Aussie Aussie Aussie . . . .
January 25th 2012 20:32
We are only a small nation - but we punch well above our weight.
The shorter the nickname, the more we like you and a thong is not a piece of dental floss disguised as underwear.
The Esky (ice-box/cold storage container) is always too small, creating a food versus beer battle that can only ever be resolved by leaving the salad at home.
It's a place where champion team will always beat a team of champions.
It's where the words Ken and Barbie are associated with a mate and a a few snags rather than a couple of plastic dolls.
We celebrate our greatest military defeat with pride and mark the event with a national holiday.
We judge a bloke not by his colour, religion or personal wealth but much he likes his footy and cricket and if he's fair dinkum about his mates.
To take the 'piss' out of someone isn't quite what it seems and label someone an old bastard is a term of endearment.
We're a friendly bunch on the whole and quite happy to g'day to strangers on the street - because that's just what you do.
The majority of our wildlife are either furry marsupials or likely to kill you with a single bite but we coexist quite happily.
We love our beaches, we call our mates graced with red hair ' Blue' and have little time or admiration for our political masters.
It's a place where just about any food can be improved on by adding tomato sauce and most of us are brought up eating a thick black salty mix you could use to grease the wheels of a truck.
There's more than 7,000,000 square kilometres of us yet no matter where you go you will always find someone who knows someone you do.
We shun dress codes and 'casual' dress for men in summer usually means a T-Shirt printed with a Ford or Holden logo on it somewhere.
We're obsessed with big things - like the big Merino, big banana, big pineapple and prawn. In fact the bigger and more obtuse the better.
We farm and eat our national emblem and cut those who brag about their successes down to size.
We support the underdog - and everyone is encouraged to 'ave a go'.
We enjoy a laugh, we don't take ourselves too seriously and whingers are frowned upon.
A handshake is as good as any contract and while we never start a fight - we don't back down and will defend what is right.
We relentlessly taunt our cousins across the Tasman - but regard them as brothers.
We are all this and more.
We are Australians.
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