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Mr Annoyed hasn't been sleeping well and he ...and look... he's not usually like that...but
He borrowed the wrong medication from Eddie Maguire
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Annoyed isn't to blame. Being subjected willingly to the British Empire is a hard education to stomach. It must be soul destroying. The absence of self reflection is to be expected.
Australians have risen from convicts and poor migrants slaves, to the......., well they.......
Hmmm. Not much has changed really has it.
ANZAC day is a once a year celebration of national pride and freedom or double time and half,if you can get it.
I dont need ANZAC day to remember those who fell defending Britain's interests on the other side of the world.
Australians have risen from convicts and poor migrants slaves, to the......., well they.......
Hmmm. Not much has changed really has it.
ANZAC day is a once a year celebration of national pride and freedom or double time and half,if you can get it.
I dont need ANZAC day to remember those who fell defending Britain's interests on the other side of the world.
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My father served AUSTRALIANSCQ SAINT wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 5:56pm Annoyed isn't to blame. Being subjected willingly to the British Empire is a hard education to stomach. It must be soul destroying. The absence of self reflection is to be expected.
Australians have risen from convicts and poor migrants slaves, to the......., well they.......
Hmmm. Not much has changed really has it.
ANZAC day is a once a year celebration of national pride and freedom or double time and half,if you can get it.
I dont need ANZAC day to remember those who fell defending Britain's interests on the other side of the world.
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Thats great. God bless him. He must be a bit shocked when he looks at Australia now but he did his bit.chook23 wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 6:13pmMy father served AUSTRALIANSCQ SAINT wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 5:56pm Annoyed isn't to blame. Being subjected willingly to the British Empire is a hard education to stomach. It must be soul destroying. The absence of self reflection is to be expected.
Australians have risen from convicts and poor migrants slaves, to the......., well they.......
Hmmm. Not much has changed really has it.
ANZAC day is a once a year celebration of national pride and freedom or double time and half,if you can get it.
I dont need ANZAC day to remember those who fell defending Britain's interests on the other side of the world.
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He’d be horrified I reckon.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 6:19pmThats great. God bless him. He must be a bit shocked when he looks at Australia now but he did his bit.chook23 wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 6:13pmMy father served AUSTRALIANSCQ SAINT wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 5:56pm Annoyed isn't to blame. Being subjected willingly to the British Empire is a hard education to stomach. It must be soul destroying. The absence of self reflection is to be expected.
Australians have risen from convicts and poor migrants slaves, to the......., well they.......
Hmmm. Not much has changed really has it.
ANZAC day is a once a year celebration of national pride and freedom or double time and half,if you can get it.
I dont need ANZAC day to remember those who fell defending Britain's interests on the other side of the world.
Freeloaders everywhere, men playing women’s sport, people thinking they can wake up and be an animals.
The world is fooked.
Imagine fighting in a war next to you…..
No thanks.
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In my time as a footy fan, the two most racially abused players would probably have been Sergio Silvagni and Syd Jackson.
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Well written chook23!
As did my father, his father and his father before him, as did my mothers side of the family.
Both great grandfathers were killed in WWI & one grandfather in WWII.
An uncle blew his own brains out a few years after returning from Vietnam, as we now believe he suffered PTSD.
I am lucky that I was from a generation that did not have to serve.
It appears Anglophobia is alive and well on this forum
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Robbie Muir would be hard to top for me, and Umpire Glen James.
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I thank them all for their service and sacrifice D.B. & Chook. My father was similar, wounded in PNG by the Japanese. Barely spoke about the war. In fact, the only 3 three things he spoke of in his ailing years was;D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:07pmWell written chook23!
As did my father, his father and his father before him, as did my mothers side of the family.
Both great grandfathers were killed in WWI & one grandfather in WWII.
An uncle blew his own brains out a few years after returning from Vietnam, as we now believe he suffered PTSD.
I am lucky that I was from a generation that did not have to serve.
It appears Anglophobia is alive and well on this forum![]()
The Japanese Imperial Forces were not small men.
He gave blood to a Japanese POW, even knowing the atrocities the man's fellow soldiers were commiting on their surge to Australia.
When he died in 2012, he had recently been watching the news and mused to no one in particular, "This is not the country I fought for." I believe it was simply a thought out loud.
Make of this what you will but every day in this country has some value and merit, even if we do not agree with how we got to this day or what we want from tomorrow.
The strip for this year's Indigenous Round is a cracker & one I'll happily add to my collection.
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Glenn James never, ever gets the proper recognition he deserves IMO. He used to cop some terrible abuse from over the fence. Some St Kilda supporters were as bad as other club supporters with their vitriol.D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:09pmRobbie Muir would be hard to top for me, and Umpire Glen James.
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I'm sure they're all deeply regretful for their behaviour and ignoranceloris wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:39pmGlenn James never, ever gets the proper recognition he deserves IMO. He used to cop some terrible abuse from over the fence. Some St Kilda supporters were as bad as other club supporters with their vitriol.D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:09pmRobbie Muir would be hard to top for me, and Umpire Glen James.
They were disgusting racists but ...we should forgive them all if they were diggers... or their parents or grandparents were diggers... or if they were sincerely respectful of our diggers
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Anglophobia - love the term - and it is becoming more prevalent - especially on the small screen
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Lucky for modern society the dinosaurs (way of thinking) are dying out!
Doing something possibly noble decades ago is no excuse for being a ignorant d*ck in 2023.
Some peoples’ war is everyday in the country they were born in.
Doing something possibly noble decades ago is no excuse for being a ignorant d*ck in 2023.
Some peoples’ war is everyday in the country they were born in.
All posters are equal, but some posters are more equal than others.
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Oh My F@rking G0d
Are you so anti White Australian that you recognise nothing of value in the contribution of the ordinary man since the wars
FFS - I am so sick of the s*** that gets posted in the name of equality
Equality means just that
Equal opportunities
Equal respect
People like you try and make me embarrassed for being a middle aged white male
F@rk that - I am proud of the work that I have done to own my own house, have 2 investment properties, raised a fantastic 25 yo son and live a happy life - I pay my taxes - i dont get speeding fines (I cant afford them) - I scream at the TV when they force their opinions on me - I don't understand why I can't boo Goodes for being a thug (not that I did - but I reserved the right to do so) - just the same as people used to boo Baker.
Having an opinion is like owning a pee-pee - you have every right to it - just don't try and force it down my throat!
I love my country - and I love every person living in it - but FFS STOP trying to cookie cutter me
I am NOT racist
I am NOT Homophobic
I am NOT sexist
I believe there are 2 genderss
I believe that EVERYONE has a right to choose who they want to be = and be with
I do not believe in quotas - open jobs to everyone and pick the BEST candidate
BUT
I resent people for making the choice for me.
I work in a firm that employed myself and a female at the same time - she is gone - not because of sexist reasons - she was s*** at the job - the boss had every right to fire her.
FFS - SEE THE PERSON - not the color of their skin, their gender, their belief.
BTW - I am a dyed in the wool St Kilda supporter - I do not apologise for that (and so is my son - and I wont apologise to him either for doing that to him) - I have faith, I have love, I have charity - LET ME CHOOSE what to do with them
“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”
― Aristophanes
If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
― Aristophanes
If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
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Oh - BTW - crickets from those claiming Goodes was a fine upstanding fair player since the images and links were posted 3 days ago
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If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
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If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
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A few images were chosen that suited the cause that tried to portray Goodes as a thug. You could do that to any player in the AFL.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 8:43pm Oh - BTW - crickets from those claiming Goodes was a fine upstanding fair player since the images and links were posted 3 days ago
Brownlow Medals are given to the best and fairest player, if he was a thug how does he have 2 of them.
Rugby League would have to be the stupidest, most moronic and over rated game of all time.
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You are right - they are given to the Best and Fairest - the ACTUAL AWARD IS FOR THE FAIREST AND BEST!happy feet wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 9:00pmA few images were chosen that suited the cause that tried to portray Goodes as a thug. You could do that to any player in the AFL.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 8:43pm Oh - BTW - crickets from those claiming Goodes was a fine upstanding fair player since the images and links were posted 3 days ago
Brownlow Medals are given to the best and fairest player, if he was a thug how does he have 2 of them.
Hence why people suspended are supposed to be ineligible - however they are trying to water this down
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If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
― Aristophanes
If you have a Bee in your Bonnet - I can assist you with that - but it WILL involve some smacking upside the head!
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Gee whiz, some underlying issues coming out here! Pretty sure I didn’t say or accuse you of any of those things.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 8:28pmOh My F@rking G0d
Are you so anti White Australian that you recognise nothing of value in the contribution of the ordinary man since the wars
FFS - I am so sick of the s*** that gets posted in the name of equality
Equality means just that
Equal opportunities
Equal respect
People like you try and make me embarrassed for being a middle aged white male
F@rk that - I am proud of the work that I have done to own my own house, have 2 investment properties, raised a fantastic 25 yo son and live a happy life - I pay my taxes - i dont get speeding fines (I cant afford them) - I scream at the TV when they force their opinions on me - I don't understand why I can't boo Goodes for being a thug (not that I did - but I reserved the right to do so) - just the same as people used to boo Baker.
Having an opinion is like owning a pee-pee - you have every right to it - just don't try and force it down my throat!
I love my country - and I love every person living in it - but FFS STOP trying to cookie cutter me
I am NOT racist
I am NOT Homophobic
I am NOT sexist
I believe there are 2 genderss
I believe that EVERYONE has a right to choose who they want to be = and be with
I do not believe in quotas - open jobs to everyone and pick the BEST candidate
BUT
I resent people for making the choice for me.
I work in a firm that employed myself and a female at the same time - she is gone - not because of sexist reasons - she was s*** at the job - the boss had every right to fire her.
FFS - SEE THE PERSON - not the color of their skin, their gender, their belief.
BTW - I am a dyed in the wool St Kilda supporter - I do not apologise for that (and so is my son - and I wont apologise to him either for doing that to him) - I have faith, I have love, I have charity - LET ME CHOOSE what to do with them
But one thing you did bring up; do you think every Australian has now, and in the past had, equal opportunity to succeed?
All posters are equal, but some posters are more equal than others.
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The country is slipping to the socialist dogs.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:37pmI thank them all for their service and sacrifice D.B. & Chook. My father was similar, wounded in PNG by the Japanese. Barely spoke about the war. In fact, the only 3 three things he spoke of in his ailing years was;D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:07pmWell written chook23!
As did my father, his father and his father before him, as did my mothers side of the family.
Both great grandfathers were killed in WWI & one grandfather in WWII.
An uncle blew his own brains out a few years after returning from Vietnam, as we now believe he suffered PTSD.
I am lucky that I was from a generation that did not have to serve.
It appears Anglophobia is alive and well on this forum![]()
The Japanese Imperial Forces were not small men.
He gave blood to a Japanese POW, even knowing the atrocities the man's fellow soldiers were commiting on their surge to Australia.
When he died in 2012, he had recently been watching the news and mused to no one in particular, "This is not the country I fought for." I believe it was simply a thought out loud.
Make of this what you will but every day in this country has some value and merit, even if we do not agree with how we got to this day or what we want from tomorrow.
The strip for this year's Indigenous Round is a cracker & one I'll happily add to my collection.
But….things have been good for a long time so perhaps people need to struggle a bit again (goods & services prices, home loans, etc) to realise that socialism is a cancer and has not worked or been beneficial for anyone.
Great in theory, terrible in reality.
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This. Spot on.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 8:28pmOh My F@rking G0d
Are you so anti White Australian that you recognise nothing of value in the contribution of the ordinary man since the wars
FFS - I am so sick of the s*** that gets posted in the name of equality
Equality means just that
Equal opportunities
Equal respect
People like you try and make me embarrassed for being a middle aged white male
F@rk that - I am proud of the work that I have done to own my own house, have 2 investment properties, raised a fantastic 25 yo son and live a happy life - I pay my taxes - i dont get speeding fines (I cant afford them) - I scream at the TV when they force their opinions on me - I don't understand why I can't boo Goodes for being a thug (not that I did - but I reserved the right to do so) - just the same as people used to boo Baker.
Having an opinion is like owning a pee-pee - you have every right to it - just don't try and force it down my throat!
I love my country - and I love every person living in it - but FFS STOP trying to cookie cutter me
I am NOT racist
I am NOT Homophobic
I am NOT sexist
I believe there are 2 genderss
I believe that EVERYONE has a right to choose who they want to be = and be with
I do not believe in quotas - open jobs to everyone and pick the BEST candidate
BUT
I resent people for making the choice for me.
I work in a firm that employed myself and a female at the same time - she is gone - not because of sexist reasons - she was s*** at the job - the boss had every right to fire her.
FFS - SEE THE PERSON - not the color of their skin, their gender, their belief.
BTW - I am a dyed in the wool St Kilda supporter - I do not apologise for that (and so is my son - and I wont apologise to him either for doing that to him) - I have faith, I have love, I have charity - LET ME CHOOSE what to do with them
You get a greater feel for life when you work for it and earn it. Well done sir.
2 genders. Facts.
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I think our country still has a lot going for it, but I think we are losing the long held notion that everyone who deserves a fair go gets one.Annoyedsaint wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 9:35pmThe country is slipping to the socialist dogs.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:37pmI thank them all for their service and sacrifice D.B. & Chook. My father was similar, wounded in PNG by the Japanese. Barely spoke about the war. In fact, the only 3 three things he spoke of in his ailing years was;D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:07pmWell written chook23!
As did my father, his father and his father before him, as did my mothers side of the family.
Both great grandfathers were killed in WWI & one grandfather in WWII.
An uncle blew his own brains out a few years after returning from Vietnam, as we now believe he suffered PTSD.
I am lucky that I was from a generation that did not have to serve.
It appears Anglophobia is alive and well on this forum![]()
The Japanese Imperial Forces were not small men.
He gave blood to a Japanese POW, even knowing the atrocities the man's fellow soldiers were commiting on their surge to Australia.
When he died in 2012, he had recently been watching the news and mused to no one in particular, "This is not the country I fought for." I believe it was simply a thought out loud.
Make of this what you will but every day in this country has some value and merit, even if we do not agree with how we got to this day or what we want from tomorrow.
The strip for this year's Indigenous Round is a cracker & one I'll happily add to my collection.
But….things have been good for a long time so perhaps people need to struggle a bit again (goods & services prices, home loans, etc) to realise that socialism is a cancer and has not worked or been beneficial for anyone.
Great in theory, terrible in reality.
My Dad served with Tom Derrick VC in New Guinea and Tarakan. Dad never talked about the war much, but he said Derrick was Aboriginal and the bravest man he had ever met.
Rugby League would have to be the stupidest, most moronic and over rated game of all time.
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I think our country still has a lot going for it, but I think we are losing the long held notion that everyone who deserves a fair go gets one.Annoyedsaint wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 9:35pmThe country is slipping to the socialist dogs.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:37pmI thank them all for their service and sacrifice D.B. & Chook. My father was similar, wounded in PNG by the Japanese. Barely spoke about the war. In fact, the only 3 three things he spoke of in his ailing years was;D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 7:07pmWell written chook23!
As did my father, his father and his father before him, as did my mothers side of the family.
Both great grandfathers were killed in WWI & one grandfather in WWII.
An uncle blew his own brains out a few years after returning from Vietnam, as we now believe he suffered PTSD.
I am lucky that I was from a generation that did not have to serve.
It appears Anglophobia is alive and well on this forum![]()
The Japanese Imperial Forces were not small men.
He gave blood to a Japanese POW, even knowing the atrocities the man's fellow soldiers were commiting on their surge to Australia.
When he died in 2012, he had recently been watching the news and mused to no one in particular, "This is not the country I fought for." I believe it was simply a thought out loud.
Make of this what you will but every day in this country has some value and merit, even if we do not agree with how we got to this day or what we want from tomorrow.
The strip for this year's Indigenous Round is a cracker & one I'll happily add to my collection.
But….things have been good for a long time so perhaps people need to struggle a bit again (goods & services prices, home loans, etc) to realise that socialism is a cancer and has not worked or been beneficial for anyone.
Great in theory, terrible in reality.
My Dad served with Tom Derrick VC in New Guinea and Tarakan. Dad never talked about the war much, but he said Derrick was Aboriginal and the bravest man he had ever met.
Rugby League would have to be the stupidest, most moronic and over rated game of all time.
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No one has had a better opportunity now to succeed.The_Dud wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 9:29pmGee whiz, some underlying issues coming out here! Pretty sure I didn’t say or accuse you of any of those things.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Thu 11 May 2023 8:28pmOh My F@rking G0d
Are you so anti White Australian that you recognise nothing of value in the contribution of the ordinary man since the wars
FFS - I am so sick of the s*** that gets posted in the name of equality
Equality means just that
Equal opportunities
Equal respect
People like you try and make me embarrassed for being a middle aged white male
F@rk that - I am proud of the work that I have done to own my own house, have 2 investment properties, raised a fantastic 25 yo son and live a happy life - I pay my taxes - i dont get speeding fines (I cant afford them) - I scream at the TV when they force their opinions on me - I don't understand why I can't boo Goodes for being a thug (not that I did - but I reserved the right to do so) - just the same as people used to boo Baker.
Having an opinion is like owning a pee-pee - you have every right to it - just don't try and force it down my throat!
I love my country - and I love every person living in it - but FFS STOP trying to cookie cutter me
I am NOT racist
I am NOT Homophobic
I am NOT sexist
I believe there are 2 genderss
I believe that EVERYONE has a right to choose who they want to be = and be with
I do not believe in quotas - open jobs to everyone and pick the BEST candidate
BUT
I resent people for making the choice for me.
I work in a firm that employed myself and a female at the same time - she is gone - not because of sexist reasons - she was s*** at the job - the boss had every right to fire her.
FFS - SEE THE PERSON - not the color of their skin, their gender, their belief.
BTW - I am a dyed in the wool St Kilda supporter - I do not apologise for that (and so is my son - and I wont apologise to him either for doing that to him) - I have faith, I have love, I have charity - LET ME CHOOSE what to do with them
But one thing you did bring up; do you think every Australian has now, and in the past had, equal opportunity to succeed?
Surely that is progress.
Isn’t that the point? If it was the other way around then I’d say fair enough to a few things. But it’s not.
Ample opportunity to at least attempt to do something with your life rather than wallow in self pity