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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 8:56 am
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You turn on the tv.....
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by St.Georges Girl
You turn on the tv.....

and turn it straight back off again
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 9:07 am
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You find yourself feeding possums and Kookaburras and think nothing of it. When you see kangaroos in the garden and can't be bothered to find the camera
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you SHUT your windows when it gets hot
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 9:40 am
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You see people walking about with half their face missing due to melanoma.
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when you smile each morning when you drive to work because it is........................sunny again
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 9:54 am
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You feel cold if it's less than 20 degrees outside
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 9:57 am
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after you shower, you dry yourself and your soaking wet before you manage to get your knickers on!
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Bushpig
after you shower, you dry yourself and your soaking wet before you manage to get your knickers on!
Thank god I don't live in Darwin
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 12:19 pm
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When the sun wakes you at 5 in the morning then goes down at 7
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 1:12 pm
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When the shopping mall shuts at 4pm on a saturday
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by datamile
When the shopping mall shuts at 4pm on a saturday
When you shorten Wentworth Falls to 'Wenty Falls' without flinching like you did a year ago...
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 1:41 pm
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Originally Posted by iPom
When you shorten Wentworth Falls to 'Wenty Falls' without flinching like you did a year ago...
When everything else shortened ends in 'o'
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 2:21 pm
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... when the jet plane you just left the UK on touches down and the captain says "Welcome to Australia".
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Old Sep 2nd 2007, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Hutch
... when the jet plane you just left the UK on touches down and the captain says "Welcome to Australia".


And you think TFFT !
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