Oh Australia I love you.

"Svend" (svend) 01/24/2020 at 13:19 • Filed to: None

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Watching Aussie Gold Hunters and trying not to laugh. One of the hunters has been joined by his daughter. What makes it childishly funny for me is trhe Aussies called the outback, the bush.

So the father is talking fondly of his daughter and her love of the bush (ye’, I’m a child) and I’m sitting here smiling away.

Also Victoria, the southern most area of New South Wales, Australia.

To most of the world, seeing and hearing reports from the police in Victoria is serious.

But here’s what many Brits think about when they hear about Victorian police.

ttyymmnn > Svend 01/24/2020 at 13:50

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Those cute little provincials. Aren’t they precious?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Svend 01/24/2020 at 13:56

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I know I should be more somber, due to the fires. Those are very tragic my heart goes out to the people, flora and fauna of Australia .

However, in a fit of mirth, I see those uniforms and my mind sees this...

I apologize for my reptilian brain.  Please carry on.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Svend 01/24/2020 at 13:58

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South African’s also call it the bush. I in fact was quite fond of playing in the bush with my mates growing up.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Svend 01/24/2020 at 13:59

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first year we moved here and me daughter hadnt quite grasped dutch yet she nearly killed me mum like that

suffice it to say nice kitty is not lekker poesje in dutch

jimz > Svend 01/24/2020 at 14:04

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is that standard equipment for patrol officers down there?  I thought police in the US were a bit over-militarized, that looks almost the same. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > jimz 01/24/2020 at 14:07

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I believe it is. Has been the trend across the West... I think Victoria took a different view of matters with a siege situation down there a few years back.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2020 at 14:14

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I only know German but apparently my German is c lose enough to Dutch that I saw that and did a spit take of my coffee

Ash78, voting early and often > Svend 01/24/2020 at 14:15

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How can we sleep when the bush is burning?

/gavin rossdale unavailable for comment

//still trying to get gwen back from that country dude

ttyymmnn > jimz 01/24/2020 at 14:48

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At least they’re recognizable as police officers. A few months ago, the county SWAT team showed up on my street to do an early morning drug bust, complete with armored car and cops dressed in green with body armor and helmets. I took some pictures, then showed them to my son later that day. I said. “They did a drug bust this morning down the street.” My son said, “Who did, the army?”

ttyymmnn > Svend 01/24/2020 at 14:51

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Speaking of Australia, I spotted this sign at my boys’ middle school yesterday.

I guess we should give them credit for knowing there’s an I in there somewhere. 

Svend > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2020 at 14:51

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Lol. I’m like that when I hear Estonians say, ‘twelve months’.

Which is “kaks-teist kuud”.

But sounds lie,

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2020 at 15:00

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You win the internet today. 

Svend > jimz 01/24/2020 at 15:07

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The top picture is new uniform or soon to be new uniform.

Generally Australia is similar to U.K. police with the addition of a side arm. The side isn’t (as of at least quite recently) standard issue to carry and they may choose to leave it in the car locked up. But stab vests or bullet proof vests are quite common. L ike the U.K. They have different units, with some crossover . 

General foot patrol.

Armed patrol

Armed response

Anti terror

Roads policing units

Svend > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 15:15

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I can see how they got it wrong, Aust-rail-a instead of Aus-tra-l ia . It’s like Hawaii for me, to remember there are two ‘i’s in it and that Hawaiian just sort of looks wrong w ith an ‘a’ followed by two ‘i’s and then another ‘a’.

I’ll never forget when Fox News did a bit on the London Olympics opening ceremony. Austria came over with it’s flag followed by the Olympians. The announcer announced it as, ‘here’s Austria, once a British penal colony’.

Also someone commented that Georgia was a state and not a country when Georgia came out.

Interesting fact that no one ever seems to remember when people mention Australia was once a penal colony. It only became a penal colony when America got independence.

ttyymmnn > Svend 01/24/2020 at 15:19

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Give us a break. US Americans don’t have maps.

Svend > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 15:31

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Oh man, my head hurts watching that.

I don’t know what the hell she was on about and people clapped, people clapped, they clapped that response. Shoot me now.

Didn’t someone say, America only learns where another country is, when it goes to war against/invade it. Lol.

I love you guys and gals, but as a country, everything scares the shit out of me. 

ttyymmnn > Svend 01/24/2020 at 15:32

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Those girls learn canned responses to the questions, and are given talking points that are supposed to show that they are aware of current events. She just managed to get every one of them into a single incoherent answer. To be fair, she was pretty nervous.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Svend 01/24/2020 at 15:34

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Actually, the Outback and ‘the bush’ are generally two different places.

We live in the bush but we are quite some way from what would normally be considered ‘the Outback’.

As for Victoria Police (not Victorian Police!) ...their transition to black uniforms has not been kind.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 15:36

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Help Australian wildlife: eat an Australian.

Svend > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/24/2020 at 15:42

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Thanks. 

I was told, the bush was the close outback and the outback was the far outback.

Ye’, sometimes in the news the ‘n’ is pronounced and sometimes isn’t. But it’s hard not to hear an ‘n’ even when they say Victoria police.

Svend > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 15:48

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That wasn’t a canned response, that was a response that should of been canned.

Ye’, we’ve all rambled when put on the spot.