They hate Paul Hogan because he dumped his wife of 30-odd years for Linda Kazowlski (his co-star in Crocodile Dundee).
I will not respond to the rest Kent because I admire and respect Australians and I won't get into a flame war about it. If you want to learn about the TRUE Australian psyche read "In a Sunburned Country" The book has good insight about how Aussies view themselves and their relationship to England and the world. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:05 PM Subject: RE: Pentax Ads > Aussies are notorious for hating any of their countrymen who actually make a > living at what they like doing. Especially if that fame is outside > Australia. And their wives aren't Aussie either (Paul's first was). > Check the history and you will find that the reason the British used the > Aussie troops in WWI at Gallipoli and in WWII in North Africa mainly is that > they were so hard to control and lacked military discipline that they wanted > to use them as far from the UK and their own units as possible. > Kent Gittings - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
