I haven't said anything about what has been going on in the past few weeks
but.... Now this is the funniest thing I have read on the list for some
time!!!
Good to see a little SOH coming back to the list.
Thanks from another Aussie, Adam
> >> The Aussie contributions to the list are a source of repeated delight
> >> and enlightenment that can't be spoiled by one bad apple. 'Nuff said.
> >
> >Hear, hear, Joel! You Aussie blokes are a fun lot, and fair dinkum
mates!
> >Grab a "tinnie" and carry on! Everything's "apples"!
> >
> >Rich
>
> Careful Rich - or we'll release some serious Strine on this list. We have
> an unintelligible dialect and we're not afraid to use it!
> Now - as the term Fang has become part of the list-speak, should we also
> incorporate the term Oben in a similiar way? For instance, to 'oben' an
> item would be to pay well over the odds for it just because you've got the
> money and you don't give a shit who knows it. Or one could apologise for a
> waspish comment as being a bit 'oben the top.' Or we could claim to have
> been 'obened' when someone makes a completely unwarranted or scurrilous
> accusation - "I will not be obened like this..."
> AndrewF
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