No wonder aussies get the wrong idea...

**Big Dave** · 17th August 2006, 18:42

...about life in NZ.
Look at the dribble the sydney papers serve up.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-t...407937267.html

3rd lead story as i post. Must be a very quiet news day.

**merv** · 17th August 2006, 19:14

Do you read Sam in the City on that site too http://blogs.smh.com.au/samandthecity/

I thought some KB'ers might like this story http://blogs.smh.com.au/samandthecit...le_brazil.html

The fun you Aussie blokes have eh Dave!

**Ozzie** · 17th August 2006, 19:21

Originally Posted by Big Dave

...No wonder Aussies get the wrong idea...

Dave, sorry dude, but I'm pretty sure we have the right idea.

Doesn't need to be Kaka St to be shit street. Not in my area anyway.

**skidMark** · 17th August 2006, 19:25

on another note...saw you getting on the motorway at greenlane at like 11 am big dave...

such well behaved riding (was a passenger in my mums cage)

**98tls** · 17th August 2006, 19:32

Must have been a very boring day in Australia that day.....they should probably be more concerned with the plight of there own indigenous people.

**Ozzie** · 17th August 2006, 19:35

Originally Posted by 98tls

Must have been a very boring day in Australia that day.....

Specially considering they were quoting the Herald

**MattRSK** · 17th August 2006, 19:36

can you say bong?

**Big Dave** · 17th August 2006, 19:51

Originally Posted by Ozzie

Dave, sorry dude, but I'm pretty sure we have the right idea.

Doesn't need to be Kaka St to be shit street. Not in my area anyway.

I've only been here 5 years ex newcastle - I had a completely incorrect pre-conception of what the place was like. media driven.

**Big Dave** · 17th August 2006, 19:59

Originally Posted by 98tls

Must have been a very boring day in Australia that day.....they should probably be more concerned with the plight of there own indigenous people.

What - you think we aren't? Check the ATSIC budget, the amount of effort and government funding and blow it out yer arse. Where's the smileys gone? tongue poking out one here <-

**98tls** · 17th August 2006, 20:04

Originally Posted by Big Dave

What - you think we aren't? Check the ATSIC budget, the amount of effort and government funding and blow it out yer arse. Where's the smileys gone? tongue poking out one here <-

Dave i couldnt give a Rats arse about maoris or abbos i just thought it strange for an Aussie paper to waste time on it.....

**Ozzie** · 17th August 2006, 20:08

Originally Posted by MattRSK

can you say bong?

Me?

Boong or Bong?

Don't get it sorry mate, not racist, call it a competitive edge! Oh, ok, perhaps a little patriotic as well.

Dave, dude, misconception? Yet, a guy from Newcastle says he lives now in the city of snails?

Go the Brewry, love that place, used to ride my ZZR600 up from the Cross on a Sunday arvo, lovely place, and not a bad ride either if you take the old Pacific.

**Big Dave** · 17th August 2006, 20:34

Originally Posted by 98tls

Dave i couldnt give a Rats arse about maoris or abbos i just thought it strange for an Aussie paper to waste time on it.....

yeah - it was just pokey tongue out thingy.

I agree - stoopid.

**riffer** · 17th August 2006, 21:00

Hmmm. And all this time I thought the Maori name for excrement was teho.

**McJim** · 17th August 2006, 22:10

Originally Posted by Ozzie

Specially considering they were quoting the Herald

That's what got me thinking. Far a Fairfax owned newspaper to rely on AND QUOTE an APN Newspaper (anyone who still thinks Wilson & Horton owns the NZ Herald go take a look at the side of their building) means they must have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for stories.

I wonder if they just made it up or if the story is true?