Australia vs Britain

[MyUserName]

Poof?

FTFY

[Bunk]

That and not running up a big national deficit during the good times.

Like we did in spades.

I'm not sure their banks collected as many bad debts as the rest of us either, but that's from memory.

Which all added up to less austerity for the okkers.

They also have a pretty uneven property market like us. In some parts you can buy acres for next to nothing but try to live in central Sydney and it's as bad as London, although without the same super-prime properties.

[Doggy Styles]

The Oz economic boom is about to end as it was based purely on natural resources.

That and not running up a big national deficit during the good times.

Like we did in spades.

I'm not sure their banks collected as many bad debts as the rest of us either, but that's from memory.

Which all added up to less austerity for the okkers.

[amcdonald]

Maybe but it is better than fighting wars. If you have a better idea for how people should occupy themselves and serve their natural instincts then we are all ears.

Cod or Battlefield, then you can fight wars without firing up the gas ovens

[Mich the Tester]

What is more important than sports, and why ("it's obvious" or "it's pointless" isn't a justification)

Avenging the murder of an Austrian Archduke

[d000hg]

Sports, the opium of idiots

What is more important than sports, and why ("it's obvious" or "it's pointless" isn't a justification)

[Mich the Tester]

If you have a better idea for how people should occupy themselves and serve their natural instincts then we are all ears.

He has, but he really needs a lady who'll join in.

[DodgyAgent]

Sports, the opium of idiots

Maybe but it is better than fighting wars. If you have a better idea for how people should occupy themselves and serve their natural instincts then we are all ears.

[DodgyAgent]

Ignoring GDP per capita obviously.

Proof?

[Mich the Tester]

I thought sports improved the quality of the race?

Only those sports which allow participants to beat the crap out of delusional cretins.

[sasguru]

Sports, the opium of idiots

I thought sports improved the quality of the race?

[sasguru]

Ignoring GDP per capita obviously.

The Oz economic boom is about to end as it was based purely on natural resources. They're like white Arabs, no plan for what happens afterwards.

[KaiserWilly]

Sports, the opium of idiots

[minestrone]

Ignoring GDP per capita obviously.

[DodgyAgent]

Not only are we winning just about everything in sight from cycling to medals at the Olympics, to golf, to tennis and the Tour De France we are even picking our foreigners correctly:

Either he is a whinging saffer or he has been "cultuarlised" by his new country:

Sacked Australian coach Mickey Arthur alleges racism, sues Cricket Australia - daily.bhaskar.com

Whereas we just know how to pick them:

Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome wins stage 15