Sometimes people (Mainly Americans) need to be told this doesn’t happen.
113 Responses to “This Doesn’t Happen in Australia”
…Yes it does.
Comment by Abe Lincoln on September 24th, 2008
What is a Mainly American?
Comment by Mainly American on September 24th, 2008
then what the fuck do they use to get around?!
Comment by garrett on September 24th, 2008
yes it does
Comment by primo avanti on September 24th, 2008
of it doesnt, not like that anyway.
we ride in their pouches
Comment by pasta primavera on September 24th, 2008
Well I can ride a kangaroo… yeah, yeah!
Make kinkaju stew…
yeah, yeah!
But I’m a big disgrace
to the Aborigine race
my boomerang won’t come back!
…
Don’t worry boy, I know the trick
and to you I’m going to show it.
If you want your boomerang to come back
well first, you’ve got to throw it!
Comment by Ruggy on September 24th, 2008
I’ve traveled all over the world, 5 different continents, and I can honestly say that Aussies are the only people that are dumber than Americans. Therefore, Fail.
Comment by Chris on September 24th, 2008
down under ftw
Comment by BUSH 2008 on September 24th, 2008
Is that photoshopped?
Comment by Toothless Joe on September 24th, 2008
In cars you douche bag.
Comment by Dabuel on September 24th, 2008
A Mainly American is an American from Maine. Those crab loving red commies.
Comment by no on September 24th, 2008
They use Wallabies duh…thats how Rocko became famous.
Comment by Heffer on September 24th, 2008
I recently came back from Austria, I didn’t even see the Sydney Opera House. Is it hidden somewhere? And they all talked a bit funny over there, a bit like German, nothing like they do on Neighbours.
But the beer was good.
Comment by Danny on September 24th, 2008
It’s pointless if most of the Ricans can’t read.
Comment by Roger on September 24th, 2008
…thanks for ruining my lifelong dream of a vacation to Aussieland complete with kangaroo rides.
Comment by Daave on September 24th, 2008
BRILLIANT!
Many a time we would get an american exchange student and the absolute dissapointment in their eyes when they realised none of the things he’d assumed happened, if fact -didn’t happen.
Comment by Bex on September 24th, 2008
Lies! This is propaganda spread by the anti-American left who don’t want American tourists here! Why, I’d have ridden my Kangaroo to work this very morning if he hadn’t been mauled in a terrible Drop Bear attack last Friday!
Comment by The real Mr. Funk on September 24th, 2008
Hahahaha… American idiots. They make my day. Anyone want to buy a bridge I got in Alaska? =P
Comment by Dave on September 24th, 2008
Sometimes, people (mainly Australians) neem to be told to stfu
Comment by Anonn on September 24th, 2008
need*
>_>
Comment by Anonn on September 24th, 2008
If your boomerang doesn’t come back, that means its called a “stick”….
Comment by Justin on September 24th, 2008
Im Oztrayian and I ride a kangaroo too, to get get work each day.
That picture is real I tell you.
Comment by bob on September 24th, 2008
the reason it mentions Americans is because having traveled to America…its a beautiful country and all and i loved it…but they are (not all of them) so self absorbed in America!
Comment by Blake on September 24th, 2008
Im in Australia right now and this is how i’ve been getting around. But mind your children around those Dingos they are quite whiley.
Comment by Itai Britany on September 24th, 2008
The guy that labeled this picture obviously made a mistake, it’s 100% legit. Australians ride kangaroos.
Comment by AmalgamR on September 24th, 2008
I accidentally a kangaroo.
Comment by Disco Stu on September 24th, 2008
Well, I too have traveled all over the world, all continents (except Antarctica), and I can honestly say that Americans are truly the the dumbest and most despised, hell even the French hate them!
Comment by Blanch on September 24th, 2008
dude get this lie off the internet. Its because of liars like you that the number of hoop snake victims has double over the last decade. Not to mention the remergance of drop bear fatalities.
Comment by DrK on September 24th, 2008
Yeah, bloody Drop Bears….killed me dog the other night when I left it tied up outside the pub in Walamaloo. Time the bloody government bought back the $5.00 bounty on the little buggers. I’d have beer money for the rest of my life!
Comment by Barry on September 24th, 2008
Yes it does - that’s why Australians are called sk1ppies!
Comment by doc on September 24th, 2008
Yes, because reducing the entire population of a country to a stereotype is the right way to correct a misconception. All Australians ride kangaroos, drink beer and eat shrimp; and all Americans are uneducated, self-centered cowboys.
Comment by Mike on September 24th, 2008
At least they still have tazmanian devil rides… don’t they?
Comment by Partly American on September 24th, 2008
Austrailians seem to retain some latent angst towards Americans, don’t they?
Comment by Bob Chihuahua on September 24th, 2008
Try the world mate. Maybe it’s due to the fact your goverment traipses around the globe fucking up other countries for the sake of profit. Ah but that’s ok, for your apathy you are rewarded with… a 700 billion dollar buggering by the very men laughing all the way to the bank! Congratulations.
Comment by helpermonkey on September 24th, 2008
If you can’t ride kangaroos then what the hell is Australia good for?
Comment by American Badass on September 24th, 2008
Chris, we’re not actually less intelligent than Americans, we just pretend to be like that to make you feel at home.
Comment by George on September 24th, 2008
So is cangaroo riding forbidden near the Sidney Opera? Big deal!
Comment by asfsadf on September 24th, 2008
“Yes, because reducing the entire population of a country to a stereotype is the right way to correct a misconception. All Australians ride kangaroos, drink beer and eat shrimp; and all Americans are uneducated, self-centered cowboys.” Not to mention America is HOW big? With different cultures in different regions. I love it….I really know of absolutely no one from any country who actually thinks this.
Comment by Dingo atemybaby on September 24th, 2008
No kidding. They’re like angry Canadians.
Comment by Tom Davidson on September 24th, 2008
Hey Blanch, do you speak German? You don’t? Well, you’re welcome.
Comment by Red, White and Blue on September 24th, 2008
Sorry Mike all Americans are not uneducated, self-centered cowboys. They are self absorbed obese burger munching warmongers driving around in their 1 mile per gallon V8 pickups.
Comment by Blanch on September 24th, 2008
Us Australians could care less about Americans, our latent angst is towards the Poms.
Comment by Koala Brother on September 24th, 2008
It really is a shame that since we (England) let our colonies go they’ve taken up such strange fetishes. Americans with their burgers and hugely fucked up economy and the Aussies forcibly removing Joeys from their pouches to get to work.
Why can’t you all be a little more civilized like your parents country?
Comment by Anon on September 24th, 2008
Hey now, my pickup is a straight six, gets 4 mpg.
Comment by Wayne on September 24th, 2008
fuck you merrycans and ur stereotypes. we drive cars like you except on the right hand side and use the metric system, go and do some fucking research about australia BEFORE you make smart ass remarks hoping for some laughs from people you dont even know. Fags.
go eat some more donuts fatty’s
Comment by 100% Aussie on September 24th, 2008
lol @ blanch!
fuck you americans
Comment by Jack on September 24th, 2008
…however, they do eat Kangaroos! I ate some when I visited Perth. Quite gamey.
Comment by Chris on September 24th, 2008
Just shows you how ignorant and bigoted people are all over the world when they lump all Americans together. And since you’re saying Americans I’m assuming you’re talking about people from every North and South American country, or are you stupid and referring to residents of the United States as Americans? There are plenty of stupid Australians, French, English, Japanese, etc. in the world as well.
Comment by David on September 24th, 2008
good job Australia…now we will NEVER visit. 
My hopes of riding a Kangaroo have been dashed.
Comment by tonyrocks on September 24th, 2008
great digg, wait till you see mine
Comment by diggcc on September 24th, 2008
lol, I just want to know how tazmanian devils spin around so fast. And americans don’t like people from maine either.
Comment by Rusty on September 24th, 2008
Really Blanch? ALL Americans? I happen to love Australians. They go great with the burgers I get from the drive-through restaurant which I drive to everyday in my 1 mpg SUV. Blow all the bastards to hell.
(In actuality, I own a 30 mpg sub-compact, hate fast food and never voted for any Bush for president) - A Real American.
Comment by Red, White and Blue on September 24th, 2008
LOL, I wonder if they refer to Kangaroo power instead of Horse Power down under? LOL
Comment by JIm Smitts on September 25th, 2008
blatant anti-american propaganda.
everyone in this great country knows that kangaroos can’t be tamed; they’re the worlds best boxers.
Comment by dick on September 25th, 2008
It’s a shame there aren’t more kangaroo commuters…I think there’s an untapped potential for clean eco-friendly transportation here
Comment by Mainly American on September 25th, 2008
Yes it does….
Comment by Jacobo Hernandez on September 25th, 2008
When we said Aussies guys “ride” kangaroos, we didn’t mean as transportation.
Comment by Ed on September 25th, 2008
Wait, now Australians are trying to make fun of the US?? Pot, kettle, etc…
Fuggin glad you all got outcast from Europe.
Comment by MCSAMBO on September 25th, 2008
Seriously mates,
consider that you’ve bought into an anti-American stereotype, happily offered up by our communists, self-loathing far left. They live in mansions, drive in Mercedes limos, and then cry that we’re all ignorant capitalist pigs ruining the Earth.
They own all of the media, including Hollywood.
You know, I am familiar with several Australians, and many Americans who have worked side by side with them in environmental efforts, business, and war.
I’ve never, that’s never- heard one of the Americans bad mouth the Australians.
They praised them, especially the soldiers.
Do you honestly think there’s nothing severe and negative they could say?
Comment by Ed on September 25th, 2008
I am an American, and I’ve been to Australia… they don’t ride Kangaroo’s. They drive a hell of a lot of American cars though. So before you Aussies shit on Americans for their stupidity and ignorance - why don’t you guys take the initiative to contribute SOMETHING useful for the world… like the automobile, or the cure for polio, or put a man on the moon. CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING other than a decent Rugby team and Elle MacPherson.
Comment by Ian on September 25th, 2008
@Blanch- that’s only the government.
Comment by Annie on September 25th, 2008
Blatently photoshopped
Comment by Sparty on September 25th, 2008
Well…..Thats too bad.. i supposed, fuck goin to Australia then!
Comment by well Damn.... on September 25th, 2008
Ummmm. I dont know who you people think you are. But get a clue. the picture is stupid the joke is retarded and you people trying to stereotype your selves, because america is made of of people from every country. so get a clue……
Comment by jasojn on September 25th, 2008
Why the hell NOT?
Comment by Jeff on September 25th, 2008
I’m from the US and while I have never thought Aussies rode around on kangaroos I DO think this is hilarious 
Comment by SmithUSA on September 25th, 2008
Two mistakes:
1) Nobody rides their roos anywhere near the Opera House, that’s ridiculous.
2) “Uneducated Americans” is a pleonasm. You’d know that if you went to school in Australia.
You’re welcome ladies.
Comment by Ned Kelly on September 25th, 2008
Can anyone tell me the truth? With all this comments saying both things I don’t know anymore witch one is truth.
Comment by Conas on September 25th, 2008
They have cars!?!!
Comment by Mustang on September 25th, 2008
Blanch is kind of a douche.
Comment by Peaceful American on September 25th, 2008
Australia can suck my balls
Comment by joe on September 25th, 2008
That doesnt happen? well then australia has now lost the only cool thing about them.
Comment by Seth on September 25th, 2008
What, people don’t walk up and down steps in Australia?
Comment by anon on September 25th, 2008
Paid for by the Council of Australians Who Are Uneducated On How Americans Really See Their Country.
Comment by Mika on September 25th, 2008
Actually, I’m just self absorbed, but I think that is a human thing, Blanch.
Comment by Andy on September 25th, 2008
Oh, and I munch burgers. Sorry about leaving that one out.
Comment by Andy on September 25th, 2008
Then why is there a picture of it? Why are the others int the picture without kangaroos jealous?
Comment by Mark M. on September 25th, 2008
Australia is stealing our Australia jokes!
Comment by Garth on September 25th, 2008
ahaha mainly americans…yes i believe they’re known as the naive and self-centered race by the rest of the world.
Comment by JP on September 25th, 2008
Just be quite and eat you Vegemite already.
Comment by Cory on September 25th, 2008
We figured the Aussies like to ‘ride’ Kangaroos like the Brits, who like to ‘ride’ sheep
Comment by Bob Lee S. on September 25th, 2008
don’t you mean the Kiwi’s sheep shag???
Comment by Daz on September 25th, 2008
@Chris, you’re an idiot.
Comment by kyle on September 25th, 2008
Oh so we Americans don’t ride politics to work…… That explains a lot!
Comment by muffin on September 25th, 2008
is that mel gibson?
Comment by lance boyle on September 25th, 2008
“I am an American, and I’ve been to Australia… they don’t ride Kangaroo’s. They drive a hell of a lot of American cars though. So before you Aussies shit on Americans for their stupidity and ignorance - why don’t you guys take the initiative to contribute SOMETHING useful for the world… like the automobile, or the cure for polio, or put a man on the moon. CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING other than a decent Rugby team and Elle MacPherson.”
Comment by Ian on September 25th, 2008
Hey mate, we actually barely drive any American cars cause they are utter crap. We mostly drive our home grown sedans (which we also export to the US and UK) Euro imports and little Japanese econo boxes.
Very few American made cars are imported for two reasons:
1) we drive on the other side of the road and left hand drive cars are illegal here.
2)We actually have standards and wouldn’t be caught dead driving that junk.
Comment by Contempt on September 25th, 2008
Enjoy your non existent health care and imminent holocaust seppos.
Comment by upright kangaroo on September 25th, 2008
Well, if kangaroo rides are out of the question, I say we add Australia to the (long) list of countries to be bombed out of existence.
Comment by Some Disgruntled Guy In The U.S. on September 25th, 2008
Please don’t complain about people’s lack of knowledge regarding your corner of the world. I am from the southeast US. When I meet people from outside the US(and occasionally within) they are frequently surprised that I can read and use indoor plumbing. Are your “Throw another shrimp on the barbie, mate” stereotypes harmful. Has anyone ever asked you if you’d been a part of a lynch mob? I’ve been asked that.
Comment by Yeeehawww on September 25th, 2008
you all are fucking idiot,knowing nothing but pretended.
Comment by lin213 on September 25th, 2008
“I am an American, and I’ve been to Australia… they don’t ride Kangaroo’s. They drive a hell of a lot of American cars though. So before you Aussies shit on Americans for their stupidity and ignorance - why don’t you guys take the initiative to contribute SOMETHING useful for the world… like the automobile, or the cure for polio, or put a man on the moon. CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING other than a decent Rugby team and Elle MacPherson.”
Comment by Ian on September 25th, 2008
Yeah… if only we could create some kind of valuable medical invention…
Like the vaccine for Cervical Cancer, the Ultrasound, the bionic ear, the pacemaker, Florey’s development of pennecillin, asprin tablets, orthodontics (braces), and the use of lithium as a treatment for mental disorders - these were all LESS valuable than sticking some jackass on the moon..
The first refrigerator, the technology for Xerox machine, insect repellant, the electric drill, permaculture farming… these contributed nothing to society.
Automobile inventions like the differential gear system (”diff”), the zeta platform, Variable rack and pinion steering, the orbital engine, the car radio.. yeah, Australians don’t invent anything car related…
The first powered flight, the first working scramjet (oh yeah, Americans came to AUSTRALIA to get the University of Queensland to help them achieve this), the invention of the curved wing, the torpedo, the black box flight recorder, airplane escape slides, the first tank (by Lance de Mole), Mark Oliphant’s work original work on nuclear fusion in the 1930’s, Aircraft DME systems, the Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, the Solar hot water system, the Flame ionisation detector, Supersonic combustion…
Yeah, Aussies don’t invent shit…
Here’s a figure for you… $11 Billion Dollars… That’s how much the USA spent creating the stealth bomber…
$1.5 million… That’s how much Australia spent inventing the Jindalee Radar System - a radar system that turns the stealth bomber into nothing more than “a funny looking plane on an Australian radar screen”… Stealthy? Invisible? Everywhere except Australia.
GET A FUCKING CLUE YOU IGNORANT AMERICAN
Oh yeah, before I forget - Polio… There is no cure..
The automobile? Invented in 1771 by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot for the french government as a steam engined vehicle, turned into a combustion engine vehicle by Germany.
Enjoy your crappy Fords..
Comment by @Ian on September 25th, 2008
I’ve been to both Australia and the US, and I can safely say that Australians ride kangaroos and Americans hitch rides on passing eagles.
Comment by Asian on September 25th, 2008
Wow, for long-time allies, we sure are pissed at each other for something. I just want to ride a kangaroo. Both countries are world destinations for immigration. Both countries are great democracies (okay, one is a good democracy). Both smell of cooked meat…yum!
Comment by Red, White and Blue on September 25th, 2008
Fuck the US.
Comment by Meh on September 26th, 2008
Can’t Americans take a joke?
Seriously, worst part, I have to agree, alot of Americans I have met are arrogant, selfish, rude, and think the US is the world and better then everywhere else.
Comment by Philip on September 26th, 2008
America
Without slavery your sports teams would be a joke - Why do all your national sports competitions state “World Champions” - Your president buys his way into office - You have no national health service and you put up with it - You let your soldiers die so that less than 1% of your population can get richer - Every white person in the U.S. originated from Europe.
Before you mention anything about convicts, you might want to look up the registers that recorded why people were sent here for.. feeding your family must not be high on your priority list.
Comment by Russell on September 26th, 2008
In the USA, I found that the most confused tourists were the Americans themselves, travelling in their own country. Everywhere I went, Americans would ask me “Where’s this” “Where’s that” “How does this ticket machine work”. Oh, and did I mention that everywhere else I have been throughout the world, the most confused tourist is the one with the American accent..This is from personal experience.
Having said all that I have to admit that I have never been to Australia.
I am not from either of those countries (Not europe either).
Comment by Traveller on September 26th, 2008
Where did you guys learn to play rugby, huh ??
Comment by Poephol on September 26th, 2008
Ausies kant play ragbie !! ha ha
Comment by Poephol on September 26th, 2008
Good on you “Red White and Blue”, Blanch does speak German, and yes of course I forgot that America did ‘win’ the war for all of us poor sods, and by the looks of all the crappy ‘War’ movies released by the United States of AAAAAAmazing, you’d think they were the only ones there…
Comment by Blanch on September 26th, 2008
Gotta love @Ian, my thoughts exaclty, I did hear though that the Jindalee Radar System needed an upgrade at one stage and the government balked at the cost until they found out the software upgrade almost doubled it’s range, still there is no proof that it can detect planes taking of in Moscow, but who would you believe.
Good to see that USA with all of the money spent on their ‘War’ efforts and still having nothing close to this technology.
What’s the capital of the USA??
Well about now due to their economy about A$2.98. (the A in front of the $ is Aussie dollars for all you dumb seppos)
Comment by Koala Bear on September 26th, 2008
To my dear compatriot Ned Kelly
“Uneducated Americans” is not a pleonasm.
“Peaceful American” is!
Comment by Syd on September 26th, 2008
we may have some of the dumber tourists in the world, and Australia might be a nice place to live, but compared to the US, Australia is a joke lol
Comment by uneducated american on September 27th, 2008
Australia VS USA
Which is better
HDI (human development index)
Australia: 3
America: 12
WINNER: AUS
Education index
America: 0.97
AUS: 0.99
WINNER: AUS
LIfe expectancy index
America:0.87
AUS: 0.92
Winner AUS
Winner Overall??
Australia!!!
Comment by Aussie Raf on September 27th, 2008
None of the people commenting on this are from Australia, I haven’t once seen the word “mate” let alone anything about “shrimp” or “barbies”. Also; that picture is real.
Buried for inaccuracy.
Comment by design on September 28th, 2008
Lol@Chris. Only ones dumber than Americans huh? Maybe next time you try your very hardest (which, by the way, is not very good on a universal scale) not to seem stupid, you don’t put a capital letter after a comma. Fail.
Comment by Alistair on September 30th, 2008
just because were australians dosent mean we say “mate” “shrimp” or “barbies” that is just a sterotype so before you americans say we sterotype you why dont you think before you speak next time
Comment by jayne on October 12th, 2008
how many people who have commented on this article have been to australia, or even the U.S. I am Australian and I employee two Americans in China. They aren’t your typical American who hasn’t been outside the states. It’s all marketing for those who haven’t. Anyway, it’s a small insight into the people’s perspective of China. Come and see, don’t judge without first hand experience. By the way my American friends and I are great friends.
Comment by gowriesmtih on December 11th, 2008
The next time you see a kangaroo, try and ride it. Make sure you give a mate a video a video camera first so that you can show all your other mates how you ended up in hospital.
Comment by jonhas on January 1st, 2009
Man u make one kangaroo joke and its ww3 against america! get a life it was a funny picture. ppl dont realy think this happens.
Comment by me on January 4th, 2009
to the people that had time to write long posts on this wall…go out and get laid! ur going to die a virgin at this rate!
Comment by me on January 4th, 2009
i”ve lived in australia all my life and pepole do not ride kangaroos.ANYWHERE
Comment by callum on January 7th, 2009
this is why we don’t visit.
Comment by this on September 24th, 2008