> > Where are you from, then? Presumably not New Zealand, or you wouldn't
> > be being this polite.
>
> An insult!

No, I just meant, what with the Australians beating New Zealand to the world championship and all...

> Yes, I am from New Zealand. I know it's expected that I will therefore utterly hate all
> things Oz, and they will utterly hate me.

I dunno about "hate". "Tell 'ride-on mower' jokes about", certainly...

> I could never work out why.

Neither could I, actually.
In my experience, the kind of Australian who genuinely hates New Zealanders is the kind of Australian who likes airing his views in permanent marker on the walls of public buildings, which suggests there's something wrong with the idea.

> Maybe I have this strange world view because I have no interest at all in sport.
> I know this attitude is probably punishable by death, but there you go.

If that attitude is really punishable by death, you'll have to save a spot in the queue for me.

Pa"Seymour and Pepe"ul