WTF Kiwis are not australian

I can't believe I missed this entire erudite discussion!

and then there's the netball!

Australian, or Ozzies, are a different breed entirely, the British part of them was shipped there in convict ships long ago.

Waiheke wrote:

Australian, or Ozzies, are a different breed entirely, the British part of them was shipped there in convict ships long ago.

Or, if you examine it through more humanist eyes. Australians are descended from poor people who fought for their survival against a society with a rigid class structure that had no universal education, workers rights or universal suffrage. They were punished for stealing food by being sent to the other side of the planet and they built a nation that does have universal education, workers rights and universal suffrage.

New Zealanders on the other hand are descended from the younger sons of British landed gentry who could not expect to inherit any land because of their patriarchal inheritance codes. Despite all their advantages they built a nation not dissimilar to Australia.

To this day Australians tend to distrust authority and give respect only when it is earnt. Their greatest sporting rivals are whoever is world champion in any given sport at any given time (or whoever's second best if Australia is the world champion).

This is not an ozzie joke.


Hi Waiheke, welcome 2 A2K, 'ay.

Meh.

Speaking of continents... look at this:



Seems like half of New Zealand (the upper bit, speaking from a northerhemispheriocentric point of view) is part of the Australian plate, while the lower bit is part of the Pacific plate.

Funny.

Also makes me kind of hungry.

Waiheke wrote:

Australian, or Ozzies, are a different breed entirely, the British part of them was shipped there in convict ships long ago.

Or, if you examine it through more humanist eyes. Australians are descended from poor people who fought for their survival against a society with a rigid class structure that had no universal education, workers rights or universal suffrage. They were punished for stealing food by being sent to the other side of the planet and they built a nation that does have universal education, workers rights and universal suffrage.

New Zealanders on the other hand are descended from the younger sons of British landed gentry who could not expect to inherit any land because of their patriarchal inheritance codes. Despite all their advantages they built a nation not dissimilar to Australia.

To this day Australians tend to distrust authority and give respect only when it is earnt. Their greatest sporting rivals are whoever is world champion in any given sport at any given time (or whoever's second best if Australia is the world champion).

This is not an ozzie joke.


Hi Waiheke, welcome 2 A2K, 'ay.

This petty rivalry thing between Australasians is a bit pathetic.

And I must admit that Kiwis are far worse at perpetuating it.

Making sweeping statements about the ancestors of European NZers and Aussies is ludicrously meaningless.

This petty rivalry thing between Australasians is a bit pathetic.

And I must admit that Kiwis are far worse at perpetuating it.

Making sweeping statements about the ancestors of European NZers and Aussies is ludicrously meaningless.

Where would we (aussies) have been if not for the kiwi gunners at Long Tan. Worth their weight those men.

161 Battery and D company, Anzacs together.

Tigershark wrote:

This petty rivalry thing between Australasians is a bit pathetic.

And I must admit that Kiwis are far worse at perpetuating it.

Making sweeping statements about the ancestors of European NZers and Aussies is ludicrously meaningless.

I think that was a joke.


I thought it was ALL pretty much a joke?


I think the only time it was ever very serious was when whatshisname (the Australian cricket captain) ordered his bowler (another whatshisname) to do a bad bowl of some sort at the very end of a cricket game, so there was absolutely no chance of New Zilluin winning the match (they musta been very close.)



THAT nearly led to war.



Their names (only I can't remermber them) shall be remembered forever in infamy in history.

dadpad wrote:

Where would we (aussies) have been if not for the kiwi gunners at Long Tan. Worth their weight those men.

161 Battery and D company, Anzacs together.

Don't know much about Long Tan, but the Anzac legends are worth remembering.

Were you there, dadpad?

dlowan wrote:

Tigershark wrote:

This petty rivalry thing between Australasians is a bit pathetic.

And I must admit that Kiwis are far worse at perpetuating it.

Making sweeping statements about the ancestors of European NZers and Aussies is ludicrously meaningless.

I think that was a joke.


I thought it was ALL pretty much a joke?


I think the only time it was ever very serious was when whatshisname (the Australian cricket captain) ordered his bowler (another whatshisname) to do a bad bowl of some sort at the very end of a cricket game, so there was absolutely no chance of New Zilluin winning the match (they musta been very close.)



THAT nearly led to war.



Their names (only I can't remermber them) shall be remembered forever in infamy in history.

Yeah, it is just a joke, but can border on immature at times.

I broke up a few fights in London that were just munted Kiwis and Ozzies having a poke for the mere sake of where they came from.