# Australia Day (Jan 26th) check list **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309 "2013-01-25T10:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/21 "2013-01-27T06:05:46Z")
A typo, ya dag. It’s not like I’m a couple of 'roos short in the upper paddock… But a follow on question to ya Bruce, who the bloody hell are Darren and Sharon? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/22 "2013-01-27T07:57:57Z")
:: regards Australia levelly from the Frozen North :: The Snow Snakes are… confused. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/23 "2013-01-27T09:00:29Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > A typo, ya dag. It’s not like I’m a couple of 'roos short in the upper paddock… > > But a follow on question to ya Bruce, who the bloody hell are Darren and Sharon? They’re Bogans my china plate. Probably decked out in their Sunday best tracky dacs and Uggies, being as they’re heading down to their local fine dining restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/24 "2013-01-27T09:04:20Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Personally I pronounce Melbourne as Mel-bun :dubious: That accent sounds suspiciously like a sheep-shagger’s. You don’t live at Bondi do you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/25 "2013-01-27T10:19:29Z")
I feel late to the dance on this thread but I helped some of your brethren celebrate 2013 “Australia Day” tonight at work… I run a Market Pub house just out side of St Louis proper but _In the Loop_. Your countrymen were very Happy to find a bar that could satiate their thirst and also enjoy their celebration! GoOzGo! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/26 "2013-01-27T10:51:25Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > They’re Bogans my china plate. Probably decked out in their Sunday best tracky dacs and Uggies, being as they’re heading down to their local fine dining restaurant. You mean “Heading down to their local aR-ey” (RSL) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/27 "2013-01-27T12:43:40Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > :dubious: That accent sounds suspiciously like a sheep-shagger’s. You don’t live at Bondi do you? 😉 No, on both counts. My guess is that Kiwispeak would be either Mul Bun or Mool Bun ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/28 "2013-01-27T12:56:09Z")
And the local pile of bullshit called news here published a laughable list of the 50 greatest Australians. [Link.](http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/the-greatest-of-all-our-50-top-australians/story-e6frg13u-1226562801398) Apart from having some musician who choked himself masturbating, they include a New Zealand bred horse on the list? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/29 "2013-01-27T13:29:45Z")
Bloody hell; what a schmozzle. Ranking the silver budgie above Menzies and not a guernsey for Gough? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/30 "2013-01-27T13:37:32Z")
I couldn’t even rate the silver budgie above Keating. And the order is way way out- in reality, why would Banjo Patterson be above- well anyone except the horse. I would love to know what criteria they used though. Obviously not Australian born. I think Isaac Isaacs may have been given a guernsey before the Australian / American Rupert Murdoch. Even Murdochs father was probably more deserving… ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/31 "2013-01-27T15:05:48Z")
> [@Essured](#): > > You mean “Heading down to their local aR-ey” (RSL) 😉 The RSL? Only if it’s dole day, what da think they’re rich or sumtink? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/32 "2013-01-27T15:10:39Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > they include a New Zealand bred horse on the list? You obviously missed item #20 in Thulies list. 😛 > [@](#): > > 1. You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis. ---
**Author:** ![Orca\_Eyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Orca\_Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orca_Eyes)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309/33 "2013-02-03T01:02:02Z")
Some of these really made me laugh. I guess I’m kinda out of touch with Australian culture, since I’m young and I wasn’t even born in Australia. I’m actually from Lebanon. I do pronounce Melbourne the way it is on the list, though. I think the Darren and Sharon jokes is that they’re stereotypical Australian names - the ones non-Australian TV shows like to name Australian characters. Kylie is in the category too. I mean, you’ve got singers Kylie Minogue and Darren Hayes. (Needless to say, I’ve never met anyone under 30 with any of those names.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-day-jan-26th-check-list/648309.md?page=1)