Out of boredom and the fact i can't sleep because i'm pinging on energy drink I've decided to start a thread where you all can ask me random stuff and i'll attempt to answer your questions. They can be anything but lets try to keep it somewhat clean :-[ ;D
How many flavors of pringles are there?
I'm going to say 8 at a guess :D
*EDIT*
According to the pringles website there are 10 so i was close even though here in Oz i've only seen 3
http://www.pringles.com/products/flavors (http://www.pringles.com/products/flavors)
Ever been to Japan? Ur practically neighbors... oh and do Aussie's add a U to everything like the Brits? Neighbour...
Ever watch Aggro's cartoon connection as a kid?
Quote from: Parodius Duh on May 27, 2012, 06:58:51 pm
Ever been to Japan? Ur practically neighbors... oh and do Aussie's add a U to everything like the Brits? Neighbour...
Ever watch Aggro's cartoon connection as a kid?
Canadians add a U to everything...but perhaps yoU already knew that.
What's it like not having Pop-Tarts being available in every grocery store? D:
Just pipping in to say that nobody adds a U to those words, it was there all along but some folks way back when took it out, maybe it was confusing :D
Blame Noah Webster, the man almost single handedly created the American dialect of English.
I sometimes use the u's.... for variety.
Quote from: Parodius Duh on May 27, 2012, 06:58:51 pm
Ever been to Japan? Ur practically neighbors... oh and do Aussie's add a U to everything like the Brits? Neighbour...
Ever watch Aggro's cartoon connection as a kid?
No i haven't been to Japan yet it's a pretty long swim and every time i start swimming that way they keep harpooning my fat arse!
Yes we have words that require a U in them because we use the Queens English here pretty much we are still a british colony much like Canada. In fact Canada is like Australia for the northern hemisphere but instead of ridiculous heat they have intolerable cold!
Yes I did watch Agro's cartoon connection but they eventually cancelled it because the puppeteer kept feeling up the poor female hosts
Quote from: Algo Fonix on May 28, 2012, 09:53:39 am
What's it like not having Pop-Tarts being available in every grocery store? D:
Fucking infuriating but it keeps me from being much fatter than i already am!
Quote from: son_ov_hades on May 28, 2012, 03:25:53 pm
Blame Noah Webster, the man almost single handedly created the American dialect of English.
I think i need to punch this guy in the dick unless he's long dead!
Quote from: L___E___T on May 28, 2012, 10:17:16 am
Just pipping in to say that nobody adds a U to those words, it was there all along but some folks way back when took it out, maybe it was confusing :D
I love the British they atleast know how to spell and speak properly. I feel like banging my head everytime I read or hear the word "anyways".
And our cold isn't intolerable at all only at the northern part where nobody lives. I'm pretty close to the states and we've had some pretty warm and almost snow-free winters.
Anyway back on topic questions questions.....now that everyone seems to hate mel gibson do you refer to him as "american" or "australian" ?
Quote from: Drakon on May 28, 2012, 08:18:08 pm
Anyway back on topic questions questions.....now that everyone seems to hate mel gibson do you refer to him as "american" or "australian" ?
He's an american he was born there but came here when he was like 15 or something. Jackie Chan to me is an Aussie though because he grew up in Canberra! Thats the capital city of Australia if anyone ever asks you it also has the largest population of roundabouts per capita!
Fosters or VB?
Well i guess i am going to be the first one to ask a video game related question ;D
Do you own an original copy of smb1 and how many times have you beaten smb1?
Quote from: security16 on May 28, 2012, 07:52:51 pm
I think i need to punch this guy in the dick unless he's long dead!
Yeah he's been dead for 169 years ;D
Quote from: 80sFREAK on May 28, 2012, 11:56:42 pm
Fosters or VB?
Neither i have standards!
Quote from: tonev on May 29, 2012, 12:21:03 am
Well i guess i am going to be the first one to ask a video game related question ;D
Do you own an original copy of smb1 and how many times have you beaten smb1?
I have it for my toaster NES and i've never beaten it because i suck at it and i got it for the first time when i was 28
Quote from: son_ov_hades on May 29, 2012, 08:48:31 am
Yeah he's been dead for 169 years ;D
GOOD! Even though english is constantly being raped
Do Poms you come across ever mention Crocodile Dundee? Is it taboo?
How did Angry Boys do over there? I loved it!
Quote from: L___E___T on May 30, 2012, 11:33:36 am
Do Poms you come across ever mention Crocodile Dundee? Is it taboo?
How did Angry Boys do over there? I loved it!
It's mostly the Americans that crap on about crocodile dundee. The poms usually are too busy complaining about the weather!
My nephew loves Angry boys but it's on cable here i believe and i don't have cable :(
Home brand or Watties?
Quote from: 80sFREAK on May 31, 2012, 01:31:09 am
Home brand or Watties?
Home brand is nasty but i got a very bad bout of food poisoning from a tin of Watties and i was out on the farm at the time which means NO PROPER TOILET! Since then i have steered clear of canned goods!
Totally random question:
Do you like Star Wars?
Do you have a national holiday called "ACDC Week" ? :bub:
If I were ruling Australia I'd certainly make an ACDC Week.......
Quote from: manuel on May 31, 2012, 07:10:39 am
Totally random question:
Do you like Star Wars?
No i do not it's too lah di dah for me i like science in my science fiction though the animated series is kinda funky.
Quote from: Drakon on May 31, 2012, 02:52:54 pm
Do you have a national holiday called "ACDC Week" ? :bub:
If I were ruling Australia I'd certainly make an ACDC Week.......
Oh how i wish and i'm pretty sure you could run the country better than the silly ranga thats running it now!
What is the most dangerous animal in Australia? (this is not a trick question, I ask seriously)
WAAAAAAAHH!
Star Wars isn't science fiction!! It's adventure!!
How's the weed down under? I've heard multiple times it's very scarce and also terrible. (I will not be offended you are unable to answer this question. :P)
What kind of music are you listening to?
Quote from: fredJ on May 31, 2012, 04:43:28 pm
What is the most dangerous animal in Australia? (this is not a trick question, I ask seriously)
Westie teenagers! Give me snakes and spiders and sharks any fucking day over feral wannabe ganga's! Most critters will leave you alone teenagers will not even if you give them cigarettes!! But i would say the Sydney funnel web because they can kill you and the bastards like to hide in your shoes or scamper across the floor near your naked feet at a friends house and THEY JUMP!
Quote from: nintendodork on May 31, 2012, 10:18:39 pm
How's the weed down under? I've heard multiple times it's very scarce and also terrible. (I will not be offended you are unable to answer this question. :P)
It can't be that scarce my dad used to grow it in the garage and in most states having a plant is legal as long as it's in a quantity for personal use (usually 1 plant) and sadly i seem completely immune to the effects of it due to long term exposure to it during my life and the one time i did try it, It did fuck all to me and i'm not really a smoker of anything so i couldn't tell you much more than that. Also the state where i live it's really not legal at all and the cops are really starting to crack down on the pot farms (probably because they aren't getting a cut)
Quote from: tonev on June 01, 2012, 01:48:02 am
Right now husband and the child are sleeping so no music at the moment but the last thing i did have a listen to was a friend of mines new album http://wordsbabylon.bandcamp.com/album/i-probably-shouldve (http://wordsbabylon.bandcamp.com/album/i-probably-shouldve) It's not my usual sort of music and well there were a few songs on it i wasn't impressed with but eh it's better than all this autotuned bullshit
What kind of music are you listening to?
Awesome, my own aswering box. :)
Who is the greatest person to come from Australia? ( I accept it's a bit of opinion )
Crikey I always assumed the most dangerous animal would be a stingray!
Quote from: Drakon on June 01, 2012, 04:19:13 pm
Crikey I always assumed the most dangerous animal would be a stingray!
Too soon man ;_;
(http://www.nndb.com/people/577/000022511/steve-irwin-mov-crop.jpg)
Quote from: fredJ on June 01, 2012, 12:35:39 pm
Awesome, my own aswering box. :)
Who is the greatest person to come from Australia? ( I accept it's a bit of opinion )
Hugh Jackman not only is he fucking hotsauce he's also from my area! Sadly he doesn't live around here anymore but meh.
I would have said me but I'M STILL HERE :P kidding though i'm not that great.
Quote from: petik1 on June 01, 2012, 08:11:10 pm
Quote from: Drakon on June 01, 2012, 04:19:13 pm
Crikey I always assumed the most dangerous animal would be a stingray!
Too soon man ;_;
(http://www.nndb.com/people/577/000022511/steve-irwin-mov-crop.jpg)
Man i still get all teary when i see Steve Irwin stuff or when the kidlet is watching Bindi the jungle girl. I had the biggest crush on him when i was younger. Aussies that don't have poles up thier arses were making stingray jokes the day he died and were laughing so it's never too soon :P
I love hugh jackman not only is he in great shape he's an awesome actor and he seems like a cool guy. My gf was really into real steel I thought he did an amazing job with the whole father son bonding thing. Even his fake accent was great! I first saw him in that god awful movie "swordfish" way back when with a young halle berry doing what she does best (bending over and making all the men drool). Later she became storm and stopped the bending over and people slowly lost interest in her. Then as a last ditch effort Halle made a dedicated bending over movie known as cat women but by that point the damage had been done...
Seriously though how come so many great actors come from Australia? Like no good actors come from Canada...
Quote from: Drakon on June 01, 2012, 09:15:28 pm
Seriously though how come so many great actors come from Australia? Like no good actors come from Canada...
NIDA :D We have a university special for the performing arts and you will find that most of the best actors from Oz went there though these days it's just leftovers from home and away!
Michael Shanks is from Canada so shhhhhh Canadians are like Australians with an americanish accent!
does your toilets flush clockwise or counter-clockwise? ;)
I get such good answers here. :)
Next question: What would I do in Australia other than bbq, surfing and drinking beer?
Quote from: fredJ on June 02, 2012, 06:07:00 am
I get such good answers here. :)
Next question: What would I do in Australia other than bbq, surfing and drinking beer?
watch dingos eat your baby!
Quote from: DerZocker on June 02, 2012, 02:25:28 am
does your toilets flush clockwise or counter-clockwise? ;)
I will have to do a video for you :D
Quote from: fredJ on June 02, 2012, 06:07:00 am
I get such good answers here. :)
Next question: What would I do in Australia other than bbq, surfing and drinking beer?
My laundry, mow the lawn, the dishes , cook , entertain the kidlet , play famicom games with me or were you thinking more touristy stuff?
I spose it depends on what you like doing. If you like animals we have zoo's and wildlife parks and a couple of decent aquariums in Sydney one of them you can even go diving with sharks (Which i do want to do some day but it's about $500) They also have whale watching tours for a good part of the year. If you're an outdoorsy type there are really nice places you can go for bushwalks (translated into northern hemisphere english it would be hiking) and there are some awesome beaches around that you can just park your arse and perve (but also see things that can't be unseen like old guys in budgie smugglers) If you're more interested in nightlife there are several clubs in the major cities you can go to and they serve more than just beer but be nice to the bouncers some of them bite.
Quote from: Drakon on June 02, 2012, 06:08:30 pm
watch dingos eat your baby!
Dingoes don't like the taste of baby
Tie me Kangaroo down, sport?
Take me Koala Back, Jack?
Mind me platypus duck, Bill?
Rolf Harris, is he as popular in his home country as he is here in the East Coast USA?
Quote from: Parodius Duh on June 02, 2012, 08:48:59 pm
Rolf Harris, is he as popular in his home country as he is here in the East Coast USA?
I always thought he was British
Quote from: security16 on June 02, 2012, 09:04:11 pm
Quote from: Parodius Duh on June 02, 2012, 08:48:59 pm
Rolf Harris, is he as popular in his home country as he is here in the East Coast USA?
I always thought he was British
haha nope, hes just very popular there too.
is Vegimite actually good? I think i may have ate too much of it at once...its like a salty burned up swamp taste...
Vegemite is what Aussies eat, Brits like myself eat Marmite which is savory andshould be spread ultra thinly.
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on June 02, 2012, 09:15:03 pm
Vegemite is what Aussies eat, Brits like myself eat Marmite which is savory andshould be spread ultra thinly.
Marmite, huh? I think ill pick up a jar, I always see it at the market. Spread ultra thinly....thats where I went wrong!
1 tiny bottle of marmite should last 1-3 months depending on your household size.
Vegemite is fucking awful ! Marmite is pretty good but Promite is the shit kids!
Vegemite is also no longer Australian since they sold out a while back.
Quote from: Parodius Duh on June 02, 2012, 08:48:59 pm
Rolf Harris, is he as popular in his home country as he is here in the East Coast USA?
I always thought he was more popular in the UK than anywhere else. Same for those Australian soap operas. :P
Quote from: security16 on June 02, 2012, 10:26:01 pm
Vegemite is fucking awful ! Marmite is pretty good but Promite is the shit kids!
Vegemite is also no longer Australian since they sold out a while back.
Cenovis is better than Marmite ;D
Cenovis is a brand of vitamins here
Wow I always assumed a dingo was some breed of kangaroo.
I can confirm both vegemite and marmite are terrible.
Have you ever heard of Spica - the supposedly Australian pirate NES-cartridges producer?
http://nintendoagemedia.com/elements_nocache/B889EBF4-D234-577B-F6CC3F0A07B6E5B4.jpg
Quote from: Drakon on June 04, 2012, 04:45:54 am
Wow I always assumed a dingo was some breed of kangaroo.
I can confirm both vegemite and marmite are terrible.
How the fuck could you not know the difference between a canine and a marsupial? They look very different they aren't even the same colour!
Quote from: jpx72 on June 04, 2012, 04:54:07 am
Have you ever heard of Spica - the supposedly Australian pirate NES-cartridges producer?
http://nintendoagemedia.com/elements_nocache/B889EBF4-D234-577B-F6CC3F0A07B6E5B4.jpg
No :( sadly not
SPICA is Australian?? Wow, I've always thought it's Asian...
Quote from: security16 on June 03, 2012, 06:13:00 pm
Cenovis is a brand of vitamins here
Oh, I meant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenovis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenovis)
Quote from: DerZocker on June 02, 2012, 02:25:28 am
does your toilets flush clockwise or counter-clockwise? ;)
Down equator water spinning opposite direction. Nothing special, more unusual is sun/moon crossing the sky on the "wrong side" and you can not see Polar Star, but Southern Cross.
Quote from: security16 on June 04, 2012, 06:12:26 am
Quote from: Drakon on June 04, 2012, 04:45:54 am
Wow I always assumed a dingo was some breed of kangaroo.
I can confirm both vegemite and marmite are terrible.
How the fuck could you not know the difference between a canine and a marsupial? They look very different they aren't even the same colour!
Because I had no clue what species a dingo even is? :-[
It's a pretty well-known animal to be fair, I'm surprised, but it's nothing to feel bad about.
Hey, how about magic mushrooms? Any good as in your neiboroughood?
Quote from: L___E___T on June 07, 2012, 06:43:34 am
It's a pretty well-known animal to be fair, I'm surprised, but it's nothing to feel bad about.
I live a sheltered life..
what you lack in awareness of hybrid canines, you make up for in awareness of hexadecimal :D
Quote from: L___E___T on June 07, 2012, 11:13:12 am
what you lack in awareness of hybrid canines, you make up for in awareness of hexadecimal :D
Like I said, sheltered life ::)
Why is Australian Winter warmer than Swedish Summer? :-\
Have you ever seen clock spider?
Quote from: 80sFREAK on June 07, 2012, 06:58:37 am
Hey, how about magic mushrooms? Any good as in your neiboroughood?
They are the fancy red ones like smurfs live in? Then i would say no. My backyard is pretty soggy and there were some fungus type things growing a few weeks ago.
Quote from: fredJ on June 18, 2012, 12:45:14 pm
Why is Australian Winter warmer than Swedish Summer? :-\
I dunno it was very odd when i went to Sweden a while back when i was dating a lovely Swedish man the warmest it was while i was there was -5c but when i got back to Sydney it was raining and 21c. I was warm the whole time i was in Sweden and when i got back to Sydney i was freezing my tits off :(
Maybe its because Sweden is close to the north pole and Australia is closer to the tropics.
Quote from: L___E___T on June 18, 2012, 01:07:08 pm
Have you ever seen clock spider?
No mainly because i don't really have a clock. I do however have a nice collection of random black spiders that reside between the window and the flyscreen of my kitchen window and the other day my neighbours had a nice big huntsman hiding in the door handle of thier van. Also while ripping up some weeds out of my oldies garden i came across some really small funnel web spiders thankfully i had gloves on and they were kinda all half asleep cause of the cold.
But here is one of my spiders with one of my frogs for size comparison (https://m.ak.fbcdn.net/a7.sphotos.ak/hphotos-ak-snc6/184897_1787552045016_6382887_n.jpg)
I think I shall attempt to revive this thread since I am somewhat active here again
How big is the biggest spider you have ever seen with your own eyes?
Probably about the size of my womanly man hands! So maybe 20-25 cm including legs.
Dios mio! That's huge. :o
Huntsman spiders (commonly known internationally as the clock spider) have big long legs which make them look huge when their bodies are usually about 2-3cm wide and maybe 7-10cm long
Have You ever ate kangaroo and is it tasty? : D
Yes and Yes! You have to cook it properly though or it gets very tough. It's like beef only sweeter
I can imagine... now i'm hungry :) , btw my dad's aunt lives in Australia (i mean that's my grandpa's cousin) but we never visit that great country... unfortunately it's so far from Croatia!
Maybe one day when i get rich and go on tour around the world with my not yet formed band :(
It's like sheep or bear then. In Sweden some people jokingly say that sheep tastes like a cardigan sweater because if it's not prepared correctly it will taste very dry. Bear meat needs to be cooked for a long time or it gets very tough.
Sheep we eat but we don't have bears here :P but we do have lots of marsupials and the only 2 species of monotremes :D
I'm a bit bored so I thought i'd revive the thread :D
do you like to eat insects?
Why is beer in Australia so expensive?
Fresh or processed?
Quote from: famifan on August 29, 2014, 08:32:07 am
do you like to eat insects?
Hell no!
Quote from: senseiman on August 29, 2014, 11:28:46 pm
Why is beer in Australia so expensive?
Shitty alcohol taxes in the hope curbing antisocial behaviour and of course it doesn't work.
Quote from: MaxXimus on September 03, 2014, 05:57:09 pm
Fresh or processed?
Fresh or processed what? Most things I do prefer fresh :P
Quote from: security16 on September 06, 2014, 11:19:33 pm
Quote from: senseiman on August 29, 2014, 11:28:46 pm
Why is beer in Australia so expensive?
Shitty alcohol taxes in the hope curbing antisocial behaviour and of course it doesn't work.
Pretty much like in Sweden.
Lately I've been craving all things Swedish I want to go there again it was epic :'( I think my son would love it there!