“…if Leigh doesn't like the place, he can always leave.
Posted by Mercurius, Friday, 25 January 2008 12:07:58 PM

Thanks, Mercurius, but I do like the place, and I would much prefer that the morons left it. Let me know when you are going, and I’ll be there to wave you off.

I’m still puzzled as to how Audrey (Boys are made of slime and snails ) Apple can write the following: -“It's isolationist, embarrassing and determinedly disinterested in complexities or diversity. It's designed to excuse a wide range of ignorant and offensive behaviour, because it allows the perpetrators to hide behind the accusation that those offended “just can't take a joke”

Must be something she thought of when partaking of her “goon”.

I define Australia as follows:-

Human Development Index – 3rd position
Index of Economic Freedom - 4th position
Life Expectancy – 8th position
Infant Mortality rate – 17th position
Political rights and civil liberties – equal 1st position with a number of other countries.
Perception of corruption – 11th position
Democracy index – 8th position
Global peace index -25th position
CO2 emissions – 19th position
Environmental performance index – 6th position
Quality of life – 6th position
Student performance – about 7th position
Sustainability – 13th position

There would be a need for improvement in areas such as Infant mortality rate, Perception of corruption, Global peace index, CO2 emissions, and Sustainability, but considering that most of these lists anhd indexes have over 170 countries in them, then Australia is doing quite well in many areas.

If the male bashers and Australia bashers don’t like Australia, then there are plenty of countries to the north where they would find life much more enjoyable I am sure.

Ha, oh my HRS, that first comment made me laugh so very much.

Stop for a moment - on the one hand, when Audrey criticised people, who use the old, "you can't take a joke" line, you attack her.

You reject that, and criticise her for that comment, while in the same sentence, using the old 'snips and snails' line, which is... a joke.

Clearly, you can't take a joke.

Oh, and I'm surprised you're disagreeing with Audrey's rejection of the Australian stereotype.

Seeing as the stereotype of the Australian man, is somebody who a) can take a joke and b) doesn't whinge and carry on like a child when men are insulted.

If I didn't hate the term 'Un-Australian' I'd shoot it your way for whingeing so damn much about things that normal Aussie blokes seem to be able to handle quite happily without moping about pretending to be a victim. Seems to me you belong with the whingeing poms.

It would appear there isn't much room for you in that stereotype either, HRS.

Hah, a larconic big fat, hah.

I reckon this topic is about as important as having a discussion about whether one should sit or stand to pee and how that particular action defines gender.

Who the hell gives a large rats about who think's what of who and of how anyone labels others.

I personally think a female impersonator sipping chardonnnay while whistling 'God save the cream' and milking from the public trough withn one finger pointed upwards at us all is more typical than any image of a couple of flaked out, pissed sisterly sheilas sprawled down the local park or a blond blue-eyed pretend larrikan in a blue singlet spruiking 'gidday mate' while chucking shrimps on a bar-b-que or a baby-faced ego-manicial wife-supported fibber who uses his dead and alive relatives in his quest help to become PM.

Audrey I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! Excellent reading for Australia Day.

Vanilla, naughty girl for baiting poor HRS. He is rather vulnerable after all x3. Sorry, Whitty, we can't help ourselves, though we know the pitfalls of rewarding bad behaviour. I liked much of your post though.

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