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July 26, 2005

Aussie BBQ

A comment from Old Horestail Snake made me recall an old favourite song:

When your steaks are burning fiercely,

And the smoke gets in your eyes

Your snags all taste like fried toothpaste

And your mouth is full of flies

It's a national institution

It's Australian through and through

So come on mate and grab your plate

Let's have a barbecue

When the summer sun is shining, On Australia's happy land

Round countless fires in strange attires, there's many solemn bands

Of glum Australians watching their lunch go up in flames

By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell that it's barby time again

The Scots eat lots of haggis, the French eat snails and frogs

The Greeks go crackers over their moussakas and the Yankees love hot dogs

Welshmen love to have a leek, the Irish like their stew

But you just can't beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbecue

There's flies stuck in the margarine, the bread has gone rock-hard

The kids are fighting and the mossies are biting, who forgot the Aerogard

There's bull-ants in the Esky and the beer is running out

And what you saw in Mum's coleslaw you just don't think about

And when the barby's over and you're homeward once again

With a queasy tummy on the family dunny many lonely hours you spend

You may find yourself reflecting, like many often do

Come rain or shine that's the bl**dy last time that you'll have a barbecue

Posted by Ozguru at July 26, 2005 07:00 AM

Comments

Hey Oz,

You might need to translate some bits of that for the non-Aussies out there. At the very least, consider:

Dunny = toilet
Mozzie = mosquito
Aeroguard = insect repellant

Any others?

Posted by: Rofl at July 26, 2005 10:01 AM