BEVS

and they go quack.

lardyl

chook, chook, choo, choo, chook........
orf to bed too :bed:

irnbru14

Thats why God invented the Wind Lobby

Actually, automatic doors are an issue here, have you noticed how slow they are to react to people, number of times I have nearly walked into them as they have been closing or expecting them to open quicker...

BEVS

Wind. Didn't Dubai and other areas build for the wind to cool the buildings. So I read anyways.

Mgee

And then there are us North Europeans who will not take the front loader or the top loader, but decide to cross-breed them to get this:
Whilst I wouldn't touch the US style top loader (that seems also be the NZ top loader) with a barge pole, I'm quite happy to wash my clothes with an European style top loader as it uses the same amount of energy and water as a front loader. Incidentally, this type was dominating the markets here until people began to buy tumble dryers that obviously can't be stacked on top of a top loader.

And as a comment to the laundry vs. kitchen: in the Nordic countries the washing machine is almost never in the kitchen. If no separate laundry space is available, the washing machine (plus the dryer) is in the bathroom.

dazandgen

NZ weird things from my NZ OH...his perspective on his homeland after 10 years in the UK!

- one way road/rail bridges with no warning lights to say a train is coming
- hokie pokie ice cream, Chit Chats, pineapple lumps
- JAFFA - interesting wordplay on some road safety signage we noticed on the highways outside of Auckland on our last trip over!
- people that are happy to pack your supermarket shopping
- can't take your dog for walks in national parks, or pretty much anywhere!
- the right turn rule
- the dominance of Fischer and Pikel washing machines
- all hoovers are instead known as luxe
- Desert Road not really being near a desert
- outside of Wellington one train a day, if you are lucky
- attendants filling up your petrol, checking your oil, cleaning your windscreen - and you don't have to tip
- oh and you don't have to tip
- multi lane roundabouts that actually have lane markings
- not bowling underarm

That's about it for now!

Oh and going back to sports names....who could forget the Beige Brigade

lardyl

Only time I've used those was in France and Cyprus as I recall, so its not just Northern Europe where they are popular. I think the French place we last stayed in with one had a bedroom containing the usual bed, a shower and a Porta-potti style loo! We only stayed there one night!!

Regarding the appliances in the bathroom - I'm not a great fan of that as they will tend to get damp and coming into contact with them when you are damp can be a problem.......I know you can be damp in the kitchen/utility but you are usually less sodden than when you step out of the bath/shower, and sometimes your body needs all the resistance it can get.


Well back OT, I must say some of the personalised number plates here are "weird".....

Saw one "TODGER" today on the car park at New World with an older person driving it - maybe that means something else in NZ???////////

and we have the classic "1 Q7 1" which I have posted before, that is probably a fair reflection on the drivers of such gas guzzling status-tractors.....LOL......

There are plenty more where those came from

Numptyhead

Only time I've used those was in France and Cyprus as I recall, so its not just Northern Europe where they are popular.

Its a very Italian thing thing too. My family all have them in the bathrooms

irnbru14

Best one I saw was some burly young Kiwi bloke driving some Toyota Nondescript with the private reg of S CLUB 7 - needless to say I tried not to wee myself at the time

Wooly_Cow

That's the post of the week so far for me Sure it wasn't being driven by Bradley (which reminds me, when my DD was younger she was a big SC7 fan, but being small, she thought every black young guy was Bradley....I remember peeing myself laughing as she kept running up to the ice cream guy at Legoland, pointing at him and shouting so the rest of the park could here 'It's Bradley from S Club 7!' - guy didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Moments later we saw Linford Christie and you guessed it ....'BRADLEEEEEE')

Am Loolah

They wouldn't let me have "FATGAY" on a plate for my husband - it went through the website, but got picked up before they'd issue it.

Wooly_Cow

I've heard it said that in LA there is a Rolls Royce with a number plate 'BOLLOCKS' because the Yanks don't know what that means

Matewx

Why would you anyway? Can't stand them faggots! lol

lardyl

you have to hope that it means something else here or is a sign that there is justice in the world and they had to sell their plates to make ends meet.

Matewx

Dont laugh!! I use to love them....

I know it's a cliches!!