Aussies - thick as shit?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8627335.stm

An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.

Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

I fucking hate Aussies.

I remember an Aussie sports minister once saying "90% of our population lives less than ten minutes from the sea - we will win medals in the pool."

Our equivalent? Gerry fucking Sutcliffe, "my comments do not accurately reflect my views". What the fuck does that mean? Because to me it says "I am a liar but I don't have the stones to admit it".

I know which I'd sooner have