Ask An Australian

i had no idea there were any time zones on the planet half an hour off from any others before today.

Check out China for something really fucked up.

its just a measurement from the 180 degree mark, right? nepal has 1/4 hour time diffs.

so yeah, what trayce said

Central Standard Time (pretty much Adelaide and Darwin) is a retarded and woefully out-of-date system made about a million years ago for god knows what purpose of having us 30 minutes behind the East Coast.

We should have switched to EST a loooong time ago but everytime The Man tries to do that, a bunch of whiny farmers complain about having to get up at 7am or something and thus, we're held back by a bunch of toothless hicks.

Which only sort of answers your question, Gradski.

lol EB with the str8 answer.

thanks!

2. Pato:

Spanish slang used in Panama and other central american countries that defined a homosexual male.

Ese man es manso pato.
That man is very gay.

Yep King of the pato's mr King Boy

thats not a question

And not even Australian-related.

what the fuck

is john howard going to win this election? what happened to kim beazley? THX!!xoxoxox

No, because we have RUDDMANIA!! Kim Beazley was harpooned by Japanese whalers. No probs. XXOXOXOOXX

On teh news last night they were saying that it could be a Labor landslide at this stage.

And yes, non-Australians, that is how the Australian Labor Party spells Labor, ok?

Also they were saying in a poll that 85% of Labor voters feel that Rudd's strip club visit shows him to be a "normal aussie bloke" or some shit like that.

why does "Australian Labor Party" spell labour wrong?

From teh Wiks:

While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with a u, the Party has spelt it without since Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings.

^that was in 1912.

that is how we spell labor in the USA.

Yep, hence the "Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name;[6] at the time, it seemed likely that Australia would move to American spellings."

I know americans spell like that, but australians are our brothers in english spellings.

Maybe King O'Malley should've tried modernizing the name.

super karachi bros

touche xp.

I like that we had a minister called King O'Malley. He sounds like he should be Moomba king or some shit :D

How do I fill a three hour DJ set for 50-70 Australians ages 21-45?

dont make me start an ILM thread.

sorry, ages 27 to 45.

eagle rock!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpSnA3CCoM

omg! what a great trip down memory lane. This is one of those songs you can't help breaking into a boppy jig whenever you hear it, it's so great! Very much a classic.

!!

this is awesome!

ysi?

I don't have it,

I'll try to find it for you

not on oink ;_;

I've got it queued in slsk. it may take a while tho

352nd in line :/

But the downloads are going fairly quickly.

Grads, the whole album (vinyl rip?) is here: http://ausrock.blogspot.com/

;-)

ok, eagle rock is still in the pipeline, but here is another OZ ROCK CLAASIC that i downloaded for u.

Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy) - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

The older dudes will dig especially.

KHE SAHN!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!

http://www.jeans4genes.com.au/images/useruploadedimages/92/barnes.jpg

Surely that road to the holy grail song

Also, is it just a Queensland thing that when Eagle Rock comes on you dack yourself?

If you play it, Grady (and if this shit finally downlaods), you'll have to let us kno.

EEAGLE RROCK:D

I will stop posting on this thread now.

Am I gonna see your face again?

No, no way, get fucked, fuck off.

Where can I get those BARNSEY jeans? I'd srsly wear them with a Central Districts jumper and a pack of Winny Blues around Elizabeth.

"don't change" by INXS!!!

"change in mood" by kids in the kitchen

also: everything in the PSEUDO ECHO THREAD FUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXORS

Note: you'll have to wait until everyone is drunk to play khe sahn so everyone can sing along with a tear in their eye even though they were probably born well after vietnam.

also: FARNZIE

oh i just remembered my mums sent pp a cd called "AUSTRALIAN LEGENDS" with a lot of these songs on it. Want me to ysi?

Wig and Pen in the CBD (Civic) isn't too bad.

For beer anyway.

Be aware that the assholes in Canberra dont let you smoke anywhere you can drink, not even outside :(

Awesome, Wig & Pen is just around the corner from where I'll be holed up.

so how was it?

Flying out Saturday. Are there any kinds of American candy that Australians like and can't easily get a hold of?

Flying to the land of Tim Tams and Kinder Surprise, and you ask them if they want Reese's Pieces?

yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.

http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/06/piccolo-me-australia-nutella-iced-coffee.html

Yes, that's a glob of Nerd-spiked Nutella on a stick.

I mean if you get all the wonka stuff, sour patch kids and now all the haribo shit is available there, I'm basically out of options! Thank goodness for this now-defunct blog about candy in Australia (http://lollyaddict.blogspot.com/)

I used to be excited to get those spicy cinnamon bullet things when people visited from America, but I went to the US each of the last three years and didn't even think of them

You mean these things?

http://i.imgur.com/2QXSti3.jpg

America sure is known for some gross shit.

Who was the guy who used to call Tombot "Reese's Pieces" b/c El Tomboto = E.T.? What a trip.

Oh, maybe that's the solution. I could bring Atomic Fire Balls

Bring some northwestern beers and local artisanal doughnuts imo

Veg has an Australian friend visiting. She might have some good ideas.