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Post by Fletchsmile on Jan 26, 2016 11:10:22 GMT 7
Just realised it's Australia's National Day. So Happy Australia Day  |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 11:39:15 GMT 7
It appears, according to Mr Tony that it's also Austria Day.
Who'da funk it?
BTW, even though it a special day, I'll be waiting till the sun is past the Yardarm before I crack one open.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 13:27:45 GMT 7
Only in Australia
…. do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
....an a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Australia … do supermarkets make sick people walk all the Way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy People can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in Australia … do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.
Only in Australia … do banks leave both doors open and chain the Pens to the counters.
Only in Australia …. do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.
Only in Australia … do we use answering machines to screen calls
and then have call waiting so we won’t miss a call from someone we didn’t want to talk to in the first place.
Only in Australia … are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.
NOT TO MENTION…3 Aussies die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.
142 Aussies were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.
58 Aussies are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.
31 Aussies have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
A massive 543 Aussies were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.
And finally…. In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull Whilst throwing up into the toilet.
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 13:38:17 GMT 7
There you go <Bunny boiler> ... we knew you were missing living in Australia! Only in Australia …. do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. ....an a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in Australia … do supermarkets make sick people walk all the Way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy People can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in Australia … do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke. Only in Australia … do banks leave both doors open and chain the Pens to the counters. Only in Australia …. do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. Only in Australia … do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won’t miss a call from someone we didn’t want to talk to in the first place. Only in Australia … are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink. NOT TO MENTION…3 Aussies die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. 142 Aussies were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts. 58 Aussies are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. 31 Aussies have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in. 8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A massive 543 Aussies were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth. And finally…. In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull Whilst throwing up into the toilet. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! BTW, which of those statistics did you contribute to? . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 13:53:41 GMT 7
None of the above, though I did wipe out a McDonalds drive through pole and window when I was on my P plates.
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 15:09:15 GMT 7
None of the above, though I did wipe out a McDonalds drive through pole and window when I was on my P plates. Noice ... Had some good friends once, he Dutch, she Aussie. Couple of hippies trying to survive (then) the 80's. Had a daughter, named her Saffron. Wife didn't work, liked a drop, no license, they lived on a few acres. Feeling thirsty, she saddled the horse up and rode through the Drive-In. From the real, 'only in Australia file'. |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 15:11:20 GMT 7
A tune that still resonates in many hearts.
Just wish it had been a beer ad.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 15:21:20 GMT 7
None of the above, though I did wipe out a McDonalds drive through pole and window when I was on my P plates. Noice ... Had some good friends once, he Dutch, she Aussie. Couple of hippies trying to survive (then) the 80's. Had a daughter, named her Saffron. Wife didn't work, liked a drop, no license, they lived on a few acres. Feeling thirsty, she saddled the horse up and rode through the Drive-In. From the real, 'only in Australia file'. That must have been before Oz brought the law down making it illegal to ride a horse, bike, operate heavy machinery if you are p**sed. Dad's friend back then got done for driving a golf buggy out of the golf course to the local pub, he was in his seventies. Resisted arrest too. |
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Post by siampolee on Jan 26, 2016 16:41:28 GMT 7
Happy day you residents of the antipodes,.I have been surreptitiously supplied with a copy of the new National Anthem for your edification when the now colony of Australia becomes a Republic. Seems that the ditty chosen is based upon nostalgia.  |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 17:01:13 GMT 7
Anyone got a link so I can watch the T20 game between Aus and India being played now.
I've tried my usual ones, without success.
It's un-Australian to deprive an Aussie of his sport on Australia Day (or any other day!)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 17:08:07 GMT 7
I was bemused on an Australian cruise ship, Australia Day 2012, to find that Australians didn't know the words to Waltzing Matilda.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 18:16:14 GMT 7
The words to what?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 20:27:28 GMT 7
 Indeed, I only know the first verse of the national anthem, can hum the rest. |
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Post by wildoats on Jan 26, 2016 20:48:31 GMT 7
Indeed, I only know the first verse of the national anthem, can hum the rest. That's all we sing at the football (the first verse), I'm in the same boat. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 21:13:11 GMT 7
I give up.  |
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Indeed, I only know the first verse of the national anthem, can hum the rest.
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