I left London a few years ago to live in Australia...Can't beat the London humour!?

Question

I left London for Australia a few years ago....sticking my fingers up to the UK, you know the sort, well I have been coming on yahooQ&A for a while and can't believe how touchy the Aussies are when anyone diss's their land but the Brits, especially the Londoners just add smart and comical answers and don't take offence, I miss the humour over there and the way we can laugh at things even if they are meant as insults...The Questions on 'any rats in London' made me laugh.

keep the good work up chaps, we're not as bad as they all make out!

And so my question is...does anyone else that has migrated (from any Country) to another Country miss anything, especially the humour????

Answer 1

Aussie in London here, and have to admit I'll miss the english wit when I do check out of here...

The Aussie sense of humour has nothing on here, but do remember, in the middle of an English winter you won't see quite as many smiling faces on the streets!

Answer 2

I soo no what you mean about  missing the sense of humour.Im in NZ and the kiwi humour is nothing like ours.We just had a comedy club here at the sky tower and to see a few brits  doing there thing was great.We are a funny lot!!

I miss  sunday footie in the pub and  our country pubs to,that are quaint and freindly and serve a good sunday roast- all  thats here is blinking roast shops!!

Answer 3

What's that Shelia, missing us poms humour. Well good on ya blue, nice to hear there is something good left in the ole mother land. Now don't you go running amok chuck, and tie that kangaroo down sport. Oh please give a koala a stroke for me, haven't emigrated but been many places and UK is BEST. Nice to read that you still have a sense of humour.

Answer 4

Three cheers to you. I'm an Newzealand/ Australian , my late husband was English. It certainly was the one thing he missed was the English humour. I got very used to it also . Occasionally he would find someone that understood him but most of the time they just looked at him gormlesly.

Answer 5

I'm from NZ, and its true. The Auzzies ***** and moan about everything. I personally just think its because they are jeleous of us!!!!

Answer 6

well i havent personaly migrated but my grandmother and grandfather did

i am australian and i would say you are wrong

it might just be where you are living at the moment in the central coast (near sydney) it is fab

everyone is halarious (and i dont just laugh for no reason) and they are really friendly

i am NOT the serious type

thhere is only 1 or 2 people i know who probably dont no what the word humour means

i am not saying you are stupid for saying englands great i would say so to

it is just that you may not have found the right place in australia that you are happy with  if you ever did think about moving somewhere else in australia maybe you should search around a bit more on the net or ask on yahoo answers if they know a  great place here in down under!!!

Answer 7

Hi!! It`s like the old saying is it not? { you can take the Londoner out of London, but you cannot take the London out of the Londoner.

In my travels i have visited 18 different countries and i always

miss the cockney/ London humour, and most especially the rhyming slang.

I even miss it in Dorset where i have now retired.

But when i do go back there London is so different now, a lot of its charm is missing.