With the Olympics on pretty much all day and night, you may have heard the occasional National Anthem being played (except perhaps the Australian one).
Fortunately Australia's national anthem isn't all that good, so you're not missing out on much if you haven't heard it. Our old anthem was much better than the current one anyway. It was about a guy who stole a sheep. The new one has Australia "girt" by sea.
And before you ask, yes, "girt" is a real word. It means "to encircle", though I prefer the Urban Dictionary definition - "to leave quickly out of necessity". Somehow that seems to fit.
But some anthems actually sound good - well the music anyway. Who knows what the words are. Well, dear reader, I do - some of them at least. And boy, do they make girt look good.
Speaking of looking good ...
