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A little insight into Australian's.
I received this as an email, it's funny.
You know you're Australian if …
1. You know the meaning of the word 'girt'.
2. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
3. You think it's normal to have a leader called Kevin.
4. You waddle when you walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in your wallet or purse.
5. You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden.
6. You believe it is appropriate to put a rubber in your son's pencil case when he first attends school.
7. When you hear that an American 'roots for his team' you wonder how often and with whom.
8. You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds.
9. You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'.
10. You pronounce Penrith as 'Pen-riff'.
11. You believe the 'l' in the word 'Australia' is optional.
12. You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.'
13. You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
14. You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a bastard'.
15. You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.
16. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
17. You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
18. You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'.
19. You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread.
20. You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.
21. Hamburger. Beetroot. Of course.
22. You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again.
23. You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.
24. You still don't get why the 'Labor' in 'Australian Labor Party' is not spelt with a 'u'.
25. You wear ugh boots outside the house.
26. You believe, as an article of faith, that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.
27. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.
28. Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.
29. You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, while 'scuse me' is always polite.
30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
31. You understand that 'you' has a plural and that it's 'youse'.
32. You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.
33. Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.
34. You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac cookies'.
35. You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'.
36. When returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit.
37. You believe the phrase 'smart casual' refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered.
38. You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction.
39. When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
40. You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second.
41. You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants.
42. You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says 'cobber'.
43. And you will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand.
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jaizaine
22. You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again.
no way, get fucked, fuck off! }:D
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I didn't understand any of those. I would be very handicapped in Australia.
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Darcy Foxx
no way, get fucked, fuck off! }:D
LOL the first time I heard this I was like WTF why is everyone shouting ;D
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Yeah, you got a lawl outta me.
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I understand every single one of those. I can haz citizenship nao?
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#41 cracks me the fuck up, because i'm pretty sure i would fail the citizenship test. badly.
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It's all shit you learned in 6th grade and forgot.
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dude i couldn't even tell you which year australia was founded.
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Me too!
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Darcy Foxx
#41 cracks me the fuck up, because i'm pretty sure i would fail the citizenship test. badly.
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Darcy Foxx
dude i couldn't even tell you which year australia was founded.
I only know really obscure shit, so I'd fail too. Things like why the sniper to kill 500 people in the war for Australia wasn't awarded the Silver Cross and shit like that. Or that weird bogan dude who wore full-on armour and robbed people. Or the time someone buried 50kg of pure gold somewhere and forgot where it was.
That won't get me in. :/
And I don't know that either. Oh shit...
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but in true aussie fashion, i could tell you the year that coopers brewery was founded :)
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1. FOR THE NON AUSSIES: girt = surrounded ... the word girt is used in our national anthem
5. :laughing: especially with LEVEL 6 water restrictions !!! It also doesn't apply to NT thanks in part to how they are wet for six months of the year.
6. FOR THE NON AUSSIES: rubber = eraser
12. TRANSLATION: David (or Dave) and Sharon played ACDC on the way to McDonalds
16. Oh hell yeah! We have most of the WORLD'S most venomous snakes here :)
19. Oi! You talking trash about my Vegemite! I adore Vegemite on toast esp. with some cheese.. YUM!
23. Interesting! I would say this is so true... shame.
25. Yup. Totally ;D ME! Only during winter tho'... or whenever I'm in Melbourne. hahaha.
29. How true!
32. ... and the seatbelt is too hot to touch! hahaha.
35. Charlene!! or the chick with the song Locomotion.. "C'mon now.."
39. Actually not true IMO. None of the pubs incl. hickville pubs bat an eyelid if someone orders a pure blonde (low carb), or any of the other 'light' beers esp. (here in QLD) XXXX Gold.
40. We have a second verse???
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We’ll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
Oh.. so we do.. hahahaha!
41. I wouldn't pass it! I'd have great difficulty.
42. and quite a few other 'slang' terms aren't used THAT often ...
43. jai already did that for me :)
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The national anthem has 5 verses....
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i've never heard anyone named dave called dazza. only ever darren...
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Very interesting...thanks. If I wasn't a Canadian, I'd want to be an Aussie. :)
hb
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I dig that, i think that's cool.
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Darcy Foxx
i've never heard anyone named dave called dazza. only ever darren...
All the dazzas I've know were Davids or Daves. lol.
Yet I will go with Dazza being Darren over Dave .. as we all know Dave is Dave-o.. just like Simon is Sim-o.. etc :)
... and we have five verses?!? wtf? what are the other three? /:O
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Verse 1
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
"Advance Australia fair!"
Verse 2
When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Till he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;
With all her faults we love her still,
"Brittannia rules the wave."
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"
Verse 3
Beneath our radiant southern Cross,
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"
Verse 4
While other nations of the globe
Behold us from afar,
We'll rise to high renown and shine
Like our glorious southern star;
From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,
Who come our lot to share,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"
Verse 5
Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"
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Not only are there five, but people often sing verse three as verse two!! Just like you did, Vee.
....maybe I WOULD pass that test. o.O;
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Im making some vegemite toast right now ;D
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I love it how when the national anthem is being sung there is a really strong beginnning and then just mumbling over the parts that we don't know LOL.
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I laughed at all of those! I can haz citizenship nao tu?
My ex-husband Larry was always called Laz or Lazza when we were there. He hated that. I still call him Lazza every now and then just to hear him bristle. :laughing:
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errr.... ive NEVER heard of a Simon being called sim-o lmfao. isnt it just shortened to Si?
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How many verses of your national anthem do you actually sing, like before a game of footie or whatever?
hb