Pick the mistakes competition -Proteas are big news in Perth

[jono]

i'm thinking i should have kept my WACA membership now. ahh well. i probably wouldnt have been able to get off work to go anyway

[shasta]

Proteas are big news in Perth

Down the Track’s Aussie spy, Bruce Manly, reports from Perth

Pie is probably happy this moron has been fessed up. Makes him look like a journalist by comparison. He might even take up that Chief Cricket Correspondent gig.

[Flamethrower]

Pick the mistakes competition -Proteas are big news in Perth

Apart from all the crap the tosser wrote, this is a Rugby forum

[beige]

150,000 are of Asian descent and the rest dinkum Aussies.

Geez, you'd think I'd stop getting offended by that comment after hearing it for 28 years!

[GIGS20]

Good work secret squirrel!

WELL! This is my new area of expertise! That theme song of mine we came up for on chat the other night was my secret agent WNC's theme song. And no details, well, details, I'm finding out about the immigration stats to WA!

Here is what the genius has discovered...

(Yes, my stats are 06, I'm working through all my info backwards.)

In the 2006 Census, 65.3% of persons usually resident in Western Australia stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses within Western Australia were: England 8.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.1% and Italy 1.1%. ie England 174186, NewZeland 47332 Scotland 24415, SouthAfrica 22050, Italy 20,934

HOWEVER!!

During 2006-07, the number of UK migrants settling in Western Australia reached 8,618 people -- 34 percent of all overseas permanent migrants.

[Burgs]

Geez, you'd think I'd stop getting offended by that comment after hearing it for 28 years!

Lumping all of Asian descent together Beige, or only being considered a "dinkum Aussie" by birth? Or perhaps both?

Not intentionally stirring at all, just clarifying and I'm pretty sure I know.

[beige]

Neither It's the fact that despite being born here I'm still not considered a "dinkum Aussie" by some people (who often have suspiciously foreign sounding accents I must add!)

[Darren]

These days you'd have to be about as dinkum as they come?

[beige]

Definitely!

[Burgs]

Right, that was what I was kind of meaning by the second option. Fair call mate

[jargan83]

“Proteas can put demons to rest”
“History calling”
“Roy set to be no1 enemy”
“15 happy landings on planet Perth”
“Bring it on - Proteas here to make history”
“Ready and able”
“Resuming the battle”

All of the above headlines are errors, as Australia will continue to heap dissappoinment on the touring saffers. 2-0 in the Test Series and 4-1 in the One Day series at the Start of Febuary

[fulvio sammut]

Just thought Jargs would like to be reminded of his prognostication in one of the posts above.

[jargan83]

Just thought Jargs would like to be reminded of his prognostication in one of the posts above.

it happens sometimes, it happened in 2005 when the Poms beat us despite me predicting a 3-1 series win to Australia

[Swee_82]

it happens sometimes, it happened in 2005 when the Poms beat us despite me predicting a 3-1 series win to Australia

Then for gods sake shut up before this year's series.... focus on sledging Mitchell Johnson, that seems to work well.

[jargan83]

Then for gods sake shut up before this year's series.... focus on sledging Mitchell Johnson, that seems to work well.

3 series in 10 years i have got it wrong? (2001 vs India being the the third, but honestly who in the Cricket world would have believed India were going to win that 2nd test after being bowled out in the 1st innings cheaply, trailing Australia by about 350?)


so not likely