12 more ways to know you’re a Canberran…
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When it comes to calling yourself a local, just how and when do you know you’ve made the grade? To outsiders, Canberra is full of roundabouts, public servants and politicians; but there is way more to Canberra than they think. We had so many responses to our first article You know you’re a Canberran when… that with our readers’ help we’ve whipped up another 12 more ways to know you’re a Canberran…
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“Your retail loyalty cards are used for both shopping, and scraping ice off your windscreen to get there.” – Chrissy Dupe
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“You plan a day trip with friends…to go across the border to Spotlight in Queanbeyan”. Lorraine Lamb
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“You’ve watched the kid on the Blumers television ad grow up.” – Hayley O’Neill
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“You know you can leave cold food in your car for a while during winter because the temperature outside is about the same as inside your fridge – or colder…” – Michelle Brotohusodo
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“Sitting at the traffic lights, you understand that green means go, orange means go faster and red means only the next three cars can pass.” – Chantelle Reid
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“You’ve said ‘But at least it snows sometimes,’ when people ask you how you deal with the cold in Canberra – knowing full well it rarely ever snows…” – Michelle Brotohusodo
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“You spend your holidays on the South Coast and recognise every second person, because half of Canberra is holidaying there, too!” – Michelle Swadling
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“Everytime you hear the word Kingsleys you immediately think ‘Unbelievable Chicken, Awesome Chips’.” – Beatrice Smith
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“You think four hours is a completely reasonable amount of time to wait for a ‘freakshake’ at Pâtissez” – Amanda Whitley
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“The first sight of rain causes Canberrans to lose all common sense and driving ability and decide to start tailgating.” – Belinda Neame
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“You’re still a ‘Canberra Milk Kid’ and know the song off by heart.” – Hayley O’Neill
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“When you drive to Sydney and put the windows down in excitement that it’s 15 degrees outside.” – Jose Walsh
Any more to add? Leave them in the comments below.
GIF images sourced from Giphy.com. Feature image courtesy of Canberra Milk.
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