It's India's opinion of Australians, and the name of a local TV documentary (which also tags Americans as God and Guns and Asia as Mail Order Brides). It sent me off to look for other national stereotypes, and I found the usual batch of jokes on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NationalStereotypes :
In heaven, the cops are British, the lovers are French, the food is Italian, the cars are German, and the whole thing is run by the Swiss.
In hell, the cops are German, the lovers are Swiss, the food is British, the cars are French,and the whole thing is run by the Italians.
—Traditional joke.
The happiest man on earth lives in a British house, gets an American salary, has a Chinese wife, and eats Japanese food.
The saddest man on earth lives in a Japanese house, gets a Chinese salary, has an American wife, and eats British food.
—Another traditional joke.
Here's one of the sections on Australians. I didn't recognise myself, but then I don't have any convict ancestors either.
Australians are always stereotyped as white, six feet tall, rough, unsophisticated, wildlife experts, bushwackers and obsessive beer drinkers. They often carry boomerangs, large knives and either go surfing, didgeridoo playing or wrestle with crocodiles. They always use expressions like "Crikey!", "G'day, mate" and "Put another shrimp on the barbie" (despite the term prawn is used for shrimp in Australia). These stereotypes are mostly based on images reflected in Crocodile Dundee, Steve Irwin, and G'day Bruce!
Aborigines are nomadic tribesman who live off the land. The men will be bearded, the women will be fat and they both have a grouchy look on their face, despite being generally portrayed as hospitable.
Since Australia has very unique fauna: expect these animals to make a cameo appearance whenever the country is depicted. So, watch out for kangaroos, koalas, kookaburras, Tasmanian devils, emus, echidnas, dingoes, platypuses... Jokes about invasive species such as rabbits, cane toads and ostriches are also very popular.
Australians are all convicts, or have at least inherited the worst aspects of their convict ancestors.
New Zealanders seem to think of Australians as good-hearted but lazy. Public holidays are serious buisness.
In (beat em' up) videogames, Australians are mostly depicted as hulking bruisers, with examples including Graig Marduk from Tekken, Raiden/Big Bear from King of Fighters (complete with Ayer's Rock/Uluru home-stage) and shark-wrestling fisherman Jeffry McWild from Virtua Fighter. Rocker zombie Lord Raptor, of Darkstalkers fame, provides a variation, and is perhaps inspired by home-grown supergroup ACDC. Then, there's also Saxton Hale...
Stereotypes within Australia: Northern Territorians are troppo, Tasmanians are inbred, Tasmania's not a part of Australia, Queenslanders are banana-benders, South Australians are all gay, Perth is 10 years and 3 hours behind Sydney, Sydney's the gay capital, Melbourne weather sucks, Melbourne/Sydney is the best city in Oz (depends on whether you're in Victoria or New South Wales), Adelaidians eat crows. And nobody outside of Australia is aware the capital city is Canberra. Nobody inside of Australia really cares.
Originally posted by KewpieFunny stuff QP. I shared the first two jokes at another site. 🙂
It's India's opinion of Australians, and the name of a local TV documentary (which also tags Americans as God and Guns and Asia as Mail Order Brides). It sent me off to look for other national stereotypes, and I found the usual batch of jokes on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NationalStereotypes :
In heaven, the cops are British, the lovers ar ...[text shortened]... aware the capital city is Canberra. Nobody inside of Australia really cares.
Originally posted by KeggeJust say 'No' to your baser emotions. Leave the poor slob alone... otherwise you commit yourself to a pleasant interlude
Oh no, not another topic about grampy bobby!
of stewing in the selfsame juices. On the other hand, maybe your aberrant behavior is all explained by guilt.
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Originally posted by KewpieI thought the title was an introduction to Queenslanders.
It's India's opinion of Australians, and the name of a local TV documentary (which also tags Americans as God and Guns and Asia as Mail Order Brides). It sent me off to look for other national stereotypes, and I found the usual batch of jokes on http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NationalStereotypes :
In heaven, the cops are British, the lovers ar aware the capital city is Canberra. Nobody inside of Australia really cares.
