You'd wanna be careful using the term 'coonskin' down under. Although we have coon cheese and it ain't black either.
Hendrik ________________________________ From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thu, 15 April, 2010 9:11:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off the topic: Australiana Yessir! THat'd be a coonskin cap. Rich folk wore raccoon coats and hats. Frontiersmen wore a coonskin cap >I used to watch Davy Crockett when I was a kid. It was a pretty >popular show in NZ. He wore a racoon hat didn't he? > > > > > >________________________________ >From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Sent: Wed, 14 April, 2010 11:14:15 PM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off the topic: Australiana > > >Americans love Crocidile Dundee, because it is like a modern Davey >Crockett. Most Americans have never heard of Davey Crockett, but DO >know about Crocadile Dundee. The spirit of freedom and independence, >and the yearning for the same is in every human. Thus the popularity >of Dundee, Start Wars and the like. >It sounds like the OZ of old, where men are men and all citizens are >free and independent is even further down the UK/France sewer of >wimpification, PC and socialist rubbish than we are. > > >>Dundee movies VERY popular. We really like Crocodile Dundee; even I >>like him, especially when uses lines such as, "That's not a knife; >>THIS is a knife." >> >>Wilton >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik & Fay" <heni...@ozemail.com.au> >>To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:26 AM >>Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off the topic: Australiana >> >>>Hi Alex >>> >>>Finally got round to responding, apologies for the delay & don't >>>know if this will get through due to email issues - as you all know. >>>There is definitely a gremlin in the system that H can't find. >>> >>>I've never heard of the Outback steakhouse (emigrated here 22 years >>>ago from NZ) & have been to Broken Hill where Mad Max Movies were >>>made. >>>Yes it was tragic what happened to Steve Irwin but in my opinion he >>>was the most irritating human being to come out of Oz. >>> >>>Georgia (daughter) would like to know if any of you have heard of: >>>Dame Edna Everage or Norman Gunstan and >>>how popular were the Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Movies in the US. >>>The team have to do a skit at the FPS conference on Australia. >>> >>>Have to agree why couldn't they have got an actual Aussie actor to >>>do the voice over for Outback Steakhouse commerical's there are >>>plenty of them in the US - that's shameful. >>> >>>Fay >>>> >>>>Yup. Outback Steakhouse, Steve Irwin, and the Mad Max movies pretty >>>>much sum up all the average American knows about Australia, I think. >>>> >>>>Having been to Oz and heard some really thick accents there, >>>>especially in Tasmania, I wince every time an Outback commercial comes >>>>on the TV---couldn't they have gotten an actual Aussie actor to do the >>>>voiceover, instead of an American trying (and failing pitifully) to do >>>>the accent? >>>> >>>>Alex >>>> >>>>_______________________________________ >>>>http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________ >>>http://www.okiebenz.com >>>For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>http://www.okiebenz.com >>For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
