Happy Australia Day

[Karlis]

It's Australia Day on the 26th of January, and around this time of the year it's common to receive chain-letters similar to this one. If you are not from Down Under, don't be surprised if you don't understand some of the local lingo. So, if you miss the meaning of a few phrases, just ask any fair dinkum Aussie bloke or sheila.

Here's to a Happy Australia Day, folks,

Karlis

You know you're Australian if....

You know the meaning of 'girt'

You believe that stubbies can either be worn or drunk

You think it is normal to have a Prime Minister called Kevin

You waddle when you walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in your wallet or purse

You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden

When you hear that an American 'roots for his team' you wonder how often and with whom

You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds

You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'

You pronounce Penrith as 'Pen-riff'

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 call your best friend 'a total b******' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a b******'

You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place

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 axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread

You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis

You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says 'cobber'

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'

You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year

You still don't get why the 'Labor' in 'Australian Labor Party' is not spelt with a 'u'

You wear ugg boots outside the house

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 alway polite

You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasions via your nose

You understand that 'you' has a plural and that it's 'youse'

You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle

Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules of 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 returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit

You believe the phrase 'smart casual' refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered

You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction

When working at a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer

You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second

You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants.

You will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand!!

[The Silver Thong]

Australia, what a neat country, hope I get to see it some day and experience what I can only think of as paradise, it's minus 30 here right now with the wind and it totaly sucks the big one.

Karlis your list has me thinking Canadians are a bit more ummmmm normal and thats boring. How hard is it to get a green card there and if any aussie chic wants a free mail order husband drop me a line lol.

Now this one I totaly get lol

"You believe that stubbies can either be worn or drunk"

Ok maybe not, how does one wear a stubby? I remember a stuby as a beer bottle lol

Have a great monday and happy Australia day to all you nuts over there, wait a second that means a day off work.......... no fair LOL

[Karlis]

... it's minus 30 here right now with the wind and it totaly sucks the big one.

***Place sounds real cool

... How hard is it to get a green card there ...

***You get one when you sign up as an environmentalist.

... and if any aussie chic wants a free mail order husband drop me a line lol.

***Yes, this isn't a bad place to roost.

... "You believe that stubbies can either be worn or drunk"

Ok maybe not, how does one wear a stubby? I remember a stuby as a beer bottle lol

***You can’t wear just one stubby – you need a pair; and a stubby in this weather is cool.

Have a great monday and happy Australia day to all you nuts over there, wait a second that means a day off work.......... no fair LOL

***Thanks ... will be looking forward to a stubby or two with our roast lamb dinner,

Karlis

[The Silver Thong]

Oh man lamb, I havn't had lamb in years, now your rubbing it in

Think monday might be a sick day, just to celebrate Australian day yoohoo lol

[Barnacle Battlefront]

None of those apply to me I will always see myself as a Brit

Although... "You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden" does kinda apply to me. I have to keep my hose locked away, because I found out that pieces (the kind of length you would need for such a thing) goes missing every weekend if I don't!

[Kevin7557]

You think it is normal to have a Prime Minister called Kevin

Yep perfectly normal no questions asked. LOL this reminds me of the simpsons episode when Bart offends Australia and the guy say he's going to complain to his represenitive and he yells to guy next door. LOL

Wish I could find a clip.

Here are some from the episode though.

Foundation and Knife scene

Toilets and Soil

Enjoy.

[little_dreamer]

"You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep"

Got any pictures of these?

"You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasions via your nose"

This doesn't sound like much fun. Are these midge flys?

"You understand that 'you' has a plural and that it's 'youse'"

"You's guys" is acceptable English in parts of the Northeastern U.S.

[Luca-RoseElsie-Raemom1921]

The flies are huge at times, cane toads can be used instead of golf balls in Queensland (cane toads are so gross).

[Barnacle Battlefront]

"You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep"

Got any pictures of these?

A list of all of Australias 'Big Things'

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[black dahlia 83]

Lmao, the certain words to be added to the Angels, Am I ever Gonna see your face again.

'Am I ever gonna see your face again?'

'NO WAY , GET FU**ED, FU** OFF!'

Best ever pub song!

Oh and Stubbies, are a pair of shorts. Mostly worn by truckers and tradies. They're fairly short, not uncommen to get a glimpse of jocks between the legs. ( nice mental picture huh?)

Happy Australya day Fellow Aussies!