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26-01-2012, 05:02 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Its Australia Day, here's some little known facts about our great land...
1. Aussies buy 41 jars of Vegemite a minute or 22million jars a year. We are happy little Vegemites.!!! 2. We buy 41 boxes of Weet-Bix a minute. 3. We use 551,750 sheets of toilet paper a minute. ie 33,105,000 sheets per hour and 749,520,000 per day. 4. We use 12.93 litres of tomato sauce a minute. ie 2litres per person per year. 5. Greg Norman is our best paid sports person. He earns $28 a minute or $15M a year. 6. 27 Chesty Bond singlets,shorts or thongs are sold every minute. 8. Cadbury Chocolates produces 41kg of milk chocolate a minute. 9. We grow 9.5 Avocado's a minute. 10.We recycle 1811 steel cans a minute. From : Every Minute in Australia.
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26-01-2012, 07:12 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I once drank a can of beer every minute. Only lasted ten minutes.
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26-01-2012, 07:55 PM | #3 | ||
Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
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Norman is no longer highest paid, i dont even think he's top 3. Webber and andrew bogut make more.
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26-01-2012, 08:19 PM | #4 | |||
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26-01-2012, 09:57 PM | #5 | ||
FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bibra Lake WA
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A little dated
Greg Norman has been overtaken by the likes of Casey Stoner and Mark Weber. And I suspect since Pacific Brands stopped making clothing in Australia the sale of Chinese made Chesty Bond singlets may have fallen somewhat. And I think aluminium cans have mostly replaced steel cans. And I hope our toilet paper usage has increased in line with increases in our population.
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27-01-2012, 11:52 AM | #6 | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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1. new road rules are being put to paper at the rate of one per minute!
2. new speed cameras are being installed at 5 per minute! 3. the revenue from speed camera`s fills a suit case with money every minute! 4. pollies are getting new perks and pay rises at 5 per minute ! 5. and finally........In 2009, a rapid increase in the number of working hours was reported in a study by The Australia Institute. The study found the average Australian worked 1855 hours per year at work. According to Clive Hamilton of The Australia Institute, this surpasses even Japan. The Australia Institute believes that Australians work the highest number of hours in the developed world. are we the lucky country or what ? |
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27-01-2012, 11:32 PM | #7 | |||
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Location: ACT
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