Why Are Aussies So Hated?

Yep... fucking sheep shaggers.

I have nothing but admiration for our Antipodean cousins- without their countries sole invention to date (the rotary clothes line) we would have to rely more on tumble driers, this increasing the energy demands of the modern world.

Invented the Esky.

they also invented Ugg boots...

I would dispute your assertion that they invented boots.

That they produce a style of boot that is made from what appears to be a layer of carpet backed with teddy bear fur I would agree.

Balki- inventing a foam box I will allow. Well done.

Balki- inventing a foam box I will allow. Well done.

Good, eh?

I remember many happy camping trips where things were brought out for lunch that were very slightly cooler than the local air temperature due to your fine invention.

I always got the job of going to the campsite freezer in the morning then returning whilst trying not to freeze to the two cooler bricks that went into the esky.

We invented the car radio- look it up

This is like the contentious Ugg boot claim from Pip.

You may have been the first to come up with making a radio smaller and putting it into a car but that is not the same as inventing something from the first concept.

Next.

Esky?

This is better than the 'name five famous Belgians' game.

Balki the Esky has been duly noted as a fine invention- you have done your compatriots proud by bringing it to the forefront of Australian inventions.

So far we have:

1. Rotary clothes line
   
2. Esky
   

crystal structures?

1/2 a nobel prize in 1915:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1915/wh-bragg-bio.html

"Sir Lawrence's chief interests at the present time are the application of X-ray analysis to the structure of protein molecules, which are being investigated in the Davy Faraday Laboratory of the Royal Institution, in continuation of similar work at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. This collaboration has succeeded in determining for the first time the structure of the highly complex molecules of living matter."

The electric drill

the black box flight recorder

two stroke lawn mower

polymer bank notes

lined note pads

refrigeration

the bionic ear

pacemakers

penicillin for medical use

google maps

freestyle swimming

xerox photocopying

chuck those on your list buddy, all Australian....

A URL would've be easier..
http://www.whitehat.com.au/Australia/Inventions/InventionsA.html

Google Maps.. for real? So all those cunts with iPhones are using.. oh awesome..

Web operator fail ^^^ Fucking losers.

Here's another one.. can you see this ya dumb arses?

This works.

The links don't work for me, perhaps because I use NoScript or something. No idea.

Little easier sure, but I'm a bit bored, couch surfing so thought f-ck it, relevant listage.... I'm gonna hit Richmond park in like an hour or so if anyone local is down...

You're providing excellent evidence in support of the existence of this thread dude.

Yeah I can see how it could be seen as a little obnoxious, but then again, national pride and forum arguments usually are...

Real life is a different Story- I got British mates, and I'm not this much of an arrogant c*nt either...

I am!

Do I win something for that?

Does a smug sense of self satisfaction count as a prize?

Yeeeeh, frum all the beewwwwwwwgggsss mate, snip 'em off, no wuriez, punchin' mad conez til the sun cum up, rip the killer bush buds frum up near the rezzie bro, suckin mad tinnies round the barbie!!!

You sir are making ridiculous generalisations, and seem entirely too interested in our politics.

Rudd, like all politicians, makes gestures to win the people over, but you can't argue with the fact that australia is one of the very few countries not in recession currently.

And your women looooovvvvvvvveeeeee our brozed physiques and beaches...

Well, it's a display of our (well, my) unflappable arrogance- I think way highly of myself, to you poncy Brits my brilliant diction probably does sound "funny" and as for shit in bed, well say what you want but i'd like to think I have a fairly decent list of gleaming references, and every performance I've put in that's been under par (and I'll admit there has been a couple), I've still left without a chink in my armour, gleaming, with the slightly-less-than-lucky lass still left thinking it was a worthwhile experience!

So talking funny, being arrogant (without being a wanker), and being shit in bed (on the odd occasion) can still be pulled off in an endearing light!

Don't bother arguing, because I'm great at that too =D

Does a smug sense of self satisfaction count as a prize?

Sounds like you're under the impression that everyone still loves a larrikin Aussie. I can tell you, those days are long gone. The perception of Australians travelling overseas is poor, and thats with good reason. The reputation has been severely tarnished by drunk fuckwits in footy jumpers climbing national monuments and getting their cocks out in pubs. Feel free to act arrogant and chauvanistic if you see fit, but Im sure that the Australians living in this country would prefer if you didnt do it while flying the flag.

Have fun on your holiday, sunshine. Im sure the Poms will be more than happy to chat cricket.

Love,
Balki from Melbourne.

Yo I was just getting lippy for fun brutha- I'm the furthest from a larriken Aussie as you'll find- I get arrogant and snippy for humour, but in reality the drunken Aussie fuckwit traveller (a la walkabout.eu.com) IS a disgrace to our fellows over here, As the sunburt raucus Poms over in Australia are a disgrace to the British. I'm here to visit my folks (working expatriot) and a brought my bike so I can ride around and see some of the country. Drinking is scarecly on the agenda, neither is the general get-ya-cock-out-wearing-the-flag-on-a-national-monument type behaviour.

It's an Internet forum- it's not meant to be taken seriously, and I truly believe that patriotism lies in taking the high road.

I don't own a footy jumper, I don't wanna talk cricket, I'm not out to "pull" and I'm far from a chauvanist. Don't worry mate, in the real world, outside a dim computer room, our country's reputation is safe with me.

Peace

^^^^^^

So for anyone Reading this thread, know this- the posts balki highlighted are cheeky and generally facaetious, in the spirit of blind-arrogant nationalism, and as such are not to be taken as a true australian attitude. I'm well aware of the reputation CERTAIN of my
countrymen earn whilst abroad, and is no different from early-20s males and females of any nationality travelling/holidaying in countries other than their own. I however am not a member of this fraternity and here is my disclaimer/disownership of tha label, and I furthermore apologise to any of my countrymen who feel misrepresented by the comments I've made.