Only in Australia...

[Setanta]

1) Only in Australia... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2) Only in Australia... is "you awake" the standard concept of foreplay.

3) Only in Australia... do Supermarkets make the sick people walk all the way to the back of the store to get their Panadol's etc while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4) Only in Australia... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries... and a Diet Coke.

5) Only in Australia... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counter.

6) Only in Australia... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway, and store our junk in the garage.

7) Only in Australia... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

8) Only in Australia... do we use the word "politics" to describe the process of Government. "Poli" (poly)in Latin meaning "many" and, "tics" meaning "blood sucking creatures".

9) Only in Australia... do we live by the saying "you're never too pissed if you can still find the floor".

[Buzzr]

Dum Ass Things Australians Do ( no offense to any out there ) :
>From the Australian Bureau of Statistics:

3 Australians die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

142 Australians were injured in 1998 by not removing all the pins from new
shirts.

58 Australians are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of
screwdrivers.

31 Australians have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while
the fairy lights were plugged in.

19 Australians have died in the last 3 years by eating Christmas
decorations they believed were chocolate.

Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling
incidents.

101 Australians since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys
pulled out of the soles of their feet.

18 Australians had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit
cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Australians were admitted to casualty in the last two years
after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket.

5 Australians were injured last year in accidents involving out of control
Scalextric cars.

?.........and finally:

8 Australians cracked their skull in 1997 after falling asleep (passing
out) while throwing up into the toilet.

[Spunkymonkey]

Haha Setanta....too true.

You forgot:

Only in Australia.... will people through rocks at their vehicles to try and make false insurance claims after a hail storm.

[taranaki]

Love it.......

btw its 00.25 here in NZ....MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[primera man]

ROTHLMAO

[RevHappy Cowboy®]

Originally posted by Setanta
6) Only in Australia... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway, and store our junk in the garage.


8) Only in Australia... do we use the word "politics" to describe the process of Government. "Poli" (poly)in Latin meaning "many" and, "tics" meaning "blood sucking creatures".

not true, North Americans do those things too

[Oz]

very, very good and also true!!

[Spunkymonkey]

Can juveniles caught setting bush fires walk away from prosecution because they are under 18

Not good enough!

[primera man]

Originally posted by Spunkymonkey
Can juveniles caught setting bush fires walk away from prosecution because they are under 18

Not good enough!

I SAY HANG THE LITTLE BASTARDS

[Setanta]

I'm just up the road from Pennant hills and can see the smoke from the latest fire to be lit.

The little bastards should be jailed for a minimum of ten years - not this treat them with kid gloves crap.

[Spunkymonkey]

Originally posted by Setanta
I'm just up the road from Pennant hills and can see the smoke from the latest fire to be lit.

The little bastards should be jailed for a minimum of ten years - not this treat them with kid gloves crap.

Stiffer punishment is definitely needed....although I like the idea of them contributing to the costs of repairing the damage. Maybe they should make them replant all the trees lost in the national parks!

[taranaki]

Arsonists are a mystery to me.......anything from dustbins to national parks seems to be fair game..........why?

[Spunkymonkey]

Originally posted by taranaki
Arsonists are a mystery to me.......anything from dustbins to national parks seems to be fair game..........why?

Well, they reckon because they feel they have control when they do it, or get kicks out of it. Look at the destruction it has caused to the environment, which will take years to recover!

Plus more than 50% are teenagers....the kids are getting into crime too early, and being influenced easily.

[taranaki]

how about you start a thread with an update on the situation over there?

[EliteAccordPH]

HAHAHA...LMAO