Australia Day

[Fazmotron]

Time to come out of the woodworks Aussie EvaGeeks and tell us what you got up to on Australia Day.

Me, I was at a mate's house drinking beer, listening to the Hottest 100, watching the cricket, playing Smash Bros. Brawl, and DOUBLE JENGA!

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[EvangelionFan]

SPOILER: Show

> create Australia Day thread after most of the day is over
> list things young people in Australia are likely to do on a day off

[MugwumpHasNoLiver]

Fuck yeah, 'Stralya Day! Me and me mates chugged a few VBs and then glassed some poofters before we fed this gnarly bogan to a few ankle-biters covered in blowies. Then we clopped a grozzy little devotchka right in the groodies and jammiwammed our panhandlers right in her guttiwuts and had a bit of the old in-out-in-out with a koala.

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about Australia. I'll leave now.

[BrikHaus]

What's an Australia?

[child of Lilith]

Australia is a myth.

[KnightmareX13]

Australia is a myth.

No that's Canada
Australia is teh land where everything is done upside down, including faping.

[Tankred]

Austria day?

[ONIAgent150]

Supposedly they speak English. But this:

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag

This is not English.

[symbv]

What do the aboringines do in Australia Day?

[Aiko Heiwa]

No that's Canada
Australia is teh land where everything is done upside down, including faping.

You'll have to scroll over for this one. Trust me, it's worth it.

[symbv]

Isn't the upside-down thing a bit of a tired joke? I mean, we can say the same thing to any country in the southern hemisphere like South Africa or Argentina.

[Aiko Heiwa]

Yes, but how do Australians not fall of the Earth?

[symbv]

Yes, but how do Australians not fall of the Earth?

And how do South Africans and Argentinians not fall of the Earth?

[Spud]

And how do South Africans and Argentinians not fall of the Earth?

Because part of the continent is anchored above the equator. They've got something to hold onto

[robersora]

And how do South Africans and Argentinians not fall of the Earth?

I think there was something with gravitation... But I'm not sure.

[symbv]

And Australians would also think: How do Americans, Canadians, British, Finns, Austrians, Spaniards, Italians, French, Croats, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, Russians not fall of the Earth?

[Spud]

And Australians would also think: How do Americans, Canadians, British, Finns, Austrians, Spaniards, Italians, French, Croats, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, Russians not fall of the Earth?

Cause that's where all the cool kids live

Honestly I've never heard of Australia Day. I guess I just listened to The Temper Trap and studied for exams

[Aiko Heiwa]

I only heard of it because our calendar has it on it.

It's kind of funny, it says "Australia Day (Australia)".

I had no idea calendar. I thought Australia Day would be celebrated in Poland.

[symbv]

Finally found some information about the aborigines reaction to the Australia Day, which some aborigines call "Invasion Day"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_day#Invasion_Day
because the day, as wiki put it, is "the date [that] commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of New Holland."

Perhaps Jan 1 (Federation Day of Australia) or Apr 25 (ANZAC Day) is a more appropriate day for Australia to celebrate in the context of historical sensitivity.

[CorporalChaos]

This is not English.

You're right. It's what English can only dream of being.