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Katie77:
Truman, that song was by an Aussie group called Men at Work, and the song, "I Come from a Land Down Under".....
Actually it became very popular at the time when Australia first won the America's Cup yacht race from America....it was like an unofficial national anthem for the event.....
Vegemite is a black savoury tasting spread.....the poms have a similar one called Marmite.....(but vegemite is nicer)......dont know what its made of, i did hear once it was made from the waste from the yeast after beer has been made, but im not too sure if thats true......all i know is that every child in australia grows up on vegemite....at least half of all the school kids would be taking it on their sandwiches for lunchtime......its also nice with a little bit of it wiped on a cheese sandwich too....
Let me know how the pancakes work out.......
ffrn:
You're right Sue. Vegemite is made from yeast and it is an excellent source of one of the B group vitamins (I forget which one.). I don't like Marmite either, it's too sweet. Black gooey spreads should be tangy, not sweet!!
wulfar360:
ill have to catch thta movie sounds good
black gooey spreads? sounds nnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssstttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Shakesthecoffecan:
I rememory that yacht race, the media went nutz, you would have thought someone had broke into George Washington's grave and solt his teeth. They made the biggest damn deal over getting that cup back, the Captain was held up as some savior, meanwhile the rest of use went to work and wondered how to pay for our Betamax.
Now what is a Pom?
Katie77:
Aw Shakes.......The Aussies won something from the Yanks....its like i mentioned in a post sometime back......little brother and big brother......and the Yanks had held the cup forever, so when us Aussies won it from you, we thought we were fantastic......
I think the following year or the year after, New Zealand won it off us, it hardly made the news here.
"pom" is what we refer to people from England.......now theres another case of little brother and big brother......seeing as most of us Aussies descended from English convicts who were sent over here to settle the country in the 1700's and 1800's.......
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