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how many check off with you.

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 ugg 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".
 
I disagree with the last point.

I know fuckloads of people who say cobber, myself included. I think the author of this list needs to venture past the suburbs.
 
I disagree with the last point.

I know fuckloads of people who say cobber, myself included. I think the author of this list needs to venture past the suburbs.

I actually disagree with that point too.

and I think the list's author needs to venture out of the cultured suburbs and into the working class and outskirting suburbs of Sydney.
 
I think the original author needs to listen to Dismember "the god that never was"

the list was good for a laugh, no. 32 was great.
 
There are a few points I disagree with, mainly because I never ventured outside of the cultured suburbs.

No, I joke - I did grow up in Ipswich, with a brief foray into Cessnock, after all. But still - it's Penrith, not Penriff. And hamburgers with beetroot? Fark orf!
 
I say it sometimes, but jokingly.

Which don't apply outside the suburbs?

Melbourne's not really pronounced Mel-bin; it's more Mel-bnnn, or something. There's no "i" sound in it.
 
Or it's pronounced as "fuckincrazydriverswithnosenseatall" :erk: HAHA!

Fuck, I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago some some recording and video work and as much as I think most Sydney drivers are retarded, I dunno what the hell is wrong with you Melbourne people! It's like people just have no concept of common sense and just... do stuff, usually when you're approaching the intersection they're racing out of with no indicator or you're in the lane they think they want to be in that they suddenly change into with no warning! Ack!

But even Melbourne people have beetroot on their burgers, Mark! :Smug: HAHA!
 
You people fucking sicken me! The only things that belong in a burger are beef patties, cheese, bacon, cheese, pineapple, and cheese. And tomato sauce. (I almost wrote ketchup then - the Brits have assimilated me :( )
 
surrounded by.

Beetroot is a key ingredient of burgers.

I've used cobber, been called cobber (recently), and used to buy them for 1c each when I was at Kilburn Primary School...they were great for removing loose molars.