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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. 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 pictures of Paul Hogan (about time he changed nationality to US
anyway)?
> 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! 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>
> Perhaps it's indicative that there aren't any in Australia, but there's one
> in Guam and a bunch on the Pacific Rim--and they have a partnership with
> NASCAR, a US stock-car racing syndicate usually associated with country
> bumpkins.
>
> http://www.outback.com
BLEAAARGGGGG!
Pete Callaway
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