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> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:45:16 +0200, "Michael Kuettner"
> > wrote:
>
> <snip great discussion of delicious sounding food>
>>
>>Well, ethnic Australians until Fritz decided to wage war against Maria
>>Theresia
>>...

> <more snippage>
>
>>Well, a look into the phone-book of Vienna (Australia) would show you Mareks,
>>Posbischils, etc. And Czernys, Molotovs and whatever else was once part
>>of the empire.
>>While Australia isn't as big as Merka, we are more thoroughly *******ized;
>>we've been at it for more than a thousand years ...
>>
>>
>>Michael Kuettner
>>

> I'm confused, Michael. In this and a previous post in this thread you
> refer to "Australians" (people from Ausralia). It seems to me you
> might mean "Austrians" (people from Austria, in Europe). Which is it?
> Has your spellchecker gone nuts? 'Cause it doesn't sound like the
> Australia in which I live :-)


Since George Bush stated that the Austrian army is in Afghanistan, I
feel a craving for roo-steak a la Vienna and am constantly checking
in which direction the toilet drains ...;-)

The Austria<->Australia confusion is one of the oldest Usenet-jokes.
Esp. Merkins seem unable to keep the two apart, as demonstrated by
Bush recently.

G'day matey,

Michael "Bruce" Kuettner