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PixelHarvester72

Deploy the possums


adsjabo

Lol they're well and truly already deployed over here mate. The little bastards litter the roadways at times.


East-Garden-4557

We could send the Cassowaries over to you


Ambitious_Emu_9089

ngl the Cassowaries vs the Emus would be brutal


East-Garden-4557

The emus have the long reach for kicking, but cassowaries have the extra dose of crazy that will give then an edge.


clarkky55

Emus can be reasoned with and can actually be very affectionate towards humans. Cassowaries have even bigger fuckoff talons, feel nothing but seething hatred to all living things and have occasionally demonstrated that they’ve adapted pack hunting tactics whereas originally they were believed to be purely solitary hunters. If an Emu sees an oncoming car they’re likely to freeze or run whereas a cassowary will literally charge the car with no thoughts toward self-preservation


Ambitious_Emu_9089

This is how the Emu outsmarted us and won the war


Zippo179

You mean the war emus? They have built in spurs and helmets!


ApteronotusAlbifrons

> The little bastards They grow bigger in NZ than they do here - no real predators or competitors


The_golden_Celestial

Kiwi equivalent of dropbears.


tdrev

Came here for this comment


adsjabo

Yep, it was a bit of a surprise seeing them for the first time, definitely not the somewhat cute guys we have back home. They are quite a bump when you hit one in the ute at 100km/h too I can assure you.


Old_Salty_Boi

The kiwi variety are carnivorous too, which is bonkers!!!


adsjabo

We were driving home over the mountain from Queenstown a few years back and as we rounded a bend we came across a dead possum on the road with another possums head in it's belly feasting away. It was quite horrific as it lifted its head covered in blood and stared us down 😄 🤣


Severn6

Fucking hell...


The_golden_Celestial

You were lucky you weren’t completely surrounded by the rest of the possum family and attacked. They’re known to set these types of ambushes.


adsjabo

Don't worry mate, I do my part for Nz fauna by not swerving the old hilux 😆


elnombrewil

They're omnivorous in aus too and will eat eggs and chicks but in NZ don't have the same flora they've evolved to eat so turn their diet more towards animals, eggs and insects though still not strictly carnivorous.


EggFancyPants

Omnivores! Just like the Aussie versions 🥰


Aust_Norm

Yes, but over there it is legal to shoot them.


TaringaWhakarongo1

Only in self defense


hellynx

For a minute there I was sure if you were referring to Possums in NZ or all the Kiwis in AU


IuniaLibertas

It can be difficult to tell. A fine distinction.


MyWaterDishIsEmpty

Yeah but the bumblebees have made it to tassie in retaliation


FireLucid

I live in Tassie, was kinda shocked when I found out last year we are the only state with them.


TicohJones

We were in Tassie a couple of years ago and I saw bumblebees for the first time and couldn't believe how big they were compared to the bees I'm used to seeing in our gardens. I was amazed!


individualaus

Fuzzy Wuzzy bees


baconeggsavocado

Are you certain? Pretty sure I saw them in Queensland. Albeit quite long ago.


FireLucid

https://invasives.org.au/insect-watch/large-earth-bumblebee/#:~:text=The%20large%20earth%20bumblebee%20(Bombus,weeds%20by%20pollinating%20their%20flowers. There are some native bees that are quite large and can be mistaken for bumblebees from a distance so maybe you saw one of those? Or maybe someone naughty has smuggled some in and it'll be noticed soon that Tassie isn't the only state!


MyNimbleNoggin

Let's give you a few pythons to get the possums


Spagman_Aus

Turned into carnivores also according to a local guy I chatted with on my last trip there.


aGermanDownUnder

We were here last year and drove on the North Island. Counting the dead ones became a game


lo_mince

We aim for them.


danpanflan

Deploy the taipans, we’re going nuclear


Traditional_Judge734

And the combat wombats@


North-Significance33

Deploy the Aerial Drop-Bear assault. Savage little bastards in parachutes 🤣


Leonydas13

Orbital Drop-Bear Shock Troopers


quantumcatz

Emu Team 6... go!


GaryGronk

I was of the opinion that deploying emus was banned under the Geneva Convention.


IuniaLibertas

Obviously, the Kiwis have breached the Geneva convention with their outrageous lamington crossfire. The Con ention is now histort.


IuniaLibertas

Ouch! Should be *convention and *history.


La_Baraka6431

🤣🤣🤣🙄🤣


Accomplished-Toe-468

The Australian Army lost a war against Emu’s 🤣🤣🤣


MattyDienhoff

If you can't beat em, recruit em?


Toikairakau

True, what makes the Aussies think that Emus will help them out?, without Emus Kiwiland is unafraid! (If you do have them, we'll talk....)


brisstlenose

Don't forget the magpies!


adsjabo

Magpies are over here already too. As are kookaburra's, about a million wallabies and cockatoos to name a few. We've definitely been secretly invading our native flora over the ditch for a while now 😄


Severn6

Wait, there's kookaburras there??? Really?


TaSMaNiaC

I learned a few days ago that there's a few kookaburras in Scotland too.


The_golden_Celestial

Colonising with our fauna. Once they’re well established we’ll start sending people.


adsjabo

You'd possibly be surprised how many of us live over here too mate. Mostly snow chasers, around these parts anyway


TaringaWhakarongo1

SPUR WINGED lawpings....I mean our birds don't even fly?!


La_Baraka6431

Send 10,000 NESTING MAGGIES!! THAT’LL LEARN ‘EM!!!


Icy-Quail6936

Deploy the Emus, they won last time they fought.


Never_Zero87

Yes, they can win this war eh


RockENZO-pro

lol that’s a hilarious history


Dylan_da_Spider

Nah, deploy the venomous snakes and spiders, the kiwis have had it too good for too long.


Elysium_nz

Your possums wouldn’t last on our roads. https://youtu.be/ogWekOr2EwE?si=M5mM-RkMgqlbEFN8


BarryKobama

Possum Bourne? Too soon


ecatsuj

I can hear Dane Edna saying this in glittery combat khakis


AWittySenpai

Then we deploy the dropbears


No-Kaleidoscope5942

They make great pies, honestly. They have a very gamey flavour.


ohpee64

How hard is it to get possums with lasers on them?


Thyme4LandBees

Are they at least angry?


lingering_POO

Don’t deploy the possums! The NZ bastards skin them and turn them into g-string bikinis (w/ tail). That was a little confronting when I went on school ski trip over there.


yummy_dabbler

Lamingtons were created in Brisbane weren't they? The chef threw them together from leftover sponge for an unexpected visitor to govt house or something like that. I didn't think lamingtons were one of the contested ones, like pavlova or who has to take Russell Crowe.


GaryGronk

Literally named after Lord Lamington who was an actual human and Governor of Queensland and not a large sentient cake dusted with coconut.


Voodoo1970

>Lord Lamington And apparently was not a fan of what he referred to as "those damned wooly biscuits" Also, having visited the future site of the first National Park in Qld (which would be named after him), on the way back to Brisbane he shot a koala for sport. As was expected of a British Gentleman of the time.


locksleyrox

>he shot a koala for sport. Maybe he just mistook it for a drop bear?


GaryGronk

> he shot a koala for sport "Yes, the vicious brute was coming straight for me. I shot it right between it's two fearsome eyes, the stinky bugger"


KingDanNZ

Russell Crowe is an easy one. If winning awards he is Australian. If thowing phones at people and being a cunt he is "New Zealand Born" actor Russell Crowe.


Ol_Dirty_Batard

What about when he's in a band?


DarkmanofAustralia

I think 30 foot odd of grunt Russell is currently stateless.


Thenewdazzledentway

Deservedly so


Vexorg_the_Destroyer

I believe he's Tofogian.


Aust_Norm

If the criteria of a band is making good music, is it even a band? I'll say he should be from NZ for his musical efforts.


aGermanDownUnder

Frenzal knew that Russell Crowe's Band's a fucking pile of shit


SpadfaTurds

Was just linking this before reading your comment lmao [Russel Crow’s Band](https://youtu.be/o1DRTnP0gY8?si=pNzFFTBBARji2QT4)


milderhappiness

At least we know That Russell crows Band's a ...


Ol_Dirty_Batard

Fuck yeah frenzal


TiredSleepyGrumpy

100% correct.


Terror_Tanuki

But "Russel Crowe Fightin' Round The World" is an Aussie production I won't hear any different.


ApteronotusAlbifrons

> Lamingtons were created in Brisbane weren't they? Probably appeared with that name in the region around 1900 "Lady Lamington" (Annabella Elizabeth Mary Houghton Hozier - Wife of the Governor, Lord Lamington) founded a cooking school at Ipswich about the time that recipes started to appear in print in the area - first time it had a name attributed to it was with the head of the school Amy Schauer There may have been an earlier similar dessert in Scotland (which is where Lady Lamington hailed from) - and there IS a town called Lamington there... It may also have been created FOR Lord Lamington by a chef called Armand Galland - who cooked for them - and also was an examiner at the cooking school Take your pick... The reason Kiwis might think it is a NZ creation stems from an April Fool's article back in 2014 - which looks real enough until you check the date and the author's name - Olaf Priol = April Fool https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/lamington-invented-in-new-zealand-new-research-proves-beyond-doubt


BettieBublz

Please stop making sense. We're about to descend into a baked goods war and you're all out here with fakts 🤦‍♀️


a_cold_human

Lamingtons are indisputably Australian. If the Kiwis want a claim, they can join us as another State. 


Vexorg_the_Destroyer

They're named as a state in our constitution, and they have never formally declined the offer to become one. They could do it tomorrow if they wanted to.


Proof_Throat4418

NZ has 4 islands: Stewart Island, South Island, North Island and the West Island (also known as Australia).


Deepandabear

No wonder there’s more Kiwi’s on West Island then - others have no bloody work, and no bloody prospects!


Deerlager

North Island, South Island & Mouth Island


alarumba

With how the ship is being run over here, I'd be willing to take that gamble.


drew-face

Unfortunately Russel lives here and self identifies as Australian so he's ours.


LadyFruitDoll

Except when he's following rugby, the dirty turncoat.


Belissari

What’s wild is that lamingtons are a common dessert in many Balkan countries like Croatia and Serbia, they call it čupavci.


The_golden_Celestial

Which is why there called lamingtons because no one can pronounce that fuckin’ name.


Xenaspice2002

Australia can have Russell Crowe NZ doesn’t want him


xxDooomedxx

Nah we don't want him either. We'll take the Finn brothers though.


Xenaspice2002

Na na na no they’re all ours, both of them.


xxDooomedxx

But you've already got Dave Dobbins. Greedy bugger.


Xenaspice2002

Ah Dave. He’s my fave. I’ve seen him live 16 times and met him twice 😍


xxDooomedxx

You're not the first kiwi who's said that to me. Hmm... I wonder if he's interested in crossing the ditch?


Xenaspice2002

Wait other people have seen him live 16 times? 🤣😂🤣 You’re. Not. Having. Him. I need concert 17


mythoutofu

Don’t forget the flat white


cruiserman_80

That recipes isn't for Lamingtons. Its for some form of heresy involving store bought sponge cake covered in raspberry and coconut. No hint of cocoa or chocolate anywhere. That's not war, its a war crime.


Sir-Viette

It's not just a war crime. It's flan-ocide!


clinicalcorrelation

Kiwis trying to claim lamingtons - with a picture showing they eat them with a spoon from a bowl?!? Crimes against humanity. They’re the type of country to claim to have invented pizza while eating it with a knife and fork.


OneUnholyCatholic

Do you remember when an American posted in the sub having made musk lamingtons? EDIT: [found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/z89fvo/i_made_musk_flavored_lamingtons/)


cruiserman_80

Just threw up in my mouth. Do not have fond memories of musk sticks. I just had a flash back to pink vomit all over the vinyl back seat of a Holden Kingswood on a hot summer day.


Procastinateatwork

Here in Perth, we used to have lamington drives to raise money for your school (to buy air conditioning back in the day, lol). Bovell's was the supplier, and they had the normal chocolate but also had strawberry variety and it was the fucking bees knees.


superhotmel85

It’s what would be called a “jelly cake” in 1990s country Australia bakeries


PrestigiousEnd2510

Yep. The Kiwis can keep the godawful pink ones. I saw jelly and thought American writer before I realised there was no chocolate. They still jammed for the middle. Do they always with pink lammies?


Craw__

Shamingtons!


Picknipsky

Because Australia only has one flavour of lamington and NZ has two.   


rnzz

> That recipes isn't for Lamingtons. I guess that's why they say it's "As Kiwi as Lamingtons"


GaryGronk

A war with NZ would be interesting. They'd activate their navy who could be in our waters within a month if the weather and ocean currents were favourable. Bit worried about the Kiwi sleeper cells on the Gold Coast though but they'd be easy to pick them out from the neck tattoos and where they hang out (cross fit gyms).


lord-petal

Bro our 9 boats ain't even making it to Australia. Just yesterday the plane carrying out PM broke down in Papua New Guinea. That's the best of the NZDF for you.


GaryGronk

So you'll be needing those favourable winds then.


lord-petal

We'll just send over the laser kiwi.


Kind_Ferret_3219

Just arrest scaffolders, that'll get most of them.


AgentSmith187

Who's going to do all our scaff if we arrest all the kiwis? You will crash our entire building industry bro


yipape

So we won't notice a difference then?


Icedanielization

Let's just stick to throwing a leathery ball around


Doobiewopbop

I think Gruen Transfer had a couple of ad agencies put the case forward for this a few years back


GreyGreenBrownOakova

[here](https://youtu.be/Iv8bkYKbMo0)


annoyedonion35

I'll have you know the Nz military has recently undergone a massive upgrade. We now have 6 rifles instead of our usual 2. Hopefully we can get ammo soon


el_diablo_immortal

This is shots fired already


strayacarnt

Fuck it, let ‘em have the red ones.


a_cold_human

So... not Kiwi at all then. 


EnvMarple

War obviously…surely everyone knows the difference between a lamington and a jelly cake?


savemesomecandy

“Store-bought”??


FreerangeWitch

That’s jelly cake, not lamingtons. It’s probably a war crime if we attack people who can’t tell the difference between the two.


cruiserman_80

Just brushing up on my Lamington History and it appears the pathetic claims for a Kiwi origin came from the fact that Lord Lamington the eighth governor of QLD at the the time had a Kiwi wife. However I give more credibility to the origin story that the Lamington is believed to have been created through a workplace accident by a maid-servant to Lord Lamington, the British eighth Governor of Queensland. The maid-servant was working at Government House in Brisbane when she accidentally dropped the Governor’s favourite sponge cake into some melted chocolate. Lord Lamington did not like waste so it was suggested that it be dipped in coconut to cover the chocolate to avoid messy fingers. Lord Lamington devoured this new taste sensation with great delight and history was made.


Pink_Llama

They're not lamingtons, they're jelly cakes. My nana used to make them. She was Aussie but maybe she got the recipe from a New Zealander


Thenewdazzledentway

Exactly. If you’re gonna make them cupcake-shaped and cut the top to put cream inside, you’d better be making them wing-shaped in which case they’ll be butterfly jelly cakes. Edit - per my aunt circa 1959


Articulated_Lorry

My gran had the recipe in an old CWA cookbook whoch belonged to her mum, aunt or grandma (not sure which). Although it was left-over cake, not store bought.


Sunflower-and-Dream

Weren't we already at war for the Pavlova?


Slackjaw_Jimbob

Pfft! That’s as Aussie as pav!


k-h

Food fight!!! Actually, aren't they eating soup?


Crafty-Antelope-3287

Drop the pavlovas on my signal✈️🛩️..!!! Yeah it's kiwi version, you can tell by the recipe....store bought cake🙄...


VLC31

Well for a start, thats jelly cakes, not lamingtons. Lamingtons have chocolate icing.


Ghost403

Their airforce has no ground attack or air superiority capability. Our Magpies have already deployed and occupied much of New Zealand, it is time to activate Operation: Swooping Fury.


ohdamnitreddit

The fact the recipe calls for “store bought sponge cake” shows you that this is a more recently put together poster, old recipes will have a sponge recipe, probably created to irritate Australians.


PinothyJ

Pavlova is from New Zealand, Lamingtons are from Australia. Sorry to offend everyone in both those countries.


-Eremaea-V-

The modern meringue based torte recipe didn't get firmly attached to the name "Pavlova" until the 50s, as it's an adaption of a German-American dish. What happened in the 20s was every random hotel and dessert place in Aussie and NZ had a "Pavlova" dessert which could be anything from ice cream, to biscuits, to drinks, to jelly, to cakes, which is why there are conflicting accounts on where it was invented. Then after WW2 the modern recipe got attached to the name with the rise of Women's home cooking magazines, which used the simplified Meringue Dessert recipe so that it could be made at home instead of in a professional kitchen.


Ambitious_Emu_9089

So it's Australian. Got it.


adsjabo

Thought it actually held German origins?


JammySenkins

Both Australia, Toowoomba and Perth. No offence taken


angrysunbird

Add it to the pile of things both countries claim as their own


GiantBlackSquid

Indeed. As Kiwi as Phar Lap eating a pavlova, as it were.


fletch44

New Zealand was offered the option of joining Australia in Federation but declined. It would be fair to say that they didn't really have anything to gain.


MikhailxReign

Clause 6 of the Australian constitution outlines how New Zealand could join as a state at any time if they wish.


notasthenameimplies

All that would have achieved is to be, like Tasmania, left off the map of Australia as a regular event


Halter_Ego

‘Ken oath it is!


Skywalker4570

Where is the chocolate? Raspberry jelly, good grief!


VirginSturgin

Don’t mention the pavlova……


Mr_Lumbergh

We should "gift" them some emus. Let them have a go.


SpitefulBitch

Release the dingoes. Hope you weren’t too attached to those kiwi birds… On a related note, I wonder if they taste like chicken… *downvoted to hell in 3…2…1…*


melanomahunter

The war has already been fought. We won lamingtons. they won pavlova. Although a dessert like pavlova was around for something like 150 years prior in Germany. Lamingtons were made in Brisbane first in government house then couple of weeks later in NZ are lord lamington travelled over there with his cook and other retinue.


amorphous_machine

I will never go to war against my cousins o er the ditch, but a a drink and a fish off followed by a rugby match is definitely called for. Maybe a cook off and dance off as well. The haka is banned for being too op. Excuse any spelling, I'm drunk.


all_that_is_is_true

These are pink lamingtons, not chocolate like the Aussie ones.


duckduckchook

ABSO-STINKING-LUTELY!!! They tried with Pavlova and now they're coming for the Lamingtons. THE LAMINGTONS! What's next, Tim Tams?!!!


leeweesquee

Send in the Emu division.


aGermanDownUnder

You've just triggered WA


Crafty-Antelope-3287

Release the kangaroos......this is war


MrSeaBoot

Shots fired.


Tankaussie

What the fuck is this piece of shit


Fijoemin1962

Hahahaha Dame Edna always called these indigenous Australian food. They aren’t kiwi. We have pavlova!


Apprehensive_Loan776

This is a false flag operation. Published by Australia to direct outrage and deflect attention from the upcoming all-NZ super rugby finals.


CoercionTictacs

Send one back saying “As Aussie As Sam Neill and Split Enz”


Select-Record4581

So is the Pav aye


Seagoon_Memoirs

But they are having soup with dessert spoons??


Different-Term-2250

Bunch of animals.


benjamincraigrowley

Those fucking Kiwis ok send in the black widows


Ben725

To the mattress!


Deep_Driver5690

Deploy the eshays


summin-funny

The story was that Lord Lamington ran out of bread for sandwiches while escaping the heat in Harlaxton House (Toowoomba) and his chef took some sponge cake and dipped it in chocky and the rest is history. There is a plaque on the street in Toowoomba with the story on it.


Wottacrockofcrap

Who would want to own lamingtons though? 😄


[deleted]

Next they’ll be saying they invented the pavlova.


av8ads

Clearly


Proof_Throat4418

OMG. In Waihola? I used to holiday there, 40yr ago.


aGermanDownUnder

Coffee stop going from Dunedin to Owaka. Quaint little place, rather lovely. South Island continues to be gorgeous


Dlo-Nainamsat

300g store bought sponge cake? No need for war mate, this recipe is post metric them just copying us. Anyways, any red blooded New Zealander would be insulted by the title Kiwi.


Diligent_Monk1452

Oh, please invade- I hope you win (and I live in NZ). We do really have much superior meat pies so you get that as your victory treat


MasterEeg

Lamingtons? Sounds more like lamentations... Am I right??


iddy-biddy-tiddy

If you let us have our pavlova you can have your lamingtons


invertednz

I think it's commonly known (as a kiwi) Australia created lamingtons and NZ pavlova.


Zoodoz2750

Effing Nu Zulundus can't even say lamination only lumungtun.


synaptix78

Science reckons NZ doesn't have snakes? Poster suggests otherwise. My belief system is now breaking down. Next you'll tell me Pavlova and Crowded House are theirs too? 30 odd foot of cunts.


Sunnothere

Well they did try to steal the Waratah so they have form.


Picknipsky

Considering Australians only have one flavour of lamingtons (chocolate) and kiwis have two flavours ( chocolate and raspberry). I think it's fair to say that lamingtons are more Kiwi than Aussie.


stanbeard

Just wait until you find out the Kiwi Kuds are Weet Bux Kuds.


dartie

Yep. All out war.


Roulette-Adventures

Didn't they invent Velcro gloves for holding sheep still and Pavolova, not Lamingtons!


BuffyTheGuineaPig

I always wondered how people made pink lamingtons. Now I know the secret ingredient is jelly crystals.