Genesis

[QUOTE=Vitalstatistix;7814796] Nah, he was a bloke..so there's 2 funny germans.

southerner

I wonder why it is all the rest of them (excepting of course the 2 we have identified as being funny) are such big fans of Monty Python?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_P...egender_Zirkus

Maybe they liked the costumes.

irnbru14

Shortening normal everyday words and putting an "o" at the end and news readers happily using the shortened version.

e.g. Compensation becomes Compo (wasn't he in Last of the Summer Wine?)

Am Loolah

I have to admit, I like most of these things that make NZ quirky!

My Kiwi Hubby finds the sports teams' names lack imagination;

All Blacks
Black Caps
Black Sticks
Tall Blacks

There is the Silver Ferns mind.

etc.

irnbru14

Don't forget the All Whites and sure there is the Black Socks or something I heard the other day...

Am Loolah

Black Socks - what do they do?!

Black Sox - Softball - I googled it!

Bo-Jangles

What's a remote then? Like I ever see it! In my defence, am female and not allowed anywhere near such technical gadgetry. Am only allowed to operate frying pans, the cooker, fridge, dishwasher and washing machine.

Moving right along; supermarkets again, they drive me crazy, why do they not ever provide somewhere for you to leave the empty basket at the till. You end up standing there like a nerk, wondering what to do with it. Ooh, shall I shall't I leave it on the conveyor? Okay, I'll just discretely leave it on the floor then and hope nobody notices.

What exactly is the point of zebra crossings without belisha beacons? A cut out disc of orange metal just doesn't have quite the same effect.

Pedestrian crossings also don't have zig-zags that stop people parking their big f*** off utes and vans one foot away from the crossing, so that you can't see if anyone is waiting to cross.

kiwi4simone

or a stomach shrinking operation!

smudge1

Huge chains of shops selling only plastic storage boxes...
The turn left rule...
That kiwis think it is perfectly normal and acceptable for houses to leak which is why there should be spaces in the walls for the moisture to escape...
Cheap aluminium windows that only open a few inches upwards instead of outwards....
Only being able to park on the side of the road in the direction you are driving...
Men walking around in shorts and wellies in the middle of winter...
BYO wine at restaurants (I like this one )

smudge1

Moving right along; supermarkets again, they drive me crazy, why do they not ever provide somewhere for you to leave the empty basket at the till. You end up standing there like a nerk, wondering what to do with it. Ooh, shall I shall't I leave it on the conveyor? Okay, I'll just discretely leave it on the floor then and hope nobody notices.

Haha...I do EXACTLY the same thing...and think exactly the same thing every time I go shopping!!

Am Loolah

[QUOTE=smudge1;7817522Only being able to park on the side of the road in the direction you are driving...[/QUOTE]

And apparently you're not meant to parallel park, is that right?

smudge1

oooh..I don't know about that one...is there any other way to park on the road??

Am Loolah

My definition of parallel park was driving past space and then reversing in - apparently you're meant to drive in forwards.

smudge1

hmmm....I didn't know that...I may have been breaking the law for quite some time then...

irnbru14

I must break the law most days then!!

RE: Supermarkets, you are supposed to leave your groceries in the basket on the conveyor belt and they empty them out as they scan items