Why do all Australians feel the need to tell the world about Vegemite?

Question

I'm Australian and I don't have an urge to tell everyone from another country lol. Just wondering...

Answer 1

Reminds me of a song I love by Men at Work:

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,

"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."


I love love this song, but I have heard that Veggiemite is some pretty rank paste like substance Australians love kinda like peanut butter...I mean to each it's own.

Answer 2

'Cause they can't get it when they leave the country and they want to, I guess.

We Americans export a lot, culturally speaking. We can take talk about Vegemite. I'm not sure we can take actual Vegemite itself (ICK!), but y'all can talk about it to us... :-)

Answer 3

You just told everyone about Vegemite in your question as well.

Answer 4

you just have lol stop plugging vegamite if its like marmite ewwwwww

Answer 5

Because it tastes like crap and they want to sucker other people into trying it.