Australia is in the midst of cricket fever at the moment -- with the England team playing Australia right here in my home town of Brisbane. And the English fans (known as the "Barmy Army") are here in large numbers to support their team. And the English and Australian fans do of course mock one-another. An example is described below. The "Captain Cook" referred to is the English discoverer of Australia whose reports led to English settlement in Australia in 1788.
"The one thing you can rely on in a battle between Australia and England is political correctness goes out the window and politeness is definitely not on. It's a bit like families, really. People say and do things to their siblings they would never say or do to anybody outside the gene pool and the same goes for the English and the colonials.
The English have reached lowest so far -- no surprises in that -- coming up with a delightful little Barmy Army T-shirt that came into view across a blurry bar last night. From what our correspondent can recall, the T-shirt in question featured a squatting Captain Cook on the shores of this great land with his pants down and words: Captain Cook only stopped off for a XXXX.
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Australians have not yet commenced Jihad against the English and there have been no furious demonstrations in the streets about the matter.
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