You know you're Australian if

A friend of mine sent me this and I thought it was quite funny. So many of these things are dead on true! I will explain the ones I can in black

You know you're Australian if ....
* You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.

A stubby is a small can of beer or short shorts.

* You think it was normal to have a leader called Kevin.

The former Prime Minister was Kevin Rudd.

* You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal,

such as watering the garden.

A bong is short for a billabong, like a swamp. What this is saying, I am told, is that you are not making an illegal bong, you are making a swamp.

* You're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of Americans "rooting" for something.

"Rooting" to the Aussies is having sex.

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

Thongs here refer to flip flops, not underwear!

* You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'.

It is true, they say Mel-bin.

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

See below mention of "Straya"

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

Not to mention dolphins, whales, and other animals!

* You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is 'a bit of a bastard'.

Aussie speak...I really can't explain it.

* You think 'Yackandandah' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.

The names of places here are a bit different, just ask the people who live in Wollongong, Wee Waa, Curl Curl, Cootamundra, or Wongongarra.

* You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.

Yep, there are lots of dangerous critters here!

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

True, it is.

* You instinctively understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga'

but that 'Woy Woy' can't ever be called 'Woy'.

Again, funny names.

* You believe that salty Yeast Extract makes a good breakfast spread. You've also squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.

And they think peanut butter and jelly is weird?!?!

* You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up,

at which point they again become Kiwis.

A Kiwi is someone from New Zealand.

* You expect beetroot with your Hamburger... Of course!

Uh...no thanks!

* You wear ugg boots outside the house.

I think Americans do this as well, right?

* You believe that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.

Sounds like a little bit of a complex if you ask me.

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

Aussie's shorten everything, so yes, this is true! However, they pronounce Z as Zed, so I guess they make an exception there.

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

This is true! You can get every kind of Asian food here...Thai, Korean, Northern China, Southern China, etc...

* You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude,

While 'scuse me' is always polite.

Yes because it is shorter?

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

Something I hope to never experience.

* 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.

Just like Texas in July and August...or this year in June.

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

Cricket...they love Cricket!

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

They don't say cookies, they say biscuits, so an Anzac biscuit is a cookie but don't call it that.

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

Kylie Minogue, I assume?

* You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in ''-o'':

Yes, this they do, see below for translation...

arvo-afternoon

combo-combination

garbo-garbage

kero-kerosene

milko-milkman

rego-car registration

servo-convenient store

smoko-a lunch break or smoke break

* You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere...no matter where you actually are.

Uhhhh, okay...good to know?

* You've only ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, and sweet to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.

Yep, it is true.

* You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.

Yes, they do. Notice realise is spelled different, they also have analyse and organisation.

* You've drank your tea/coffee/milo/hot chocolate through a Tim Tam.

Tim Tams are these awesome little chocolate dipped wafer cookies, you bit the ends off then use it like a straw...yum!

* You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.

I honestly have no idea what this is...

* You know that roo meat tastes pretty good, But not as good as barra. Or a meat pie.

I have had roo, not too bad. The meat pies are good too...the barra, no idea.

* You know that some people pronounce

Australia like "Straya" and that's ok.

Yep.