What a coincidence. I have never made frosting or icing. Never have, never will.
Aww. But icing is so good on fresh banana cake! mmm banana cake!
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What a coincidence. I have never made frosting or icing. Never have, never will.
Another annoying Americanism is all those stupid hand signs the gang-bangers use...Only if you do that hand sign with two open hands forming a T.
halloween is european
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/halloween
the most annoying aussie ism is assuming that anything modern and convenient is some trashy yanky rubbish that should be resisted and that acting like a rebellious idiot yelling oi oi oi is a right
We hear them all the time, and for some stupid reason a large proportion of Aussies think it's cool and hip to copy the Americans in every way...having lived there; much of it is K-rap.
How about come up with our own identity and way of life?
Here are my personal all-time hates;
1. My bad
2. 24/7
3. You know what...
4. Anything to do with Gangbanger/rap fashion and dialogue.."Yo; waddup?", etc
5. "Bro's and Ho's" music videos
6. Git outta here
7. Oh, My God!
8. Saying "I love you" to complete strangers and very recently met people - especially in front of large audiences.
9. Dat's what I'm talkin' 'bout
"You know what?"....Exactly.
You don't have to be online or even turn on TV to hear the americanisms creeping into our speech, our way of life. Just walk down the street, or hang out near some adolescents.
MTR, it's not 'mam', it's 'ma'am' as in madam. It's a polite reference for addressing a female. Age has nothing to do with it.
According to the dictionary; ma'am - a woman of refinement. You don't wish to be seen as a woman of refinement?
Would you prefer 'Oi, woman!', lol.
It's very sad to see Australian children sitting in their bedrooms for hours upon hours, endlessly checking their online status to see if someone has actually done anything at all, when in reality the vast majority of their friends are obviously doing the same thing, simply sitting there doing the same thing.
I've tried to actively resist the massive US tidal onslaught as well Marc. Made myself unpopular in the process but I don't care. Our youngish still forming culture is being drowned in a vapid baseless image is everything starefest that is rendering our children not only obese, but without any robustness at all.
Take the "technology" away from the kids for any length of time and they go weird. Try and teach them how to tie knots whilst lashing a trailer, try teaching them how to change a tyre, try teaching them how to build a successful fire, try to teach them anything about a car except where to plug in their iphone and you'll get this bored vacant look.
I've recently found that this is helping my daughters.It's very sad to see Australian children sitting in their bedrooms for hours upon hours, endlessly checking their online status to see if someone has actually done anything at all, when in reality the vast majority of their friends are obviously doing the same thing, simply sitting there doing the same thing.
Must admit I rather like the expression "Counsellor" for lawyer...as in "What's your opinion Counsellor?"
Try and teach them how to tie knots whilst lashing a trailer, try teaching them how to change a tyre, try teaching them how to build a successful fire, try to teach them anything about a car except where to plug in their iphone and you'll get this bored vacant look.
My grandad taught me how to tie down a load using proper truckies knots when I was a bored teenager. It is a skill that I retained to this day and have tied down countless loads. There is something very satisfying about a well tied down load. He also taught me a lot about cars and I helped him re-build my engine when I was in my early twenties. I can still diagnose a fault with a car based on the sound of the car (trying to start or run) and the other symptoms. I got into it with a mechanic the other day when my fuel pump carked it and the mechanic insisted it was not the fuel pump. I took the car to a good mechanic and asked them to diagnose the problem and fix it... diagnosis came back fuel pump.
Those kids won't feel so smart when they are stuck somewhere with a flat tyre at night waiting for roadside assist. My dad taught all my brothers and sisters how to change a tyre. It's an essential skill that everyone should know.
I know that "back in my day" is not a solution but it is one step in identifying the cause of problems. You are also wrong about computer games. I'm in my 40's but I started programming and playing computer games in primary school. Because of my computer skills, I got my first job when I was 15 (in computers) while still at high school. I still had plenty of time to play outside. One passtime was cycling to the local bush and making cubby houses.Mmm definitely the kids are part to blame and I agree that these are essential skills, but as I like to remind many people who are in their 30's-60's, children today are growing up in a world where billions of dollars is being spent on keeping them hooked on these trivial entertainment systems.
"Back in my day we just went out to the park..."
That's because back in the day you didn't have video games, which are developed with the help of millions of dollars and psychologists, to be made as addictive as possible. Because you keep playing and keep paying. These games target humans when their judgement/foresight is usually most poor (childhood years), and many of the services (facebook/computer/video games) can't be obtained without parental support (at least prior to 15 years old when a kid can get their own job).
It's an issue we all need to look at resolving, instead of just looking at kids today, clicking our tongues and saying "back in my day".
As a father of a 12 year old who has a massive crack at XBox whenever he can - and is pretty good at it - whenever we say get off and find something else to do he can and does.Mmm definitely the kids are part to blame and I agree that these are essential skills, but as I like to remind many people who are in their 30's-60's, children today are growing up in a world where billions of dollars is being spent on keeping them hooked on these trivial entertainment systems.
"Back in my day we just went out to the park..."
That's because back in the day you didn't have video games, which are developed with the help of millions of dollars and psychologists, to be made as addictive as possible. Because you keep playing and keep paying. These games target humans when their judgement/foresight is usually most poor (childhood years), and many of the services (facebook/computer/video games) can't be obtained without parental support (at least prior to 15 years old when a kid can get their own job).
It's an issue we all need to look at resolving, instead of just looking at kids today, clicking our tongues and saying "back in my day".