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Originally posted by kudegras
reply to post by HelenConway
Helen, we really dont hate the English. But over here it is a national sport. It is called P*mmy bashing and it has been here along time. Actually I have ancestors from Wiltshire and Hampshire so it's all only in fun.
Originally posted by kudegras
reply to post by alldaylong
Most of my family came out here after the English tried to massacre the Irish with the Potato famine.
I guess that's another reason to dislike the English, actually I take that back. Because if there wasn't a potato famine we could still be in Ireland ( No offence to the Irish) and sweltering in 8 degree weather.
Actually I like the Irish and the Scottish and if my brain could hear quick enough to understand what they are saying the Welsh, but the English well they're another kettle of kippers altogether.
Originally posted by HelenConway
Do you know how many times people used to tell this joke
' where do poms hide their money
Answer: under their soap..'
I mean how is that funny or even accurate ?
Originally posted by kudegras
reply to post by alldaylong
Ah no, a bit more too it then just nature. The English confiscated land from the Irish in the 17th century and forced them to work under English Landlords. Those Landlords and future generations stayed on the land with the Irish living in abysmal conditions their only sustenance being Potatos and water.
The irish underclass starved when the Potato blight occurred as generally all they had was a simple cabin some land to grow potatos on and had to pay exorbitant rent to their overlords, The English or descendants of the English.
So yeah I would say, they were finishing off Oliver Cromwell''s handiwork.
You need a sense of humor here and most important is the ability to laugh at yourself as well as the determination to 'have a go'.
Originally posted by kudegras
reply to post by HelenConway
You can find people like that in any country. None of us are the same. You cant stereotype us all as having chips on our shoulders because you met a few. Not all the English I have met have been whingers yet there have been a few. Again, as I said before this is a game over here and rightly or wrongly it has been passed down through generations.
Probably not as prevalent with younger generations but I am 48 and I remember the Pommy bashing of the 70's and 80's quite well, and as we are mainly descendant from the British, us older ones anyway, we have inherited many British traits one being racism. And you know that the British can be racist dont you?
In Australia that is changing as the kids today dont care where their friends come from and nor should they.
Originally posted by Flavian
reply to post by kudegras
English racist?
You don't know what you are talking about, you fu*$%!# Aussie bas~@!*. Go throw another shrimp on the barbie and ask sheila if i can borrow her wheels, you sheep shagging, kangaroo fellating marsupial botherer!
(wonder how many miss the point!).