Yes its true, the UK has banned the ad through the use of the terrible word "bloody".
The ad will now be where the hell are you.
LOL

I don't think that's quite what Beattie had in mind when he imagined it wouldn't translate overseas.

Double standards again from the PC brigade here in UK.

We only have to turn on the TV and the 'F' word is constantly heard and not always after the 9pm 'watershed'


Muck

Hi Muck, think the double standards at play here would gob-smack anyone. Australian Minister for Tourism is winging her way to UK as we speak in an attempt to have UK regulator revise decision. Of course the UK regulator's decision to eliminate the adjective has caused an enormous amount of hilarity here, especially in the light of language used in UK TV programmes shown in Oz.

Dear Mucky, (and fab name by the way) I just had a conversation regarding the word "Bloody" with one Pom and three Aussies, of course the Pom thought it was a rude word and the remaining three Aussies all laughed. However, and this is my new dilemma, I then said "I don't think it's any ruder than the word "bollocks"' to which she replied that it was a particularly rude swear word. Have I been living under a rock? or is my vocabulary now so severely stunted by living in the US for too long that I cant use anything other than pc language. Sad, 'cause I really quite liked 'bollocks'. It was up there with "Buggar" and of course I REALLY cant use that here because people take it literally.
Help ! I'm running out of words.......

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't G.B Shaw use "not bloody likely" in Pygmalian?
Of all the people in the World to take offence at the word bloody the Poms should be the last ones as they have been using swear words long before it was fashionable anywhere else. But if they wish to play the game of "arn't we superior " who are we to deny them? Heaven's above they get little enough to enjoy at the best of times.

All is well - following representations by the Australian government, Britain's Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) has now lifted the ban on "bloody".

The BACC may however cramp Tourism Australia's style in future ad campaigns. "Other words on the BACC's current banned list include bastard (6th), bollocks (8th), bugger (21st), sodding (24th) and Jesus Christ (25th)."

(AFP, as reported in "The Australian", 18/03/06)

LOL Neil!! Children really never do grow up, do they? We have articles here also on all this commotion. Is the ad running in the US? If so I haven't seen it. Oh, well guess if I go to the website I can. Friday night and my mind is a bit dull.

That is a great ad and certainly better than we have here!!! I had the impression this ad was quite vulgar, LOL, it is quite beautiful actually.

LoveItaly, I remember a Toyota ad featuring a cattle dog saying "Bugger!", so our standards are obviously more lax than the British - which having recently watched a couple of episodes of "Little Britain" surprises me, to put it mildly. Still, that's not advertising.

Yippeeeee !!

Common sense bloody prevails at last!!

Bloody Hell

lol

Muck

I guess this little story has lost its impetus, what with Australia sitting on 23 gold medals in Commonwealth Games - England has 8.

Thank god Neil saved the day with his latest fact finding mission. Just when I was beginning to be pleased that the ad was NOT going to be shown in the UK. The way I figured it, if it wasn't shown, the Poms wouldn't be encouraged to go there. By the way, the "bugger" ad is my favorite. I emailed that ad to just about everyone I knew and they all loved it. Nothing beats that dog at the end. Nothing.
Neil, how could you watch Little Britain?, it is grotesque. I simply cannot find any humour in that show whatsoever. And Liz, you have been sprung, I saw an entry on another posting, your knowledge of Steve the Crocodile guy has been outed. You sly dog you.

jjah, I'd love to see that ad again - would I be imposing too much on your good nature if I asked you to email it to me too? ([email protected])

I've only seen snippets of "Little Britain" and had trouble hearing the dialogue over my wife's protests. Gross and occasionally very funny, I thought, but then I used to enjoy "The Young Ones".

Neil, the Young Ones are funny! I will give you that one. I loved them too. But Little Britain. urgh.... No problem whatsoever with emailing you the bugger ad. I have two Aussie Ads, I will send you them both.

JJ - whats that? I have been "outed" ?? Not only outed but outed about Steve - please explain!!

Sorry, jjah but I quite enjoy Little Britain. Not the vomity or peeing bits, but that Vicky person does remind me so much of people I sat on a tube with and couldn't understand a word that was said. Still can't.

Well Liz, its just that I noticed a discernible lack of input on the "Steve" issue, only to then find you are a closet visitor to the Australian Zoo. There is now nowhere to hide. Your entry on the 19/2 "The Australia Zoo" confirmed it. Give it up girl, we know now that you obviously go for the rugged dumb type....?? Neil has Oprah, you have Steve, and most sad of all is the Pat has admitted her liking for Little Britain.

Back to the original post... I did see a "So Where the Bloody Hell Are You?" print ad in Food and Wine magazine today.

Jjah: I have a defence, I used to live 5 minutes down the road from Steve Urwin's Zoo. It used to be a lot better when it was smaller as you could get closer to the animals but now its a bigger commercial enterprise its not what it used to be and not at all ad hoc which is what I liked about it before.
Nothing like being there when they used to move the reticulated Python and you could stroke it!
As for Steve himself, I do have to take my hat off to him because I know that he is so full of enthusiasm, so knowledgeable and gives back to nature more than most people would do in this country. I cannot knock him for his that but I just would like him to be more like the rest of us as we do not speak the same kind of language ( accent) as Steve. However that is what makes this country interesting - we are not all the same as some would suggest.

Hello!

Well, who would ever imagine that LizF and I would be on the same page? Stop the presses!

I know Aussies detest him, but as said previously, he REALLY is a very good ambassador for Oz.

When I was there last, on a famil with other travel agents, we were treated to a sort of "behind the scenes" view of the place. They gave us a marvelous lunch and we got to talk (candidly) to many of the employees.

What I learned that impressed me was the fact that Steve-o puts his money where his mouth is..literally. This isn't some guy who's cashing in on fame/celebrity. He's got very strong family ties; inheriting (almost BORN into it) by his father who started the Australian Zoo, and his mother, who apparently always took it strays.

I've seen a sort of documentary film with Little Steve-o and the critters his mother rescued and nursed back to health. He's right there in the mix, interacting with nature and wildlife at a very early age (about 5, I'd say).

His dad made all the tables and chairs at the Zoo; now that Dad's a bit older, while not involved in the day-to-day operation of the zoo (and I suspect glad to be relieved) he's responsible for mending injured animals and giving them a place at the Zoo.

What Steve's done is take every bit of money he has from those TERRIBLE movies and plow it back into buying land surrounding the original Zoo so no one can come in and build, disturbing the environment. Oh sure, he may use the land to expand the Zoo, I don't know, but isn't that better than putting up a resort?

Consider me "outed" as a fan. I'm a big supporter of a guy who's stayed true to his roots; who honors his parents and attributes everything he's gotton in life to the foundation they gave him. Who, one day, was doing "his thing" at the Oz Zoo and is gob-smacked upon seeing an American tourist in the crowd and pursues her, marrys her in Washington state and says he would rather wrestle a croc than meet her parents and go through a wedding ceremony (complete with FORMAL attire).

In short...he cracks me up!

Regards,

Melodie
Certified Aussie Specialist

actually there is a real plan to expand the zoo into 2 additonal stages (that I know of).

Steve is more liked by aussies than what we realise. The tall poppy syndrome here makes us think that his own country don't like him. Don't believe everything you hear.

Also, he's been that way when all he had was a small croc watching tour in the very early days.

I endorse the park.