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No, it's the other way around. Rove is only for people who have become incredibly dull and boring - anyone else would just fall asleep trying to watch it.
No, it's the other way around. Rove is only for people who have become incredibly dull and boring - anyone else would just fall asleep trying to watch it.So is the return of HHIS just 'Rove Live' for older people?
You really must stop soliciting male contactBurns, go beat yourself up on your drum kit. Alternatively, I can show you how.
No, it's the other way around. Rove is only for people who have become incredibly dull and boring - anyone else would just fall asleep trying to watch it.
Does anyone remember the two shows "All in the Family" and "Till Death us do Part"?
What an outcry they would cause these days!
In reality, such over the top parodies of racism imo did more for equality than all the PC stuff of today.
No doubt others will disagree.
The Australian equivalent would have to be Kingswood Country.
The Australian equivalent would have to be Kingswood Country.
What about Peter Sellers playing the part of a B grade Indian actor in the classic comedy The Party. A white man who had his face painted to look like an Indian. I doubt whether there would be a remake here unless the part is actually played by an Indian actor.Does anyone remember the two shows "All in the Family" and "Till Death us do Part"?
What an outcry they would cause these days!
In reality, such over the top parodies of racism imo did more for equality than all the PC stuff of today.
No doubt others will disagree.
i recall some years ago, that other buffoon, bert newton, was presenting the logies, and standing next to him was the greatest boxer and one of the elite sporting heroes and icons, Muhammad ali.. then during the presentation said something like " i like the boy"
lol
you could have heard a pin drop.. the champ, actually resisted punching the clown out right there and then and did not walk out.. but it was immediately evident to bert that ali wsa fuming and did all he could to stutter his way out of that one
bert never understood, due to his ignorance, how racist that was. and imho was a lucky man indeed to be one of the few men on the planet who got away with insulting a legend like him..
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Perhaps, as a New Zealander, I will start to become offended at all those sheep jokes and the ubiquitous quote of "hah, you kiwis say "fush and chups".
I think I should be entitled to suggest that these are culturally insensitive, and go and sulk about it.
Julia,Perhaps, as a New Zealander, I will start to become offended at all those sheep jokes and the ubiquitous quote of "hah, you kiwis say "fush and chups".
I think I should be entitled to suggest that these are culturally insensitive, and go and sulk about it.
The kiwi accent has been rated the most attractive and prestigious form of English outside the UK in a BBC survey.
Respondents from throughout the UK completed an online survey rating the prestige and social attractiveness of 34 different English accents.
The kiwi "fush and chups" came seven places ahead of Australia's "sex and Seedney" - and nine ahead of the American accent in terms of attractiveness.
Interesting. Thanks, Wayne.Julia,
This might give you a smile:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10602759
The kiwi accent has been rated the most attractive and prestigious form of English outside the UK in a BBC survey.
Interesting. Thanks, Wayne.
It's really too much of a generalisation to focus on "an Australian/NZ" accent, isn't it? There's a considerable variation of accents across most countries, determined largely by socio economic group/ do I dare to say class/and sometimes level of education.
Personally, the accent I like is the South African one.
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