World Cup winners ??

[Kim]

.....and yours are between unethical or liar, take your pick limey :mooner:

Ooooh.......calling names now are we? :lol:

So you'd be somewhere between bad-loser and whiner?

 

[Mike Veitch]

Well if you don't agree that the Crouch goal was a disgrace to England and the English fans, I guess everyone has their flaws and yours are between unethical or liar, take your pick limey :mooner:

i prefer pommie.. as would AW

 

[almitywife]

well my parents are italian and i remember my dad waking me about 30 years ago to watch the last time the aussies was in the world cup

as much as he would be cheering the italians he loved this country so much (australia) i really think he would be hoping they win

 

[Trinigordo]

Ooooh.......calling names now are we? :lol:

So you'd be somewhere between bad-loser and whiner?

Whiner, now your turn!

 

[Trinigordo]

Never understood why they call the English pomey. As I hear it, the origin of the phrase is POME, as in Prisoner Of Mother England. The label given to unfortunate souls that were "punished" by being sent to the much nicer colonies.

 

[almitywife]

POM or pommie!

as in dryer than a pommies towel

now we just send them to Japan

(dont we Kim )

 

[Mike Veitch]

Never understood why they call the English pomey. As I hear it, the origin of the phrase is POME, as in Prisoner Of Mother England. The label given to unfortunate souls that were "punished" by being sent to the much nicer colonies.

well they got that backwards didn't they?

Where would you rather live? The lovely mist and rain of England? Or tropical Oz? Talk about your irony.. hahahahah

 

[Kim]

well they got that backwards didn't they?

Where would you rather live? The lovely mist and rain of England? Or tropical Oz? Talk about your irony.. hahahahah

Hmmm...the first arrivals must have thought they were arriving in a holiday camp! :11:

Try this for a more accurate perspective.......

 

[Bubble Junky]

Never understood why they call the English pomey. As I hear it, the origin of the phrase is POME, as in Prisoner Of Mother England. The label given to unfortunate souls that were "punished" by being sent to the much nicer colonies.

Look here.

 

[Trinigordo]

According to Wikipedia:

Another theory is that POM is a shortened acronym of Prisoner of His/Her Majesty (POHM). As many of Australian's first settlers were convicts, sentenced to transportation, this theory holds that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with POHM emblazoned on the back, and that convicts with an extended stay on Australian soil would no longer have to wear the shirt and would often refer to newer entrants into the country as "Pohmmys". Other suggestions hold that POM is a different acronym, such as "Prisoner of Mother England" or "Port of Melbourne".