It's Official. Australians are RUDE

[Taka-Okami]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I know I'm rude, but now, according to my state government, I am officially a "dickhead."
I've kinda suspected it for years, but it's nice to know now that it's official.

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Disclaimer: These are "real" ads issued by a government. I think it shows Aussies are, if not rude, at least work at different standards of civility than most countries (Guilty as charged). More on the story here.

[Catoneinutica]

Well, then on the other hand, there is this:

Maybe it's the antipodean sun, but there's a kind of weird resemblance between the three in the pic.

Left-Side Girl (LSG) = [Aussie Guy (AG) - Right-Side Girl (RSG)] / Paul Hogan (PH)

Setting to zero:

[(AG - RSG) / PH] - LSG = 0

Solving for Paul Hogan:

PH = [(AG - RSG) / PH] - LSG + PH...

...okay, I'm stuck.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

...okay, I'm stuck.

I award you a PhD in WTF.

[Catoneinutica]

I award you a PhD in WTF.

It was a riff on "Celebrity Math," a feature in the late, great Spy Magazine. Alas, my algebraic skills weren't up to the task. Kinda scary, actually: I'm officially stupider now than I was in 7th grade.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I'm officially stupider now than I was in 7th grade.

Aren't we all?
I remember being much smarter in kindergarten than I am now. [color="White"](Decades in Japan tends to do that to you...)
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