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Re: [Getting Seriously OT here]Molson Beer Ad

From: aebrain@d...
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 05:54:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [Getting Seriously OT here]Molson Beer Ad

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>Smart man! That's the one - it's a Molson beer ad, but it's become
>something of a national rallying cry... Takes the piss out of a pile of
>national cliches, and (this is Canada, after all) manages to get a few
>jabs in at the Yanks as well. 

Here's an Oz equivalent.

G'day.

I'm not a jackaroo, or a shark tamer, or a banana bender...and I don't
eat much
bush tucker apart from a bit of Roo in Chasseur sauce, nor herd
Emus...and I
don't know Narelle from Oz, but give me her address and I'll look her
up. I
have a Prime Minister, not a President, today anyway, and besides which,
all
Pollies are Wankers. I speak English, but not like Poms or Septics. I
can proud
ly
superglue my country's flag whatever it is this week to my tucker bag,
but pref
er
it on me underdacks. I believe in peace-keeping by ripping the other
bastards'
arms off first to get his attention, and Multiculturalism ( except for
Abos
), so I can get a decent Pizza or Thai Noodles to have with a tinnie and
a nice
drop of Chateau Cardboard. AND THAT A CHOOK IS A DECENT FEED THAT TASTES
A BIT
LIKE SNAKE. THAT SHARKS AREN'T REALLY THAT DANGEROUS AND ANYWAY GO WELL
WITH
CHIPS IF THEY DON'T GET YOU FIRST! A RUBBER IS AN ERASER!!  AND IT IS
PRONOUNCE
D
MEL-BUN NOT MEL-BORN! CAN-BRUH NOT CAN-BERR-AH! BRIZ-BUN NOT BRIZ-BAIN! 
MY
NAME IS BRUCE, THOUGH ME MATES CALL ME BLUE! AND I'M ERSTAHLYUN! OZZIE
OZZIE
OZZIE, OI, OI, OI!

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