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Funny Aussie ways....
I was reading on another Oz forum the other day and some was saying that its not uncommon to see ozzies shopping with no shoes on and even with pj's on! lol
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Originally Posted by Racht70
(Post 6209407)
I was reading on another Oz forum the other day and some was saying that its not uncommon to see ozzies shopping with no shoes on and even with pj's on! lol
What other oddities can you add... |
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:lol:
maybe i've been here too long but that does not seem odd anymore....!! :rofl: the only one that gets me is how they add "but" to the end of a sentence instead of using "though" e.g. I would say "It's hot though", they say "It's hot but" :blink: |
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Originally Posted by bridie
(Post 6209424)
:lol:
maybe i've been here too long but that does not seem odd anymore....!! :rofl: the only one that gets me is how they add "but" to the end of a sentence instead of using "though" e.g. I would say "It's hot though", they say "It's hot but" :blink: |
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They usually fall over after 2 or 3 weak beers:p
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I find the use of the word "UnAustralian" as an insult extremely funny. People have described me as "UnAustralian" on occassions which has me in giggles of agreement much to the bemusement of the name-caller since they obviously intended me to be hurt and offended by the suggestion!:rofl:
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I don't hear 'but' - don't know if I zone out or if people round here don't use it. People getting up at silly o'clock and going to bed at 8:30 still seems strange to me even though my husband does it. I'm definitely still in the 'bed at 11(ish) and up not before 9am if I can possibly help it' routine :lol:
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
Originally Posted by Racht70
(Post 6209407)
I was reading on another Oz forum the other day and some was saying that its not uncommon to see ozzies shopping with no shoes on and even with pj's on! lol
What other oddities can you add... |
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Lazy mods mmm i mean sods going to bed late and lying in til whenever, prob living on benefits too:frown::rofl:
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Originally Posted by Bernieboy
(Post 6209501)
Lazy mods mmm i mean sods going to bed late and lying in til whenever, prob living on benefits too:frown::rofl:
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There's a lot of grazing going on.
Snacking. Eating. Maybe it has to do with the getting up at silly o'clock and going to bed at 8:30 pm as Moneypen said? |
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No "th" after dates...
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The way news reports try to highlight how bad something is because it will affect the 'battlers".
It always follows with a picture of a guy with a huge beer gut and a massive bushy beard...I now cannot imagine a battler looking any other way. |
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Originally Posted by moneypen20
(Post 6209519)
:p Unfortunately the "possibly help it" bit only occurs on a Sunday if I'm lucky :frown::lol:
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Fish and Chip shops shutting at 7:30pm.
All shops shutting half an hour before their advertised closing time. When they say closed at 5pm, they mean the last employee is walking out and locking the door at 5pm. If you turn up at 4:45 you get the look of death, sorry the till is all cashed up, do you have the exact change etc. Restaurants all closing on a Monday. That in itself is daft. Even dafter, restaurants closing on public holidays. God forbid anyone on holiday might want to go to a restaurant. And of course, guys in Utes with the obligitory dog tied up in the flat bed in the back. JTL |
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Originally Posted by JackTheLad
(Post 6209776)
Fish and Chip shops shutting at 7:30pm.
All shops shutting half an hour before their advertised closing time. When they say closed at 5pm, they mean the last employee is walking out and locking the door at 5pm. If you turn up at 4:45 you get the look of death, sorry the till is all cashed up, do you have the exact change etc. Restaurants all closing on a Monday. That in itself is daft. Even dafter, restaurants closing on public holidays. God forbid anyone on holiday might want to go to a restaurant. And of course, guys in Utes with the obligitory dog tied up in the flat bed in the back. JTL |
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Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz
(Post 6209788)
That baffled me when i first got here. Shops closing at 4.30pm when they say they are open til 5pm.:confused:
This isn't out in the sticks either. A couple of years ago, we went to the sports bar in the Crown Casino in Melbourne to watch a Rangers match that they had been advertising all week. When we got there, they were closing up, because not enough people had turned up. The match hadn't even started!!!! This is the 24hr Crown Casino :rolleyes: JTL |
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Originally Posted by JackTheLad
(Post 6209814)
Another good one here is shops closing in the middle of the day "because they're not busy". And pubs closing early cos they've only got 5 customers, so they just close:blink:.
This isn't out in the sticks either. A couple of years ago, we went to the sports bar in the Crown Casino in Melbourne to watch a Rangers match that they had been advertising all week. When we got there, they were closing up, because not enough people had turned up. The match hadn't even started!!!! This is the 24hr Crown Casino :rolleyes: JTL |
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28 degrees here today and I've just witnessed three young girlies departing my local Deli wearing the most ridiculous collection of Ugg boots you could imagine ...
Scott of the Antartic stuff I tell thee. :huh: 3 |
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I find "Hows it GOING?" quite funny...
I thought the " hows your new girlfriend going?" " shes going good thanks!!" HYSTERICAL!!! :D I posted here on expats that the wearing of no shoes really cracked me up!! Still does!!!:D |
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Originally Posted by justsarah
(Post 6209935)
I find "Hows it GOING?" quite funny...
I thought the " hows your new girlfriend going?" " shes going good thanks!!" HYSTERICAL!!! :D I posted here on expats that the wearing of no shoes really cracked me up!! Still does!!!:D |
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All Australian restaurants are shut on Mondays?
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 6209977)
All Australian restaurants are shut on Mondays?
:confused: And ALL chip shops in the above areas shut at 7:30pm. In fact the 2 nearest ones shut at 7:30pm AND are shut on Mondays! The only food places not shut on Mondays are the big chains like McDonalds, Red Rooster, and the Pizza joints like Dominos and Pizza Hut. JTL |
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Originally Posted by JackTheLad
(Post 6209994)
All the ones in Cleveland, Ormiston, Birkdale, Thornside are. Sorry, I can't be arsed travelling further than that for a bit of lunch on my day off.
And ALL chip shops in the above areas shut at 7:30pm. In fact the 2 nearest ones shut at 7:30pm AND are shut on Mondays! The only food places not shut on Mondays are the big chains like McDonalds, Red Rooster, and the Pizza joints like Dominos and Pizza Hut. JTL |
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The whole "morning and afternoon tea" thing. A morning tea for someone's birthday, a morning tea for someone leaving, a morning tea for fundraising ... you get the idea. Seems like just an excuse to scoff cakes mid morning to me.
I remember getting here with two little ones and all the mums at playgroup having a "morning tea" prepacked for their little ones. What the? They only had breakfast a couple of hours before! Kids of four and five years of age being expected to have daytime naps at kindy :confused: |
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 6209977)
All Australian restaurants are shut on Mondays?
:confused: Theres a fab Thai one in Main Beach open apparently...... The owner of my fav Italian restaurant goes there on Mondays when hers is shut!!:eek: |
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Originally Posted by rabsody
(Post 6210007)
It's the same round most of the rest of Brisbane too.
JTL |
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Originally Posted by rabsody
(Post 6210029)
Kids of four and five years of age being expected to have daytime naps at kindy :confused: Kids of 11, 12 13 14 being made to watch nemo the fish or shrek videos for the last 3 weeks of term at school :curse: Colouring in as homework in grade 7. High school requiring permission slips to wear a sun safe hat not the school cap - queensland at that :eek: People, even professionals using expressions like coon, slope heads :eek: wog, etc in general conversation and not realising it may offend anyone:eek: Pyjama wearing adults in supermarkets in winter. |
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how about the fact they give the cricket scores backwards :huh:
first time i heard they were 4 for 117 i nearly fell of my chair and wondered how they played the game over here. and aussie rules...plain odd:rofl: entertaining though:D |
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Originally Posted by jad n rich
(Post 6210072)
Kids of 11, 12 13 14 being made to watch nemo the fish or shrek videos for the last 3 weeks of term at school :curse:
JTL |
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Originally Posted by DadAgain
(Post 6209489)
I find the use of the word "UnAustralian" as an insult extremely funny. People have described me as "UnAustralian" on occassions which has me in giggles of agreement much to the bemusement of the name-caller since they obviously intended me to be hurt and offended by the suggestion!:rofl:
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Originally Posted by rabsody
(Post 6210029)
The whole "morning and afternoon tea" thing. A morning tea for someone's birthday, a morning tea for someone leaving, a morning tea for fundraising ... you get the idea. Seems like just an excuse to scoff cakes mid morning to me.
I remember getting here with two little ones and all the mums at playgroup having a "morning tea" prepacked for their little ones. What the? They only had breakfast a couple of hours before! Kids of four and five years of age being expected to have daytime naps at kindy :confused: |
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Originally Posted by bcworld
(Post 6210277)
LOL....I love being called unaustralian! Just like 'lay down Sally' - the ULTIMATE unaustralian!
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Originally Posted by rabsody
(Post 6210029)
Kids of four and five years of age being expected to have daytime naps at kindy :confused: That's because they have been up since silly o'clock!!:rofl: |
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Originally Posted by Fly Away
(Post 6211059)
That's because they have been up since silly o'clock!!:rofl:
Just cos they're born here doesn't give them the right to wake up at 4 am and be a pain in the arse. Apparently that right is reserved for old Australians.:rofl: and every f**king neighbour with a lawnmower JTL |
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Originally Posted by jad n rich
(Post 6210072)
People, even professionals using expressions like coon, slope heads :eek: wog, etc in general conversation and not realising it may offend anyone:eek: |
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Ok, is there any Aussie ways that you guys have adopted!!
That is what i was meant to of said at the beginning of the thread:ohmy: Sorry:) P.S I love the no shoes pj peculiarity, I woundnt do it my self though , well maybe the no shoes bit. |
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Originally Posted by Racht70
(Post 6211223)
Ok, is there any Aussie ways that you guys have adopted!!
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Originally Posted by rabsody
(Post 6210029)
The whole "morning and afternoon tea" thing. A morning tea for someone's birthday, a morning tea for someone leaving, a morning tea for fundraising ... you get the idea. Seems like just an excuse to scoff cakes mid morning to me.
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Originally Posted by markallwood
(Post 6211455)
yep, back in london I would walk quickly. Now I amble along.
and i have to admit to using "how's it going?" and silly abbreviations like arvo when in rome... :o:rofl::thumbup: |
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