I befriended an Australian last year and we are now friends for life. He showed me the clip above and “Ciggy butt brain” became one of the catchphrases we would hurl at one another. Have you, dear reader befriended an Australian?
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Mrbellows says
Mrbellows says
For some reason I always twinned town that with this.
mikethep says
Reader, I married one…
Here are some Aussie legends…’bust me plugger’.
chilli ray virus says
I also married one and have six Australian offspring – ie surrounded by the buggers.
Lemonhope says
I have not. But my best friend emigrated to Australia around 14 years ago. Does that count??
Mrbellows says
Probably not.
Lemonhope says
You’re a harsh one, MrBellows
Your video clip reminds me of this
fentonsteve says
Mine too, but a decade earlier. He became an Australian Citizen (Ozie Cito?) 20 years ago.
mikethep says
Have another one…’all I had was me jocks on’.
Lemonhope says
he’s the Mayor
Mrbellows says
“Goes to show what you can achieve in your underwear.” 😂
Mrbellows says
I think we should all of us move to Australia.
Mrbellows says
Here’s the latest it sent me
Mrbellows says
I do believe I’ve already posted this. I might be high.
Mrbellows says
Australians are quite friendly.
Paul Wad says
My girlfriend went to Australia backpacking for 6 months in 1995. I haven’t seen her since. Do you think I should give up waiting? If not, what do you think I should tell the wife and kids?
In all seriousness though, had it been a few years later, when we all had mobile phones and email addresses, we probably wouldn’t have lost contact and things may have worked out differently. Unless the reason for going to Aus was to get away from me, of course. Or she might not have even gone to Australia, like them pretend astronauts in that film, and just moved to the other side of Brighton and signed up for a complex mail re-routing service?
Paul Wad says
A few years later, when I was managing a temporary nurse’s agency in London, we wouldn’t have been able to operate without Australian nurses, particularly on the paediatric side of things, and the NHS hospitals in London wouldn’t have been able to cope without them.
Mike_H says
Just about every pub in London seemed to be staffed by Aussies in the early ’90s.
mutikonka says
I haven’t and I live in Sydney.
Lemonhope says
Boom!
retropath2 says
Ha! But, on that basis, many brits there tend not to integrate that well and to stick within the ex-pat community. When my dter lived in Sydney for 3 years, the only aussies she knew were the ones she worked with or for, her chums being almost exclusively other brits.
mutikonka says
I was kind of half joking. The friends I have made here are from places like Malaysia, Serbia, Turkey, Fijian-Indian and New Zealand Maori. I suppose we are all Aussies (I’ve been here 2 decades) but none of us would fit the ‘Team Australia’ image.
mikethep says
Inspired by this thread I watched Don’s Party last night…what a ripper! When I told her what I was up to Mrs thep said, ‘Now you know why I only marry Englishmen…’ 🙂
Tiggerlion says
How many Englishmen has she married?
mikethep says
Two! No Aussies…
Tiggerlion says
Not at the same time, presumably.
mikethep says
No, but No.1 took the photos at our wedding…very civilised.