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Hero of the Year - Crocodile Dundee Submitted by Mitch on Mon, 2008-08-25 08:48.
The Australian Tax Office is trying to mug Paul Hogan for millions, and he's pulled out the big knife to stop them. "There's this thing with the tax department, they think it's their money. It's not. It's Ours." "My message is: get off my case, cause you're not getting any more money out of me." Go here for the full report. It's INSPIRATIONAL.
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Glenn
Strange, the link works for me. The Internet must have figured out that you're not Australian. If you search 60 Minutes Australia Paul Hogan it's the sixth match. Happy watching.
Have you got a direct link, Mitch?
Your one keeps taking me through to the MSN sign up page. :-/
Proves the point that the
Proves the point that the taxman is a horrid, pallid leech no matter what continent he extorts his money on. Love this part:
Reporter: Do you think your approach is antagonizing them?
Hogan: (pause) Yeah. It should. Because they're bullies.
Saw that Mitch
To think after he put Aussie on the map they repay him with this!
Hogan's got a great attitude (and no need for all the jokes).
I watched the same thing
I loved it when Hogan said to the reporter that the "tax department should be paying him"
And that he had "paid so much money to the tax department that they should have a statue of him in there"
"Who is John Galt?"
Ha!
I just watched that on 60 Minutes. I liked the Kerry Packer quote, too: "Give them what you have to, but don't teep (tip) them as well."