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2005-10-05 10:27 AM
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Means I'm an easy drunk. Two pots - two pints.

2005-10-05 10:36 AM
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2005-10-05 11:56 AM
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Chris Tree - 2005-10-05 7:49 AM Apparantly this year has seen a record increase in the number of Daddy-long-legs!!! Does the rest of the world have Daddies-long-legs? (What is the correct plural for daddy-long-legs?)

I grew up in the Boston, MA area and that's what we called them.

2005-10-05 12:04 PM
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Are you guys talking about the spiders, or am I just in the dark here.
2005-10-05 12:14 PM
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Daddy-long-legseseses. Or harvestmen. (They're not really spiders.)

At the Sydney zoo, I heard a local exclaim, "Hey! I've got a full-on bear, here!"

2005-10-05 1:54 PM
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There is an ad on the radio I hear almost every morning where they say "And we receive additional support from the Root Group". I still crack up every time. My Aussie friend also thought it was funny that we drink root beer here.

I can also remember watching tv with my flatmates and a Toyota ad where they keep saying "bugger" came on. My flatmates were surprised they'd let that on tv though I didn't see what the big deal was until they filled me in.

For additional stories please send Tim Tams.

2005-10-05 2:02 PM
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Drew, you could probably order them online from the Australian Catalog Co. in Atlanta.
2005-10-05 6:14 PM
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Chris you could always send Misscullen a tape of Graham Norton to play with her mind. Scotish, gay man TV, enough to confuse even the most learned of folks.

Love that show.
2005-10-05 9:09 PM
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Haha Drew I find root beer hilarious too.  can someone actually explain to me what it is?

for a real insight into the Aussie bogan minds check out Kath and Kim if its every shown over there. or the Movie "The Castle"  lol.

also if you ever visit down here be aware the fanny does not mean bottom in aussie speak.  I nearly fell over and died when I heard a little kid yell on the top of her lungs Mom can I please have a fanny pack. when I was in LA.  I seriously wondered why I was the only one with my mouth hanging open in shock.

2005-10-05 9:14 PM
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splerph - 2005-10-05 9:09 PM

Haha Drew I find root beer hilarious too.  can someone actually explain to me what it is?

A dark, sugary soft drink with a maply/caramelish taste. I've been told by a Brit it smells like Germaline.

2005-10-05 9:32 PM
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What about the "map 'o tazzy?!"

2005-10-05 9:44 PM
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Just curious, what does fanny mean?
2005-10-05 9:52 PM
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Ask ya mum.
2005-10-05 10:11 PM
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Downunderman - 2005-10-06 10:52 AM Ask ya mum.

Rofl!!  Its near ya Map o Tazzy.

If you've got one

2005-10-06 3:06 AM
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2005-10-06 3:08 AM
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2005-10-06 3:15 AM
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2005-10-06 6:39 AM
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you may want to watch mythbusters about the claim of most venomous spider. I watched it tuesday night and they proved the black widow was more venomous. It is therefore a myth.


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2005-10-06 7:05 AM
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2005-10-06 6:01 PM
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It was an easy mistake to make, he isn't exacting, "tobe sure tobe sure" Irish.

But I'll give you the point anyway

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2005-10-06 6:15 PM
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I never thought I'd read a whole thread in English and not know what the hell anyone is talking about. Crazy. Funny.


2005-10-06 6:33 PM
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I thought of another one "bonk" I know it means to run out of energy, but in Australia and New Zealand, it has its origins deriving from the horizontal polka.

Insert 70's porn music here.
2005-10-06 6:58 PM
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Bonk can also be used to describe getting hit lightly(like a comic book sound!). Found out the translation after I was telling a story to some aussie friends in which someone bonked someone else on the head. Got a good laugh out of that. Too bad it wasn't "...the guy wearing the Roots T-shirt got bonked on the head with a fanny pack!" (Roots is a large clothing retailer here - they used to make the Canadian Olympic team gear).
2005-10-06 7:38 PM
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swim-like-rock - 2005-10-07 7:58 AM Bonk can also be used to describe getting hit lightly(like a comic book sound!). Found out the translation after I was telling a story to some aussie friends in which someone bonked someone else on the head. Got a good laugh out of that. Too bad it wasn't "...the guy wearing the Roots T-shirt got bonked on the head with a fanny pack!" (Roots is a large clothing retailer here - they used to make the Canadian Olympic team gear).

I love it!  that would turn a kids book into an R rated book.  rofl!!

2005-10-10 4:05 AM
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