ANZG: The Trans-Tasman Thread

[Forster Keys]

This here is a thread. This here is a thread about Australia and New Zealand, where we talk about Australian and New Zealand issues and stuff.

Considering how our dear mother country, the UK, has a thread, as do the Dutch, and the Hispanophones (is that a word?), I thought it most ample to create a new home of antipodean wonder, a non partisan and intangible Buena Vista Social Club on the shores of the Tasman Sea, where the intoxicating aromas of sweat, cheap liquor and existential angst mix in with the subtropical air, creating a heady atmosphere of melancholic contemplation...

It will be fashioned in the spirit of the old Australian thread (remember that one? It degenerated into kangaroo themed roleplay and slowly died) but with added New Zealanderness. We've decided to add New Zealand after much discussion and deliberation, mostly because of our similar national characters and joint ambitions for a Southern Empire. But if you kiwis want to ditch us, just like you did in federation, you go ahead and do that. I'll rewrite the OP and fume silently into a pillow.

So! What do you guys think of the proposal? Discuss and discourse! Interlope and cantaloupe! And may this hallowed thread last on in to the twilight of eternity.

[Saint Jade IV]

Cheap liquor?

Australia hasn't had that for at least 5 years. Maybe longer.

EDIT: And really, I guess it makes sense to include the NZers. There's more of them here than in NZ by now

[Forster Keys]

Cheap liquor?

Australia hasn't had that for at least 5 years. Maybe longer.

EDIT: And really, I guess it makes sense to include the NZers. There's more of them here than in NZ by now

Well maybe there's some to be found in New Zealand... Another reason to include them!

[Meowfoundland]

Hey, look! It's like "old" (?) times! Now we can talk about specifically Australian things and exclude the New Zealanders, just like in real life.

[Forster Keys]

Hey, look! It's like "old" (?) times! Now we can talk about specifically Australian things and exclude the New Zealanders, just like in real life.

I fear Forsher's wrath...

[Meowfoundland]

Wait, what does the G in ANZG stand for? General?

Hey, look! It's like "old" (?) times! Now we can talk about specifically Australian things and exclude the New Zealanders, just like in real life.

I fear Forsher's wrath...

Nein! Wir müssen essen ein Handy!

Gee, my German has gone a bit bad since last year. Relevant, because he has a German signature.

[Saint Jade IV]

Hey, look! It's like "old" (?) times! Now we can talk about specifically Australian things and exclude the New Zealanders, just like in real life.

I fear Forsher's wrath...

There's more of us than there is of him - we'll protect you, FK!

[Forster Keys]

Wait, what does the G in ANZG stand for? General?

Yep. Strange acronym pun thing.

I fear Forsher's wrath...

Nein! Wir müssen essen ein Handy!

Gee, my German has gone a bit bad since last year. Relevant, because he has a German signature.

"No! We must eat a mobile phone!"?

[Forster Keys]

I fear Forsher's wrath...

There's more of us than there is of him - we'll protect you, FK!

I thank you my faithful brethren, but we must not divide ourselves at such a crucial time as this!

[Meowfoundland]

"No! We must eat a mobile phone!"?

Aber... Mein Vater! Er ist nicht eine Hahne, aber meine Bruder tragt eine Rote Krawatte! Auch, Ja! Ich verstehen Deutsch nichts!

[Radiatia]

I am pleased to represent New Zealand in this trans-Tasman thread.

After all Australia, you are our brothers and we ANZACs must stick together in the face of the rest of the world on Nationstates!

[Saint Jade IV]

There's more of us than there is of him - we'll protect you, FK!

I thank you my faithful brethren, but we must not divide ourselves at such a crucial time as this!

Not that we'll worry. Nothing interesting ever happens in NZ. It's not like there'll actually be anything to talk about, except whether we should send all the expats back to preserve what's left of their dying culture and lands.

[New Korongo]

ambitions for a Southern Empire

ALL HAIL KING DICK!

[Forster Keys]

"No! We must eat a mobile phone!"?

Aber... Mein Vater! Er ist nicht eine Hahne, aber meine Bruder tragt eine Rote Krawatte! Auch, Ja! Ich verstehen Deutsch nichts!

But my father! He is a rooster, but my brother wears a red tie! Also, yes. I don't understand German!

[Forster Keys]

I am pleased to represent New Zealand in this trans-Tasman thread.

After all Australia, you are our brothers and we ANZACs must stick together in the face of the rest of the world on Nationstates!

Amen to that! Southern Solidarity! Brofist!

[Forster Keys]

I thank you my faithful brethren, but we must not divide ourselves at such a crucial time as this!

Not that we'll worry. Nothing interesting ever happens in NZ. It's not like there'll actually be anything to talk about, except whether we should send all the expats back to preserve what's left of their dying culture and lands.

We can't have the sheep overunning all those Middle Earth sets.

[Forster Keys]

ambitions for a Southern Empire

ALL HAIL KING DICK!

Who?

[Meowfoundland]

Aber... Mein Vater! Er ist nicht eine Hahne, aber meine Bruder tragt eine Rote Krawatte! Auch, Ja! Ich verstehen Deutsch nichts!

But my father! He is a rooster, but my brother wears a red tie! Also, yes. I don't understand German!

You're too good at this.

[Forster Keys]

But my father! He is a rooster, but my brother wears a red tie! Also, yes. I don't understand German!

You're too good at this.

Aw shucks. I'm doing German by correspondence at the moment.

[Meowfoundland]

You're too good at this.

Aw shucks. I'm doing German by correspondence at the moment.

Is it difficult doing stuff by correspondence? I was going to do Philosophy by correspondence but I really just couldn't be arsed.

[Forster Keys]

Aw shucks. I'm doing German by correspondence at the moment.

Is it difficult doing stuff by correspondence? I was going to do Philosophy by correspondence but I really just couldn't be arsed.

Have the same problem. I do French in a standard class, and you can see the difference.

[Radiatia]

Not that we'll worry. Nothing interesting ever happens in NZ. It's not like there'll actually be anything to talk about, except whether we should send all the expats back to preserve what's left of their dying culture and lands.

We can't have the sheep overunning all those Middle Earth sets.

Just gonna throw two things out there:

1. Australia has more sheep than New Zealand.

2. As a man who has lived in New Zealand my whole life.... I have never seen a sheep. I've seen cows, donkeys, llamas, deers, horses, women who look like horses.... but no actual sheep.

[Meowfoundland]

Is it difficult doing stuff by correspondence? I was going to do Philosophy by correspondence but I really just couldn't be arsed.

Have the same problem. I do French in a standard class, and you can see the difference.

I'm betting you could beat me at French in a pinch, mostly because I haven't done French since grade 6. Ca va comme-ci-comme-ça. Bonjour. Salut. Jeune. Noir.

My knowledge is exhausted.

[New Korongo]

Who?

The glorious Richard Seddon.

[Saint Jade IV]

We can't have the sheep overunning all those Middle Earth sets.

Just gonna throw two things out there:

1. Australia has more sheep than New Zealand.

2. As a man who has lived in New Zealand my whole life.... I have never seen a sheep. I've seen cows, donkeys, llamas, deers, horses, women who look like horses.... but no actual sheep.

You've seen more wildlife than the average Australian. Now, tell me this: have you ever seen that legendary creature, said to have long since died out or migrated to warmer climates - a New Zealand citizen?

I kid...I kid