"and can become quite depressed if they beat us. "
The sad thing about that statement Peter is, that it is genuinely true, and it shows desperately in your own comments
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Of all the aussies I know and have ever known, most ARE really poor loosers, especially if us poms beat you.
I note from the increasing needling from you that you, as a person don't like to be wound up either especially by someone like me, and a pommie too.
I spent nearly 3 years in Canberra, teaching "industrial arts" a posh word for woodwork and tech drawing some years ago and do in fact have a number of friends that I still keep in touch with, down under, and all true blue aussies, and I took a lot of stick when I first arrived because I WAS a pom.............but coming from a background where this was the "norm" I could take it, and more to the point give back better than I gave.
Stood me in great stead..........my Aussie mates soon learned from my sense of humour for the better, and realised that you don't have to be cutting to the bone to have fun!!
I have enjoyed this "friendly" banter with you, but if you are afraid of loosing ( as most aussies are) don't play the game.
After all, in our hay day we were invincible at rugby u and l and also at Cricket............and you possom chasers had to cheat at that didn't you.....now look at Don Bradman and his bodyline series..........couldn't bowl 'em out fairly so knock the b*****s out..
As for rugby and soccer........yeh!! cheeting again.you went and invented Aussie Rules so us dumb brits couldn't understand the game and you could win ad infinitum??
Lasty, getting back to the subject of boats...........didn't you lot even cheat at playing the America's Cup in the 80's..........in fact you outcheated the best cheaters in the sport...the Yanks, and cheated them at their own game, to win....now that takes some doing.!!
