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Old Apr 21st 2008, 6:09 am
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1) Tasty cheese actually is starting to taste a bit, well, tasty!
2) You are no longer referring to Flip Flops as Flip Flops
3) You now call a plot of land a section
4) You use "no worries" in everyday conversation, especially at work
5) You've got The Warehouse jingle as your ringtone on your mobile...

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You add "eh" at the end of each sentance
You are the coach of one of the kid's teams on a Saturday morning
You've done a few sausage sizzles for the local team/school/etc
You don't even bother to look at the shoe rack when going out to put out the bins/clean the windows/clean the car
You know what daylight saving means
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Originally Posted by lardyl

You know what daylight saving means
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Where do they store all the daylight they save?
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Originally Posted by irnbru14
1) Tasty cheese actually is starting to taste a bit, well, tasty!
2) You are no longer referring to Flip Flops as Flip Flops
3) You now call a plot of land a section
4) You use "no worries" in everyday conversation, especially at work
5) You've got The Warehouse jingle as your ringtone on your mobile...

Anyone care to add??

Saying 'aye' all the time

Spending life savings making our house warm!! I'll never get it back!!!

Not refering to the UK as home.

Knowing about gang problems!!

Knowing that NZ has shit loads of other problems but you weigh the pros over the cons and realsie that life is really good here.

Having finally found a good sausage..took just under 3 years!!!!!!!

Understanding SH1 is for the most part a B minus road from the UK
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Originally Posted by Dustybin
Where do they store all the daylight they save?
In a daylight savings bank of course

You do just have to watch out for daylight robbery though....
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Originally Posted by irnbru14
In a daylight savings bank of course

You do just have to watch out for daylight robbery though....
Day light robbery only happens because the night watchman went home.


Strike a light!!
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I've started saying 'rowter' (instead of router) and 'daaaahta' (instead of data) and on telephone voice recognition systems I shout 'YISSSS'.
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I've started saying 'rowter' (instead of router) and 'daaaahta' (instead of data) and on telephone voice recognition systems I shout 'YISSSS'.
I gave up setting up my broadband with Telstra Clear because of that stoopid voice recognition system...
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Hubby on mobile talking to people at work

Ya sweet as Bro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did`nt sound right at first, but now sounds normal.
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Originally Posted by irnbru14
I gave up setting up my broadband with Telstra Clear because of that stoopid voice recognition system...
oh. yeah. that's VERY annoying indeed, eh?

I don't call them unless absolutely necessary :curse:

it's just really silly I think. why not?
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21 degrees celsius feels a bit chilly
18 degrees celsius feels positively freezing

You can identify people on the radio and telly and know their names.

You don't need a map to get to the shops, work etc

The clothes in Ballantynes, Caroline Eve etc seem quite normal and fashionable
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  • Colby doesn't seem so dire after all.
  • You're happy to eat 'bread' made for the toothless.
  • You've forgotten what the washing up bowl is for.
  • You get a bargain at The Wearhouse.
  • 10pm's a late one
  • You're shopping in your Red Bands.
  • You've got a 'jersey' on and complaining about the cold to rellies in the UK because it's 19 degrees
  • Fishing sounds like a pleasant way to spend Saturday
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An Oildrum and chemical butt really does add to the appeal of that catalogue jersey ... (this was from a GENUINE catalogue )

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You've been to see more Rugby and/or Cricket than you ever have done in your life

You automatically now say soccer instead of football these days as you know the Kiwi's may get confused

You know the number of your local Hell Pizza off by heart, and you just need to ask for "the usual" when you call up

You know who Wendy Petrie is...
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Who's Wendy Petrie?
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