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Oct 30th 2012, 9:43 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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Could it beat any of the U.K top 10?

10 Slag Lane, Merseyside

9 Shitterton, Dorset

8 Back Passage, London

7 Fingringhoe, Essex

6 Muff, Northern Ireland

5 Sandy Balls, Hampshire

4 Twatt, Orkney

3 Bell End, Birmingham

2 Minge Lane, Worcestershire

1 Cocks, Cornwall

Number 9 is a cracker

Oct 30th 2012, 9:53 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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....while looking for a rental, you find the perfect house but the street name is just too weird to contemplate living there.

...Otherwise it's perfect

Oct 30th 2012, 9:58 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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...Otherwise it's perfect

There's nothing wrong with that.It's not like Turd Terrace or something.

Oct 30th 2012, 11:18 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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There's a Fanny St in Moonee Ponds Vic.I'd be happy to live there.

There's these as well...

http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/expe...t-place-names/

Oct 30th 2012, 11:25 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

Regardless of age, you're happy to admit to taking nanna naps.

Oct 30th 2012, 11:34 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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There's nothing wrong with that.It's not like Turd Terrace or something.

It's not too bad. I find the ones with the hard to pronounce or weirdly spellt ones worse.

Oct 30th 2012, 11:35 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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Regardless of age, you're happy to admit to taking nanna naps.

So what do men do?

Oct 30th 2012, 11:38 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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So what do men do?

Brain reviving exercises apparently. Well that's what the husband calls it.

Oct 30th 2012, 11:42 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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So what do men do?

power naps?

Oct 30th 2012, 11:54 am

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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Brain reviving exercises apparently. Well that's what the husband calls it.

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power naps?

Maybe we just enjoy the peace while Nanna naps

Oct 30th 2012, 12:34 pm

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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...Otherwise it's perfect

$620.00 a week???

Oct 30th 2012, 3:45 pm

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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$620.00 a week???

That's the going price around these parts

Oct 30th 2012, 3:49 pm

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

....kitchens occupy windowless corners.

Oct 30th 2012, 3:53 pm

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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That's the going price around these parts

Bugger. All those overpaid politicians I guess, forcing up the prices.

Oct 30th 2012, 4:32 pm

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Re: You know you are in Australia when...

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$620.00 a week???

Don't look up this way then Alistair!! Not much change from $1000 if you want furnished