What does 'Go you big red fire engine' mean in Australia?
Australian slang 'Go you big red fire engine' meaning?
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'Go you big red fire engine' meaning
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A phrase adopted by Australian comedian Adam Hills, usually used as an expression of affirmation or encouragement. It was coined during a 1999 stand-up performance in Melbourne, Australia. Hills had invited an audience member on stage to yell out his own name; instead, the man shouted “go you big red fire engine!” The phrase quickly became an audience chant, and Hills subsequently used it as an affirmative mantra, eventually basing a stand-up show around it in 2001. “Go you big red fire engine!” came to be regarded as a general expression of encouragement, and with Hills’ urging it began to weasel its way into pop culture: it ended up appearing in a Detroit newspaper and on a Swedish website, as well as being yelled out in the Australian Federal Parliament by then-Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.