XPost: aus.politics, can.politics, uk.politics.misc   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   Fran wrote on 15/09/2020 9:37 AM:   
   > On 14/09/2020 10:23 pm, Daniel65 wrote:   
   >> Pestcontrol wrote on 12/09/2020 10:49 AM:   
   >>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:26:57 -0700, Janithor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Glad to see you're finally on topic by talking about American politics   
   >>>> in aus.politics.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yet another seppo jerk trolling outside its Yankland bubble, who can't   
   >>> interpret headers properly!   
   >>> Nor for that matter understand at all written texts.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   Isn't Australia like the 52nd state?   
   >>>   
   >>> No!   
   >>>   
   >>>> I think   
   >>>   
   >>> Oxymoron, the troll is not equipped to perform that particular task at   
   >>> all.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Canada is the 51st.   
   >>>   
   >>> That is how the seppos look on the rest the world, and are infallibly   
   >>> quite upset when they discover that the world denies their possessive   
   >>> claims.   
   >>>   
   >> Hmm! I don't think "the seppos look on the rest the world" because for   
   >> a long time I've thought that a heck of a lot of Yanks think the world   
   >> ceases to exist past the 48 mainland states!!   
   >>   
   >> And that might even be stretching it!!   
   >   
   > :-))  My husband used to have to travel a lot internationally when he   
   > worked and wasn't fond of the US but always ran to pack his bags if   
   > going to Europe.  He always used to come back with tales that reflected   
   > exactly your comment.  My favourite was his relayign the incident with   
   > the Hotel receptionist (4 star hotel so not some fleabag place) who   
   > commented on his accent.  When my husband responded that it was because   
   > he was Australian, the receptionist asked which State that was in. After   
   > an explanation got nowhere, he gave up.   
   >   
   If your husband was in Europe and said "Australia', I would have thought   
   the receptionist might have heard "Austrian" or whatever! ;-P   
   --   
   Daniel   
      
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