Daily Dose: Flags, Food, Funnies and finally… a Snooze

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/23/10v7g.html
Flag burner to be invited to markh in Anzac Day parade

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/21/10v5x.html
Drought to hit food prices

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/2/10uu6.html
Aussie bosses like the idea of a siesta

http://www.ozjokes.com/jokes/jokes.php?jokeid=852
Guide to an Aussie life- this is SOOO true…. he he!

A few Excerpts…

9. The alpha male in any group is he who takes the barbecue tongs from the hands of the host and blithely begins turning the snags (sausages).

11. A thong is not a piece of scanty swimwear, as in America, but a fine example of Australian footwear. A group of sheilas (women) wearing black rubber thongs may not be as exciting as you had hoped.

13. Historians believe the widespread use of the word “mate” can be traced to the harsh conditions on the Australian frontier in the 1890s, and the development of a code of mutual aid, or “mateship”. Alternatively, Australians may just be really hopeless with names.