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Sometimes I try to play up the Australian accent/stereotype to foreigners for a bit of a laugh, only to then get in to a conversation with other Australians and realise I was actually playing it down.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go to western Australia, go to the beaches, be disappointed by every other beach you ever go to in your entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hah, we were actually thinking Queensland for the dinosaur museums and fossils. I love the water, but wife isn't such a big fan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Just remember QLD is our Florida.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Definitely. That's just something we really wanted to do (wife is really into fossils, particularly amolites)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

wife is really into fossils

Self burn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Hah, I walked right into that. I have way too much soft tissue to ... y'know, I don't think that response is helping my cause.