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November 14, 2007

Top Ten Aussie Mottos

Australia_flag_3National mottos of all sorts continue to pour in (post your idea for a British national motto here). But overnight, puzzlingly, Comment Central started to get a run of mottos involving cricket.

The mystery was solved when I realised we had been linked to by our friend in Australia. They too have had hundreds of suggestions, this time for an Australian motto.

One of their readers was unimpressed at the posting, suggesting "Australia - Home of the slow news day", but others joined in happily, although with a similar cynicism to our own.

Here are the top ten:

1. Hold my beer and watch this
2. Australia - the only country that eats its national emblem
3. Win or Lose...Hit the Booze
4. Australia - Insert culture here.
5. Tie me kangaroo down sport
6. F**k the motto, lets get blotto
7. At least it's not Britain
8. Australia - on parole since 1901
9. No culture, no class, no worries
10. Like a boomerang, you'll be back

UPDATE: Vote for your favourite national motto

Posted by Daniel Finkelstein on November 14, 2007 at 01:10 PM in Miscellaneous | Permalink Bookmark and Share

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Australia? You're standing in it.

Posted by: Malcolm Lambe | 14 Nov 2007 16:26:43

Britain : It will never come to that.

Posted by: andi whitehouse | 14 Nov 2007 17:00:57

Britain - Too pompous to be explained in five words or less!

Posted by: JohnHonz | 14 Nov 2007 18:29:57

Austalia - "Formerly" - wannabe Americans!

Posted by: JohnHonz | 14 Nov 2007 18:31:38

Australia, jealous of England.

Posted by: John Bard | 14 Nov 2007 20:27:09

Australia - We may not have contributed as much as our mother, but Neighbours is a start...isn't it?

Posted by: PhillB | 15 Nov 2007 02:50:32

My motto for Britain:

MAJESTY TRAVESTY ARISTOCRACY HIPPOCRACY USURY

Posted by: Phil Elmes | 15 Nov 2007 06:05:33

My Australian motto:

LONG WAY FROM BRITAIN (thankfully)

Posted by: Phil Elmes | 15 Nov 2007 06:08:03

Australia should be: "She'll be right mate"

Posted by: Bob | 15 Nov 2007 06:18:35

A good country to be from...

Posted by: Andrew Milner | 15 Nov 2007 13:46:42

AUSTRALIA-WHERE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IS BOTTLED

Posted by: DERING | 15 Nov 2007 15:00:43

BRITAIN:
GOD PRESERVE THE REAL ESTATE MKT

Posted by: gaston | 15 Nov 2007 15:27:23

my motto for the uk in regard to crime and punishment and rewarding those that fail:
Brittania waives the rules

Posted by: dave sutton | 15 Nov 2007 16:38:49

Would the last person to leave the country please turn the light off . . . Blair, where do you think you are going

Posted by: john Turner | 15 Nov 2007 17:44:14

You flamin' galah

Posted by: John Woo | 15 Nov 2007 18:24:55

We already have one in Wales. Only the uncivilized English would need to invent one.

T.D.I.P.S

otherwise

...... i pob .........

Should be 'i bob' but who cares.

All down to the Taffia.

Posted by: J D S | 15 Nov 2007 18:55:20

Bloody oath mate!

Posted by: Nick | 15 Nov 2007 22:38:36

As the French know us...

Les F**k Offs!

Posted by: Jules | 15 Nov 2007 23:35:52

Australia. Like Britain except with sunshine, space and less Muslim terrorists.

Posted by: David Lea-Smith | 16 Nov 2007 00:40:04

australians only get married because the sheep cannot cook

Posted by: chris reeves | 16 Nov 2007 10:35:26

Australia- the only FORMER British colony seemingly unable to move on.

Posted by: Miles | 16 Nov 2007 12:34:07

You little ripper!!

Posted by: AussieDigger | 16 Nov 2007 12:44:55

America Lite.

Posted by: T. J. Cassidy | 16 Nov 2007 14:59:10

Britain - Land of sloth and gory

Posted by: elliot jones | 16 Nov 2007 16:10:16

1. Dame Edna was an anomaly..
2. I saved the esky but the house burnt down..
3. Advanced Australian Flair

Posted by: Vince | 17 Nov 2007 03:11:05

Britain: The best people come from Britain (too bad about the ones still left)

Posted by: Zoe Brain | 17 Nov 2007 13:51:26

An English man has an operation to cut away half of his brain- to reach the minimum visa requirements to become an American.

The operation goes horribly wrong, the doctor has to cut away another quarter of his brain and he is left severely damaged.

Tragic.

The doctor visits the bedside of this terribly, mentally injured man and leans over him;

"I'm sorry sir" he says to the patient- who is just lying there, eyes closed, totally out of it, utterly gone in mind.


"NAR WARRIES MATE- ONYA!" the patient replies.

Posted by: Jez W | 23 Nov 2007 15:32:55

Britain keep it up.
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jerry
http://www.fastrealestate.com.au

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