Subject: Being Australian ...
> You're not considered to be a true blue Australian 'til...
>
> 1) You've mimicked Alf Stewart's accent, eg. "Struth! Get out of it,
> ya flamin' drongo!"
>
> 2) You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden
> make the better car!
>
> 3) You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from
> the ocean back to your towel.
>
> 4) You know who Ray Martin is.
>
> 5) You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people
> "maydee".
>
> 6) You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how
> ya Goin'But?"
>
> 7) You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out
> incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
>
> 8) You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't
> know what "girt"
> means.
>
> 9) You have a story that revolves around excess consumption of alcohol.
>
> 10) You have a mate named "Davo".
>
> 11) You've attended an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of
> the year.
>
> 12) You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
>
> 13) You've visited the emergency room after hanging off the
> clothesline pretending you can fly.
>
> 14) You own a pair of thongs.
>
> 15) You own a separate pair of "dress thongs" for special occasions.
>
> 16) You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
>
> 17) You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
>
> 18) You call soccer soccer, not football.
>
> 19) You've squeezed Vegemite through vita wheat to make little
> Vegemite worms.
>
> 20) You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
>
> 21) You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away
> with wearing Speedos.
>
> 22) You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite or Marmite.
>
> 23) You understand the value of public holidays.
>
> 24) Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
>
> 25) You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned
> out of a fence post.
>
> 26) Your religious beliefs extend to the fact that in the end,
> everything will be ok, and you have told a mate in tough times that
> "She'll be right, mate"
>
> 27) You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day.
>
> 28) You've been on a beach holiday and have stayed in a caravan.
>
> 29) You constantly shorten words to "brekkie", "arvo" and "barbie"
>
> 30) You've adopted a local bar as your own.
>
> 31) You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical
> distance.
>
> 32) You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3
> beer trip mate).
Subject: Being Australian ...
> You're not considered to be a true blue Australian 'til...
>
> 1) You've mimicked Alf Stewart's accent, eg. "Struth! Get out of it,
> ya flamin' drongo!"
>
> 2) You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden
> make the better car!
>
> 3) You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from
> the ocean back to your towel.
>
> 4) You know who Ray Martin is.
>
> 5) You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people
> "maydee".
>
> 6) You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how
> ya Goin'But?"
>
> 7) You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out
> incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
>
> 8) You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't
> know what "girt"
> means.
>
> 9) You have a story that revolves around excess consumption of alcohol.
>
> 10) You have a mate named "Davo".
>
> 11) You've attended an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of
> the year.
>
> 12) You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
>
> 13) You've visited the emergency room after hanging off the
> clothesline pretending you can fly.
>
> 14) You own a pair of thongs.
>
> 15) You own a separate pair of "dress thongs" for special occasions.
>
> 16) You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
>
> 17) You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
>
> 18) You call soccer soccer, not football.
>
> 19) You've squeezed Vegemite through vita wheat to make little
> Vegemite worms.
>
> 20) You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
>
> 21) You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away
> with wearing Speedos.
>
> 22) You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite or Marmite.
>
> 23) You understand the value of public holidays.
>
> 24) Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
>
> 25) You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned
> out of a fence post.
>
> 26) Your religious beliefs extend to the fact that in the end,
> everything will be ok, and you have told a mate in tough times that
> "She'll be right, mate"
>
> 27) You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day.
>
> 28) You've been on a beach holiday and have stayed in a caravan.
>
> 29) You constantly shorten words to "brekkie", "arvo" and "barbie"
>
> 30) You've adopted a local bar as your own.
>
> 31) You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical
> distance.
>
> 32) You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3
> beer trip mate).
No worries Jude and thanks for linking
ReplyDeleteOh a bit of nostalgia here...and a good laugh. I've made those little vegemite worms :) Thanks for bringing back the memories. Have been here in the US since 1971 with just a few years back in Aussie in between. Missing that Aussie sunshine right now!
ReplyDeleteSo pleased you liked it I really am Kerry.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget us; A 20 hour flight tis true and a lot of money but worth it