"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:41C02D36.200@hotmail.com...
> Brett Robson wrote:
>>
>> mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5jlhw even the BBC is reporting on the Winter Sonata 
>>> obsession.
>>>
>>> Interesting mention of the Seoul Olympics - those crusty enough to have 
>>> been here at the time care to share any memories.
>
> This is some new definition of crusty?
>
>>> Why DO Austrians not especially like the Hobbits across the Tasman Sea - 
>>> it can't just be about rugby can it?
>>
>> I don't know if it's common elsewhere but in Austria we often talk about 
>> having "country cousins", the embrassing wheat farmer that turns up at 
>> christmas every couple of year complaining about the weather, the 
>> government, banks, and the international conspiracy to bankrupt him.  We 
>> consider Hobbits to be our "country cousins".
>
> Must be an Adelaide thang. In Sydney, we don't have country cousins, 
> because we are all immigrants making fun of the natives. I don't really 
> mind the hobbits at all, except when it comes to Rugby. Sometimes I think 
> we should feel at least a little sympathy for them since they haven't won 
> anything important since 1987, but usually I come to my senses fairly 
> quickly.
>
>> During the world cup while my Japanese friends were saying "if Japan 
>> can't win I hope Korea does", the Koreans were saying "I don't care if 
>> Korea loses as long as Japan doesn't win". Interesting that English 
>> supporters also supported Ireland, but you'd never hear a (real) Irishman 
>> supporting England.
>
> Another martyr for old Ireland
> Another murder for the crown
> Whose brutal laws may kill the Irish
> But can't keep their spirits down

Can't stop the bastards putting bombs in bins and killing children, a proud 
heritage.
>
>
> -- 
> Non gratum anus rodentum
>