Its coming!
Next thursday 26th Jan its Aussie day. A day to celebrate all things Aussie and be proud (er) of our heritage...
[h=3]AUSSIES!!![/h]
You're familiar with Neighbours, Home and Away, Playschool, A Country Practice, Norman Gunston, Barry Humphries, Blue Heelers, Ray Martin, Bert Newton, Lisa McCune, Jon Burgess, Number 96, Molly Meldrum, Kerry O'Brien, and of course, Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.
You know that Burger King doesn't exist. It's Hungry Jacks.
You know that snow is a memorable and freakish occurrence. Sometimes it's even fake.
You know the difference between thongs and a G-banger.
You know that "stubbies" are either short shorts or small beer bottles, a "gimp", "bogan" or "geezer" is a random idiot, someone in trouble is in "strife" and you're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of Americans "rooting" for something.
You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto etc.
You know that some ppl pronounce "Australia" like "Strayla" and that's ok.
You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere... no matter where you actually are.
You know that while we call our friends 'mates', we don't use terms like 'sheilas' and 'shrimp on the barbie', contrary to popular belief.
You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer because it tastes like shit. But we let the world think we do. Because we can.
You've seen Gallipoli, Crocodile Dundee, Young Einstein, Muriel's Wedding, The Castle, Priscilla, Beneath Clouds, Strictly Ballroom, 40,000 Horsemen, and maybe even Wolf Creek.
It makes you happy when someone in Hollywood is actually Australian... Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Baz Lurham, Elle MacPherson, Olivia Newton-John, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, INXS, Greg Norman, Cathy Freeman, Dawn Fraser, Pat Rafter, Ian Thorpe...
One word: Skippy.
You know that Sydney 2000 was one of our proudest moments in history. We just f...g rock.
We know that the Metric system will always be better than anything inches, feet, pounds and Fahrenheit will ever offer
You drive on the 'left-hand side' of the road.
If you're a pedestrian and cars are stopped at a red light, you will fearlessly cross the street in front of them. 'Hit and runs' just aren't cricket because Aussies stick together.
You know that you can't eat Fantales alone... Otherwise who will you play the 'Who am I...' game with when you're reading the wrapper?
You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the summer. Maybe even as perfume.
You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread... and actually grow to like it. You've also squeeze Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You have the ability to compress several words into one - ie 'g'day' and 'd'reckn?'. This allows more space for profanities.
You've ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, sweet - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.
You know that the barbeque is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man, and women make the salad.
The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories.
You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.
You know the first verse to the national anthem, but still don't know what "girt" means, and you're ok with that.
You've drunk your tea/coffee/Milo through a Tim Tam.
You know that backyard cricket is a nice way to bond with family and the rubbish bin. And the 'one bounce, one hand' rule always applies.
You know that we are home to the just about all of the world's deadliest of animals. That's why if anybody messes with us we'll get some funnel webs on their asses.
You see people walking bare-foot on the sidewalk and don't scorn.... because you're doing it too.
Sausage rolls and meat pies. End of story.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok and have offered advice that included the words, "she'll be right, mate".
You have a story that somehow involves an excessive consumption of goon... but you can't remember.
You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.
You've ordered a steak the size as your head and only paid $5 at your local RSL.
You know how to slip, slop, slap like it's nobody's business.
You know that the value of a public holiday is measured in terms of alcohol. God bless the Queen and her 4-day birthday.
And right now you feel bloody awesome.
Next thursday 26th Jan its Aussie day. A day to celebrate all things Aussie and be proud (er) of our heritage...
[h=3]AUSSIES!!![/h]
You're familiar with Neighbours, Home and Away, Playschool, A Country Practice, Norman Gunston, Barry Humphries, Blue Heelers, Ray Martin, Bert Newton, Lisa McCune, Jon Burgess, Number 96, Molly Meldrum, Kerry O'Brien, and of course, Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.
You know that Burger King doesn't exist. It's Hungry Jacks.
You know that snow is a memorable and freakish occurrence. Sometimes it's even fake.
You know the difference between thongs and a G-banger.
You know that "stubbies" are either short shorts or small beer bottles, a "gimp", "bogan" or "geezer" is a random idiot, someone in trouble is in "strife" and you're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of Americans "rooting" for something.
You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto etc.
You know that some ppl pronounce "Australia" like "Strayla" and that's ok.
You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere... no matter where you actually are.
You know that while we call our friends 'mates', we don't use terms like 'sheilas' and 'shrimp on the barbie', contrary to popular belief.
You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer because it tastes like shit. But we let the world think we do. Because we can.
You've seen Gallipoli, Crocodile Dundee, Young Einstein, Muriel's Wedding, The Castle, Priscilla, Beneath Clouds, Strictly Ballroom, 40,000 Horsemen, and maybe even Wolf Creek.
It makes you happy when someone in Hollywood is actually Australian... Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Baz Lurham, Elle MacPherson, Olivia Newton-John, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, INXS, Greg Norman, Cathy Freeman, Dawn Fraser, Pat Rafter, Ian Thorpe...
One word: Skippy.
You know that Sydney 2000 was one of our proudest moments in history. We just f...g rock.
We know that the Metric system will always be better than anything inches, feet, pounds and Fahrenheit will ever offer
You drive on the 'left-hand side' of the road.
If you're a pedestrian and cars are stopped at a red light, you will fearlessly cross the street in front of them. 'Hit and runs' just aren't cricket because Aussies stick together.
You know that you can't eat Fantales alone... Otherwise who will you play the 'Who am I...' game with when you're reading the wrapper?
You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the summer. Maybe even as perfume.
You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread... and actually grow to like it. You've also squeeze Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You have the ability to compress several words into one - ie 'g'day' and 'd'reckn?'. This allows more space for profanities.
You've ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, sweet - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.
You know that the barbeque is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man, and women make the salad.
The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories.
You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.
You know the first verse to the national anthem, but still don't know what "girt" means, and you're ok with that.
You've drunk your tea/coffee/Milo through a Tim Tam.
You know that backyard cricket is a nice way to bond with family and the rubbish bin. And the 'one bounce, one hand' rule always applies.
You know that we are home to the just about all of the world's deadliest of animals. That's why if anybody messes with us we'll get some funnel webs on their asses.
You see people walking bare-foot on the sidewalk and don't scorn.... because you're doing it too.
Sausage rolls and meat pies. End of story.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok and have offered advice that included the words, "she'll be right, mate".
You have a story that somehow involves an excessive consumption of goon... but you can't remember.
You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.
You've ordered a steak the size as your head and only paid $5 at your local RSL.
You know how to slip, slop, slap like it's nobody's business.
You know that the value of a public holiday is measured in terms of alcohol. God bless the Queen and her 4-day birthday.
And right now you feel bloody awesome.
