god damn redneck ! :D

Does this look like an office of someone who just likes to see wrecks and cars blow up?:p

And this is only about 1/4th of my collection:D

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/7784/diecast10zl.jpg

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/7282/diecast24en.jpg

http://img218.exs.cx/img218/3792/diecast34sr.jpg

http://img219.exs.cx/img219/2739/diecast45mc.jpg

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/3311/diecast57cb.jpg

Jesus... Sell a bunch of thsat in 20 years and you'll be rich :)

MOOSE FUCKER:p

LOL the last time I added up the value of all the race stuff I have, Die-cast cars, cards and various other stuff was around $35,000

:p

Holy shit..... Gives me an idea for a new thread. Brb. :D

From Australia:

Doe sit bug you if someone from another country calls you an "Aussie"?

- Doe Sit?? HAHA...
Not really...I mean, I think we're the ones that first started using that phrase anyway. "Australian" sounds a little uppity if you ask me. One thing that DOES bother me is the accent in which Americans say it.
Like "ousies" and really pronounce the "au" a little too much, so that they almost say "Orstralia", It's more like
"Ozzy"
And
"Osstralia"...the "au" bit is spoken quickly.
If you were to pronounce it phonetically...



Do you ever actually use the term "Down under"?

- If you're a tourist, that kinda thing seems to appeal, no doubt someone trying to sell you something would lay it on thick.
Here, no, we don't.



Doe sit bother you that America thinks everyone in your country is a clone of Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee? Or do you even care what we think?

- It bothers me that nothing is really being done to CORRECT this.
It's all to do with the tourism bit though, nowadays at least...that, and American made "Australian" films that typecast.


Nature chasnnels would have us believe that Australia is swarming with snakes and spiders that will kill you in minutes. Are Funnel webs, redbacks, sea wasps, blue ringed octopuses and all those wonderful snakes really THAT big a problem?

- We DO have a lot of spiders here, yes. Funnel webs are not big in anything but rural areas with plentiful trees. Snakes are in the more "country" areas too.
If you are living in these areas, you grow up learning the precautions eg: check under beds, upturn shoes before you put them on, check under outdoor toilet seats...etc, wear gloves and boots when doing certain types of hands-on work.
They're not much of a problem, if you are bought up in the country, you know these things. The horror stories are mainly to hammer this kind of caution into the heads of little ones, however, these things HAVE happened.
Vaccines are available for most of these things, and most people living in these areas will stock a supply at home/in vehicles.
There are only funnel webs, brown snakes, and red/yellow belly black snakes that are a cause for MAJOR concern, and if they bite you, you will likely die if it's not taken care of.
All of these creatures also inflict notoriously painful stings/bites.
Red backs HAVE killed, but are more of a problem in that they HIDE in places humans dwell...they're quite poisonous, but not nearly as much as the three abovementioned creatures.

Sea wasps can't be that big a thing, as I've never seen one.

I don't know too much about blue ringed octopi...I mean, I know not to touch them as they have a VERY potent and fast acting poison, but incidences of this actually happening are pretty minimal...mainly among small children that have touched them in rock-pools and whatnot, they're quite attractive.

Up towards the north-east (qld) we have a rather dangerous species known as the box jellyfish...aka the portuguese man-o-war in other parts of the world? There's a lot of those up there...I know little of them other than they have insanely long tentacles which can wrap around you and deliver multiple stings. Apparently a lot of people have drowned, as they close your airways.

In urbanised areas, these poisonous species are not a big problem. We have rather large spiders, but they either don't attack and stay outside, or the ones that sometimes venture inside (huntsman) are not very poisonous, and rather scared of confrontation.

Also, just thought I'd throw this in:
Koalas and kangaroos do not roam our streets. We do not keep them as pets. They are unfriendly, smelly creatures that keep to themselves, and are more abundant where we are not.
Koalas are stoned a lot of the time, as eucalyptus leaves contain a chemical that sedates...no, humans don't smoke it or anything, it's poisonous. The koalas have some kinda defense mechanism going on that enables to eat them.
We actually eat kangaroo here, it's quite good, and allegedly has less than 2% body fat - I buy it as my preferred red meat due to this. Another thing, there is also a problemati overabundance of them in certain areas, to the point that certain places actually send out culling squads to exterminate them in a calculated way.
Not nice, but true.

- B.

I though sea wasps were a type of box jellyfish.

I knew i would get some good, lengthy answers form you, cheeb :D

Yes, that was a compliment.

I asked these questions because i hate being ignorant. Glad to see i didnt piss anyone off too much :)

I also ahd not realised just how many godamn spelling mistakes and typos i made. im also suprised Austin wasnt all over it :D

LOL I wonder who is gonna be the first darwin winner here that tries that...:D

LOL I almost forgot about your most excellent grammar skills.:D :p

ohhhh wow man ... these fukin' eucalyptus leaves are fukin' awsome dude ....

ohhhh fuck yeah bro .... don't bogart those euc's !

When I think of Australia, I think of Hugh Jackman.

We do the same thing with the deer population.

we do the same with french people here in canada.

a bit gamey though .... you have to be really hungry to eat a whole one.

:D :D :D :D ROTFLMAO

YES!!!
That's more adequetly reprasentative of the majority of Australians in terms of accent and speech.
Him, and the guy on "LAX"...? I think they had an aussie guy on sex and the city once, he sounded like most AUS. people do too.

he's highly thought of .. in the entertainment industry too ..

my sister worked with him for a bit on x-men .. he was the only star that took lunch with the crew ...

australians have always been compared to canadians - or vice versa - as being laid back .. down to earth .. hard drinkers.

Crikey! That one's a Beauty!

I do an obnoxiously accurate impersonation of Steve Irwin. It would probably get me beaten up in Australia....

No, we'd probably just let you go on...I mean, we like a good laugh.
I can do the Irwin accent, but I HATE doing it...nope, noway, not doing it. In fact, I was doing it to piss someone off...

You saying americans can be arrogant assholes?

Well.... I am not going to gratify that with a response. I am above that and you.

Molson drinking scumbag :D

I saw him on "Inside the Actor's Studio" quite a while ago and was very impressed with the kind of human being he is, along with his acting skills. Every interview I've ever seen with co-stars he's had they've all had great things to say about him. And I love the fact that he's crazy about his wife. It's so rare in Hollywood these days.

What does your sister do? I'm jealous!

she's a second AD (assistant director) in Vancouver

she's worked with a lot of cool people .... Ian McKellen was one ...
keifer sutherland, tom berringer,

she said the nicest one of all was tom skerrit

my buddy who married the australian gal .. we always talk in horrible australian accents around her .. she laughs her head off and my wife gives me shit..

she says every accent i do - sounds like a pirate.

You just mentioned 4 of my favorite actors in one post! Now I'm really jealous! I've liked Ian McKellen since seeing him in "And the Band Played On". Kiefer since "Lost Boys". Tom Berenger since "Big Chill". Tom Skerritt since "Aliens".

Im glqad to hear Tom Skerrit is a good guy. He was a little too convincing in Contact, and i was afraid that he might really be that kind of an asshole.

I have actually been told i am a pretty talented voice actor. I can mimic accents and characters (and people) pretty well. One of my favorite bar tricks was to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. Someobody once said i didnt so much pretend to be him as i became him.

I suppose i could market it if i wanted to, but i always thought people who made their living doing impressions were pathetic (Rich Little anyone....)

But you would do very well as a voice-over actor for TV or movies!

my sister didnt just say he was the nicest actor she ever met - he was the nicest MAN she ever met ...

i guess there are a few out there ..

Keifer was a really decent guy too according to her.


My dad was visiting my sister when she was working with mckellen on Emile, the film he did after LOTR ..

Ian took the entire cast and crew to see two towers at a special advanced screening .. my dad go to go too.

My dad went to see The Two Towers ... with freaking Gandalf.

you want to get really pissed ? neither my dad or my sister EVER showed any interest in movies ...

did you ever see Kevin Spacey do Cristopher Walken ? its uncanny .... not an easy guy to immitate.


me - i could do all of the muppets at one time ... mostly cartoon voices .. plus a couple of singers

Or magneto, depending on your point of view ;)

And for most of us here it would be a dream job! That's just not right!! LOL

Hey, just think, when i am rich and famous, you all can say "I knew that guy when he was just a nerd who talked shit on the internet" :)

Vod Gates :D

And authored great stories!;)

HAHA!

If i make that kind of money, i'll give everyone on the board $1000.


Actually, i would probably do McDonald's gift certificates, but only because i think it would be funny :)

Make it Arby's and you've got a deal!:D

I wouldnt know where to pick them up. there arent any Arby's around here :(

Ever since I watched "Super Size Me" I'll never touch McDonald's again!

seriously, i was drunk when watching it... it made me hungry. then , i went to mcdonalds to pick up some mcdonalds breakfast and watched it.... McDonalds is nasty though... its crazy how much damage it does to your liver. And the french fries that were left out does not get mold on em... as compared to other fries. Weird

I somehow managed to over look this until just now :)

thankyou :)