Yes, we saw them on the news last night mixing with the English :-)
That's funny. I think you are wise to be reticent. You never know when you might scare one of us jumpy little fillies, and end up getting a short swift kick :-)
Oh god, yeah, that's annoying. It's like men have arguments but women have 'cat fights'. You may have heard (apparently, it made international news which is acutely embarrassing), our prime minister, John Key, was had up recently for pulling a waitress's pony tail several times. She didn't like it, naturally. He came up with a similar defense. Hey, not sexist...just a bit of fun, don't be so humourless etc....uh huh. At the very least it shows poor judgement. He's a bit of an infant.