Sundries


Cameron Bennett's unique look at the world of sport

Word Count: 388

 

In the July 31, 2000 issue of Time magazine, Australians were inspired with a list of 100 ways to say G'Day during the Olympics: "Let's every single one of us make our visitors welcome by saying 'G'Day' in hundreds of unmistakably Australian ways." 

While it is uncertain that it will ever claim Ian Thorpe as a relation (no 86), Sundries is proud to learn that packing our street directory (no 43), making room on public transport (no 64), shaking hands (no 67), and being yourself (no 99) are  "unmistakably Australian" ways to conduct oneself, and hereby propose another 25 ways to enhance the Olympic Spirit in a typical Aussie fashion:  

1) Drink. A lot.

2) Ensure that at some stage during the games, you are seen by many people. Naked.

3) Laugh at synchronised swimmers.

4) When watching an Aussie athlete moving quickly, shout out the phrase "Go you good thing!"

5) When an attractive young lady walks past slowly, shout the word "Phwooar!"

6) When an attractive young lady walks past speedily, shout out the phrase "Go you good thing!"

7) "How's it hangin'?"

8) Blow your nose to Channel 7's Olympic theme.

9) Attend the tennis wearing your "Pat Rafter is my sex God" t-shirt.

10) Attend the tennis wearing your "Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario is not my sex God" t-shirt.

11) When Lleyton enters the stadium, sing the chorus to "Road to Puberty".

12) "You're going home in the back of a divvie van!"

13) Spend the next month in court appealing your non-selection.

14) Quickly try to rid your system of all traces of EPO.

15) "We hate you 'cause you're not Australian!"

16) Explain that while the Matildas are not going well, they look great in the nude.

17) Make some sexual advances over the phone to an English nurse.

18) Refer to all world record breaking non-Australian swimmers as drug cheats.

19) "Lleyton's a wanker!"

20) Boo all Australian politicians who attempt to use the games as a political advantage.

21) If the politician is Natasha Babe-Despoja, ignore number 20. Drool.

22) Laugh at all spectators who paid to watch synchronised swimming.

23) Protest at Bondi Beach.

24) In the drunken argument at the pub, explain that no athlete, past or present, will ever be as great as The Don.

25) Drink. A lot.

 

 

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