are u avoiding your turn Scotz?.....note you will be hunted mercilessly and if you're not found, banned from the pub forever :)

i feel a hangover coming on
 

You must have a strong constitution OF LOL. Crikey a pint of schnapps!!! That is strong stuff. Hope you have a good credit limit on that credit card Scotz he he.

I will settle for a bundeburg rum and diet coke.

Scotz's shout!!
 

OKAY, Someone explain the phrase.. ''how's yur bum for warts''.
heard that one on the animal planet channel from the guy on the show''Crocodile Hunter'' maybe i didn't spell it right bu maybe someone can figure it out and straighten me out..........

Ok, it's on me... sometimes my arm gets short when reaching for my wallet lol

Hmmmm....mindboxer

Can you remember what context Steve(Croc Hunter) used the phrase?....
I haven't heard this one myself...but us Aussies maybe able to work it out

Though i'm thinking it maybe a different way of asking "How are you"....as it is similar to the phrase...."Hows ya Mother's chooks" or "Hows it hanging"

It's an Aussie thing to ask in a roundabout way...*L*

have to agree with Sharnie on this....just another roundabout way of asking how are you.

try some of these pages for aussie slang
http://www.aussieslang.com/default.asp
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4699/ (can be annoying)
http://www.koalanet.com/australian-slang.html

Scotzoidman

The expression "long pockets" also refers to the problem.

Mindboxer,

Sometimes when a TV person has to pad out a commentary,

they say the strangest things. Not Aussie, just TV.

WELL..... it was during a conversation with his american wife and it Was a greeting........I just was wondering if their was a ''story ''behind the greeting . she was trying to say it Aussie style and steve told her to just say Hi...lol..........thanks for the infoon the sites,Legend, i'll take a look.......thanks to all of ya for your help......
just a guess but like in the usa there are slang terms for different areas(midwest/south/california) ........could this be a local term to his area?????? Cause i did think she said that he was one of the few she has heard it from.........anyway
i think it'd be a funny term to say to someone and se them go
''WHAT???'' LOL....... thanks for all info

well not all terms are used a lot nowadays.....some are more reserved for the older generations....it's probably one of them. as for the local thing, not to my knowledge....ask Sharnie or Bilbo, they live closer to his zoo.

Many saying are localised, and yes
legend your right about the zoo, tis about 2 hours north west, but the majority of the aussie slang is very general, such as Legend and Grumbleguts being refered to as "Mexican" although they live in different states they are both still south of the border,

And as much as I do not find Steve that interesting, I will tell you that the Australia Zoo, that is his is quite a bloody good show

what??? I'm a qld'er, same as you.

I don't get that interested in his show.......but my kids can sit for hours if i let them and watch him ''play'' with crocs, snakes, and other ''lil beauties''............just had to throw that one out there and see if anyone could make sense of it.......thanks for all replies........

mindboxer505---When I am "babysitting"my autistic grandson;he
will watch the same video tape;so many times;that I know the words by heart.Your kids aren't that unusual;kids stay interested
in boring things forever. Irish

if you're an aussie and you have kids, you aren't taking enough notice of them if you don't know all the words to all the Wiggles songs. :D

Wiggles?
 

~Legend,

Wot are Wiggles? Another aussie phenomenon?

four very cheerful guys on a kids show.....

they are four guys involved in kids entertainment....they must know what they're doing, they're all millionaires....they are actually qualified and the songs are educational :)

they're just getting started over in the US

Somehow;I don't think a group known as "wiggles"would have
lasted ;very long; in the old motorcycle world. Irish

LOL Legend. thought that would get a bite

the wiggles are getting rich and have already invaded the USA LOL

Did a better job than that creep Osama Bin Laden and his drongo mates. They only took some of your money and left some happiness behind. Very good childrens group.

Queenslanders are regarded as a weird mob down this end of the country. After all they were the dipsticks who left Tasmania off the map in the opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Doubt if they will ever be forgiven for that down here.

A funny thing about Australia is that the accent has few changes length and breadth of the country. Unlike the noticable differences in the USA and in the British Isles.

Errrrrrmmmmmmm...well i'm a Queenslander and i know i sure as hell didn't design the map that was used....

So why am i classed as a dipstick? Dont blame all us Q'landers for what a few mistakingly did...

what is Tasmania??? :D :D :D

Ah Now we know!!!!!!
 

It was that bludger Legend LOL

I have a commerative T shirt, a map of Australia with Queensland missing, very popular in Tasmania at the time. The New Zealand reaction to the underarm Trevor Chappell delivery was about the same intensity as the outrage here over that particular blunder.

Nothing like being ignored to get people offside.

Maybe we ought to ask John Howard to say sorry lol, or even get Queensland to sign a treaty. LMAO

that is hilarious.....it's so stupid, it's funny (the map thing) :)

considering i was a toddler at the time, i think i can be forgiven for leaving Tassie off the map :)

Legend---I'm not from Austrailia but EVEN I know that Tasmania is
where the" Tasmanian Devil"is from. Irish

i've always wondered what that bit hanging off the bottom of our maps was :D

you would be welcome
 

to come to Tassie and I would be very upset if you didn't visit me when you did.

Dunno about Legend LOL. Maybe he was a toddler when all that happened, but he must have been a vicious one. Fancy doing that to poor old Tassie.

I have had a bit of fun with this thread, got my own back for calling my footy code aerial ping pong. You should be proud that we have our own unique game instead of having to borrow a pommy one.

Maybe it is Joh's fault. mmmmmmm

Come to think of it that bigotted old bugger was around then as Premier of Qld.

OK Legend you are off the hook mate. You can come down too but dont bring any bloody cane toads or you will get fed to the Tassy Devils. Actually the Tasdevil is a nasty scavenger, the hyena of the Tasmanian bush. Got the name because of the bloodcurling scream they make, scared the living crap out of the early settlers. They have a jaw like you wouldnt believe. they could bite your leg off no probs. but they rarely approach a human unless they sense you are incapacitated.

Yes, a marsupial version of a pit bull terrier, all jaw and shoulders.

grumbleguts---I was only fooling around!The only"Tasmanian Devil"that I know is a cartoon character. Irish

grumble, this is for you.....all in good fun though :D

aerial ping pong is a wusses version of footy, made up by a bunch of sooks in Victoria :D

incidently, I can't recall there being a Tassie side in the comp, didn't even know you played it.

and the cane toad will eventually make it down there....they just need to build up a bit more resistance to the cold and catch a ride over.....then look out

No Tassie team in the AFL
 

No there isnt because we dont have the financial resources to support one. It costs about $8M a year to be in it and Tassie has a population of around 450,000.

Many excellent players from Tasmania play in the AFL though, Matt Richardson at Richmond and the Febey brothers at Melbourne.

Legends of the game, Ian Stewart, Peter Hudson, Darrell Baldock are all from Tassie. As was one Maxwell Henry Norman Walker, who player for Melbourne until he made the Aussie Test Cricket Team and was known as Tangles short for Tanglefoot because he bowled off the wrong foot.

Tassie do have a team in the VFL the second ranked comp these days which was formerly known as the VFA

grumble - speaking of cricket, do you still have a david boon day?

Nope but he is a well respected man and works for the Tasmanian Cricket Association as well as being an Australian selector.

I know David Boon personally. He shared a flat with my brother Peter for a time and was best man at his wedding. His wife Pip (short for Phillipa) is great friends with Peters wife Margaret.

Also I umpired in the NTCA and seen first hand D Boon destroying the bowling. I have even given him out LBW LOL.

He is a good bloke and has never had a big head. (though reports from the shower room indicate that the lower head is of impressive dimensions)

New member from Melbourne, Victoria.

G'day and Welcom to Pixies john39, from a fellow aussie :)

Howyergoinmate
 

I will third that, Gday from Tassie and welcome to Pixies John39