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Like the flat white, "No worries" really started to take off around the time the work visa requirements for Aussies lightened up. Quid pro quo for Johnnie Howar

• phphphph 11y ago
  So basically: Thanks, Saddam?
  • nailer 11y ago
    For Americans: there's a special E1 visa for Australians that's part of a Free Trade Agreement Australia received for invading Iraq.
    • shalmanese 11y ago
      E3
      • nailer 11y ago
        You're right: http://canberra.usembassy.gov/e3visa/qualifying.html http://canberra.usembassy.gov/e3visa/qualifying.html
      • cosmin12 11y ago
        block
• steveyolbert 11y ago
  I think his name is John Howard, he never called himself Johnnie. Unless you were calling him 'Johnnie' to make him sound small. Which would be a breathtakingly childish and hollow rhetorical device. Stick to the meaningful policy debate.
  • jen729w 11y ago
    How'd this get a downvote?! Perfectly valid point. Australian here. John Howard has never, ever, by anyone, ever, been called "Johnnie". Ever.
    • jamespo 11y ago
      Maybe because the complainer is hiding behind a throwaway
    • contingencies 11y ago
      Of course... and especially not "Little Johnnie, the Deputy Sheriff".
    • chris_wot 11y ago
      Sure hope you are being facetious, because Little Johnnie Howard has been called that pejorative by plenty of people from all over Australia. Still gets used to this day!
    • vacri 11y ago
      > John Howard has never, ever, by anyone, ever, been called "Johnnie". Ever. The actor John Howard doesn't (publicly) get called Johnnie, sure. The politician John Howard was frequently called 'Little Johnnie [Howard]' by detractors, and occasionally this was shortened to just 'Johnnie'; "Did you see what Johnnie did today?"-type stuff. Never used in a respectful context, though.