What the bloody hell. I’ll do the blackshama thing and post a bit of Australiana — a fair dinkum entitlement considering that I do live here. But unlike some people, I do it with reservation. I think the notion of regularly dishing out colloquial Australian (strine is what they call it in short), or exhibiting a knowledge of a range of Australian trivia simply because one lives (or in one notable case here, lived) in Australia, simply ain’t classy.

But I do so in this instance because I find that there is some relevance in doing so (which I shall come to further into this article). And as such, a sentiment of reservation combined with consideration for relevance translates to a bit of class.

To wit:

Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for A Belgian beer, then on the way home, grabbing an Indian curry or A Turkish kebab, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

Oh and….
Only in Australia…
can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in Australia …
do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Australia …
do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Australia …
do banks leave both doors wide open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in Australia …
do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

NOT TO MENTION….

3 Aussies die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

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

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

8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper (jacket) with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Aussies were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

and finally………

In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.

Okay. In posting the above;

(1) There are a handful of pertinent points I wanted to make; and,

(2) Those points are relevant to Filipinos (recognising that we are, as a matter of fact, logged on to Filipino Voices).

But in the split second between the time I right-clicked on my mouse and left-clicked on it to select “Paste” on the menu that appeared, I had a major brainwave (yes, my mind works that fast). I realised, in that millisecond, that spoonfeeding everyone here with the points I wanted to make in posting the above and their relevance to Pinoys would be, well, too easy and, quite frankly, a bit patronising.

So I’ll end here and see if the crowd called “Filipino Voices” has become as wise as its founder Nick had envisioned crowds to be back when he alluded to James Surowiecki’s book at the inception of this fine blog.

You’ll be right, mate. It’s a Friday and me weekend’s chockers with stuff to get up ta.

Cheery-o.

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