Friday 2 April 2010

When Did The Aussies Lose Their Sense Of Humour?

Australia's new tourism advertisement aimed at boosting falling numbers of overseas visitors has been mocked by a 'look-alike' website drawing attention to events that shocked the nation.

Tourism chiefs came up with the idea of the simple slogan 'There's Nothing Like Australia' - but a spoof website designed by pranksters in the U.S. features events such as the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain and the moment that the late Steve Irwin held his baby son while he fed a crocodile.

Furious officials at Tourism Australia are now trying to track down the creator of the nothinglikeaustralia.net website with a view to taking legal action.
Strewth, Bruce!
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9 comments:

  1. Chuckles2 April 2010 at 15:37

    Australians, sense of humour, you're going for the hyperbole and oxymorons today AP?

    They take their invented and illusory self-image ridiculously seriously. No correction or questioning allowed.

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  2. Antisthenes2 April 2010 at 16:57

    They are also furious about Robin Williams saying that "Australians are just red neck English people"

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  3. Quiet_Man2 April 2010 at 18:04

    The Aussie sense of humour only goes so far as dishing it out, they really are terrible at taking it either in humour or defeat.

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  4. Solent Ramblings2 April 2010 at 19:29

    Chuckles: what hurt us was being called English. Red kneck is fine.

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  5. Greencoat2 April 2010 at 21:06

    I too suffer from red kneckers - too much nude sunbathing, methinks.

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  6. Mark Wadsworth2 April 2010 at 23:58

    If you visit the Angry People In Local Newspapers Blog you'll soon note that the Aussies are the second most unjustifiably angry nation in the world. After the English.

    WV: Inflam.

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  7. JuliaM3 April 2010 at 05:37

    "They take their invented and illusory self-image ridiculously seriously."

    So it would appear!

    "...they really are terrible at taking it either in humour or defeat."

    But legal action? Good lord!

    "If you visit the Angry People In Local Newspapers Blog you'll soon note that the Aussies are the second most unjustifiably angry nation in the world. "

    Oh, that site is a beaut!

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  8. Furor Teutonicus3 April 2010 at 08:30

    To take legal action they would have to prove the stories are not true. They will find THAT hard to do when 90% of the civilised world has seen that stupid git trying to feed his bastard to the crocs on their T.Vs.

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  9. He's Spartacus4 April 2010 at 08:07

    Rather than suing the makers of the ad, can't Krudd just block the site?

    I hear it's all the rage in Crim Land these days.

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