Travelling

d13dave wrote: I hate hostels more than any of the above nationalities - who i dislike very much Hostels are ghastly places and breeding ground for left wing extremists :)

pre Madonna wrote: White Saffirs are complete coonts in general, they manage to have both a superiority complex and a chip on their soldier, they also speak like stoned Australians, which is never good. Aussies are just ****s, nearly impossible to meet an Australian who isn't racist, annoying or trying too hard to be masculine while sounding incredibly camp. That includes the women. I met a few great Israelis, to be fair though they had all refused to do the military service and f**ked off, in general they are arrogant f**ks, including their often very pretty females.

Hard to put  people all in a box really but i was always interested in the ones you never saw travelling , people from Italy , Spain or Portugal were very few around for some reason not sure why . 

Like something an Aussie said to me once after I hit a daisycutter that rolled all the way to the green: "it's like being with an Abbo, you're up there but you're not happy".

I gave up on hostels, can't handle people snoring.

pre Madonna wrote: Hickster74 wrote: Like something an Aussie said to me once after I hit a daisycutter that rolled all the way to the green: "it's like being with an Abbo, you're up there but you're not happy". You should have wrapped your driver around his head at that point.

- heard much worse in Oz itself.

I went into work the Monday after a crazy rooftop Saturday party. I said to a colleague I didnt know how no-one fell that night. He told me someone did, when I looked shocked he said " don't worry, it was only an Abbo" and laughed like the galah that he was. (And it was true, the poor girl ended up paralysed).

On a sales road trip in deep country NSW, I noticed a group of houses all boarded up. I was told that they were houses given to the Aborigines who smash the windows in the summer when too hot and burn the floorboards and stairs when too cold in the winter before asking for another. I was warned that some might jump in front of the car looking for compo and that's why they all have 'Abbo bars' on their utes. There's no talking to them...I thought the main pub in the town was great at the time though, normal bar with topless lounge girls.

deise316 wrote: Hickster74 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Hickster74 wrote: Like something an Aussie said to me once after I hit a daisycutter that rolled all the way to the green: "it's like being with an Abbo, you're up there but you're not happy". You should have wrapped your driver around his head at that point. - heard much worse in Oz itself. Worked on building sites in Sydney for most of a year many moons ago, the foreman was an interesting character, born in England, his (English) oul lad was an Oxford professor of something or other, highly intelligent & a very dark sense of humour. Interesting character who had done a bit of travelling, even making a living doing commercial fishing in Iceland for a few years, but also the worlds laziest man as regard work. Only giving a bit of background because the following comment could (and probably will be) taken the wrong way, and it was said with humour that would be typical of the fella, but not to everyone's taste.  It's still one of the most 'Australian' things I've ever heard........ Morning smoke break- usually spent by meself & foreman taking the piss out of various Aussie fellow workers, even though a lot of the sarcasm was lost on them.  This particular morning, for whatever reason, there was only the 2 of us sitting in a corner and yer man says to me; 'Got a letter last night from me son from me first marraige' (he was on his 3rd marraige at the time) Me' Right. Whats the craic there then ? '  Him ' He says he wants to meet me, he's 18 now'  Me ' Are ya going to meet him so ? ' Him ' If I wanted to fcukin meet him, I never would have abandoned him in the first place' If anyone has met an Israeli blunter than that.........................

DUBLIN DOC wrote: pre Madonna wrote: deise316 wrote: Hickster74 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Hickster74 wrote: Like something an Aussie said to me once after I hit a daisycutter that rolled all the way to the green: "it's like being with an Abbo, you're up there but you're not happy". You should have wrapped your driver around his head at that point. - heard much worse in Oz itself. Worked on building sites in Sydney for most of a year many moons ago, the foreman was an interesting character, born in England, his (English) oul lad was an Oxford professor of something or other, highly intelligent & a very dark sense of humour. Interesting character who had done a bit of travelling, even making a living doing commercial fishing in Iceland for a few years, but also the worlds laziest man as regard work. Only giving a bit of background because the following comment could (and probably will be) taken the wrong way, and it was said with humour that would be typical of the fella, but not to everyone's taste.  It's still one of the most 'Australian' things I've ever heard........ Morning smoke break- usually spent by meself & foreman taking the piss out of various Aussie fellow workers, even though a lot of the sarcasm was lost on them.  This particular morning, for whatever reason, there was only the 2 of us sitting in a corner and yer man says to me; 'Got a letter last night from me son from me first marraige' (he was on his 3rd marraige at the time) Me' Right. Whats the craic there then ? '  Him ' He says he wants to meet me, he's 18 now'  Me ' Are ya going to meet him so ? ' Him ' If I wanted to fcukin meet him, I never would have abandoned him in the first place' If anyone has met an Israeli blunter than that......................... That one made me laugh I don't think I will ever be setting foot in Australia myself though, I'm not the best around racism. How d fck have you survived in Cork so

pre Madonna wrote: Not most but quite a lot, I should clarify. Most people are arseholes though!

I must concur, but i do like people with a good sense of humour