Following from my Australia Day post I have to mention another tradition that seems to have taken root started 13 years ago… the Meat and Livestock Australia lamb ads. From 2005 the ads have come out telling Aussies to eat lamb on Australia Day.
Here’s the 2019 ad which takes a poke at the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand (and our politics), and below it is one of my favourites (from 2016) and the one that started it all back in 2005 (which for an Aussie is very funny, although I’m not sure how it translates across the ocean).
January 30, 2019 at 11:53 pm
LOL lamb for prime ministers?! I only watched the first one but it was hilarious! I loved it!
January 31, 2019 at 10:53 am
Glad you got a laugh this week, GF =)
January 31, 2019 at 2:33 am
Hah! These are hilarious. Wasn’t there a similar ad one year with a bunch of deities sitting around a table eating lamb? I remember Ganesh, Jesus, Buddha, Zeus etc. I thought that was well done too.
Just this week I started watching Flight of the Conchords so I only recently learned of the Australia/NZ rivalry.
Happy Australia Day, AJ!
Deb
January 31, 2019 at 10:57 am
Yeah, there was, Deb. The Aussie/NZ rivalry is legendary – down here anyway.
January 31, 2019 at 3:11 am
Alas, I’m in class and can’t watch videos at the moment. Maybe later. It’s nice to have a good running joke.
January 31, 2019 at 10:58 am
A running joke is fun. Shame you can’t watch it in class (I bet some of the students aren’t being so diligent!).
January 31, 2019 at 5:11 am
That’s a fun ad.
January 31, 2019 at 10:58 am
Thanks, Jacqui =)
January 31, 2019 at 3:02 pm
Wow, you guys go all out! Too funny! I’m still cracking up over “lamb and a Hemsworth.”
February 3, 2019 at 2:14 pm
Glad you enjoyed them, Jenny.