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Nat's avatar

This advice also applies for Australians meeting other Australians on the road, strangely enough.

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Chloe's avatar

Very true.

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Joe Hoffman's avatar

Our Australian treated us to a disquisition about international exchange rates in the ruins of Pompeii.

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Ari's avatar

As an Australian I promise to unlearn the guitar immediately. Thank you for your concern.

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Lauren's avatar

Me, an australian: Danny, this is probably accurate, I'll give you that. However, now that you've mentioned healthcare...

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Will Sharp's avatar

I return to this piece every time I travel and it has never once been wrong.

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Danika Godfrey-Potter's avatar

I can confirm as an Australian and a traveller that the impression of

plentiful Australians is increased by how obviously Australian we usually

are.

Also New Zealanders.

I will keep my own council about travellers from the US.

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puckworth bartleby's avatar

"The Australian will have a baffling energy that is somehow both sexual and

non-sexual at the same time."

How is this piece so incredibly accurate?! Except that hostels have to be

>100% increase. The alligator wants to eat the larger number. This piece

has caused me to invent a probably-not-new portmanteau which is

'glorigeous.'

I like a word with several vowels in a row. Now I will stop procrastinating

and actually change my flat tire.

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Chris Best's avatar

Wait, is Radiohead controversial in America? This worries me.

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Justine Cross's avatar

And I laughed really really hard.

And I really needed to today.

I hope you are well!

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