tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post1538059107461902500..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: Dream Of The Devilexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-18711994498749365062010-03-22T12:57:18.570+11:002010-03-22T12:57:18.570+11:00Paula: she's got a much better voice than that...Paula: she's got a much better voice than that bloody ugly pommie cow, Oozin' Boil. Oi! ;-) <br /><br />The thing about the movie is that hardly anything taken "in context" was that bad or damning, it was the whole effect over the weeks 'trapped' there that desensitized the once refined Englisman.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-85792278901650708832010-03-14T21:39:04.868+11:002010-03-14T21:39:04.868+11:00But remember, we're not ALL that bad! (Never c...But remember, we're not ALL that bad! (Never could watch that movie - the kangaroo cull - horrible stuff and heartbreaking, plus too scary overall!)<br /><br />To counteract the horrible image of Australians from the above movie, here's an extremely refined version of the traditional Australian folk song "Botany Bay" and the lady (Mirusia Louwerse - typical Australian name of course..) who even says oi oi oi at the end! <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhU2VYpxNoQ&feature=relatedPaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740413068485005824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-9482342907104652722010-03-08T23:16:32.056+11:002010-03-08T23:16:32.056+11:00Scott: the outback police are rumoured to advise l...Scott: the outback police are rumoured to advise landowners to shoot trespassers or potentially threatening intruders dead, because it is much more simple in court when there is only one version of events...expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-66421122224305950492010-03-08T21:47:35.240+11:002010-03-08T21:47:35.240+11:00I can't believe that I haven't seen it and...I can't believe that I haven't seen it and now I will need to retrace your steps to get myself a copy (if my local video library doesn't have it.<br /><br />I remember my road trip to QLD as a young guy with my ex, we pulled over off the highway and put up the tent in the middle of the night on the side of a farm. We heard shots in the distance and drifted off, extremely tired.<br />Not sure how much safety the tent wall would have afforded us from a stray bullets of the drunken country boys out havin' a good night. Woke the next morning in time to break camp and speed off for the highway as the unhappy farmer chased us on his farmbike.Lost in Melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197275050826963568noreply@blogger.com