Obama speaks Strine

TarJak · 11-17-11, 05:08 AM

POTUS in Australia this week give speaking the local lingo a burl:

http://media.smh.com.au/news/nationa...h-2778347.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-1...dinner/3676362

Torplexed · 11-17-11, 06:49 AM

Three years into his administration and he finally makes it to Australia.

Don't suppose you Aussies generously provided a slang-a-prompter to help him get through it?

Jimbuna · 11-17-11, 07:47 AM

So where was the raising of a tin of Foster's in a toast then?

JU_88 · 11-17-11, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

So where was the raising of a tin of Foster's in a toast then?

Dont imply that Australians drink Fosters, they tend to find that deeply offensive

- as all the one i have met totally hate it

mookiemookie · 11-17-11, 01:18 PM

I don't blame them. It's a pretty terrible beer.

1480 · 11-17-11, 01:24 PM

Brilliant Harvard educated lawyer:

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/O...1/16/id/418242

JU_88 · 11-17-11, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I don't blame them. It's a pretty terrible beer.

Not as bad as Carlsberg, its way nastier, but weirdly Carlsberg Export is quite nice.

AVGWarhawk · 11-17-11, 01:47 PM

Fosters is ok in my book. Then again, so is Schaefer Beer.

soopaman2 · 11-17-11, 02:00 PM

So did he butcher it like JFK did with his "Ich bin ein Berliner", where he proclaimed that he was a jelly donut?

Poor Obama, hey at least now we know Ann "the man" Coulter is wrong. Your black is not better, both are equally pathetic.

TarJak · 11-17-11, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Three years into his administration and he finally makes it to Australia.

Don't suppose you Aussies generously provided a slang-a-prompter to help him get through it?

He did look like he was referring to notes with some of the slang. I can;t wait till he gets back to US and starts flinging "Ear Bashing" around the Oval Office.

I too am deeply offended by the suggestion that Fosters is even Australian. It's British South African now.

No-one down here drinks that waste water.

nikimcbee · 11-17-11, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

POTUS in Australia this week give speaking the local lingo a burl:

http://media.smh.com.au/news/nationa...h-2778347.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-1...dinner/3676362

To hono(u)r our 60 year treaty, we offer you Barak Hussein Obama.

He's all yours. You may need to build him his own basketball court and buy him a pair of sneakers.

Big Spender:

Beer:

nikimcbee · 11-17-11, 02:28 PM

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No-one down here drinks that waste water.

Now, that's not what I saw on the tele.

I learned that everyone in Oz drinks and loves Fosters.

soopaman2 · 11-17-11, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

He did look like he was referring to notes with some of the slang. I can;t wait till he gets back to US and starts flinging "Ear Bashing" around the Oval Office.

I too am deeply offended by the suggestion that Fosters is even Australian. It's British South African now.

No-one down here drinks that waste water.

I got cursed out by an Oz fella I was playing a multiplayer with for telling him I'd buy him a Fosters.

He told me to stuff it somewheres, before he explained it isn't even popular over there. He didn't refer to it as waste water.... Water yes, he used a worse reference than waste.

TarJak · 11-17-11, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Now, that's not what I saw on the tele.

I learned that everyone in Oz drinks and loves Fosters.

Let me skool you: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15786713404
http://youngie.prblogs.org/2007/01/1...drink-fosters/

nikimcbee · 11-17-11, 02:34 PM

@ Tarjak
Now that you have a new "mate", go welcome him and buy him a Foster. (I'll buy you a Newcastle)

11-17-11, 05:08 AM	#1
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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Three years into his administration and he finally makes it to Australia. Don't suppose you Aussies generously provided a slang-a-prompter to help him get through it? __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

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soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	So did he butcher it like JFK did with his "Ich bin ein Berliner", where he proclaimed that he was a jelly donut? Poor Obama, hey at least now we know Ann "the man" Coulter is wrong. Your black is not better, both are equally pathetic. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	@ Tarjak Now that you have a new "mate", go welcome him and buy him a Foster. (I'll buy you a Newcastle) __________________