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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 02:56:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes: > > 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> Ugh, does that sound familiar... I get asked if everyone in Israel speaks Yiddish (heck no!), if I ride a camel to school (!), and "are you SURE it's not all a big desert?!" Not to mention that I have to defend the IDF* :-) ...First of all I have to defend the fact that I *have* to go there... then I have to explain the fact that I *want* to go there... *Israeli Defense Forces, ie the military -Shiri

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		Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
(...) Ack, I just had to get used to hearing colleagues from Israel talk about having to teach classes on Sunday. ;) (...) You know, I had to do the same thing when I moved to New Jersey (insert "NJ" for "IDF"). However, I think the pay in the IDF (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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