Embassy's vaccine joke angers expats

[snoop1130]

Australian expats living in Thailand say they are insulted by their embassy's Facebook joke.

 

Expats have branded a tongue-in-cheek Facebook joke about coronavirus vaccines by Australia's Thai embassy as "insulting" and "ridiculous".

 

Australia's embassy in Thailand has published a Facebook post saying mRNA vaccines stand for "M - Meat Pie, R - Rocky Road, N - Neenish Tart" and "A - Avocado Toast".

 

"While acronym could mean different things for different people, here's what our page see what mRNA stands for and that's the Australian much-loved food and snacks," the post on Wednesday read.

 

Full Story: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7343032/embassys-vaccine-joke-angers-expats/?cs=14231

[richard_smith237]

Someone would have to be a particularly pathetic individual to become offended by this... 

[norfolkandchance]

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Someone would have to be a particularly pathetic individual to become offended by this... 

Wait for the Snowflakes.

[Katipo]

Ridiculous, maybe. But insulting to whom? The Virus?

 

[club]

Just think about all the jokes we all can make about Thailand's wonder drug Sinovac...

Edited July 16, 2021 by onthedarkside
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[steven100]

what nonsense ......    the politically correct brigade again. Why don't they get a life,  can't say this,  can't say that bs.

Well ....   Ba Ba Black sheep have you any wool ....  lol

 

so who exactly were these '  Australian expats '  that were offended    ?

[from the home of CC]

10% vaxxed people in a first world country - now that's a joke..

[2 is 1]

They not let all own citizen back in own coutry and then f whit them! So strange!

 

[ChipButty]

Is this what the world is coming too? Glad I live in south end of the island

[tifino]

they've been away from OZ too long ....

 

they need a booster injoke-ulation 

[Orinoco]

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

what nonsense ......    the politically correct brigade again. Why don't they get a life,  can't say this,  can't say that bs.

Well ....   Ba Ba Black sheep have you any wool ....  lol

 

so who exactly were these '  Australian expats '  that were offended    ?

It's sheep of color please.

[Ralf001]

And here I thought Aussies had a sense of humor.... there is that avocado toast thing though, sounds rancid.

[JoePai]

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

what nonsense ......    the politically correct brigade again. Why don't they get a life,  can't say this,  can't say that bs.

Well ....   Ba Ba Black sheep have you any wool ....  lol

 

so who exactly were these '  Australian expats '  that were offended    ?

The one's drinking Foster's  ????

[condobrit001]

The Embassy staff clearly have too much time on their hands. It would be better spent trying to secure vaccinations for its subjects.

[vandeventer]

9 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

And here I thought Aussies had a sense of humor.... there is that avocado toast thing though, sounds rancid.

All us Aussies do have a sense of humor, now where can I get a French Passport?

[Benmart]

I don't believe any of it. I'll ask my Aussie expat-friend if he is offended, while he have coffee this morning.????

[Dazinoz]

I am Aussie and doesn't offend me. I like a good joke as much as anyone...

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[mtls2005]

Who knew Avocado Toast was a thing in Australia?

 

Learn something new every day.

 

 

[BangkokReady]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

acronym

Initialism.

[Dazinoz]

Just now, mtls2005 said:

Who knew Avocado Toast was a thing in Australia?

 

Learn something new every day.

 

 

Obviously the person who wrote it. I sure didn't.

[Aussieroaming]

If the Australian Ambassador thinks that the post above is reflection of Australian humour then he needs some serious help. I didn't find anything offensive with the post per se but I was strughling to see how it would be defined as "aussie humour". The Ambassador is obviously about as funny as a wet fart on a first date. Based on his recent ihterview where he stated that he and his staff had been "working from home" to protect themselves ( even though they are fully vaccinated) I would suggest that the Ambassador is encouraging this humour in order to get through the perilous overseas posting that he is currently enduring on behalf of Australia's mission abroad.

[Spock]

As an Aussie stuck in country the only thing that offends me is the pitifully slow vaccine rollout.

[AJBangkok]

I think it’s more disgust than offense, the embassy staff are all vaccinated, so it’s their version of “let them eat cake “ or in this case Aussie deserts.  Maybe rather than copying Marie-Antoinette they should be copying the French ambassador who procured vaccines for all the French citizens in Thailand.

Edited July 16, 2021 by AJBangkok

[FarFlungFalang]

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

what nonsense ......    the politically correct brigade again. Why don't they get a life,  can't say this,  can't say that bs.

Well ....   Ba Ba Black sheep have you any wool ....  lol

 

so who exactly were these '  Australian expats '  that were offended    ?

I just don't get it!The vaccine or the joke!

[Orinoco]

54 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

And here I thought Aussies had a sense of humor.... there is that avocado toast thing though, sounds rancid.

Sure they have a sense of humor.

They still make VB,  and they drink it. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LOL.

[mfd101]

13 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

10% vaxxed people in a first world country - now that's a joke..

No, not really. It's a big island with 90% of the population living in 6 or 7 cities. Easy to shut down.

 

Low infection rate and just about the lowest death rate in the world from covid.

 

All of which means they were slow to take off with vax. Plus the EU stole a couple of million AZ vax that Oz had on order ...

[Ralf001]

24 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Who knew Avocado Toast was a thing in Australia?

 

Learn something new every day.

 

 

I reckon its a thing with them soyboys that proudly ponce around with their man buns.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Sounds like a job for …….. The Magician !!

[Old Croc]

Finding that pathetic offering unfunny doesn't mean you lack a sense of humour, perhaps just one a little above kindergarten level or from this century. 

I'm sure the Ambassador himself doesn't do inane postings on Thai Facebook sites, and the poster who did will already have had a talking to about her lack of judgement concerning sensitive issues.

For those who have never previously heard of avocado toast it may be time to plan a refresher trip back into the world where you would find breakfast menus in much of the western world have dishes based around this.

I occasionally have it for breakfast here in Thailand.  Avacardo trees are an up and coming crop in rural areas.  We've planted a number of trees on our property and have found an eager market in Bangkok for fruit from a neighbors farm.

[champers]

I hope the poster on here who has had his avatar pinched sues.

(Smiley emoticon removed - how apt!).

Edited July 16, 2021 by champers