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“Pommy” - an Aussie slang word describing (usually) those of the English nation and can include who generally whinge and cry about nothing much. Most often refers to English people of white skin.

My Pommy skin burns in five

Minutes when I dive

Into the ocean on warm days.

Do you like it? I don’t, I like skin that doesn’t burn so much. Like my wife, she’s got a great mix of skin, South American and English. It means she gets a darker tan instead of burning. Plus her complexion is awesomely smooth. I don’t mind the way I look - because I’m pretty seriously awesomely good looking. I wouldn’t change that.

What would you change?

If you could transport yourself instantly anywhere right now - where would you go?

Two lazy English workers and their boss go out at lunch time and run into a genie.

The genie greets them and says, “If you all give me a dollar each, I’ll grant you one wish.”

Each of the men think, ‘Finally I can get what I’ve always wanted!’ and give the genie their dollar.

The laziest and pushiest worker goes first, “I would like to go to Australia and lie on the beach with a wonderful woman by my side in warm, wonderful sunshine.” POOF! He was gone.

‘Wow, what a sweet idea’, exclaim the other two.

The second laziest worker butts in just as his boss is about to say something and wishes for a beautiful wife, mansion and 500 million dollars in Hawaii.

he boss looks at his watch and says to the genie, “I want them both back and working harder than ever by the end of lunch.”

Where would you go instantly? Enter the competition now (as long as I have changed the front page)

Why do I regret not making this a million dollar jackpot? Because if I had a million dollars to give away, I’d probably have a few more to keep for something else!

What do you regret doing?

I also regret not posting this earlier because Feedburner who look after our email subscriptions sent out an update to the site just before we updated. Weird I know - and so no update came out when we actually updated the site.

Still - 7 very good people entered the competition anyway - a few less than usual but still some great stuff in there.

One that I enjoyed was a funny situation:

I regret not wearing my Converses the other day. I wore heels instead and tripped and fell flat on my face in front of everyone.

I think that’s a fair regret! Go and buy some Converse heels - you could combine both of them and enjoy the walking in comfort while being just that little bit classier and ‘dressed up’. Your face might not hurt as much either.

Or what about too many kebabs and not enough cooking… I’m regretting it now that my tummy needs tucking. You know what else you might need after eating a kebab? It’s called a stomach pump. As a rule those things should never be eaten after 8am or before 12am. There’s just that little window where you are hungry enough and it’s late enough to demand a kebab. Your stomach might not like it but at least you’re full!

The winner however was Emma with a humorous little statement which I could partially agree with - although I live here in Australia so hey I couldn’t totally agree.

I regret my ancestors not being more into crime, so I too could live in Oz instead of cold England

I tell you what Emma, if you ever want to come to Australia just let me know. I’ll do a house swap with you like they do in the movie The Holiday, and we can enjoy living in each other’s country. I sure would like to go back to the UK some time. My brothers will be there on tour this year! Lucky them.