True Blue Aussie

[Heli Ops]

Got this via email from an ex pat Aussie who just happens to live there in Canada. Your secret is safe

 

 

 

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!

 

 

We are the people of a free nation of blokes, sheilas and the

occasional wanker. We come from many lands (although a few too many of

us come from New Zealand), and although we live in the best country in

the world, we reserve the right to ***** and moan about it whenever we

bloody like. We are One Nation but divided into many States.

 

First, there's Victoria, named after a queen who didn't believe in

lesbians. Victoria is the realm of Mossimo turtlenecks, cafe latte,

grand final day, and big horse races. Its capital is Melbourne, whose

chief marketing pitch is that "it's liveable". At least that's what they

think. The rest of us think it is too bloody cold and wet.

 

Next, there's NSW, the realm of pastel shorts, macchiato with sugar,

thin books read quickly and millions of dancing queens. Its capital

Sydney has more queens than any other city in the world and is proud of

it. Its mascots are Bondi lifesavers that pull their Speedos up their

cracks to keep the left and right sides of their brains separate.

 

Down south we have Tasmania, a State based on the notion that the

family that bonks together stays together. In Tassie, everyone gets an

extra chromosome at conception. Maps of the State bring smiles to the

sternest faces. It holds the world record for a single mass shooting,

which the Yanks can't seem to beat no matter how often they try.

 

South Australia is the province of half-decent reds, a festival of

foreigners and bizarre axe murders. SA is the state of innovation. Where

else can you so effectively reuse country bank vaults and barrels as in

Snowtown, just out of Adelaide (also named after a queen). They had the

Grand Prix, but lost it when the views of Adelaide sent the Formula One

drivers to sleep at the wheel.

 

Western Australia is too far from anywhere to be relevant. It's main

claim to fame is that it doesn't have daylight saving because if it did,

all the men would get erections on the bus on the way to work. WA was

the last state to stop importing convicts and many of them still work

there in the government and business.

 

The Northern Territory is the red heart of our land. Outback plains,

sheep stations the size of Europe, kangaroos, Jackaroos, emus, Uluru,

and dusty kids with big smiles. It also has the highest beer consumption

of anywhere on the planet and its creek beds have the highest aluminium

content of anywhere too. Although the Territory is the centrepiece of

our national culture, few of us live there and the rest prefer to

flyover it on our way to Bali.

 

And there's Queensland. While any mention of God seems silly in a

document defining a nation of half arsed sceptics, it is worth noting

that God probably made Queensland, as its beautiful one day and perfect

the next. Why he filled it with dickheads remains a mystery.

 

Oh yes and there's Canberra. The less said the better.

 

We, the citizens of Oz, are united by Highways, whose treacherous

twists and turns kill more of us each year than murderers. We are united

in our lust for international recognition, so desperate for praise we

leap in joy when a rag tag gaggle of corrupt IOC officials tells us

Sydney is better than Beijing. We are united by a democracy so flawed

that a political party albeit a redneck gun toting one, can get a

million votes and still not win one seat in Federal Parliament. Not that

we're whingeing, we leave that to our Pommy immigrants.

 

We want to make "no worries mate" our national phrase, "she'll be right

mate" our national attitude and "Waltzing Matilda" our national anthem

(so what if it's about a sheep-stealing crim who commits suicide). We

love sport so much our newsreaders can read the death toll from a

sailing race and still tell us who's winning.

 

And we're the best in the world at all the sports that count, like

cricket, netball, rugby league and union, AFL, roo shooting, two up and

horse racing. We also have the biggest rock, the tastiest pies, and the

worst dressed Olympians in the known universe. Only in Australia can a

pizza delivery get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in

Australia do we have bank doors wide open, no security guards, or

cameras but chain the pens to the desk.

 

Stand proud Aussies - we shoot, we root, we vote. We are girt by sea

and pissed by lunchtime. Even though we might seem a racist, closed

minded, sports obsessed little people, at least we feel better for it.

 

I am, you are, we are Australian!

 

P.S We also shoot and eat the two animals that are on our National

Crest!!!! No other country has this distinction!

 

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY - January 26, 2004.

[Randy_G]

:up: :up: Too right mate !!!!!!

 

Cheers

[cyclic monkey]

Try this link for a short video about life in the Australian outback.

 

http://www.funvids.net/funny-video-clips/p...d:-Princess.htm

 

Good on ya' , mate.

[100ft]

Happy Australia Day and Wayne Gretzky's birthday too. Of course we all knew both were upcoming