tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post6625785751012884437..comments2024-03-27T18:13:31.654-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Australian Politics explained for American readers (Part II)Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-10886744270793252032010-07-27T00:12:11.411-04:002010-07-27T00:12:11.411-04:00Steve: I ran into a somewhat similar problem years...Steve: I ran into a somewhat similar problem years ago when I was trying to explain baseball to an Austrian.<br /><br />"But, he hit ze ball. Vy is dat a shtrike?"<br /><br />"Because it was a foul ball."<br /><br />"Vat?"<br /><br />"A foul ball. The batter hit it, but it was outside of the baseline. So, now he has two strikes; one more and he's out."<br /><br /><i>Next pitch is hit foul</i><br /><br />"Ach, zo he iss out now, ja?"<br /><br />"Well, er, no."<br /><br />"But he hit a foul ball!"<br /><br />"Yes, but, ahm, if he already has two strikes, the next foul ball doesn't count as a strike."<br /><br />"Isn't dere a soccer game on TV?"Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-22336411026880400272010-07-27T00:00:28.291-04:002010-07-27T00:00:28.291-04:00I almost figured out cricket one afternoon in 1982...I almost figured out cricket one afternoon in 1982, watching a game at the Singapore Cricket Club.<br /><br />A few years later, I made the mistake of asking an Aussie to explain the game to me. When he was done, I knew less than before.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-51672111647624070202010-07-26T17:23:34.447-04:002010-07-26T17:23:34.447-04:00Quoted from and Linked to at:
Australia, Australi...Quoted from and Linked to at: <br /><b><a href="http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/australia-australia-australia-we-love-you-amen" rel="nofollow">Australia, Australia, Australia, We Love You - Amen!</a></b>Bob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-78069082496975874842010-07-26T04:20:46.452-04:002010-07-26T04:20:46.452-04:00I wondered who you'd been talking to. Not surp...I wondered who you'd been talking to. Not surprised it turned out most likely to be Australia's analogue of HAL9000.<br /><br />That par about the Greens is a bit hopeful but. <br /><br />Despite Australia voting for a government that has wasted more money than any other in history, yet almost paradoxically being the same government that dumped on who was for a while one of the most popular PMs ever, the average voter has apparently concluded that a double dose of moronity is warranted.<br /><br />The Greens have had a pretty good run lately, and are probably releasing their second chakras like never before as a result.<br /><br />With most Greens' supporters being doctor's wives (though thankfully not Mrs Dminor), it gives a whole new very icky meaning to Oz having egg on its collective face should the Greens actually manage to get the balance of power in the Senate again.<br /><br />Australia, despite being the most remote decent place on the planet, never got the Concorde thanks to the Greenies.bingbinghttp://jamesboard.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-63222092006217358912010-07-26T01:04:06.758-04:002010-07-26T01:04:06.758-04:00Perhaps some of our American friends can help here...Perhaps some of our American friends can help here. We spell differently (and more correctly) than you people. For example:- valour, colour, clamour,labour. You leave out the "u".<br />But the laughably named major party of the left is the Labor Party. Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-45611184143837819582010-07-25T22:03:40.041-04:002010-07-25T22:03:40.041-04:00Cricket is Croquet speeded-up.Cricket is Croquet speeded-up.brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-1539793075225384692010-07-25T20:35:55.314-04:002010-07-25T20:35:55.314-04:00I thought that was "so-called Blair.":)
...I thought that was "so-called Blair.":)<br /><br />I dunno about that honor system thing. Hopefully the Tea Party movement can restore some of that. If not we might have to bring back the wood chipper for both parties, speaking of Blairistan.:)<br /><br />Bloomberg was saying tonight that Labour had a four point lead on the Liberal Party but that was down from seven.Yojimbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-36764886725327437692010-07-25T20:32:51.702-04:002010-07-25T20:32:51.702-04:00In Australia, the Republicans are what you in USA ...In Australia, the Republicans are what you in USA call 'liberals' while the Liberals are an alliance of conservatives and libertarians. <br /><br />Or as Seinfeld would say, 'It's bizarro world!'brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-27719914139813257172010-07-25T20:18:17.654-04:002010-07-25T20:18:17.654-04:00Or maybe it's baseball that's a combinatio...Or maybe it's baseball that's a combination of baseball and sleep (There! Beat you all to it!)Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-75267566979224743872010-07-25T19:17:49.687-04:002010-07-25T19:17:49.687-04:00I always thought cricket was a combination of base...I always thought cricket was a combination of baseball and sleep.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-49773451775807840242010-07-25T18:08:44.418-04:002010-07-25T18:08:44.418-04:00RebeccaH.... the insect game is "cricket"...RebeccaH.... the insect game is "cricket" (not cockroach) and can best be described, at least in its' traditional form, as a civilised antecedent of baseball.Old Sailor Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-75357209247942529002010-07-25T17:59:43.888-04:002010-07-25T17:59:43.888-04:00Pretty close, Paco. You did leave out the importa...Pretty close, Paco. You did leave out the important fact of the G-Gs power. He/she can legally dismiss the Prime Minister.<br /><br />Just like the labor party can.Old Sailor Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-27972462159578683192010-07-25T17:11:37.274-04:002010-07-25T17:11:37.274-04:00Rebecca's right. Just try to picture a zoo run...Rebecca's right. Just try to picture a zoo run on the honor system.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-930991591574488652010-07-25T16:39:00.909-04:002010-07-25T16:39:00.909-04:00JorgX, there is no explanation for American politi...JorgX, there is no explanation for American politics. Even we don't understand it.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-43909832830380911692010-07-25T16:35:16.140-04:002010-07-25T16:35:16.140-04:00Now, could you explain American politics?
Thanks!...Now, could you explain American politics?<br /><br />Thanks!JorgXMcKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509568525555189690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-33219346763131667732010-07-25T14:05:07.781-04:002010-07-25T14:05:07.781-04:00Thanks for these edifying clarifications, Paco. I...Thanks for these edifying clarifications, Paco. I think I've got a handle on Australian politics now (not all that different from ours, really, when you get right down to brass tacks). <br /><br />Now if you could only explain that peculiar game they play... let me think... the one named after some kind of insect.<br /><br />wv: purgickn - An Australianism, I believe, for some kind of political battle.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-89625814909441361312010-07-25T14:01:49.638-04:002010-07-25T14:01:49.638-04:00A cucumber-sandwich-eating contest? Can cucumbers...A cucumber-sandwich-eating contest? Can cucumbers even grow in Australia, it being desert and all? Besides I thought "beet root" was the national veggie Down Under (not to be confused with "Vegemite", which appears to be a petroleum extract mislabeled as being safe for human consumption.<br /><br />I suppose they could import cucumbers, if the Governor-General and the Prime Minister insisted. But that sounds most anti-Australian to me.<br /><br />And this "Tim Blair" -- I recall reading that he's President of Australia. Or that he was once nominated for the title during a pub crawl one night.<br /><br />TW: <i>hystoret</i>. Indeed, Paco, this series of posts on Australian politics is historic.JeffSnoreply@blogger.com