LivingInLyon

You know you're Australian if.....

You know the meaning of the word 'girt'. 

You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn. 

You think it's normal to have a Prime Minister called Kevin. 

You waddle when you walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in your wallet or purse. 

You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden. 

When you hear that an American 'roots for his team' you wonder how often and with whom. 

You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds. 

You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'. 

You pronounce Penrith as 'Pen-riff'. 

You believe the 'L' in the word ' Australia ' is optional. 

You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.' 

You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep. 

You call your best friend 'a total ba$tard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a ba$tard'.

You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place. 

You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife. 

You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin. 

You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'. 

You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread 

You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis. 

You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says 'cobber'. 

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. 

You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year. 

You still don't get why the 'Labor' in 'Australian Labor Party' is not spelt with a 'u'. 

You wear ugh boots outside the house. 

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. 

You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them. 

Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language. 

You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, while 'scuse me' is always polite. 

You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose. 

You understand that 'you' has a plural and that it's 'youse'. 

You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle. 

Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket. 

You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac cookies'. 

You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'. 

When returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit. 

You believe the phrase 'smart casual' refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered. 

You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction. 

When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer. 

You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second. 

You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants. 

You will immediately email this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand

ABOUT BEING AUSTRALIAN

Finally, a Prime Minister and his government who have found the intestinal fortitude to stand up tall and look at the ENTIRE Australian population in the eye...

and managed to say, loud and clear,   SORRY!

An emotional moment that will go down in our history that's for sure.

This has been a very long time coming. It doesn't wipe away the years of suffering and disgrace - the lost families and the hardships....

It does turn the page and hopefully closes the book on the last 220 years of shameful Australian history in regards to the indigenous population of this great land!

Long live the DREAMTIME !

We should replace Australia Day - the 26th of January with the 13th of February -

the new and true *****AUSTRALIA DAY****

Take a look at the ceremony and hear the PM, Kevin Rudd, speak....>>>>>

The full-text of Mr. Rudd's speech...>>>>>

And a follow up on the speech by Mr Brenden Nelson, leader of the opposition...>>>>>>

There are many out there who don't agree with this apology. They recount the amount of money given, the provision of 'free' housing and services and the money given in compensation.....the degradation of a culture which is so ancient by the newbies of this world cannot be justified by giving money and things.....a mere bandaid to salve the conscience of those who would turn a blind-eye...

There are millions of people suffering on this planet - lack of food and water, our basic rights as human beings, lack of housing, lack of education, war, brutality... the list is endless.

Here is a starting poing for us in Australia... saying 'sorry'..!

Actions will speak louder than words.... let us see what comes of this!