Ned Kelly didn't like them much either...

Are all my brothers and sisters, and my mother, not to be pitied also, who have no alternative but to put up with the brutal and cowardly conduct of a parcel of big ugly fat-necked wombat headed, big bellied, magpie legged, narrow hipped, splay-footed sons of Irish bailiffs or English landlords, known as 'officers of justice' or 'Victorian Police' who some call honest gentlemen but I would like to know what business an honest man would have in the Police as it is an old saying it takes a rogue to catch a rogue…

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly

Yes, the police didn't help their cause in their interactions with him, his family and his cronies - probably part of the the reason as to why so many saw him as some sort of hero - but nothing justified Stringybark Creek or the attempted train ambush at Glenrowan. For mine, he was a dirtbag, but so were several of the coppers he had the misfortune to irritate.

So the prat who screwed up the boat race yesterday was an Ocker.

Still, it allowed the Aussie-crewed Cambridge boat to win (with one Kiwi as well)

So the prat who screwed up the boat race yesterday was an Ocker.

Still, it allowed the Aussie-crewed Cambridge boat to win (with one Kiwi as well)

Here's my nephew and his mates winning a REAL boat race last week.

That's a nice looking piece of hardware.

It's Puma, the American entry in the Volvo Round the World Yacht Race.

Although it's an American boat the crew come from all over, Australia, NZ etc.

The leg they just won was the Auckland to Itajai, Brazil through some of the worst ocean conditions possible.

I was watching the World Cycling Championships on the box last week. As most of the winners were Australian or British, there was a lot of flag-waving.

I noticed that when an Austalian won, the Southern Cross was exposed. When the Brits won, as well as the Union Jacks, many Ozzies were showing the top-left portion of their flag. Don't ever think of changing it, especially not for that one with the giant cow-pat in the middle.

Well done to all contestants, some great riding that gives a good feeling for the Olympics.

Ockors are at it again........

From pavlova to Phar Lap and Split Enz, Australians have a habit of claiming Kiwi cultural cornerstones as their own.

Their latest attempt came on Wednesday when Channel 7's Sunrise breakfast show claimed Pineapple Lumps as an "Aussie delicacy in Queensland".

Is nothing sacred............?

They were, in fact, most definitely Kiwi, invented by Charles Diver in Oamaru in the 1950s.

Awesome....the pride of the Kiwi nation.....lumps of pineapple.........congrats at your outstanding achievement.

Who did apple lumps ??

At least you're predictable, Pete.

According to the news article that I read (I've never tasted this sweet), they're not up to much and were created in order to use left over product from the manufacture of other confectionary. It seems that antipodeans have a knack for using leftovers (another example being Vegemite).

At least you're predictable, Pete.

According to the news article that I read (I've never tasted this sweet), they're not up to much and were created in order to use left over product from the manufacture of other confectionary. It seems that antipodeans have a knack for using leftovers (another example being Vegemite).

Ping, personally, I DO NOT like them.

Just a sugary hard marshmellow like pineapple flavoured chocolate covered sweet.

Point to me is Ockors wanted to call the 'orrible things, theirs.

Fair enough - then it would probably be more prudent to disown them. Yep, let's give ownership of them to Tasmanians - you know, that weird little republic to the south of the mainland that constantly claims to be part of Oz...

Ockors are at it again........

From pavlova to Phar Lap and Split Enz, Australians have a habit of claiming Kiwi cultural cornerstones as their own.

Their latest attempt came on Wednesday when Channel 7's Sunrise breakfast show claimed Pineapple Lumps as an "Aussie delicacy in Queensland".

Is nothing sacred............?

They were, in fact, most definitely Kiwi, invented by Charles Diver in Oamaru in the 1950s.

You're going to have to stop watching Aussie tv looking out for any little thing you can claim as your own.

Don't you have tv programs in NZ?

You N. Zeders have been a bit funny about the origins of various things ever since you tried to claim that great, oscar nominated, Aussie actress, Keisha Castle-Hughes, as a Kiwi.

My sister just got back from Auckland, she said it's like a time warp over there, they still have Hare Krishna's dancing in the streets.

She said they walked around the city center after 6pm for ages trying to find somewhere open for a meal.

^Reminds me of Hobart...

My sister just got back from Auckland, she said it's like a time warp over there, they still have Hare Krishna's dancing in the streets.

She said they walked around the city center after 6pm for ages trying to find somewhere open for a meal.

Total CRAP !!!!!!!!!!!

Auckland never shuts, NOT like cities in OZ that do close down.......

Melbs and Bris die, not been to Syds for years.

Yes I took the bait......LOL.

Must have been good friday or easter sunday. Even then, bars and cafes that sell food, are mostly open.

Large and colourful.

^Yes, a variety of colourful fish there, all competing for the same bait...

No bait, just passing on information from my sister who hasn't been known to tell porkies in the past.

Note to self... don't criticise the sacred soil of New Zealand in the Aussie baiting thread.

No bait, just passing on information from my sister who hasn't been known to tell porkies in the past.

Note to self... don't criticise the sacred soil of New Zealand in the Aussie baiting thread.

If she was there on the days I mentioned, she would not be telling porkies, neither am I.

Most big brothers consider their younger sister's to be a bit thick, maybe she was just too dim to realise she was in the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere when she saw it.

She did say it had a nice museum though.

Most big brothers consider their younger sister's to be a bit thick, maybe she was just too dim to realise she was in the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere when she saw it.

She did say it had a nice museum though.

LOL, Scads, Paris, well maybe not quite, but Auckland does have a vibrant nite life.

One thought from Paris for Australasian cities that would go down well is..........

The PISSIOR

I thought they were brilliant when I was drunking me way around Paris.

WE NEED THEM.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now this is NOT a bait, but why is it that so many kiwis are emigrating to Oz? Before you know it, there'll be no-one left in Auckland to puff out the wick on the traffic light...

Oops...

Most big brothers consider their younger sister's to be a bit thick, maybe she was just too dim to realise she was in the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere when she saw it.

She did say it had a nice museum though.

LOL, Scads, Paris, well maybe not quite, but Auckland does have a vibrant nite life.

One thought from Paris for Australasian cities that would go down well is..........

The PISSIOR

I thought they were brilliant when I was drunking me way around Paris.

WE NEED THEM.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pissoir? Why?

There's usually a convenient wall close by.

^As opposed to convenience wall...

^As opposed to convenience wall...

Yes, well - if a convenience is convenient, then by all means make use of the facility, but when there is no convenient convenience, then it is a necessity to convert an inconvenient situation into a satisfactory outcome by using a non-convenience wall that happens to be convenient.

Well, I don't know about wall conversions, but producing the Yellow River where there are no riverbanks may incur the wrath of the local gendarmerie, who could probably find a convenient cell for you (replete with its own convenience)...

Most big brothers consider their younger sister's to be a bit thick, maybe she was just too dim to realise she was in the Paris of the Southern Hemisphere when she saw it.

She did say it had a nice museum though.

LOL, Scads, Paris, well maybe not quite, but Auckland does have a vibrant nite life.

One thought from Paris for Australasian cities that would go down well is..........

The PISSIOR

I thought they were brilliant when I was drunking me way around Paris.

WE NEED THEM.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Surely in Oz a pissoir would be termed a funny runny dunny?

It's not a dunny in Oz if it doesn't have its own family of red back spiders to nip you on the arse (and nothing funny about that...)

I wonder if you have to take your pants off to have a poo in a pissoir?

Hey, didn't George Michael get caught in a pissoir?