traditions

You know, since Australia is such a “new” country, Australians don’t really have many traditions. I do.

Every time I remember, I get pretty drunk watching State of Origin. Last night I headed to the Crossbar (which I’ve only been to once before) and had a pretty good night. Of course, with east coast Australia 3 hours ahead, this means I had to get there around 4:30pm to see the pregame, which was a little dead, but the crowd built up, and it just gave me more time to warm up myself.

The pub owner’s an English chap, whose name I forget in the murky haze of morning, but a pleasant fellow with a pleasant bar. I had the above-average cheeseburger which comes with EXCELLENT chips, and more large (pint?) glasses of Leo beer than I care to remember. The apple crumble with custard was also excellent.

And when I merrily came home, Mint stated as fact: “you drunk.” My reputation sullied, I denied this: “I no drunk!” (my English after the beers was not much better than hers). She rolled her eyes: “you no drunk นิดหน่อย” which is a mocking way of saying “you’re very drunk”.

Leyton’s blog has a few funny posts on it now, check it out.