Cultural Learnings of Serbia and Australia for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Forty Deuce

While I was in New York, I hung out quite a bit with Serbs and Aussies.  And bless them, they let me ask all the stupid questions I've always wanted to ask and they were even patient enough to speak slowly to the dumb American.  Here's a bit of what I learned:

• Aussies and Serbs are really friendly, good natured folks.  Who can drink.  A lot. 
• Serbian pride, paranoia, and fatalism is way fucking real.
• Beer is completely regional in Australia.  So if I plan on taking my "tracking" to Gold Coast, I better practice ordering Fourex beer.
• Novak is indeed the most popular sportsman in Serbia.
• Yelling "That's the way!" and "Love your work!" are really Aussie things to do.
• Anastasia Rodionova has fans.  Weird.
• JJ's like, the real deal in Serbia.  They love her and her fashions.  No really, AND HER FASHIONS.
• Watching a tennis match involving a Serb with a bunch of Serbs basically sounds like this: "AJDE! AJDE! AJDE!" --> "Oh my God, you're going to lose." ---> "IDEMO!!! COME ON!!!" ---> "Oh my God, you suck at tennis."  ---> AJDEEEEEEEE! You can do it!!!"  --->  That ball was out!!!  The stupid line judge!!!  It's a conspiracy!!!"  ---->  "AJDEEEEEEEE!"  ---> "WHY DOES HE/SHE DO THIS TO ME!?!?!?"  ---> "Yeah!  He/She won!"   Aaaaaand...scene.
• Ana's used sweaty visor reeks.  Novak's used sweaty cap does not.
• There is a really complicated Sammy Stosur song that is sung to the tune of a Vegemite jingle that I tried to learn while mildly intoxicated and failed miserably.
• Australia Day is a very big deal in Australia and they love that it falls during the Aussie Open.
• Americans like Lleyton more than Aussies do.  No one told me that.  That was just an observation.
• JJ's cousin wants to be a pop star and JJ wasn't happy about it.  But they've since made up.  Probably because JJ finally saw how awesome this video is:
  
  
• While I already knew "Ajde" and "Idemo", my new favorite Serbian cheer is "TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" (prounced "toe").  So fun.
• Never ever mention Fosters to Aussies.  

Thanks to my educators!  You guys were bomb.  That's American for "awesome".