You know you’re Australian when:
You believe that stubbies can either be drunk or worn.
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 believe the ‘l’ in the word ‘Australia’ is optional.
You can translate: ‘Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas’.
You call your best friend ‘a total bastard’ but someone you really, truly despise is just ‘a bit of a bastard’.
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 axle grease makes a good breakfast spread - and you’ve squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian…. until they stuff up, at which point they become Kiwis again.
Beetroot with your Hamburger… of course!
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’ And ‘Living next door to Alice’.
You wear ugg boots outside the house.
You believe that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off 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 know it’s not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron.
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 working in a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in “o”: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto, goodo etc…
You know that there is a universal place called ‘woop woop’ located in the middle of nowhere, no matter where you actually are!
You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes like piss!
You sleep with Aeroguard on in the summer and don’t mind it as a perfume.
You’ve only ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, sweet, to mean “good” and when you place ‘bloody’ in front of it then you really mean it.
You know that the barbecue is a political arena.
You say ‘no worries’ quite often… whether you realise it or not.
You understand what no wucking furries means.
You’ve drank your tea/coffee/milo through a Tim Tam.
You own a Bond’s chesty - in several different colors.
You know that some people pronounce Australia like “Straya” and that’s ok.
Repost this if you’re a proud Aussie =)
Chuckin a rant. Watch this, he knows what’s up.
It really is getting stupid!!! This guy is a champion!
Heya all!
We want as many of you there as possible!!! :) As You Me At Six are playing at The Tivoli Saturday night and alot of you are going…
We have decided to meet up at King George Square in the city at 3pm. (Big square thing near Rocking horse and where the town hall is) … Then heading over to The Tivoli for more filming.
If you’re not able to make it, please see if you can make a video with some friends and send it in.
So you can wear whatever you like. If you have any TBO/Riot Squad gear, that would be pretty sweet. Aussie Flags, stuffed aussie animals…
Our King George Square scene is a PICNIC! :) YAY! So if you can bring a plate to share that would be so awesome!
Plans are being made for a more organised meet up of TBO fans in a few months time so we can get as many of us in one spot, so keep out for details on that.
Let your friends know that this is happening!!! Even if you’re not a fan of The Blackout, you can always come join us. The point of the meet up is basically have fun and video us being silly (and showing that we don’t have to be alone!)
We have one camera already but the more angles we get the better the footage :P
All details about this video, where to send it after and so on are here »> http://www.theblackout.net/be-involved-with-the-video-for-youre-not-alone
Cant wait to meet you all!
Saturday 27th August
3PM at King George Square
5PM at The Tivoli
I will be in a Hope Hoodie :)
Cant find me Tweet me @Jockster89
xo
6 individual books are being made for each member of The Blackout and I will be giving them out on the upcoming UK tour. I know they have had books in the past, but I don’t think they have ever had their own personal ones. I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO HELP!
UK, GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN,…
For those of you that are fans of the wonderful Welsh band The Blackout and are in Australia, we’re hoping to do a meet up in a few cities around the country and get together in either some awesome Aussie landmarks for the video project for the new single ‘You’re Not Alone’ off their latest album,…
If i ever have children…
Of course, I’m aiming for ZERO children, so I’ll just blast The Blackout outside preschools
Right now I am chilling in my motel room with another 11 people as we just got evacuated from Easterfest due to the flooding at Queens park :( … Honestly even though in my mind I know I am safe I am still scared. Last time the floods happened in Toowoomba I lost my good friend Mark :( so you can only imagine what is going threw my head right now!
Its kinda hard to just sit here and do nothing now and people laughing I just feel so bad! But honestly if i go outside my motel then the same thing that happened to Mark could happen to me! Just thank goodness that this flood isn’t as bad as last time.. I hope.
