For my Australian friends

[Isabella Thorne]

This article was in a Canadian national newspaper today .. I couldn't believe it when I read it .. I never knew your "slang term" before .. LMAO

Why Aussies root for Canada

(Canadian Clothing company's logo on Olympic uniform takes on new meaning in Sydney)

A koala bear runs into a Sydney bar, stuffs all the food on the tables into its mouth, makes love to the waitress and runs out the door.

"What was that?" a stunned American tourist asks the bartender. "That was a koala," he replies, "and everyone knows that a koala eats, roots and leaves."

It's a mildy off-colour joke, especially by Australian standards, but it demonstrates why the Canadian Olympic team could become the unwitting laughingstock, or crowd favourite, of the Sydney 2000 Games.

Put politely, to root is to make love in Australian slang, and Australians have been known to tell others to root off, said Bill Jackson of the Australian High Commission in Ottawa.

With "Roots" emblazoned on the Canadian Olympic uniform, the sponsor may have made the team the butt of Aussie humour.

"Those will be great collector's items. We Australians have the best sense of humour in the world," Melbourne insurance executive Carl Gullace said of the unfirms, "I think they'll be bestsellers, but they are not really offensive by Aussie standards."

Mr. Jackson said Australians will more likely giggle than be scandalized.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Root Canadians... oh yeah!

 

[Sonora]

I talk online with a Canadian Olympian. Do you think I should warn her?

Does anyone know why the Canadian unis have "Roots" on them??

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Roots is the name of a Canadian national clothing company .. the uniforms i think are made by "Roots" ..

i have a few "Roots" sweatshirts myself .. and i swear to god .. they have a beaver on them and the word "Roots" above the beaver .. i promise this is true. in fact it never struck me as odd until now.

 

[Mensa]

Taking one for the team.

Yes, Sonora, The" Roots" clothing company supplied the uniforms.

Sorta puts a whole new meaning to the phrase" We're gonna root, root, root for the home team."

Is this what Nicole was referring to when she called them the " fucking Olympics"?

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Even more Aussie humour ...

ohhhh those koala bears ... LMAO ..

A koala bear from Australia decided to take a vacation to New York City to enjoy a different culture. After arriving in New York and getting settled in at his hotel, the koala bear decided to take a walk.

After touring this adventurous city for a few hours he noticed several women on the side of the street strutting their stuff. The koala bear approached one of them and asked, "What are you doing?"

The woman replied "I'm a prostitute. Are you looking for a good time?"

The koala bear immediately replied yes.

"Do you wanna have sex?" the prostitute asked.

"Well, sure. I mean, I did come here to live up the true New York experience," said the bear with a grin on his face.

The prostitute grabbed the bear's hand and directed him to her apartment where they had sex. Soon after, the koala bear got out of bed and proceeded to the door. The prostitute yelled, "Where are you going?"

The bear told her that he was done and it was time for him to go.

"I'm a prostitute. You have to pay me!"

The bear said with a disgusted tone, "Since when do I have to pay for sex?"

The prostitute replied, "Everyone I have sex with has to pay. It's in the dictionary, look it up."

The koala bear agreed to pull out a dictionary from one of her shelves to look up the word "prostitute." It said, "A woman who has sex in exchange for money." The prostitute immediately started to chuckle and asked for her money.

The koala bear then remarked, "Okay, to make it even, why don't you look up the word koala bear?"

The prostitute grabbed the dictionary and looked up "koala bear." The bear said, "Go ahead, read it aloud!"

The prostitute read the definition out loud. "An Australian animal that eats bush and leaves."