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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Funny and True... http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Funny and True... en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:47:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 ldahl on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16547 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:13:15 +0000 ldahl 16547@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Not for long, it looks pretty hot there right now! Actually it looks like paradise compared to the snow and freezing temps here. I guess I'll just stay here and put the beer on the ice that is in my birdbath. graylox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16546 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:10:20 +0000 graylox 16546@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ well chilled ? thanks but later, me is going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ldahl on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16543 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:06:42 +0000 ldahl 16543@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Well that does make me feel better! :))) My friend said she hadn't seen the list...and yet as I reread it just now(I was going to send it to her) I see that line 41 is what she sent me...*giggle* Oooh she got me!!! I'll have to get a ticket,go over there and pour Bud lite* in her birdbath!! *crappy American beer funkymom on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16541 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:43:23 +0000 funkymom 16541@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ idol (;D )- i was going to say the same thing. it's probably true all over the world. graylox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16539 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:34:54 +0000 graylox 16539@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ and in Germany ldahl on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16538 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:13:41 +0000 ldahl 16538@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Bubby, I got this back from one of my Australian friends: 44. You know you're Australian if you're ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants :) Same as it is here in the States :))) k8UndeadFox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16503 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:43:41 +0000 k8UndeadFox 16503@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yep I've been to Penrith (Devon) as well :) Lee on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16394 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:01:40 +0000 Lee 16394@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I wonder if Penrith is the same in Devon as it is in OZ? I haven't been to al-strla, but have been to Penrith in Devon. So I doubt it. BuBBy on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16392 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:53:48 +0000 BuBBy 16392@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ldahl, The Kevin reference is probably due to the fact that stereotypically Kevin (along with Nigel, Phillip, and Sebastian - apologies to any people so named/afflicted) are not perhaps the names of the stereotypical strong Ocker Aussie - usually called Bruce, Stevo, Robbo, Davo... you get the idea). Despite the strong leadership qualities a name like "Kevin" brings to mind, when the aliens land and say "take me to your leader" - we head off to Kevin's place. Kevin is our Prime Minister. One Australian Magazine (jokingly) gave him top honors for the "2008 un-Australian of the Year award" <a href="http://www.acpmagazines.com.au/Article.aspx?id=2408f747-b9f7-4a6a-afbd-6f427d15bc29">Here</a> First item on his agenda in February - is to deliver on an election promise, and finally say "Sorry". (You can look that up) And I thought the last guy was a satirists dream. funkymom on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16391 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:28:58 +0000 funkymom 16391@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ while i'm not an aussie, and understand much less than half this list (i know it wasn't intended for me, although i did chuckle a few times), i will be forwarding this to my brother. he has spent time in australia (apparently too much time, since he was denied a visa this year because he overstayed his last one) and his best mate is a true aussie (the, in some post or another, previously mentioned al)who will also get a copy of this list. thanks and happy aussie day! ldahl on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16390 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:09:52 +0000 ldahl 16390@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ 30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose. Ok, my keyboard is toast!! Tea is running out of the bottom of it now:))) Bubby, I'm so stealing this list. 3. You think it's normal to have a leader called Kevin. What is the story behind this? Here the guy that gets everyone in trouble is called a Leroy. 29. You understand that "excuse me" can sound rude, while "scuse me" is always polite. Absolutely. graylox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16389 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:59:38 +0000 graylox 16389@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ now I'll log out - the big man is taking over the computer for some hours - good night - good evening and so on yours sincerely graylox Violet4714 on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16387 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:55:03 +0000 Violet4714 16387@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ graylox... i was just kidding with you... :) graylox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16385 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:51:38 +0000 graylox 16385@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ here it all begun: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2448/page/2?replies=56#post-16242" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2448/page/2?replies=56#post-16242</a> Violet4714 on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16383 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:41:21 +0000 Violet4714 16383@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ @Bubby... i do not understand... an australian reference without patrick rafter or queensland toads?... @graylox... i do not understand... why are you always posting about little men???... graylox on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16382 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:32:58 +0000 graylox 16382@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Ojjjj, there is much to learn for my little man BuBBy on "Funny and True..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2521#post-16381 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:10:03 +0000 BuBBy 16381@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ But only to Aussies... As usual emails that do the rounds take a few days to die off. This was sent for Australia Day (Jan 26th): TODAY you'll probably want to party, celebrating all the things that make us unique. But how do you tell if you are a true Aussie? Here are my 43 top ways to tell if you're a local. 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.