"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Maybe it would be a shorter list if we focused on how not to get into a fight in an Australian bar
This strange little video found its way onto my recommended list on YouTube. I offer it as a PSA.
A shipmate was sitting at a bar in Fremantle and an Australian Rules football game was on the TV. He asked a woman sitting next to him "Who are you rooting for?" and next thing he was sitting on his butt on the floor.
"Root" doesn't mean "cheer" Down Under. It's extremely rude.
Correct Stephen, rooting is synoymous with screwing. A slightly more polite term instead of using the F word. A workmate of mine called Tony married a beautiful blond girl from South Carolina. We used to play a wierd sport called Indoor Cricket and Tony's new wife came to her first game and when he went in to bat she yelled out "I'm rooting for you Tony!" which caused a few laughs that confused her. She thought she had said something wrong so to fix matters she yelled out "hell, I'm rooting for the whole team!" Well this caused the game to stop, the umpire nearly fell out of his chair (think tennis umpire) and Tony had to leave the field and whispered in her ear as she slowly started to understand her face went redder and eyes got wider. She took it well though, until some of the opposition came over to find out about joining our team.
I can never visit Australia. If someone says something about how they have to do something hard or dangerous I always say, "I'm rooting for you." It's so standard I don't realize i'm saying it until after I've said it.
Please come over Veeshir. I think the vast majority would be able to understand the nuance. You may get a giggle at most. That happened in the late 70's. We could use some of your common sense down here.
There's still a few pubs like that around. Most of them though, today, you could start a fight by saying something like "Trump's doing a great job dealing with those illegal immigrants." And you wouldn't have to dodge too many fists either. Most of the response would be name calling. Plus a few phone cameras coming out to record you for social media.
It's Anzac Day today and two-up (that's a betting game the soldiers played and is only legal on Anzac Day) starts at 1pm in the pub down the road. It doesn't take much to start a fight but if I see any particularly interesting ones I will file a report tomorrow.
A shipmate was sitting at a bar in Fremantle and an Australian Rules football game was on the TV. He asked a woman sitting next to him "Who are you rooting for?" and next thing he was sitting on his butt on the floor.
ReplyDelete"Root" doesn't mean "cheer" Down Under. It's extremely rude.
Correct Stephen, rooting is synoymous with screwing. A slightly more polite term instead of using the F word.
DeleteA workmate of mine called Tony married a beautiful blond girl from South Carolina.
We used to play a wierd sport called Indoor Cricket and Tony's new wife came to her first game and when he went in to bat she yelled out "I'm rooting for you Tony!" which caused a few laughs that confused her. She thought she had said something wrong so to fix matters she yelled out "hell, I'm rooting for the whole team!"
Well this caused the game to stop, the umpire nearly fell out of his chair (think tennis umpire) and Tony had to leave the field and whispered in her ear as she slowly started to understand her face went redder and eyes got wider. She took it well though, until some of the opposition came over to find out about joining our team.
That's hilarious! Poor girl.
DeleteBtw, I think outdoor cricket is pretty weird, too, but that's just me.
I can never visit Australia.
DeleteIf someone says something about how they have to do something hard or dangerous I always say, "I'm rooting for you."
It's so standard I don't realize i'm saying it until after I've said it.
Please come over Veeshir. I think the vast majority would be able to understand the nuance. You may get a giggle at most.
DeleteThat happened in the late 70's. We could use some of your common sense down here.
Haw! Maybe friend and commenter Steve at the Pub will see this and weigh in.
ReplyDeleteThere's still a few pubs like that around. Most of them though, today, you could start a fight by saying something like "Trump's doing a great job dealing with those illegal immigrants."
ReplyDeleteAnd you wouldn't have to dodge too many fists either. Most of the response would be name calling. Plus a few phone cameras coming out to record you for social media.
It's Anzac Day today and two-up (that's a betting game the soldiers played and is only legal on Anzac Day) starts at 1pm in the pub down the road. It doesn't take much to start a fight but if I see any particularly interesting ones I will file a report tomorrow.
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