TRUE 'STRAYLIANISMS...
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At last, a yardstick by which you can measure an "Australian".
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY like!
You're not Australian 'til...
You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show "Home and Away" in his broad Australian accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' mongrel!"
You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes the better car!
You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel
You know who Ray Martin is
You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people "mate".
You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya goin'?"
You own a pair of ugg boots.
You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't know the rest
You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year.
You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of dress thongs" for special occasions. (thongs for those who may not know are flip-flops)
You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
You call soccer soccer, not football.
You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos.
You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
You understand the value of public holidays.
Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
You have a toilet dolly.
Your Grandma made it.
You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate"
You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day
You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan
You constantly shorten words to "brekkie" (Breakfast), "arvo"(Afternoon) and "barbie"(BBQ
You've adopted a local bar as your own.
You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance.
You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3-beer trip mate).
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY like!
You're not Australian 'til...
You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show "Home and Away" in his broad Australian accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' mongrel!"
You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes the better car!
You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel
You know who Ray Martin is
You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people "mate".
You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya goin'?"
You own a pair of ugg boots.
You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't know the rest
You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year.
You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of dress thongs" for special occasions. (thongs for those who may not know are flip-flops)
You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
You call soccer soccer, not football.
You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos.
You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
You understand the value of public holidays.
Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
You have a toilet dolly.
Your Grandma made it.
You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate"
You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day
You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan
You constantly shorten words to "brekkie" (Breakfast), "arvo"(Afternoon) and "barbie"(BBQ
You've adopted a local bar as your own.
You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance.
You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3-beer trip mate).
Raggyman said:
At last, a yardstick by which you can measure an "Australian".
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY like!
You're not Australian 'til...
You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show "Home and Away" in his broad Australian accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' mongrel!"
You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes the better car!
You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel
You know who Ray Martin is
You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people "mate".
You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya goin'?"
You own a pair of ugg boots.
You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't know the rest
You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year.
You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of dress thongs" for special occasions. (thongs for those who may not know are flip-flops)
You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
You call soccer soccer, not football.
You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos.
You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
You understand the value of public holidays.
Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
You have a toilet dolly.
Your Grandma made it.
You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate"
You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day
You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan
You constantly shorten words to "brekkie" (Breakfast), "arvo"(Afternoon) and "barbie"(BBQ
You've adopted a local bar as your own.
You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance.
You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3-beer trip mate).
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY like!
You're not Australian 'til...
You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show "Home and Away" in his broad Australian accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' mongrel!"
You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes the better car!
You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel
You know who Ray Martin is
You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people "mate".
You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya goin'?"
You own a pair of ugg boots.
You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't know the rest
You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year.
You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of dress thongs" for special occasions. (thongs for those who may not know are flip-flops)
You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
You pronounce Australia as "Stralya"
You call soccer soccer, not football.
You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos.
You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
You understand the value of public holidays.
Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
You have a toilet dolly.
Your Grandma made it.
You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post.
You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate"
You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day
You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan
You constantly shorten words to "brekkie" (Breakfast), "arvo"(Afternoon) and "barbie"(BBQ
You've adopted a local bar as your own.
You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance.
You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3-beer trip mate).
What about taking the couch to the...back garden, the deck, the beach, Bathurst etc etc etc
Spent over a year in rural Vic and been back 11 times (so far). Been everywhere else except Perth. Favourite place has got to be the Whitsundays.
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
demolition man said:
Spent over a year in rural Vic and been back 11 times (so far). Been everywhere else except Perth. Favourite place has got to be the Whitsundays.
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
Almost died laughing watching Russell in full fright. Love to get my hands on a DVD of that series.
headhoon said:
demolition man said:
Spent over a year in rural Vic and been back 11 times (so far). Been everywhere else except Perth. Favourite place has got to be the Whitsundays.
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
Restored a 67 HR Holden from boxes and drove it up to Cairns and back - never a problem, not even a puncture. Now that was a road trip
Alf Stewart is awesome.... "Ya flaming Golah!" is my favourite.
You also have to listen to the dear departed 'Slim Dusty' to be a REAL man over there.
Anyone see 'All Aussie Adventures' with Russel Coight?? Funniest series ever...
Almost died laughing watching Russell in full fright. Love to get my hands on a DVD of that series.
Yeah, Russell Coight is unreal... going to try and get someone to send it over for me. It is pretty awesome.
Bring on the Coight!
www.hmv.com.au/search/search.asp?referer=search&SValue=coight&Column=ArtistTitle&Fmt=Any&I1.x=11&I1.y=9
HMV in Oz post to UK....
www.hmv.com.au/search/search.asp?referer=search&SValue=coight&Column=ArtistTitle&Fmt=Any&I1.x=11&I1.y=9
HMV in Oz post to UK....
you left out-
you have either been to bathurst or held an all day bathurst party
you argue over whether Brock or Johnson were the best
you have been painfully bitten by some creepy crawley/swimmy thing
you have been to the outback
you have been barred/chucked otta your local
you have had a drunken brawl with ya best mate ova a sheila
you have busted a bone playin aussie rules
your granny still gives ya spare change when u visit
your mum has baked lamingtons (sponge style cube cake covered in chocy and coconut)
you hate kiwis
you have quickly exited the sea after the shark alert
you have peeled layers of skin off after extreme sunburn and your mum has covered you in camomile lotion
you have arrived drunk beyond comprehension to a major sporting tournament final to yell ozzy, ozzy, ozzy, oi, oi, oi!!!
you know who Jon English is
You have burnt every hair offf your knuckles & hands through BBQs
You have burnt every piece of meat whilst drunken BBQ'ing
Your first car had fats (wide tyres) and mags
You made out in your car with your bird at the driveinn
you have either been to bathurst or held an all day bathurst party
you argue over whether Brock or Johnson were the best
you have been painfully bitten by some creepy crawley/swimmy thing
you have been to the outback
you have been barred/chucked otta your local
you have had a drunken brawl with ya best mate ova a sheila
you have busted a bone playin aussie rules
your granny still gives ya spare change when u visit
your mum has baked lamingtons (sponge style cube cake covered in chocy and coconut)
you hate kiwis
you have quickly exited the sea after the shark alert
you have peeled layers of skin off after extreme sunburn and your mum has covered you in camomile lotion
you have arrived drunk beyond comprehension to a major sporting tournament final to yell ozzy, ozzy, ozzy, oi, oi, oi!!!
you know who Jon English is
You have burnt every hair offf your knuckles & hands through BBQs
You have burnt every piece of meat whilst drunken BBQ'ing
Your first car had fats (wide tyres) and mags
You made out in your car with your bird at the driveinn
yorkkie said:
you must add knowing the real feeling of 20-17
You know the real feeling of 20-17 followed by the peace of mind that over the last 50 or more years you have consistently kicked the arse of the poms at just about any sport they care to invent. Pendulums always return to the centre...
World Cup victors... been shite ever since
Win the Ashes... been shiter ever since
C'mon Aussie!
luv the list Jace; scored on all but three of them - guess I'm ridgy didge then!
gotta add a couple more...
You don't play golf unless its over 20 degrees and not raining
You dont go into the sea if the water temp is less than 15 deg
You cop sports losses on the chin with a bit of a laff knowing that you will always win in the end
You never fall down playing football unless blood or broken bones are involved
You don't suddenly get healed as soon as you get a free kick
You don't go fishing for anything less than a foot long
You dont have the need to punch someone over getting a taxi at 11.30pm
You say "Fair Dinkum" without thinking or "Dinks?" if pushed for time
You arrange your work schedule around the weather forecast
You support Australia at ANY sport, regardless how crap it might be
You also support any team playing New Zealand or England (or NZ if they play the poms!)
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