When did NZ lose its balls? (I'm drinking and I'm mad)

[avgas]

now, see, if you'd hit the bong instead of the booze, would we even be entertaining this discussion?

It would be far more colloquial.

Interesting. So according to the responses, after Hilary became a Pom but before Split Enz became and Aussie band.

I especially loved the comment regarding a pub band doing Mozart. Shit I thought I was wasted......

So to expand the subject a little - what icons on NZ do people hold dear to? If you were overseas - what would be the one thing kiwi that you would notice/miss?

I didn't really have a strong link to the Haka until recently - when I taught my son it. I figure if he was going to be taught how to spell Aluminium wrong least I could do is teach him a great exciting link to his homeland. The kiwifruit thing always pissed me off - but made me angrier when overseas as many people did not even know that a Kiwi was a native bird.

I eagerly await the "Silver Fern" NHL team Seeing as there is already a "Spirit of Munro" which both does not go fast nor look like it was made on a shoestring budget........

[Tazz]

Interestingly, considering how they get paid out, we stole Kiwifruit from the Chinese

Do you know any of Peru's native birds? Or Laos?

[SPman]

Who gives a fuck? its just a dance.

Just a DANCE!!!





FFS

[nodrog:Me]

Just a DANCE!!!





FFS

well its not a left hand back wheel off a Toyota hiace.

[Akzle]

point to your jandal and stamp your foot...

[bogan]

So to expand the subject a little - what icons on NZ do people hold dear to? If you were overseas - what would be the one thing kiwi that you would notice/miss?

Sheep

[SPman]

well its not a left hand back wheel off a Toyota hiace.

I've got one of those lying in the long grass somewhere.......

[Berries]

What say you - sober kiwi's and fans of such?

You've started something now - Talk about being overated.

Oh hang on, it's not so bad.



Now I am in Google mode the interweb appears awash with not so supportive comment - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/jo...0/06/haka.html

[avgas]

Interestingly, considering how they get paid out, we stole Kiwifruit from the Chinese
Do you know any of Peru's native birds? Or Laos?

I don't know the native bird of Inca. If I were to guess Eagle/Falcon thing. Laos native bird get you locked up.
But I imagine more people know Maccu Piccu (sp?) than Maori Mythology.... even wikipedia backs up that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology

Which is unfortunate. As The Maori have the best stories. Might have to find some to read to my son.

[avgas]

I've got one of those lying in the long grass somewhere.......

Cut your grass. No man should have grass tall enough to lose a Hiace.

[Grumph]

Sheep

Sadly, the sheep is losing ground (literally) as a kiwi icon to the bloody dairy cow.

Cut your grass. No man should have grass tall enough to lose a Hiace.

Still one of the best things about NZ - every man is entitled to have grass that tall - if he wants.

[mashman]

Still one of the best things about NZ - every man is entitled to have grass that tall - if he wants.

It'd make for a good tinny house.

[Tazz]

I don't know the native bird of Inca. If I were to guess Eagle/Falcon thing. Laos native bird get you locked up.
But I imagine more people know Maccu Piccu (sp?) than Maori Mythology.... even wikipedia backs up that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology

Which is unfortunate. As The Maori have the best stories. Might have to find some to read to my son.

Well there we go You can't really be angry at people for not knowing about NZ when you/we don't know everything about every other country. It's a big world out there.
In a way I think the less people that know how awesome we have it here by comparison to most, the better

I don't actually know myself if Laos has a national bird, so I think you've nailed that haha, but I think Peru has a wicked looking Parrot type thing that certainly gives the Kiwi a run for its money on the interesting scale.

It's cool you have pride in your country, but Americans do to and I'm sure most have had encounters with a few of them that have taken/do take it to far...don't be one of those people.