Day 99: January 26

pa·tri·ot·ism  (ptr--tzm)

n.
Love of and devotion to one's country

Have you got your snags and shrimp* to put on the barbie?

Got your pack of 24 lamingtons ready for the mass of kids?
Ready to remind people that a koala isn't actually a bear, it's a marsupial? 
Got some 4 'n' 20 meat pies for the family?
Maybe an old tape of the footy for people to watch?
Jar of Vegemite at the ready?
Beer in the Esky? 
Some Kylie Minouge to play?
The whole season of Neighbours and Home and Away to watch?
Maybe the sound recording of when Mel Gibson broke up with his girlfriend?
A book on the world's deadliest snakes, over 50% of which are found in Australia?
A book on deadly spiders?
Practicing your 'g'day mate' to random people as they walk past your house?
Got an advertisement about skin cancer/tanning ready to play?
Maybe Australia to watch when the festivities are dying down?
Updated your Facebook status to Down Under

Did you say yes to all of these? Then you're prepared.
If you said no, get your ass up, and start preparing yourself for the day of the green and gold.

Ninety-eight things associated with Australia (in celebration of Australia Day**)1. Meat Pies (Four 'n' Twenty)
2. Lamingtons 

3. Barbeques (BARBIE) 

4. Shortening names/giving people nicknames (eg. Barry = Bazza, MacDonalds = Maccas)
5. Neighbours
6. High Grant  

7. Having giant landmarks - The Giant Pineapple - ONLY in Australia
8. Home and Away
9. Hugh Jackman
10. Geoffrey Rush
11. Jessica Mauboy
12. Toni Collette
13. Muriel's Wedding 
14. Rabbit Proof Fence 15. Didgeridoo
16.Phoebe Tonkin
17. Anti-Smoking Advertisements
18. Phar Lap
19. Horse-racing (Melbourne Cup)
20. Koala
21. Kangaroos
22. Wombats
23. Marsupials
24. Monotremes (egg-laying marsupials)
25. Red Dust
25. Uluru
26. Steve Irwin
27. QANTAS (No U)
28. The Great Barrier reef
29. Pavlova (and the fact that Australia made it and not the Kiwis. I don't even care)
30. Olivia Newton-John
31. Waltzing Matilda
32. The BeeGees
33. Boomerangs
34. Bondi Beach (SYDERS!)
35. Bushfires
36. Temperamental Weather  
37. The 'Aussie' Accent
38. *INXS
39. Crocodile Dundee 
40. Sydney Opera House
41. The Habour Bridge
42. Dame Edna Everage
43. Paul Hogan
44. Bennelong
45. Heat
46. Aborigines
47. Wiggles
48. Men At Work
49. Emus
50. Slim Dusty
51. Midnight Oil
52. Rick Springfield
53. SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE
54. Vegemite
55. Billabong
56. Nicole Kidman
57. Keith Urban
58. Ned Kelly
59. Foster's Beer
60. Crocs
61. Elle MacPherson
62. Rolfe Harris
63. Dingo
64. Cassowary
65. Aboriginal Dot Painting
66. Heath Ledger
67. Baz Luhrman
68. Silverchair
69. Akubra Hats
70. 'The Bush"
71. Cockatoos
72. What gay marriage rights?
73. Cricket
74. AFL
75. Rugby
76. The Herald Sun
77. Tasmanian Devils
78. Desert
79. Musk Sticks (vom.)
80. Fairy Bread (Such a weird concept)
81. Cherry Ripe
82. Weet-Bix
83. Julia Gillard
84. Canberra being boring
85. Tony Abbott
86. Budgie Smugglers
87. The 'Australian Hot-Dog' (sausage in bread)
88. ANZAC Biscuits
89. Damper
90. Maggie Beer
91. Guy Grossi
92. Being obsessed with food
92. Neil Perry
93. Giant Blow-Up Thongs (shoes - Havianas)
94. Eric Bana
95. The Man From Snowy River 96. Cate Blanchett
97. The Adventures of Priscilla
98. Advance Australia Fair
99. Jet


TOMORROW WILL BE100 DAYS. OMG. WHOOP.      

*I don't even understand where the saying 'shrimp on the barbie' originates from since I'm quite sure shrimps aren't 'native' to Australia

**Australia Day, Citizen's Day, The Day That Allows Me To Barbeque And Drink Many Beers Without Questions Being Asked. Whatever you want to call it, I don't care.