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Subject:	Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 4 May 2000 20:27:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Callaway wrote: > In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: > > By the way, for the .au folks, have you heard any of these awful > > "Outback Steakhouse" commercials they have up here in the eastern > > US? The supposed "essence" of Australia--Paul Hogan, wallabies, > > and Men at Work, mostly--has been canned and parleyed into a good > > -sized STOW-restaurant (STOW=Stuff* Tacked On Walls) empire up > > here. > > Kinda like the Lone Star franchise out here by the looks of it. Icky > at the best of times. Heh. The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the Lone Star State (Texas, USA). So yes, your having Lone Star restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback Steakhouses in Houston. Ugh. > > It's depressing, and IIRC it was started by an Australian emigre > > catering to US myths about Australia. > > I still get asked about Kangaroos in the middle of Sydney and pet > Koala's in the back yard, and they're quite serious when they ask! And every one of Houston's 4 million people (okay, Houston + local urbanized area) lives on a ranch and rides a horse to work -- not! People have this image of Houston as a hick town, but IMHO it's quite a diverse, integrated, interesting, pleasant place to live.[1] > One myth that's true though is that Cadbury's chocolate is better > than Hershey's (and I can speak from a tasting experience). <GD&R> Mmmm, Cadbury's! And say, doesn't the Violet Crumble (yum!) come from .au? ... sure does, check out <URL:http://www.violetcrumble.com/>, which is not the official site but instead some enterprising person from California who ships it within the USA. I can't find an official site for Hoadley's; is there one? [1] ...but not a Vacation Destination, i.e. you would not choose to visit Houston unless you know someone here. -- Susan Hoover Houston, TX

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		Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
(...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
(...) Kinda like the Lone Star franchise out here by the looks of it. Icky at the best of times. Do they have a stiffed Kangaroo head on the wall? A life sized Aborigine manikin in the corner with a Crocodile Dundee hat on? Framed, autographed (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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