...anybody in their 30s or older who wasn't married and hadn't had kids was the same as a dog beaten in a fight that runs off with its tail between its legs.

She says that many women don't notice that the number of eligible bachelors disappears every year they get older and soon the only choices they're left with are whackos, toy boys, the married or foreigners.

ramchop wrote:

...anybody in their 30s or older who wasn't married and hadn't had kids was the same as a dog beaten in a fight that runs off with its tail between its legs.

... soon the only choices they're left with are whackos, toy boys, the married or foreigners.

Last in a long list of undesirables... the Fucked Gaijin. (and you thought you were charisma man)

Taro Toporific wrote:...more than 80 percent of couples refrain from intimacy after a period of anywhere between 6 months to 2 years after the wedding and remain that way.

Aya sums up with a superior smile: "Personally, I think it's the married folks who are the losers."

Taro Toporific wrote:and is always threatening to move to Australia where the men outnumber the women. (She has high hopes that the long years of fierce competition have honed their romantic skills.)

Map & Graph: People: Sex ratio (15-64 years)

153. Australia 1.02 male(s)/female

141. Japan 1.01 male(s)/female

Taro Toporific wrote: always threatening to move to Australia where the men outnumber the women. (She has high hopes that the long years of fierce competition have honed their romantic skills.)

cliffy wrote::cry: Not all resident Aussie males call themselves Alcazar

GomiGirl wrote:

cliffy wrote::cry: Not all resident Aussie males call themselves Alcazar

Oh everybody but you cliffy...

actually you do understand what I mean about "blokes" though - granted, it is not an all emcompassing definition for males with Australian Passports.. but there are many around and they ain't pretty..

kamome wrote:[Is there a special meaning attributed to the word "bloke" in Australia?

Alcazar wrote::roll: Obviously some of you have not been in touch with contemporary Australian culture in a long time. I don't know how long you've been in Japan, but the culture you are describing is limited to a sadly under-employed outer-suburban underclass in 2004.

1. The bigger the hat, the smaller the farm.

2. The shorter the nickname, the more they like you.

3. Whether it's the opening of Parliament, or the launch of a new art gallery,there is no Australian event that cannot be improved by a sausage sizzle.

4. If the guy next to you is swearing like a wharfie he's probably a media billionaire. Or on the other hand, he may be a wharfie.

5. There is no food that cannot be improved by the application of tomato sauce.

6. On the beach, all Australians hide their keys and wallets by placing them inside their sandshoes. No thief has ever worked this out.

7. Industrial design knows of no article more useful than the plastic milk crate.

8. All our best heroes are losers.

9. The alpha male in any group is he who takes the barbecue tongs from the hands of the host and blithely begins turning the snags.

10. It's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to hold.

11. A thong is not a piece of scanty swimwear, as in America, but a fine example of Australian footwear. A group of sheilas wearing black rubber thongs may not be as exciting as you had hoped.

12. It is proper to refer to your best friend as "a total bastard". By contrast, your worst enemy is "a bit of a bastard".

13. Historians believe the widespread use of the word "mate" can be traced to the harsh conditions on the Australian frontier in the 1890s, and the development of a code of mutual aid, or "mateship". Alternatively, Australians may just be really hopeless with names.

14. The wise man chooses a partner who is attractive not only to himself, but to the mosquitoes.

15. If it can't be fixed with pantyhose and fencing wire, it's not worth fixing.

16. The most popular and widely praised family in any street is the one that has the swimming pool.

17. It's considered better to be down on your luck than up yourself.

18. The phrase "we've got a great lifestyle" means everyone in the family drinks too much.

19. If invited to a party, you should take cheap red wine and then spend all night drinking the host's beer.(Don't worry, he'll have catered for it).

20. If there's any sort of free event or party within a hundred kilometres, you'd be a mug not to go.

21. The phrase "a simple picnic" is not known. You should take everything you own. If you don't need to make three trips back to the car, you're not trying.

22. Unless ethnic or a Pom, you are not permitted to sit down in your front yard, or on your front porch. Pottering about, gardening or leaning on the fence is acceptable. Just don't sit. That's what backyards are for.

23. The tarred road always ends just after the house of the local mayor.

24. On picnics, the Esky is always too small, creating a food versus grog battle that can only ever be resolved by leaving the salad at home.

25. When on a country holiday, the neon sign advertising the motel's pool will always be slightly larger than the pool itself.

26. The men are tough, but the women are tougher.

27. The chief test of manhood is one's ability to install a beach umbrella in high winds.

28. Australians love new technology. Years after their introduction, most conversations on mobile phones are principally about the fact that the call is "being made on my mobile".

29. There comes a time in every Australian's life when he/she realises that the Aerogard is a darn sight worse than the flies.

30. And, finally, don't let the tourist books fool you. No-one EVER says "cobber" to anyone ... EVER!

Ol Dirty Gaijin wrote: If the whole of Australian was your "contemporary Australian culture" do you think the whole Pauline Hanson BS would have happened?