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Another Fun One: You know youve been in NZ too long when....

Old Dec 4th 2005, 10:25 pm
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Originally Posted by southerner
a) you getclinically depressed after 12 hours of constant grey skies
b) you forget the name of your favourite curry house
c) you forget what your favourite Dhansak tasted like
d) you look at the England team sheet (football) and you say who the h**l are those guys?
e) and what the f**k is a 'shav''?
f) every sentence needs a f**k or a s**t or a h**l for punctuation purposes!
g) British politics is on the news or BBC24 and you yawn (or did I do that in UK too?)

Shav? dont you mean Chav? If you have not been in the UK for a while you will have missed the term but you will be familiar with the phenomenon....check this out....

http://www.chavscum.co.uk/
 
Old Dec 4th 2005, 10:30 pm
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.....when you feel the urge to apply for citizenship..........
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Old Dec 4th 2005, 10:34 pm
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when you think NZ Television is OK
when you dont think on a daily basis 'wish i was back in the uk'
when kiwis dont annoy you with not being able to say the words -
again
best
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when you dont think 'i wouldn't get out of bed for this pay at home'
when the total lack of choice & therefore high costs in supermarkets doesnt bother you.

Originally Posted by Herm
.....when you feel the urge to apply for citizenship..........
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Old Dec 4th 2005, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by homesick harry
when you think NZ Television is OK
when you dont think on a daily basis 'wish i was back in the uk'
when kiwis dont annoy you with not being able to say the words -
again
best
head
when you dont think 'i wouldn't get out of bed for this pay at home'
when the total lack of choice & therefore high costs in supermarkets doesnt bother you.

When Australia starts looking appealing........
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Old Dec 4th 2005, 11:06 pm
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Originally Posted by turkeytickler
have never seen it written anywhere so i was just spelling it phonetically.

you mean to say you actually WRITE it too!!!

maybe NZ should get its own ISO computer keyboard layout with a special "Eh" button, near the Return key I would suggest so that it was handy for the end of all those sentances... perhaps the full stop key could be changed from "." to "eh." - that would help eh? ACK im doing it now !!
Thanks for the chuckle. We teased our son until he stopped with the up at the end of the sentence. It makes it much easier to listen to him now eh.

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Old Dec 5th 2005, 12:03 am
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when paying $2500 for a mattress is deemed the norm & acceptable.
or paying $150 per sqm for carpet is OK.
or paying the costs they charge for mobile phones is acceptable.
or you dont notice the tin roofs with rust on them
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Old Dec 5th 2005, 12:26 am
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Originally Posted by homesick harry
when paying $2500 for a mattress is deemed the norm & acceptable.
or paying $150 per sqm for carpet is OK.
or paying the costs they charge for mobile phones is acceptable.
or you dont notice the tin roofs with rust on them
how about $25 for a 6 month old magazine that cost £3.45 in the UK?
 
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when u start buying lots of english food on the internet- dunno if anyone knows this site www.britishdownunder.co.nz but its really good for all the food we miss from home
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when u start buying lots of english food on the internet- dunno if anyone knows this site www.britishdownunder.co.nz but its really good for all the food we miss from home
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when u start buying lots of english food on the internet- dunno if anyone knows this site www.britishdownunder.co.nz but its really good for all the food we miss from home

IT'S GOT BISTO!

I think I'm going to cry!
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when u start buying lots of english food on the internet- dunno if anyone knows this site www.britishdownunder.co.nz but its really good for all the food we miss from home
AND HOB NOBS!
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when u start buying lots of english food on the internet- dunno if anyone knows this site www.britishdownunder.co.nz but its really good for all the food we miss from home

AND READY BREK!

Silvermuse, you're in my will.
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Old Dec 5th 2005, 1:35 am
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AND READY BREK!

Silvermuse, you're in my will.
LOL, my mum and grandma have already raked up a $100 tab already and i only showed them the site this morning!!
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You do both know about the lolly shop in Rangiora that sells uk food don't you? They are a really nice couple, they lived in the UK themselves for quite a few years. They try their best to get you what you want. Not that I shop there much myself you understand
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