You know you're Australian if...

[OubaasDik]

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.

[Riekie]

On point 25: I'm SO an Aussie! LOL

[Sunnyskies]

Ag no Riekie - I freak out if my kids want to leave the house in their ughs! UUUGGG!!

[Sharon]

I have a long long way to go!

[OubaasDik]

38 is not true, BTW ....

[Riekie]

Ag no Riekie - I freak out if my kids want to leave the house in their ughs! UUUGGG!!

I call them my ugglies but I love them!

[Fish]

I don't get it...isn't everything on that list normal?

[Bronwyn&Co]

Yep. I think I turned Strayun. But I HATE people saying 'Youse'

[Fish]

Yep. I think I turned Strayun. But I HATE people saying 'Youse'

Likewise...a bogan favourite

[OnYellowBrickRd]

Clueless...I'm totally clueless! Wow, this is going to be an interesting ride (and here I was thinking that adjusting to Australian society would be the easiest of all foreign countries!) Yeah, right!

[Bronwyn&Co]

Clueless...I'm totally clueless! Wow, this is going to be an interesting ride (and here I was thinking that adjusting to Australian society would be the easiest of all foreign countries!) Yeah, right!

Ok YBR I will try and help translate the first 5. If I'm wrong maybe someone can jump in and help. And do the next 5...

1. You know the meaning of the word "girt".

This refers to a line in the national anthem about Australia being 'girt' by sea. Basically, surrounded by sea. An old-fashioned word.

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

A stubby is a beer in a bottle. A stubby-holder is a foam 'dinges' or sleeve that you put your beer in to stay cold. I had to Google the other meaning. Apparently it also refers to men's shorts.

3. You think it's normal to have a leader called Kevin.

This refers to Kevin Rudd, former prime minister before Julia Gillard. It's just poking fun at his name (a bit nerdy)

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

Every time you spend over a certain amount at Coles or Woolworths, the till slip prints a voucher at the end, which entitles you to 4c per litre off your petrol. But the voucher is only valid for 30 days. So you forget to use it and get another one and they pile up in your purse... Then you throw them all out

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

Often when there is a drought, you are not allowed to use your garden hose. You have to use a watering can or bucket. It's bad ! So sprinklers and hoses became a bit obsolete. So this pokes fun by saying rather use your hose to make a bong pipe (for weed), as it's useless in the yard...the point is irony because it implies people think it's worse to water their garden illegally than smoke a bong (they don't really, it's exaggeration)

Sjoe!

Edited September 24, 2012 by Bronwyn&Co

[Rover]

21. Hamburger Beetroot. Of course.

Eeeew...

Well, at least we are not moving for a cullinary experience... ;-)

12. You can translate: "Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.."

Um, I know Maccas is Mickey D's, but what the heck does the rest mean? (Um, and do I really want to know, just in case it is NSFW?)

[OnYellowBrickRd]

@Bron What would we do without you?

[21yearsoutofrsa]

21. Hamburger Beetroot. Of course.

Eeeew...

Well, at least we are not moving for a cullinary experience... ;-)

12. You can translate: "Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.."

Um, I know Maccas is Mickey D's, but what the heck does the rest mean? (Um, and do I really want to know, just in case it is NSFW?)

Dazza and Shazza = bogan names

Acca Dacca = rock group ACDC

Maccas= McDonalds

[OubaasDik]

Dazza and Shazza = bogan names

Acca Dacca = rock group ACDC

Maccas= McDonalds

Nicknames - from Darryl / Darren and Sharon

[Orion25]

Riekie living in the ACT where it gets down to -7 and the avg winter daytime temp this year was around 8deg Uggs became my best friend.

[AndreaL]

21. Hamburger Beetroot. Of course.

Eeeew...

Well, at least we are not moving for a cullinary experience... ;-)

12. You can translate: "Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.."

Um, I know Maccas is Mickey D's, but what the heck does the rest mean? (Um, and do I really want to know, just in case it is NSFW?)

Gasp* Acca Dacca are one of the greatest bands ever...we even visited Bon Scott's grave in Fremantle.

You also have to be able to sing the alternative lyrics to " It's a long way to the top if you wan to rock n roll"......" It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll".....

[Bronwyn&Co]

I had beetroot on my lunch sandwich today. It's very nice, I wish I had known about it years ago!

[Lyn]

I too love my Uggs. Just dont wear them with trackydax and flannies !!

[Rover]

I had beetroot on my lunch sandwich today. It's very nice, I wish I had known about it years ago!

I tried it before, and I am not a fan.

Maybe it is an aquired taste..? :-)

[Riekie]

Not a beetroot fan - not on anything and especially not my burger. I found that more often than not, your basic hamburger comes with beetroot as a given (like lettuce) so I'm now in the habit of ordering my burger "no beetroot". I wonder where the beetroot on everything originates from? Is it a truly Aussie thing or did it come with the pommie convicts?

[Bronwyn&Co]

Not a beetroot fan - not on anything and especially not my burger. I found that more often than not, your basic hamburger comes with beetroot as a given (like lettuce) so I'm now in the habit of ordering my burger "no beetroot". I wonder where the beetroot on everything originates from? Is it a truly Aussie thing or did it come with the pommie convicts?

It's lekker guys, what's wrong with 'youse'? no seriously I lurve it.

[MarcK]

I have a long long way to go!

Me too!!!!!