Comments on: Are you Aussie enough? http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/ I see, I hear and I feel. And then I blog it. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mooiness! » The New Australian Citizenship Test http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-44574 Mooiness! » The New Australian Citizenship Test Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:37:27 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-44574 [...] During the initial proposal for a formal test to be added to the application of Australian citizenships, there were some anxieties and much discussion about what constitutes being an Australian. [...] [...] During the initial proposal for a formal test to be added to the application of Australian citizenships, there were some anxieties and much discussion about what constitutes being an Australian. [...]

]]> By: Mooiness! » On the way to be full Aussie http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9995 Mooiness! » On the way to be full Aussie Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:30:26 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9995 [...] The recent discussion about incorporating a values test and an English test as part of the application process to be an Australian citizen, is now looking more like a reality with the PM hoping to have them in place sometime next year. [...] [...] The recent discussion about incorporating a values test and an English test as part of the application process to be an Australian citizen, is now looking more like a reality with the PM hoping to have them in place sometime next year. [...]

]]> By: mooiness http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9882 mooiness Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:48:02 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9882 Jere: I understand your point and that is - a modern Aussie no longer fits the traditional stereotypes. :) Jere: I understand your point and that is – a modern Aussie no longer fits the traditional stereotypes. :)

]]> By: Jere http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9872 Jere Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:51:39 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9872 I never have and will never understand cricket..i think footy is just about the dumbest game ever invented...every year i hope the All Blacks thrash the Wallabies during the Tri - Nations...i will NOT ever buy a Holden (depreciation)...and I don't like BBQs (Barbies if thats the way they spell it) unless of cos i get invited to one and don't have to clean up...and oh i think aussie beer tastes like piss with the exception perhaps of VB. So in effect, if Aussie values can be summed up as 'Beer, Barbies and Footy', then sad to say i don't have them. But does that mean i don't love the place and its people? No it doesn't..I love the weather I love the people I love the place basically somewhere along the line while typing i forgot the point i was trying to make so I'll just leave it at that I never have and will never understand cricket..i think footy is just about the dumbest game ever invented…every year i hope the All Blacks thrash the Wallabies during the Tri – Nations…i will NOT ever buy a Holden (depreciation)…and I don’t like BBQs (Barbies if thats the way they spell it) unless of cos i get invited to one and don’t have to clean up…and oh i think aussie beer tastes like piss with the exception perhaps of VB.

So in effect, if Aussie values can be summed up as ‘Beer, Barbies and Footy’, then sad to say i don’t have them. But does that mean i don’t love the place and its people? No it doesn’t..I love the weather I love the people I love the place basically

somewhere along the line while typing i forgot the point i was trying to make so I’ll just leave it at that

]]> By: mooiness http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9863 mooiness Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:51:13 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9863 Rob: I never liked the Ford Falcons but the Commodore is pretty nice. As for cricket, I will only watch one-day and even then, hardly ever. Plus I don't watch footy. I don't like Vegemite but I do love meat pies, sausage rolls, Tim Tams and a good lamb roast. And I like beer, VB even. I think I'm Aussie enough, just. :mrgreen: Rob: I never liked the Ford Falcons but the Commodore is pretty nice. As for cricket, I will only watch one-day and even then, hardly ever. Plus I don’t watch footy.

I don’t like Vegemite but I do love meat pies, sausage rolls, Tim Tams and a good lamb roast. And I like beer, VB even.

I think I’m Aussie enough, just. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Rob http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9861 Rob Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:57:01 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9861 I can't stand cricket. cheer for opposition teams against Australia (but only when they are extreme underdogs). Think Holdens and Fords are rubbish. but I will eat a meat pie despite knowing its filled with roadkill, snot and the stuff from under your fingernails. I'd probably fail any Aussie values test but I think in a strange way that kinda makes me more Aussie. I can’t stand cricket. cheer for opposition teams against Australia (but only when they are extreme underdogs). Think Holdens and Fords are rubbish.
but I will eat a meat pie despite knowing its filled with roadkill, snot and the stuff from under your fingernails.
I’d probably fail any Aussie values test but I think in a strange way that kinda makes me more Aussie.

]]> By: mooiness http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9851 mooiness Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:24:27 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9851 Su: I stand corrected re: Steve Irwin. Meat pies are from England as sourrain said. But lamingtons are true blue you beaut. :) cynical-idealist: it's not that hard really. The English part is easy, and as for the values thing - you just have to study for it. My question is: how does that make you more Australian? ;) sourrain: under the new proposals now, you will have to. But there will be exemptions for the elderly. herman: migration here, or to become a PR are purely points-based - there's no formal tests. The citizenship test will include some sort of history as part of the "values" side of the test. rob: Holden was 100% Aussie in its early days. Became a GM subsidiary in 1931. I should clarify the above. Heh. Su: I stand corrected re: Steve Irwin. Meat pies are from England as sourrain said. But lamingtons are true blue you beaut. :)

cynical-idealist: it’s not that hard really. The English part is easy, and as for the values thing – you just have to study for it. My question is: how does that make you more Australian? ;)

sourrain: under the new proposals now, you will have to. But there will be exemptions for the elderly.

herman: migration here, or to become a PR are purely points-based – there’s no formal tests. The citizenship test will include some sort of history as part of the “values” side of the test.

rob: Holden was 100% Aussie in its early days. Became a GM subsidiary in 1931. I should clarify the above. Heh.

]]> By: rob http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9849 rob Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:48:12 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9849 was Holden ever 100% Aussie owned? since they seem to like to perpetuate this myth. Ford obviously was a subsidary of the US company. funny how Aussies think of these as 'Aussie cars' when they are no more Aussie than the Toyota Camry or the Mitsubishi Magna/380. was Holden ever 100% Aussie owned? since they seem to like to perpetuate this myth. Ford obviously was a subsidary of the US company.
funny how Aussies think of these as ‘Aussie cars’ when they are no more Aussie than the Toyota Camry or the Mitsubishi Magna/380.

]]> By: herman http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9840 herman Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:49:58 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9840 Fwah, i hope they don't include australian history test :( . i'm just trying to migrate ! Fwah, i hope they don’t include australian history test :( . i’m just trying to migrate !

]]> By: Bloggers now required to pass Blogizenship test » nektros - Cynicism in a Hot Dish http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-9838 Bloggers now required to pass Blogizenship test » nektros - Cynicism in a Hot Dish Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:19:15 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2006/09/19/are-you-aussie-enough/#comment-9838 [...] PS: Fellow Aussie blogger mooiness has written a timely post: "Are you Aussie enough?" [...] [...] PS: Fellow Aussie blogger mooiness has written a timely post: "Are you Aussie enough?" [...]

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