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PriceyDownunder

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  1. How many highlights packages I've seen where both the wasted review and Lyon's run-out fumble have been somehow left out...
  2. I think you overestimate how much Australians really know about English football. Outside the most well known say 10 clubs, if there isn't a major city name in the club's name, they probably wouldn't have a clue.
  3. As many ex-pats / migrants will agree, hearing the name of our club in some far flung parts is quite the rarity, especially with our current league status. So I got quite the thrill when this question popped up in our weekly pub trivia comp. last night. Needless to say, our team were the only ones with the correct answer.
  4. These two guys who sit next to each other and across from me at work. One tells the other he's going to have a busy couple of months because he's going to loads of gigs. And he's also going to the races. So the other guy said "You'll need to win at the races to fund all those gigs!" And the second guy replied with something like "No I've planned it all out quite carefully so I should be fine with money" The first guy seemed to be just making small talk to pass the time, the story may have been shit but he doesn't need to be criticised about his ability to run his finances. And the second guy was just trying to make a joke. It wasn't funny but it was a shit story anyway. He should have just given him a polite laugh and shut up. What makes it worse is both guys are Villa fans so they probably both hang out on the same forum or something, and shouldn't want to annoy each other too much. Brothers in arms and all that...
  5. My boys and I. We participated in a charity cycle in support of MS Australia. 82kms from Sydney to Wollongong...
  6. Need your help, fellas. Recently started attending trivia nights with the missus and a couple of others. At the half way point, my son (age 11) is invited to tell a joke. Which goes down really well. So much so that it's become expected every week now. So, we need some more material. Just short ones like: What does... or, Why did... etc. Last night's was : What did Stephen Hawking get on his IQ test? - Just a little bit of dribble. Previously : What's long and limp and hangs just in front of an arsehole? - Donald Trump's tie. And: Why do dwarfs laugh when playing football? - 'cos the grass tickles their balls. Just a little inappropriate and/or risque for an 11 year old - which makes them go down all the better - but not too adult as to shock. And kids jokes just won't cut it with this audience. Thought I'd come here first, and I've been "browsing" the 394 pages here, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance...
  7. 3212 pages of things that piss us off... I'm worried... ?
  8. I have two; and I've never really known which one came first. My first day at Nursery school, I was distraught. My mum held me and passed me to the teacher, who was somewhat pregnant (I'm told) at the time. I kicked and kicked until the teacher put me down (quickly, I hope). I have no recollection after that. The other is of my older sister and I standing at the bottom of the stairs in our house and convincing our younger sister to roll herself down the stairs. Which she did, gambol style. I think she went to hospital but no major injuries. I have no idea which came first but I do know we lived in the same house for both occasions...
  9. Born there, grew up (a little) there, emigrated to Aus when I was 10. Went back for the first time 30 years later in 2011. Not a shithole as such, but boy, it had gone downhill... Note the tracksuit... 1981!
  10. Ivan Mauger dead at 78. Suffered from Alzheimer's in later years. GOAT?
  11. One more day of work, then a week in Fiji...
  12. There were 77,000 + in attendance. I saw no-one else in a Villa shirt. I did have 7 (yes, I counted them) people make mention of the shirt, but only 1 referenced Jedinak... I think it's safe to say that unless it's Premier League, locals are fairly naive unless they are ex-pats, especially when it comes to who plays for who...
  13. Me and the young bloke at Australia vs Honduras last night...
  14. Couldn't find any prior thread, so thought I'd start one... Oh, and keep it clean! I'll start with: I'd love to spend a day at Maho Beach, St. Maarten.
  15. I've often wondered similarly about singing and playing an instrument. Remembering the correct lyric and note at the same time?
  16. My week is linear, with no end... It just keeps rolling past. But my year is circular, clock fashion. Ever since I was a kid. But it runs anti-clockwise and slightly off-keel. December 31st is Midnight, of course. Which makes January 1st 11.00 o'clock; February 1st is 10.00 o'clock; March 1st is 9.00 o'clock, and so on, but June and July seem to occupy the same space to allow December 1st to be 1.00 o'clock, so that last hour as all December... Currently we are around 4.00 o'clock...
  17. I asked my wife to go to counselling with me once, many moons ago. She said "no", and that I was just seeing problems that weren't there. Several months later, I asked her to go to counselling again. Again she said "no". A further few months, and I was begging her now. But alas, she stubbornly said that as I was the one with the problem. And that I should go alone. So I mustered up all my courage, and packed all my things, and left. The following week, I got a call from her sister asking if I thought counselling was an option. That was 15 years ago. And I've never been happier... Divorced her, married someone else (later), have a wonderful son, and a wonderful life... Her loss. Moral of the story? Do everything it takes, to keep what you want, before it's not there anymore. EVERYTHING... Good luck fella...
  18. Answers as promised... 1. How many ships made up the First Fleet? 11- HMS SUPPLY, HMS SIRIUS, ALEXANDER, CHARLOTTE, FRIENDSHIP, LADY PENRHYN, SCARBOROUGH, GOLDEN GROVE, FISHBURN, BORROWDALE. 2. In which Australian state will you find the town of Yorkey’s Knob? QUEENSLAND 3. As a percentage, the current number of Australian citizens born overseas, is roughly. 25% 4. Which Australian cricket player declared the innings in a Test Match when his individual score reached 334 equalling that of Don Bradman? MARK TAYLOR (vs Pakistan 1998) 5. Julia Gillard was Prime Minister from what year ‘til what year? JUNE 2010 - JUNE 2013 6. John Newcombe won the Australian Open Singles Tennis Championship twice. What years? 1973 & 1975 7. The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. Goulburn has The Big Merino. Ballina has the Big Prawn. In which NSW town will you find The Big Axe? KEW 8. In 1977, a referendum resulted in Advance Australia Fair being voted the new National Anthem. Which song finished second? WALTZING MATILDA 9. Released in 1986, what was the first album by an Australian artist to sell more than 1 million copies in Australia? WHISPERING JACK (JOHN FARNHAM - 1,680,000 copies) 10. Which department store opened its doors on the corner of George & Barrack Sts, Sydney in 1838? DAVID JONES 11. Governor Phillip called this place Rock Island. It was also known as Pinchgut. What am I talking about? FORT DENISON ISLAND (SYDNEY HARBOUR) 12. The Birdsville Track runs through which two states? QUEENSLAND & SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13. What type of animal is a Drongo? BIRD 14. What does CSIRO stand for? COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC (AND) INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION 15. In which year did television first appear in Australia? 1956 (COLOUR IN 1975) 16. What does the town of Tumut in NSW have in common with the suburb of Glenelg, in Adelaide, and Parap in Darwin? THEY ARE PALINDROMES 17. Who is the longest serving female presenter on Play School? BENITA COLLINGS 18. Which Australian city was, as a fledgling settlement, originally named Batmania? MELBOURNE (AFTER EXPLORER JOHN BATMAN - THEN RENAMED AFTER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WILLIAM LAMB, 2nd VISCOUNT MELBOURNE) 19. Who is the only person to be awarded both Young Australian of the Year, and Australian of the Year? CATHY FREEMAN (1990 & 1998) 20. In the iconic Australian 1997 film The Castle, Darryl Kerrigan and Sal Kerrigan have how many kids? 4 (DALE, TRACEY, STEVE, WAYNE) 21. Which Australian Christmas tradition began in Melbourne in 1937? CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT 22. “I LIKE YOUNG ME” is an anagram of the name of which famous Australian? KYLIE MINOGUE 23. Who is the most recent Australian tennis player to be ranked World number 1? And what year? LLEYTON HEWITT 2003 24. What is the highest grossing Australian movie of all time? MAD MAX ; FURY ROAD (AUS $49m - W/wide $375m+) 25. Which Australian landmark sits on what has been called, among other names, Limeburner’s Point. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (CONVICT WOMEN BURNED EMPTY OYSTER SHELLS TO MAKE LIME FOR MORTAR) 26. Australian pop music group Justice Crew rose to fame after winning which season of Australia’s Got Talent? SEASON 4 - 2010 27. What is the more common name of the Ornithorhynchus anatinus? PLATYPUS 28. “A dingo stole my baybay” was declared by Lindy Chamberlain in 1980. What month? AUGUST (17th) 29. 1988, the year I finished high school, also saw the launch of which two long running Australian TV shows? HOME AND AWAY & A CURRENT AFFAIR 30. Which is further north; Cairns in Queensland, or Derby in W. Aust? CAIRNS (by less than 1deg) 31. Who was the first Australian Aboriginal to win an Olympic Gold medal? NOVA PERIS KNEEBONE (WOMENS FIELD HOCKEY - 1996) 32. Neighbours! Scott and Charlene got married. But before they did they had different surnames. What were they? ROBINSON & MITCHELL Ooroo Cobbers!
  19. Hi All, To celebrate my recent Australian citizenship, I hosted a bit of a shindig. Part of the entertainment for said shindig was some Australian themed trivia. Try your luck: 1. How many ships made up the First Fleet? 2. In which Australian state will you find the town of Yorkey’s Knob? 3. As a percentage, the current number of Australian citizens born overseas, is roughly. 4. Which Australian cricket player declared the innings in a Test Match when his individual score reached 334 equalling that of Don Bradman? 5. Julia Gillard was Prime Minister from what year ‘til what year? 6. John Newcombe won the Australian Open Singles Tennis Championship twice. What years? 7. The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. Goulburn has The Big Merino. Ballina has the Big Prawn. In which NSW town will you find The Big Axe? 8. In 1997, a referendum resulted in Advance Australia Fair being voted the new National Anthem. Which song finished second? 9. Released in 1986, what was the first album by an Australian artist to sell more than 1 million copies in Australia? 10. Which department store opened its doors on the corner of George & Barrack Sts, Sydney in 1838? 11. Governor Phillip called this place Rock Island. It was also known as Pinchgut. What am I talking about? 12. The Birdsville Track runs through which two states? 13. What type of animal is a Drongo? 14. What does CSIRO stand for? 15. In which year did television first appear in Australia? 16. What does the town of Tumut in NSW have in common with the suburb of Glenelg, in Adelaide, and Parap in Darwin? 17. Who is the longest serving female presenter on Play School? 18. Which Australian city was, as a fledgling settlement, originally named Batmania? 19. Who is the only person to be awarded both Young Australian of the Year, and Australian of the Year? 20. In the iconic Australian 1997 film The Castle, Darryl Kerrigan and Sal Kerrigan have how many kids? 21. Which Australian Christmas tradition began in Melbourne in 1937? 22. “I LIKE YOUNG ME” is an anagram of the name of which famous Australian? 23. Who is the most recent Australian tennis player to be ranked World number 1? And what year? 24. What is the highest grossing Australian movie of all time? 25. Which Australian landmark sits on what has been called, among other names, Limeburner’s Point. 26. Australian pop music group Justice Crew rose to fame after winning which season of Australia’s Got Talent? 27. What is the more common name of the Ornithorhynchus anatinus? 28. “A dingo stole my baybay” was declared by Lindy Chamberlain in 1980. What month? 29. 1988, the year I finished high school, also saw the launch of which two long running Australian TV shows? 30. Which is further north; Cairns in Queensland, or Derby in W. Aust? 31. Who was the first Australian Aboriginal to win an Olympic Gold medal? 32. Neighbours! Scott and Charlene got married. But before they did they had different surnames. What were they? Answers on Monday...
  20. Thank you! Pleasure to have been a guest for so long... And I get the Kyle comments often. Difference is I'm a nice bloke, and he's a complete rocket polisher...
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