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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:12 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:00 am
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Sirius Black-Snuffles Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:37 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:59 pm
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Sirius Black-Snuffles Captain
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:31 pm
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hanyou-kagome Graphiti Skies Hoy! Don't be mad at me because I don't know what a salmonella carring rat looks like! XP And I know what a damn Peacock is. I don't like them much though. Big obnoxious birds. Actually, the only thinks I haven't heard of before were the Quokka and the Kookaburra. But thank you Lunar for educating me. ^.^ You big smart Aussie you. You've never heard of a Kookaburra before? neutral I thought everybody knew about those...haven't you heard the kookaburra song before?
X__X No.. I live in the Northern part of the states. We're a bit stupid up here which is why I try to learn as much as I can. ^.^ |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:14 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:34 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:49 pm
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Graphiti Skies hanyou-kagome Graphiti Skies Hoy! Don't be mad at me because I don't know what a salmonella carring rat looks like! XP And I know what a damn Peacock is. I don't like them much though. Big obnoxious birds. Actually, the only thinks I haven't heard of before were the Quokka and the Kookaburra. But thank you Lunar for educating me. ^.^ You big smart Aussie you. You've never heard of a Kookaburra before? neutral I thought everybody knew about those...haven't you heard the kookaburra song before? X__X No.. I live in the Northern part of the states. We're a bit stupid up here which is why I try to learn as much as I can. ^.^
ok, you can't use that excuse because I come from up north (but now I'm down south! yeehaw! Texas!) and I learned what a kookaburra was up there...and really, I hate saying it, but the north is slightly smarter then the south...of course, it could just be that we care less...
Lunar_Blade Get better!
And honestly, I'd much prefer to live in Australia than the U.S. I mean, if you think about it, both countries started out the same and had really the same dream, but Australia got closer to achieving it, they did a much better job going about it then the U.S. (of course, realize that the U.S. though "the most powerful country" right now does not have very smart leaders. As the Guide says, those who want to rule cannot rule, but those who don't want to rule are those that are best suited for the job) |
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Sirius Black-Snuffles Captain
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:13 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:13 pm
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Okay, so the USA and Australia started out as British colonies. Was Australia really where they sent prisoners and other criminals?
But I'm still confused as to what Hanyou was saying by achieving. USA gained its independence from the British. Became a world power even. Yeah, we're practically a divided nation but. meh.
What did Australia achieve and/or is trying to? I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I just honestly don't know.
I always seem to come across as the ignorant American when it comes to worldly issues. My school system doesn't teach much about countries other than the USA. The most I learned was a general World History from 3000BC-WWII in an 18 week course three years ago. And it mainly focused on European and ancient Aztec/Maya/etc events. We didn't speak of Australia at all. sweatdrop gonk
And I'm serious when I say I know nothing about Australia. My knowledge of that country consists of... Well. It has koalas, kangaroos, platypuses, dingos, the outback, a really neat looking opera house, the great barrier reef off the eastern coast, and Steve Irwin. I'm an embarassment, I know. And I apologize. That's why I ask so many questions when I meet people from other countries. Just tell me to shut up if I get annoying. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:03 pm
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I can't give actual proper dates but long ago, yes, Australia was a country where Britain sent its' convicts and prisoners.
I am not sure about America's History... All I know is there are some Navajo (or something) Indians, them nicking white people and Macdonalds, and Apparently George Bush does a crappy job... I dunno.
(humour down here)
But Australia did go through A LOT. At the begginning the settlers anded on the coast, unpacked out s**t and said. "Now what ******** are we going to do? Lets eat our food and drink the wine and do something with all the useless junk we brought along here. They were promised a pretty land of beauty and got a weird beach with freaky people, spiky plants, harsh earth, wind, sand dunes blowing in their faces.
They tried growing food, but there was something shitty in the soil so yeah, a lot of the peopole died (hehe the rich bastards apparently died first because they weren't used to the lifestyle) and yeah so on. They got diseases and whatnot and they got pissed at the boat driver person thing and so on.
THey found Aboriginals and the whites were like "What the hell... There's people! but they have been playing in mud! *gasp in their snobby way*
The aboriginals were like "*gasp* its a ghost, look how white they are"
I dunno how this helped I just thought this was funny. No offense to aboriginals by the way cos it wasn't meant to be a offensing thing
otehr things we have to deal with so far:
Crappy Weather.
Drought
Wind,
HOT summer
Errr....Americans annoying us, *cough Bush cough* (just joking man just joking!)
Annnndd....Yeah Howard as our prime minister... Our greatest fault of them all. LMAO
what a waste of 15minutes....
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:55 pm
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Okay, I'm lost. I totally missed everything. I have no idea what's going on.
I tried a Yorkie candy bar. They sell them at the World Market in the mall area around my house. They're so good, better than American chocolates, for sure. xd However, I hated that crap, Violet Crumble, or whatever. Ugh.
Anyways...................... Ah, damn, forgot what I was going to say.
Lunar, tell me more about this "Howard" you speak of. eek -very sheltered American- I hate Bush, but that's because he's a ******** lunatic. smile
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:09 pm
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I'm sorry, but Howard and Bush are major set backs to both countries. What a bunch of mistakes they are.
Though, I personally think Bush was the lesser evil last election when it was between him and Kerry...and when you think about it that way, thank God it's him and not Kerry.
Anyway, my "Dream" thing is, Australia though part of the British Commonwealth has pretty much all of the same "freedoms" and "rights" as America, but from what I've seen, they do a much better job going about them. So Aussies enjoy their freedom, and all of that other stuff better then we do while still being under the British rule.
Go figure right?
But yeah, with America, we're just one huge melting pot (as most American children will remember from school) we've got just about every body living in our borders--and that's our problem. We don't/didn't put up our hands and say "no" when we should/should've. It's like a mixing pot, you poor a bunch of ingredients in, and most of it will mix just fine, but some of it is like oil and water, completely separate and unable to really mix easily.
Our separation of church and state isn't really separation of church and state. I mean look at Bush right now. He's against gay marriages and abortions because of his God. He (and most other politicians) don't think of the people's freedom of religion (or lack there of) when making a lot of choices. (just to throw this in here real quick: no offense to Christians or any body against gay marriages [in this guild?!?!] or abortions).
So currently we have women fighting for their rights (it's their body, it's their right to get an abortion, so friggen pissed that O'Connar is resigning, she was the swaying vote for abortions) again. And homosexuals across the country have to fight for their rights--bad enough that for the most part they're still fighting for complete acceptance in many places.
While I was in Australia, I watched the news once after the game between NSW and QLD (erm...don't ask me which form, I was half asleep) and beside the results of the game I saw stuff about our war and a bit on Howard (our wonderful guide Mel from Victoria was growling at him, which was kind of funny to watch). I didn't see anybody having to fight for equal rights--which was kind of nice.
I don't know...don't listen to me guys...I'm weird.
Speaking of droughts Lunar, how are you guys doing right now? I remember when I was in Sydney they had enough water for about 2 weeks before they would have to flip over to their reserves. I know you're in Perth, so how is everything?
(Yeah, you really can't get much of any media out of the states while you're in them...otherwise I'd be as up to date as possible)
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Sirius Black-Snuffles Captain
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:28 pm
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