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Australia " Most sinful"

January 29 2010

I saw this on Yahoo news this morning....... Researchers used a piont system to determine which countries committed the seven deadly sins. The tally compared national statistics for plastic surgery (pride), theft (envy), violent crime (wrath), number of annual holidays (sloth), annual alary (greed) money spent on fast food (gluttony), and porn (lust). Australians ranked...........first for envy and third for lust and gluttony. We ranked first for theft! OMG....This is shameful ! I was at the petstock store one Sunday on a winter day..Took my dog for the dog wash as it is only $2.00 that day. I noticed that someone had left their watch on the table. I took it to staff on my way out. Staff and other customers looked at me dumbfounded and staff said that was honest of me. I told them ..It is not my watch so why keep it? I was brought up right and teach my son honesty. As we lived in Japan for many years I never had anything stolen..We forgot to pick up my sons Gap demin Jacket and backpack...silly mom and dad realised..came back (was about 20mins) and yes..was still there.If this happened in Australia high chance it would be gone. What is going on in this country makes me ashamed sometimes. I am blessed with 2 lovely countries in my heart and soul. So comon Aussies! Show more pride in who you are. No one is perfect. But always try that lil more in everyday life. With the gluttony....grrrrr.........damn it! I put on 14kgs in my pregnancy...all was gone and toned in a year..And I wasnt dieting!...Just the right food and water and exercise..My goal was to get back into my skinny jeans. I am the same size as when I was 20. Balance is the key. As for the lust.......... Well 3rd is not bad...hehe.. Love to hear your opinions all. Huggies sweetpetite41 xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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RHP User

16 years ago

I left my watch in the showers at the caravan park at Coffs Harbour. By the time I got back to my little tent I realised. I walked back to the showers and it was gone. A new watch that I recieved as a wedding anniversary gift from my wife a month ago... I thought I would be killed. hehe. I went straight to the caravan park office and asked but they nobody handed it in so I gave them my phone number. Before I got back to my tent I recieved a call. It was handed in. See! Australians aren't so bad. I think they asked the wrong people! I do appreciate what you mean about Japan. A sense of honour is very important there. We should place more emphasis on it here too. Hugs Stalky

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16 years ago

Great post... I saw that on the Today show this morning. I didn't really agree with it though - I reckon the Yanks, French and Poms probably top most of those lists. However, I do reckon Australia is the down-slide at an alarming rate. It's very sad because I think it's probably only in the last 10 - 15 years that we've earned that reputation. The theft one is disgusting. I am about as honest as they come, so it makes me feel sick to know that we're all effectively guilty by association. Yuk. I agree with Stalky... I'd also like to believe they've just asked the wrong people. I have a happy story to share though... just before Christmas a couple of years ago I was at an ATM in Mooloolaba taking out some money ($300). I was with a few people, and not 100% sober (haha), so my attention was not where it should have been. Anyway, I walked off and left my three humpty sitting in the ATM slot... Dickhead! It must have been 30 mins or so before I realised what I had done... I was so sure that it wouldn't be there that I wasn't even going to go back. But I went back, and I'm glad I did - because there was an 18 year old guy standing at the ATM waiting for me to return... The guy waited for me for half an hour because he knew I would return... eventually. What a champion!! So he gave me my money, and I promptly stuck a $50 note in his top pocket for his efforts... I tried to give him $100 but he wouldn't take it.. haha.

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16 years ago

But we lost our daughter's retainer on the beach near the holiday house the day before we were due to leave... contacted the local caravan park where a message had been left with a phone number. After some trouble because we were due to leave the next morning, they organised to leave it at the shire offices of the nearest local town we had to pass on the way home! Saved us several hundred $ to replace it. Thank you thank you thank you!!!. I've handed in mobile phones and house keys left outside homes on my Avon route several times. Lol, one woman was annoyed... her kid put them through the hole in the screen all the time... oookkkaaayyy then.But I hear ya, we've suffered theft from supposed friends many times in the past just to add insult to injury. We got most of our stuff back though. We don't like to take things lying down except in certain situations where everyone gets to have fun ya know... Hugs Deb {:-*}

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16 years ago

I too am alarmed at the lack of vaues and respect shown by society today.Working on building sites, i am often confronted by idiots trying to sell me cheap tools,someones livelyhood. Unfortunately for these poor blighters they sometimes just don't see what hit them- must be spaced out on drugs or something.I have one person who is an absolute little champion, the way she sticks up for the downtrodden. Some years ago we were lining up to put our bets on for the old Melbourne cup race, and an old digger there was selling the poppies. Naturally we bought a few (Our service men and women will always hold a special place in my heart) and were having a chat when out of the corner of my eye, i saw a commotion. Some loon had walked out of the TAB and barged through the old boy knocking him to the ground. My wife ran from our spot in line some good 40 meters back to help him out.Not one other person decided to help him out. Not one! They just stood in line and stared!Too busy waiting in line to help a fellow Aussie out.I admit- Sometimes i am ashamed too Sweetpetite!There have been a number of great stories too, which highlight what i would like to believe is the true Aussie spirit, but unfortunately the story above is one that will ever erode my thoughts.

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16 years ago

I offen notice how Aussies look after fellow Aussies overseas, total strangers but become brothers and sisters once we leave our soil, its only a few people that let us down at home most of us are good Aussies, and that yahoo story bullshit! media pump up bad news it sells ,they almost promote it by glorification, why cant a headline story be something uplifting something for the people to feel good about noooooooo fear sells fuck them! If they really wanted to get the pulse of our nation take a walk on Australia Day

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16 years ago

we where at scarborough beach the other day and as we walked back to our car a lady approached us. she had found my watch on the ground and waited at the carpark until we returned so she could give it to us. she could have just left it but wanted to make sure we got it. as for third in lust, who are they asking?

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Almost_Ready

16 years ago

Several years ago I stopped at a deli to pick up some milk, I gave the guy a $50 & as he was counting he placed the original $50 with the change & passed the lot to me. As I was walking away I noticed the extra money, turned back towards him & said “hey mate I think you made a mistake with the change” Well the look he gave me could have killed & then he said “No Mate I don’t make Mistakes” With that I just said O.K. have a nice day & left .. As I went through the door I could see a confused look on the guys face but what can you do, maybe I could have worded it a little better but then again he could have been a little nicer.. Am I Bad? Cheers Oldog

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16 years ago

Mate that really is a refreshing story. Free cold hard cash is extraordinarily difficult to walk passed. Who was that saint!! OLd Dog, that guy would have short changed you if he could. Karma. Hugs Gaz

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16 years ago

Thanks for your posts all.....Wonderful to see some have good stories to share.. roughfuk1....No one should fall and never be helped up..xxx I was in Yallingup for camping and fishing on the weekend..I accidently left my camera on ther table overnight outside our tent..In the morning it was still there!..... huggies sweetpetite41<<< looking forward to eating the fish caught today.

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