Winging Poms and Limey's

[Ianpbaker]

Hi All

I understand why all you Kangaroo lovers call us Brit's Winging Poms (Not quite sure about the Pom bit Though), But I don't understand why you Burger lovers call us Limey's.

If any of our Australian and American counterparts can help me out I would be most happy.

Ian

Another Winging Limey (No offence ment by the names I classed the two countries)

[Sam Finch]

OK Here's why everyone Takes the Piss out of us

Pome, stands for Prisoner of Mother England, ie we're still stuck over here where it rains alot, instead of in Oz where it doesn't

Limey comes from some sailour back in collonial times (It could have been Captain Cook) who used to prevent Scurvy by making sure all his sailors ate loads of Limes, so they call us limeys because we used to buy loads of them


And I'd like to congratulate both countries on their witty original and modern terms for us Brits.

[Ianpbaker]

Cheers Sam

I new both went back a fair few years but I forgot why were actually called them. The only reason I asked is becuase I have two blokes working in the same company as me (One Oz and one US), and both of them think they are great comedians and use thoose sayings all the time and think it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I will have my revenge!!!!!

Ian

[Sam Finch]

Call The American a Soapy, It's Rhying Slang for Yank (Soapy T*T W*** - Yank) See If he can guess that one.

[Iain17]

Ian,

To the Australians. Just point out that they are English. Also mention the fact that Australia was the dumping ground for the scum of humanity. It was the furthest place we could physically send them That has got to mean something

To the Americans. Just point out that they are English. They didn't win the war for us, in fact the Americans have never won a war that the British have not been involved in. Oh yeah, and have they ever considered the concept of not eating occasionally?

[Ianpbaker]

Hi Guy's

Thanks for all your support. I especially like the Sopey comment Sam. We might need to be A bit careful what we say here becuase There are a hell of al ot of americans and Oz's TO annoy here.

What's nice to see though is that all us brittish bring up the past when ever it comes to slagging off other countries. Long may it live.

Ian

[Sam Finch]

In Fact with regards to the war point out that it was the Russians that won it for us, that pisses them off, And Bring in a Vietnameese Flag If you can Find one, And as For the Aussies, Remind them that their main Export Is Neighbours and Home and Away.

[Jimbob]

you could also mention that the US was breifly a dumping ground for crims, after they stopped sending them to oz.

all this remids me of the name calling between us natives and the english, here in wales!!!

[Y2J]

You guys have a lot of stereotypical names for other nationalities, what do you call Canadians?

[noone]

Y2J,
Gods among men

[Iain17]

Jimbob,

I had heard about the US of A being another dumping ground for criminals, but i was not sure if it was true or not, and that is why i did not post it.


Y2J,

I can't think of a reason for disliking candians at the minute, so you lot are safe.

[GRAHAM]

Jimbob

Hooray.....

I was starting to think that I was the only VBer
in this forum , that lives in Wales.

GRAHAM

[Mongo]

Iain17, the bulk of Georgia (USA) was originally a debtor's colony.

I know pom as an adoring *smirk* reference to pomme (apple) and/or pomegranate and the similarity to the pale pink and white complexions of those from the foggy isle;

[Edited by Mongo on 07-15-2000 at 12:25 AM]

[mikeycorn]

As long as we're on the topic of nationalities, is there any more arrogant and stupid people on the face of the Earth than the French???

Fun facts about the French:

A major soap company decided to do a study on the use of soap in France. It turns out that soap is consumed in France at the rate of TWO BARS PER CAPITA PER YEAR!!!

Dirty frogs.

[Harrild]

I am half Pom and half Aussie livin in Syd.

The poms winge at us cos they haven't got a hope in hell at beating us at anything especially sport.....
Ever been in London during Easter. Some many arrogant french kids you just wanna thump one or two actually the whole f**king lot and i swear if i see another French person i will thump em. Poms are just daft or as the Grim Reaper put in The Meaning of Life "you British are all so ****ing pompus..."......so true.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI

Actually we aren't all English down under, and must aussies & kiwis would take that as a personel insult Most common ancestry is Irish, Scottish, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese.....etc etc.

We liked your Barmy Army.....just wish the whingers from Leeds etc would stop complaining when they get here...a conversation l over head in the pub one night

"Oh Danny it's awful cold and wet here isn't"

"Oh l, you wouldnt get rain like this back home"

"Oh no our Danny or this awful green stuff"

"Yeah where's my eggs to go with fish"

Now considering this was mid-winter, the couple in question were sitting in a beer garden eating a complimentay salad, you can understand how the whinging pomm stereotype gets started. I know its a racist thing, but so many visitors from your country adhere to the image!

Harrild

Onya mate.

Y2J and noone

We call Canadians kanacks...don't know what the hell that means????????????????????????

For All Pomms

Call the USA boys seppos

Ok pay attention....there will be a snap quiz at the end

Seppo is Sydney Rythming slang.....

American -> Yank -> Septic Tank -> seppo. It is not meant as an insult.

[Ianpbaker]

Ok Harry

You might beat us at cricket every year (then again who doesn't) and our rugby team occasionally gives you a run for your money, but when it comes to football(soccer), I think we will peverbably kick your butt

Ian

[Harrild]

(and i quote again from Monty Python) "...you englishmen are all so ****ing pompus!"

And i got one thing to say to all NON aussies out there

AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!
(and ya get the gist of it!)

The only time i have felt cold all the way through was when i went to the Tower Of London and it was raining and 5 degrees C!!! I wasn't impressed..

Hey look we can see the blue sky in OZ, unlike Pommyland where ts grey all the time.

AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!! OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!! OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!! OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!! OI!!OI!!
AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!! OI!!OI!!

[Ianpbaker]

It's actually 25 degrees and very sunny today so hah

Ian

[Jimbob]

Harrild,

did u enjouy watching the masterful allblacks this weekend??

[Harrild]

oi ian is that the hottest its been all year?

nah i didnt get round to watching the allblacks jimbob

[Ianpbaker]

We've had some pretty ****** weather latley but back in june it actually got up to 32 in London for a couple of days

Ian

[Harrild]

32? IS THAT ALL? Last Summer it reached 48 in Sydney. In Darwin (top end) it is above 30 all year round.

[Ianpbaker]

Very nice, but the problem is in you part of the world it's a different kind of heat. If it got to 48 in this lovely land, it would probably wipe out half our population. By the way, do you understand the datediff function now?

Ian

[Harrild]

um well i'm at http://www.sqlcourse.com now to learn SQL for something else but i think i understand the DateDiff function now.

[Iain17]

Just to clarify a point. I am actually Australian, so this gives me the right to take the piss out of aussies, because i am taking the piss out of myself.


Oh and i can't think of a more annoying chant than,

AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!OI!!OI!!OI!!


And you can't even compare Australia with England when it comes to chants. If it came down to vocal support, England would win hands down at everything.

AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!AUSSIE!!NO!!NO!!NO!!

[Y2J]

Jethro,
Regarding the word "kanacks" I'm not sure what that is either, your guess is as good as mine. We do have a ice hockey team called the "Canucks" here but I'm not sure what that means either.
Can any other Canadians help me out here?

[noone]

I've heard the term before too but was clueless as to where it came from, here's what dictionary.com says:
Ca·nuck (k-nk)
n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a Canadian, especially a French Canadian.

[Probably alteration of Canadian.]

Will pass along to aussie and kiwi mates that this is sort of like calling a Yank a SOB, could never understand why they take offense to that

Ian

You got the chant stuff right...my favourite of the Barmy Army's was

He's fat and he's round
and he rolls around the ground
Shane Warne Shane Warne


Ah with verse like that you just know the spirit of the Bard is still alive and well in Blighty.

[Harrild]

OK yeah he is fat..

BUT I DO WE ALL AGREE THAT THE FRENCH ARE THE WORST PEOPLE, BEING ARROGANT, RUDE, AND THE MORE YOU SEE THEM THE MORE YOU JUST WANT TO KILL 'EM ALL!!

Do we agree on that? (I certainly do!)

[Ianpbaker]

Think yourself luvky harry, you are thousands of miles away from them. I live on the south coast of blighty and are less than 60 miles away from the buggers. The worst thing is that where I live, it's a prime foreign student exchange place and we get thousands of the young frogs wreckin havock in our town every year.

Ian

[Harrild]

yeah i was in London during Easter and if you didn't know London was in the Uk you'd have thought is was in FRANCE!!.

Do you notice something though? There isn't one FRENCH person on http://www.vb-world.net !! Strange? No i dont think so, they know they are not wanted in the english speaking world.

[Ianpbaker]

Right On brother

[Jimbob]

ou est la political correctnes???

[Ianpbaker]

Je ne comprends pas, je suis anglais

[Jimbob]

aren't we being harsh on our reeking gallic cousins??

sure, they smell, they're arrogant and they keep winning at football, but they must have done something worthwile.

actually, i can't think of anything wothwile that they've done, can any of you????

[Iain17]

Nope can't think of a thing.

Let us review France.

• They make good wine, but so does Australia, and South Africa.
• Cars. 2cv. ROFL. nuff said.
• Food. Snails? Frogs legs? Give me a steak.
• Fashion. Which doesn't count for us blokes. There is not a lot you can do with trousers and a shirt, and besides which, when was the last time you saw someone wearing that ridiculous crap they design.

In conclusion, WHY?

[Harrild]

actually the only thing i can think they are famous for is getting their FRENCH butts whipped by the brits at the Battle of Agincourt. And they still havent got the idea - THE BRITS DONT WANT THEM!!!!!

[Ianpbaker]

We did kick Back side in that battle but they did rule us for quite sum time after the battle of Hastings(Where I live)

A bit of useless trivia for you.

The gesture of sticking two fingers up at someone(not the V sign churchill used) actually dates back to the battle of Agincourt times. As you know we kicked butt because of our archers in that battle. If the French caught any english, they would cut of the above mentioned two fingers so that the archers were rendered useless.

So just before a battle commenced, all the english would stick up there fingers to show that they've still got them.

That concludes my history lesson for today

Ian

[Harrild]

if i had a pic of it i would put it here!!

And yes i know the history behind the V sign...it has to be the best insult ever....i gotta do that next time i see a [b]FROG[b]....Muhahahaha!!!!