Drinking With Aussies For Beginners

I was with a Brit friend the other day Drinking beer and telling stories you might say I was draining stubbies down as an Aussie will Making this mate laugh thinking I was a real dill Ya see in the mother country you drink out of a pint glass And swigging the bottle was uncouth and made you a bit of an ass But when an Aussie wants a drink and it doesn’t matter what Looking for a glass to drink out of is silly when you’re hot And another mate said to me one time He only drunk when it was warm that was so fine This was a cold day in the middle of July He said there hadn’t been a cold day for 30 years gone by. © Paul Warren Poetry