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Old Oct 19th 2005, 10:10 am
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PMSL - Absolutely brilliant - keep 'em coming!
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Old Oct 19th 2005, 11:42 am
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51.....you have to provide ten pages of evidence to apply for a job as a cleaner

52.....you buy Mortein spray and ant powder in your weekly shop

53...you start to like lamingtons and even look out for your favourite ones
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Old Oct 19th 2005, 11:48 am
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This has really cheered me up today - thanks!

Excuse the ignorance but what are Lamingtons?
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Old Oct 19th 2005, 11:54 am
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This has really cheered me up today - thanks!

Excuse the ignorance but what are Lamingtons?
They are an Aussie sponge cake covered in coconut and normally served in squares. If they are really fresh..they taste lovely with a cuppa tea.

See.....I'm converted and I've only been here a year
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54. When your finest eau de cologne has the heavenly scent of aerogard......
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Old Oct 19th 2005, 1:16 pm
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54. When your finest eau de cologne has the heavenly scent of aerogard......

55 when a summers dip in the sea at cairns requires a full body latex stinger suit -- made me look like a ballerina
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Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
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1... The best parking space is determined by shade instead of distance.
2... Hot water comes out of both taps.
3... You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
4... The temperature drops below 35c and you feel a little chilly.
5... You discover that it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
6... You discover that you can get sunburnt through your car window.
7... You develop a fear of metal car door handles.
8... You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30am.
9... Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
10... You realise that asphalt has a liquid state.
11... Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to prevent them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
12... The cows are giving evaporated milk.
13... The trees are whistling for the dogs.
14... Whilst walking back barefoot to your car from the beach, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the carpark.
15... You catch a cold from having the aircon full blast while you sleep during the night.
16... You learn that David Jones isn't a department store its a temple to worship air-conditioning.
54.... You land in melbourne and are charged $3 Aus for a luggage trolley at the airport
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55. You stand in Coles with the fridge door open to get an instant cooling relief only to realise it's too cold to stand there more than 10 seconds without freezing your bits off

56. A six hour round trip is the 'done thing' for a day out

57. You wake up with the sun and go to bed with it (I can't believe I'd ever be up at 5:30am in the UK!)

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48. you wake up in the morning to a green tree frog sitting on the bed end
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49. the new sport is"whack the cane toads on the head wif a golf club"
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50. in summer in Qld when u get oot the shower u r wetter than when u went in
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51. Insted of catchin nice wee fishes ye catch big **** off stingrays :scared:
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52. you pray for the rain to start and not to stop lol
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