Happy Australia Day!
You know you're Australian if ...
* You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
* You're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of
Americans "rooting" for something.
* You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'.
* You believe the 'L' in the word 'Australia' is optional.
* You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the
way to Maccas.'
* You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate
its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
* You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a
place.
* You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
* You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin
that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
* You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to
'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'.
* You believe that cooked-down axle grease makes a good
breakfast spread. You've also squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little
Vegemite worms.
* You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until
they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.
* Beetroot with your Hamburger... Of course.
* You believe that the confectionery known as the Wagon Wheel
has become smaller with every passing year.
* You wear ugg boots outside the house.
* You believe that every important discovery in the world was
made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.
* You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more
you like them.
* Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to
order takeaway fluently in every Asian language
* You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, While 'scuse
me' is always polite.
* You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your
nose.
* You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot
to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron.
* Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the
rules for beach cricket.
* You shake your head in horror when companies try to market
what they call 'Anzac cookies'.
* You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'.
* When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel
the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
* You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually
end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko,
speedo, righto, goodo etc.
* You know that there is a universal place called "woop
woop" located in the middle of nowhere...no matter where you actually are.
* You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the
summer. Maybe even as perfume.
And you realise this is just a picture! |
* You know that the barbecue is a political arena; the person
holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man. And the women make the
Salad
* You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or
not.
* You've drank your tea/coffee/milo through a Tim Tam
* You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.
* You know that roo meat tastes pretty good, But not as good as
barra. Or a meat pie.
* You know that some people pronounce Australia like
"Straya" and that's ok.
* And you will forward this list to other Australians, here and
overseas, realising that only they will understand.
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1 comments :
I'm a Canadian and I got most of that! (I do have a number of Aussie friends, though)
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