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".
Minä en todellakaan vielä ole...
Voi voi! Kovaa kyytiä siihen suuntaan. Tosin meikäläisen "girt":ssä on h-kirjain :pepsodent
Jos kyseessä on National Anthem niin kyllä "girt" on ilman mitään h kirjainta....
Muuten kyllä, kysymyksiin viitaten, yep, I'm an Aussie, even officially as well....
ja sitten jos joku sita girt sanaa miettii niin se nyt on vain runonlausujien tai heidan tulkitsijoidensa sananvapautta...(girdle on suomeksi jotain tyyliin ymparoida)
The poets saw the physical unity of the continent as a sign that God or destiny had designed Australia for union. Other countries had man-made frontiers; Australia's borders were the sea. A common word for the sea in this role was 'girdle' and as a verb 'girdled' or 'girdling' or 'girt'. Girt'- sound familiar? The meaning of that puzzling line in the national anthem - 'Our home is girt by sea' - can now be revealed. The poet is not simply mentioning a fact about Australia; he's pointing to a commonly-established fact that was taken to mean that Australia should be one. The poet was Peter McCormick and 'Advance Australia Fair', written in 1878, contains sentiments that are found throughout the federation poems.
http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=263&op=page
Lainaus käyttäjältä: Kyra - helmikuu 06, 2008, 00:16
Jos kyseessä on National Anthem niin kyllä "girt" on ilman mitään h kirjainta....
Joo, varmaan niin. Minua lähempää koskettaa tuo satulavyö (girth)... :pepsodent
Lainaa
18. You understand that "Wagga Wagga" can be abbreviated to "Wagga" but "Woy Woy" can't be called "Woy".
But Wagga Waggans themselves say: "don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga".
Lainaa21. Hamburger. Beetroot. Of course.
So? Hamburger. Pineapple. Even more natural combination for sure?! Probably a recipe straight from Hamburg. (Yeh, I know that Hamburger was actually introduced in the USA.)
Lainaa
29. You understand that "excuse me" can sound rude, while "scuse me" is always polite.
Also "kiss me" works quite well.
Lainaa30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
My count's two so far this year. Yuk.
Lainaa31. You understand that "you" has a plural and that it's "youse".
Yep, if you live in Tassie or happen to be one of those new-Australians (ex-Kiwis). See the point 20.
Lainaa38. You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction.
The same goes for buses, planes, and heck, you should try to make an appointment with a tradesman, especially from Telecom (oh yeah, the name was changed to Telstra a while ago).
Lainaa
39. When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
Yep, unleaded is for poofters.
Kieli poskella kommentoi yksi osseista
Lainaus käyttäjältä: jounij - helmikuu 06, 2008, 08:33
Lainaa30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
My count's two so far this year. Yuk.
Need lessons? Sitting behind a horse is a mighty good way to learn how to keep your mouth shut and only blow out through your nose... the first part is easy for a "tuppisuu" Finn :pepsodent
Or course you could buy yourself a flynet but that's for poofters as well... :D
Kun leikkaat ruohoa edes lievästi heinänuhaisena on aika vaikea pitää suuta kiinni (vaikka yksin siinä hommassa olenkin eikä kenellekään tarvitse edes siinä sivussa pulista)...
Tarkentaa
Muuten, hyvää syntymäpäivää aussie-Leokatille!
Toivottaa
Lainaus käyttäjältä: jounij - helmikuu 06, 2008, 11:20
Muuten, hyvää syntymäpäivää aussie-Leokatille!
Kiitos kiitos! Kaiken sinä muistatkin... ;)