Sinds een paar weken zijn we (tijdelijk) in Bendigo, Vic.
Van een nicht van mij kreeg ik het volgende bericht:
What it means to be "Stralyan"
At last, a yardstick by which you can measure an "Australian".
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY
like!
You're not Stralyan 'til..............:
1) You've mimicked Alf Stewart from Home and Away's broad, Australian
accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' drongo!"
2) You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden
makes the better car!
3) You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the
ocean back to your towel.
4) You know who Ray Martin is.
5) You start using words like "ya reckon" and "root" and call people
"mate"
6) You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya
goin'?"
7) You've seriously considered running down the shop in a pair of Ugg
Boots or moccys.
8) You own a pair of ugg boots or moccys.
9) You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out
incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
10) You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't
know what "girt" means.
11) You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of
alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
12) You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day
of the year.
13) You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
14) You've had a visit to the emergency room after hanging off the
clothesline pretending you can fly.
15) You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of
"dress thongs" for special occasions.
16) You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
17) You pronounce Australia as "Stralya".
18) You call soccer, soccer, not football.
19) You've squeezed Vegemite through vita wheats to make little Vegemite
worms.
20) You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
21) You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away
with wearing Speedos.
22) You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
23) You understand the value of public holidays.
24) Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
25) You have a toilet dolly.
26) Your Mum or Nan made it.
27) You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned
out of a fence post.
28) You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have
told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate!"
29) You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day.
30) You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a
caravan.
31) You constantly shorten words to "brekkie", "arvo" and "barbie".
32) You've adopted a local bar as your own.
33) You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical
distance.
34) You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time, e.g. that's a
3 beer trip, mate!
Er valt voor ons nog heel wat te leren.............
Groetjes,
Zilver
Van een nicht van mij kreeg ik het volgende bericht:
What it means to be "Stralyan"
At last, a yardstick by which you can measure an "Australian".
For those of you who haven't met an Australian and are not sure what one is REALLY
like!
You're not Stralyan 'til..............:
1) You've mimicked Alf Stewart from Home and Away's broad, Australian
accent, eg. "Push off, ya flamin' drongo!"
2) You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden
makes the better car!
3) You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the
ocean back to your towel.
4) You know who Ray Martin is.
5) You start using words like "ya reckon" and "root" and call people
"mate"
6) You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya
goin'?"
7) You've seriously considered running down the shop in a pair of Ugg
Boots or moccys.
8) You own a pair of ugg boots or moccys.
9) You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out
incomprehensibly until your throat went raw.
10) You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't
know what "girt" means.
11) You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of
alcohol and a mate named "Dave".
12) You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day
of the year.
13) You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly.
14) You've had a visit to the emergency room after hanging off the
clothesline pretending you can fly.
15) You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of
"dress thongs" for special occasions.
16) You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
17) You pronounce Australia as "Stralya".
18) You call soccer, soccer, not football.
19) You've squeezed Vegemite through vita wheats to make little Vegemite
worms.
20) You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam.
21) You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away
with wearing Speedos.
22) You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite.
23) You understand the value of public holidays.
24) Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
25) You have a toilet dolly.
26) Your Mum or Nan made it.
27) You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned
out of a fence post.
28) You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have
told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate!"
29) You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day.
30) You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a
caravan.
31) You constantly shorten words to "brekkie", "arvo" and "barbie".
32) You've adopted a local bar as your own.
33) You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical
distance.
34) You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time, e.g. that's a
3 beer trip, mate!
Er valt voor ons nog heel wat te leren.............
Groetjes,
Zilver
