Funny Aussie ways....
Apr 14th 2008 | 4:16 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
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
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
Apr 14th 2008 | 4:25 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
.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
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Apr 14th 2008 | 4:39 pm
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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.
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
JTL
.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
JTL
Apr 14th 2008 | 5:14 pm
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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.
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Scott of the Antartic stuff I tell thee.
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Apr 14th 2008 | 5:23 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
I find "Hows it GOING?" quite funny...
I thought the " hows your new girlfriend going?"
" shes going good thanks!!"
HYSTERICAL!!!
I posted here on expats that the wearing of no shoes really cracked me up!!
Still does!!!
I thought the " hows your new girlfriend going?"
" shes going good thanks!!"
HYSTERICAL!!!
I posted here on expats that the wearing of no shoes really cracked me up!!
Still does!!!
Apr 14th 2008 | 5:25 pm
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Apr 14th 2008 | 5:53 pm
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All Australian restaurants are shut on Mondays?
Apr 14th 2008 | 6:03 pm
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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
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
Apr 14th 2008 | 6:06 pm
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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
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
Apr 14th 2008 | 6:10 pm
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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
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
Apr 14th 2008 | 6:14 pm
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Apr 14th 2008 | 6:23 pm
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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
People, even professionals using expressions like coon, slope heads
wog, etc in general conversation and not realising it may offend anyone Pyjama wearing adults in supermarkets in winter.
Apr 14th 2008 | 6:35 pm
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Re: Funny Aussie ways....
how about the fact they give the cricket scores backwards
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
entertaining though
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
entertaining though
