about not wasting energy. One might also point out that they only succeed at the floating sports.

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

Assies really are poor losers; which is a real shame as they're a great sporting nation otherwise.

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I heard Aus described a 'The most sporty and yet least sporting of nations' yesterday.

"John Coates, the president of the Australian Olympic Committee, was also embarrassed. “Their new-found cockiness has got some substance to it,” he admitted. “They are certainly serving it up to me.” Mr Coates was the man who sneered after Rebecca Adlington, the swimmer, won Britain’s second gold medal last week that Britain wasn’t doing too badly for a country with “few swimming pools and not very much soap”."

Maybe Lord Moynahan (sp) is going to win that mad bet of his after all, and even if he doesn't he'll still be able to point out the Mr Coates only won it on Bronzes and Silvers hehehe

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realised swimming was so aggressive:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/was_this_swimming_or_boxing.html

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realise how completely we were dominating the track cycling until I saw a table that showed the results from the track alone.

GB: 7 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze = 12

The nearest rivals were Spain.

Spain: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze.

Blimey!

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Hmm, "pasty little faces," and earlier this morning, "work-shy lefties".

Am I gathering that you are a feisty old Bryan today? Sit down and have a cup of tea, dear boy, and call up Dr Furtle to hear some sweet nothings. Take it from The Grumble King: it ain't worth the bother.

Still, I do remember one N Burton once morosely dismissing half the Australian population by saying, "Australian women are butch."

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

To be fair, they are butch compared to him, aren't they?

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Boom tish!