my heart is breaking...

Look at me everybody! I'm a troll!

As for fake successful Australians, does Rupert count as fake successful or successful fake? And what about Rusty? WE'RE not claiming him, he's doing it himself - honest!

Hey Lat, any more insightful works of art for us? That's what you've been fucking around with all this time, right? I mean, Bazura takes what, a day? Big ;)s to you.

Mate.

Soon, I believe the first film will be reappraised. After, it's not all that different from the second one. Soon, all will allow their anger to drain away and admit that they love Fantastic Four. Also, that I was right all along.

As for Jane Campion, there are a bunch of factors that make that one understandable at least. Yep she's a Kiwi but she lives in Sydney, and the confusion with Jan Chapman whose name is very similar and has been her (Campion's) producer and who IS Australian but works in N.Z., the fact that a lot of this comes from Americans who can't tell the difference a lot of the time as she works in Hollywood too.

The thing is though, any Aussie with half a brain (don't start!) who has seen Angel at my Table or The Piano would have half an idea that maybe just maybe she's a Kiwi. No need for the "eloquent" dig.

Ye it does get irritating especially with stuff like Neil Finn (Funn? Ho ho;)) and Splut Inz with people confusing Down Under for just Oz and all. But like I say there's Also Rusty Crowe muddying the waters who sort of reminds me of Greg Norman making money on his heritage then publicly disowning them the next. What are ya Russ? What ARE ya mate?!

The reason I made the analogy for fun up there is that I can ABSOLUTELY understand Kiwis being ticked off about the whole "Fush and Chups" thing. I'm sure the Canadians draw a tired sigh with the Seppos in exactly the same way. Yes the accents are so similar it's petty. Yes it's infantile. And in the same way it's a national weakness on the part of both the U.S. and Oz. And I fully admit I'm hostage to it too. It just never stops being funny in that 4-year-old snigger-y kind of way. I work in the film industry and there is a lot of crossover between the Aussies and the Kiwis and I must say everyone is pretty damned good-natured about that sort of thing and regards it as the simple silliness it is which is cool! It's also similar to the 'clichéd Irish' thing I guess (having Irish and Polish b/ground ALL the jokes are about me!).

So yeah, that's why the 'troll' silliness. Just making light of it all. As you say the shit flows BOTH ways, which is why I shared my boring honeymoon story. But let me ask this, was it an Aussie or Kiwi that made Black Sheep? And can you put sheep in WoW?