> >The Definitive Guide to Being an Aussie
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> >1. The bigger the hat , the smaller the farm.
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> >2. The shorter the nickname, the more they like you.
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> >3. Whether it's the opening of Parliament, or the launch of a new art
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> >gallery, there is no Australian event that cannot be improved by a
sausage
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> >sizzle.
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> >4. If the guy next to you is swearing like a wharfie he's probably a
media
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> >billionaire. Or on the other hand, he may be a wharfie.
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> >5. There is no food that cannot be improved by the application of tomato
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> >sauce.
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> >6. On the beach, all Australians hide their keys and wallets by placing
them
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> >inside their sandshoes. No thief has ever worked this out.
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> >7. Industrial design knows of no article more useful than the plastic
milk
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> >crate.
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> >8. All our best heroes are losers.
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> >9. The alpha male in any group is he who takes the barbecue tongs from
the
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> >hands of the host and blithely begins turning the snags.
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> >10. It's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to hold.
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> >11. It is proper to refer to your best friend as "a total bastard". By
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> >contrast, your worst enemy is "a bit of a bastard".
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> >12. If it can't be fixed with pantyhose and fencing wire, it's not worth
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> >fixing.
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> >13. The most popular and widely praised family in any street is the one
that
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> >has the swimming pool.
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> >14. It's considered better to be down on your luck than up yourself.
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> >15. The phrase "we've got a great lifestyle" means everyone in the family
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> >drinks too much.
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> >16. If invited to a party, you should take cheap red wine and then spend
all
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> >night drinking the host's beer. (Don't worry, he'll have catered for it).
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> >17. The phrase "a simple picnic" is not known. You should take everything
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> >you own. If you don't need to make three trips back to the car, you're
not
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> >trying.
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> >18. On picnics, the Esky is always too small, creating a food versus grog
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> >battle that can only ever be resolved by leaving the salad at home.
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> >19. Unless ethnic or a Pom, you are not permitted to sit down in your
front
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> >yard, or on your front porch. Pottering about, gardening or leaning on
the
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> >fence is acceptable. Just don't sit. That's what backyards are for.
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> >20. When on a country holiday, the neon sign advertising the Motel's pool
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> >will always be slightly larger than the pool itself.
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> >21. There comes a time in every Australian's life when they realise that
the
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> >Aerogard is worse than the mozzies.
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> >22. And, finally, the true test for immigration to Australia.
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> >Potential new Aussies must pass the following test:
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> >a) Mowing a sloping lawn (at least 20 degree angle) in a pair of thongs
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> >holding a VB (Beer) while watching the cricket.
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> >[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img] If you can't pass that, chances are you will never be able to pass
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> >yourself off as an Aussie.


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