You fuckers won't take me down! :BangBang:

he's saying it's a ridiculous comparison as it's more a measure of the size of the market than the inherent value of the company, ie when china overtakes the US economy in 20 or so years most American companies will seem tiny in comparison. Of course im not saying that marketsize is the only factor, especially in this age of globalisation, but it is a predominant factor - "America on line" is always going to be 20 times larger than "Australia on line".

He's right there.....and actually Australia is has deployed 3,000 troops to the middle east, more than any other ally except for the UK.


Question: does the fact that you lost more men in WWII in relation to population mean you were more comitted or just not as good as fighters. :Graucho :Graucho

hell yeah, you crack america and you're in the real money :)

Probably meant we were there from the word go and didn't join late :)

then compare per-capita....which places American workers as 2.4 times more productive.

Yer goin down Joe Sixcrack :ak47:

lol.. it gets kinda lame having to defend the country because people are knee-jerk attacking it because of Joe.. Isn't the person thats pissing you off more important to attack rather than the ground he stands on????

or with a higher valued currency and greater global reach that larger companies gain through size :)

We declared war on Germany the same day as Britain. September 3, 1939.

When did you declare war on Germany? :Graucho

Yeah, for the record I love Australia............just have to give Joe a ribbing for being such a tosser. Shit, I'd live in Australia anyday. :glugglug :glugglug :glugglug

Speaking as someone who has been hipshitdeep in this same crappola (against Canada no less), I'd have to agree.

Bring it on VD Smith! :ak47:

Your source?

I really don't see the point in arguing economics between two modern market first world countries of vastly different size. It's not as if australian companies are any better or worse than american ones or vice-versa.. just fuckloads smaller.. which is a given, you may as well take issue with our small population.

:1orglaugh Take good aim and rock and roll.

Damn.... that was pretty good actually.



:uhoh

And this is where lifestyle comes into it.

You stupid fuckers spend your lives working your arse off, obsessed with making more money than the next bloke, while we kick back in a tropical paradise and enjoy life... now tell me who the suckers are!

:1orglaugh

If you tossers are going to keep slagging off Australia the least you could do is put forward a rational argument base on fact! Or do I need to provide you with some ammunition?

hey it's all good.. theres not a person here who i've argued with I wouldn't like to have a drink with afterwards... It's just you have to defend the country somewhat when it's getting
"collateral damage" from flaming an individual.. I'd love to visit America if I wasn't such a pussy about flying :)

At least the real Dundee went out like a mother fucker.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/qcroc5.htm

Paul Hogan is lame.

'Im talking Night Court in the 5th season laaaaaaayyyyym...'

RIP Ansell.

:smokin

Joe, you HONESTLY don't believe that nonsense, do you? I mean seriously.

I know some guys from Australia I have done business with that would completely disagree with you. That's like saying Australians are lazy and complacent.

Well...there are boats. You could row your way here.

Okay, here's one......

Australia has just as many conceited *elitist* snobbish lookin-down-their-nose assholes as any other country. How do I know this? Well, I once wandered into a yahoo chatroom marked "Australia".... and someone asked me where I's from.........I said Canada, and everyone started telling me to get the fuck out like I had airborn herpes or something.

Fuckin Aussie chat bastards! :ak47: :BangBang:

i was born to be a surfer, some day once i'm rich i shall have a house in australia.

Me.

Dude.. It's like that here too... in the city at least.. I've done my time working 12 hour days, doing all nighters earning good $ all while spending my paycheck before the next one :)..
on the north coast though..... :)

Hey, I live here man!

Come and have a look for yourself. You don't think you can really tell what life here is like from phone calls with a few Aussie work-a-holics, do you?

ja.

You know how to swim, don't ya? :glugglug

When you flush your toilets, does the water really swirl around backwards in Australia?






:evil-laug

Maybe Sydney and Melbourne but not Brisbane. :glugglug :stoned

Maybe I've been well and truly Brisbanized but I've spent 6 months in the US and they work harder and longer than we do in my opinion.

hehehe.. thats kinda weird.. aussies and canadians usually mix well given a semi-common heritige and political leanings.

oh and yeah no country has a monopoly on elitist snobs. we have plenty.

Hahaha... you probably walked into a chat room full of teenagers. :1orglaugh

Brisbane is a large country town in the redneck north... I don't believe it' possible to get anything done in the oppressive heat anywas :) I've worked alongside canadians, americans, HK'rs, japanese.. it's all the same in a decent company. If they worked harder it was because their positions were higher up the foodchain and it was part of being a COO or whatever.

Which is what he was looking for. The part he left out was the channel was called #Australian_Boys_Looking_For_Daddies

Fair enough... I may have been appealing to a stereotype there... hehehe... I don't work very hard though and I go overseas for seven weeks every year! :Graucho

Life is good in Brissie.

There was a pedo named labret in that chat as I recall. I tried to engage him in a little entrapment, but he was busy with someone named "bummyboy_blue" at the time.


How'd that work out for you rat?:winkwink:

Pretty damn well.

http://www.tylersroom.net/freegall8/...1/LT010_48.jpg

:) oh don't get me wrong.. I've moved to a place even more laid back than you.. the highest rate of living off the dole and surfing/smoking buds in the country.. but that doesn't mean I'd judge corporate ethic based on my surroundings. ALL Shops shut at 5-5:30pm here.. you can't get a video after 9:30-10pm.. but i've played the ratrace with the best of them in sydney.