Comments on: Tooheys New Supercold Is Poms Worst Nightmare

By: Someone Who Cares

Someone Who Cares — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:04:24 +0000

Ok you Whinging Poms! let me get this straight, It’s ok for you to call us Germans “Krauts” or the greeks, turks italians etc “Wogs”, or the Asians “Gooks” etc. but when you get called a pom, it’s offinsive just like the word nigger? The NIGGER term has a lot of history associated with it, like slavery etc, which make it so hurtful and derogatory so you have no right to compare yourself to that harsh a context. There is no slavery or oppression involved in the history of the word POM. ALSO it was deemed “non-offensive” by the Advertising Standards Board in 2006, so get over yourselves. Next you’l be whinging about not being able to whinge to the Aussies without getting picked on. well we Aussies have a bit of a soft spot when it comes to racism, we are the most multicultural nation on earth and we pride ourselves in our acceptance of cultural differences. So when someone calls us racist it hurts us more than us calling you a bunch of poms!

By: elliot lupton

elliot lupton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:35:38 +0000

why would us pomes even care, when its only the aussies who say it and who cares about that backward nation of crims who cant even speak properly.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:24:58 +0000

Typical thick australians whinging about whinging.

By: Nick Off

Nick Off — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:01:52 +0000

I agree with Daniel. I think all English insecurity (and this forum is proof that there’s plenty) stems from the fact that the sun never used to set on the English empire, but now the sun never even rises on it!
From world leaders to the white trash of Europe, that’d make anyone insecure.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:38:40 +0000

The word Pom is the only bit of national identity the so-call ‘English’ have left. Where did your senses of humour go? Piss off.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:29:04 +0000

What a bunch of whinging wankers. I agree with Ahmed -- the poms can’t handle being called a name when they have been doing the name calling for so long. Off your imperialist thrones you f**king little girls. English beer is shit, england is shit so all you’ve got is personality- don’t f**k that up too!

By: Nick Off

Nick Off — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:12:03 +0000

Cries of racism are ludicrous! Has no one noticed that you POMS and (white) Aussies are of the same race? It’s just a good natured, brotherly bit of ribbing.
If us calling you POMS really were an issue we wouldn’t have millions of you bloody POMS over here!
As for Rich… bloody POM!!

P.S: I agree about Toohey’s New and VB, but there are some really great Aussie beers.

By: Rich (pom) dating an Aussie

Rich (pom) dating an Aussie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:49:39 +0000

Can’t all the POMS reclaim the term for themselves… Sit in a bar (by the beach you lucky people -- I’m in London) have a Tooheys New and call each other POMS….go on…you’ll find it empowering….

By: Tom Kirkham

Tom Kirkham — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:59:11 +0000

I’ve never seen the word ‘pom’ as an insult, in some ways i link it with the word ‘aussie’ Aussies call us ‘poms’ and we call them ‘aussies’. Never felt any need to see it as a derogatory term because i’ve always found that when aussies use the term it’s always been light-hearted.
On the lighter side of things Toohey’s probably is a ‘poms’ worst nightmare, or at least mine because i have sensitive teeth and cold beer (“supercold”) makes them go all tingly.
And about England’s sporting successes. Well if England were great at all sports we, the English would have one less thing to moan about, and we all enjoy a good moan.

By: Johnno

Johnno — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:48 +0000

In response to Paul Stevenson -- So it’s ok to use ‘girlie’ as a derogatory term instead? And if big men don’t insult others, why are you?

And what about the extremely derogatory treatment Australians receive in the UK? Glasshouses and stones, people.