Astraya Day 2014

[Smiling Buddha]

It's almost here. The day we get to celebrate how Australia won the Battle of Gallipoli. Or the states got together and created our federal nation. Or Captain Cook built a cottage somewhere. Or something.

Anyway I just finished reading Jill Stark's High Sobriety and in it she points out the following:

Australia Day - when people come together to celebrate nationhood, mateship, and the fruit of this bountiful land - is the number one holiday for heavy drinking, assaults, and car accidents among young people. On this day, more under-25s drink too much, ending up in hospital in higher numbers than on any other public holiday. There are more than double the number of ambulance callouts... Injuiries for assaults also double on Australia Day.

Now that to me is amusing. Australia Day is our number one day for drunken assaults and injuries. Statistically.

On sunday I'm heading off to a Sunday Assembly picnic, and then either getting on the piss or staying stone-cold sober. Haven't decided yet.

What are your plans for this momentous occasion, bigfooty?

 

[Gough]

I've got Jill Stark's book is it any good? Also what time does Essendon Collingwood game start?

 

[The_Reaper]

Watch cricket and watch tennis

 

[The Passenger]

On sunday I'm heading off to a Sunday Assembly picnic, and then either getting on the piss or staying stone-cold sober. Haven't decided yet.

will this be your first beer since stopping drinking?

 

[Bluelegs]

"Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV."

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

I've got Jill Stark's book is it any good? Also what time does Essendon Collingwood game start?

She misquoted me once in The Age. Musta been at the tail-end of a bender

 

[BALKAN]

its STRAYA yiu bloody commie

 

[red+black]

Straya Day means footy season is getting closer, and that my boys are probably well into their supplement regime by now

 

[little graham]

"Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV."

You forgot avoiding the bludging aboriginal asking for a durry out front of kebab shop

 

[Catfish Alley]

Eat a pie or something. Maybe have a beer. Pretty normal day really.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Probably pretty quiet. Might be recovering anyway. Few beers and the Hottest 100 I reckon.

 

[Borry]

Will be hungover due to what I will be up to tommorrow, pre Aussie day party. Plenty of Emu Export so will wake up with a head that's felt like its been belted with a cricket bat.

Normally go to a venue that puts on fireworks in the late afternoon/evening but will stay away from the Perth city skyshow and go to the local ones as I like to watch fireworks with a cold beer in my hand without police everywhere watching you like a hawk to make sure your not drinking at 7.28pm or 9.31pm or in possession of more than one sixpack.

 

[Scotland]

Astraya?

Un-strayan to use that many syllables, surely.

 

[Cruyff14]

Who the **** types it as Astraya?

Never seen it done like that before. Odd.

 

[Hans_Moleman]

Going on a fishing trip during the day, might have a beer or two + BBQ afterwards. Don't have much else planned otherwise.

Used to be a fairly quiet day for most people but unfortunately an ugly side to it has began emerging in recent years (nationalistic, racist bogans and whining lefties quabbling over their misguided definitions of what it means to be 'Australian'). Pretty sad really.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

A day off work, nothing more.

 

[radiojake]

Graffin' up some polemic statements

 

[Jackfrost]

Gonna get shitfaced and assault an under 25 and injure another in a car crash

 

[checkraiseulite]

On sunday I'm heading off to a Sunday Assembly picnic, and then either getting on the piss or staying stone-cold sober. Haven't decided yet.

what is this? (i have googled)

 

[Gough]

what is this? (i have googled)

Spirituality without theism.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

Just having some Shrimp on the barbie and a few stubbies... Not much maytee

 

[checkraiseulite]

Spirituality without theism.

sorry. i know what it is (sounds like an atheist cult to me), but wanted to get a firsthand perspective on it from someone who seems relatively intelligent.

 

[Bombers 2003]

do we realise the turks actually defeated the british at gallipolli?

 

[checkraiseulite]

do we realise the turks actually defeated the british at gallipolli?

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[RoOGrrrl]

"Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV."

You forgot waving the Australian flag that's 'Made in China'.

This thread just made me realize that not only have I never been drunk on Australia Day, I've never had a drink on Australia Day. How un-Australian of me.