As Australia Day approaches, I am beginning to feel that patriotic swelling of the heart. To celebrate, I have listed some of the best and strangest of Oz.
BBQ's happen so often, getting invited to one is virtually a daily occurrence.
Names like boofhead, old bastard and wanker can be used as terms of endearment.
There are multiple verbs for "going to the toilet" and all are widely used and understood.
You can go to the pub for a few beers and then choose from Chinese, Thai, Indian, Greek, Mexican, Italian or Lebanese take away from anywhere on the same street.
It matters whether you drive a Ford or a Holden.
'F**k' or "f**king are useful descriptives for just about anything.
Doing burnout"s is a religious activity.
Pot, fireworks and banned pornography are legal in the Federal Capital but nowhere else in the country.
Your house has an outside toilet and you have a name for the red-back that lives there.
There is a public holiday for a horse race.
You go to the supermarket in barefeet, covered in sand after being at the beach all day.
Sick days are used for something fun. When you're sick you go to work.
The lamest excuse can be used for drinking beer at all hours of the day, and the excuse is always accepted.
A union strike coincides with the start of the 1st Test or the State of Origin.
If you drive a ute, you also own a dog that rides in the back.
Kamal is known as a legend.
If there is a huge line in the supermarket/motor registry/medicare office, there are only two counters open.
Council workers stand around amazed that one of them is actually working.
The local pub offers free breakfast with it's poker machine promotion.
The 10 deadliest creatures in the world live here and you are proud of it.
You have smashed more than a few windows with the cricket ball, and the neighbours have done the same to you.
People put copious amounts of tomato sauce on just about anything.
City folk that drive 4wd's have never actually taken them off road.
You can find parts for your Holden by the side of the road.
You have been on the piss all night and get woken at 6am by f**king kookaburras!
Everyone owns an Esky and uses it as a seat.
You think Warnie is a legend and a dickhead at the same time.
Every kid automatically loves Vegemite from the first taste.
You know you are in the greatest country in the world and love every bit of it.....
