Ask an Aussie

[Thunder's Muse]

What is the collective noun for kangaroos?

A 'mob'.

Do you have an great recipes for kangaroo burgers?

Are kangaroos kosher?! :noid:

Yes, we eat Kangaroo. It's quite gamey...like deer or something similar.

 

[PureX]

We say 'Don't get your knickers in a twist'.

That's a slap in the face of poets, everywhere!

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Do Aussies refer to gasoline as "the juice"? :think:

Nope...just petrol.

 

[Thunder's Muse]

King of spin

How can Shane Warne be such a genius and such a blackguard ...and charming at the same time?

Oh noo!

We have a team of sports scientists working on the answer but so far, nothing.

 

[Eeset]

That's a slap in the face of poets, everywhere!

No PureX. Men say bunch. That is silly. Twist is realistic for women. It is an "out of the washer" kind of idiom.

 

[Thunder's Muse]

That's a slap in the face of poets, everywhere!

We're not the most eloquent bunch of people out there :chuckle:

 

[Arthur Brain]

:chuckle:

Our cricket team is crap right now....it's something we don't talk about....ever.

Where's Dennis Lillie when you need him? :chuckle:

Well, England were crap for long enough. People used to take bets on how long it would be before the batsmen all collapsed for 17 runs...

lain:

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Well, England were crap for long enough. People used to take bets on how long it would be before the batsmen all collapsed for 17 runs...

lain:

Cricket hasn't been the same since it became 'politically correct' and polite.

Give me the days of Viv Richards, Dennis Lillie and Rod Marsh anyday. THAT was exciting cricket...Yorkers, bouncers, bats breaking.. :chuckle:

 

[Arthur Brain]

Cricket hasn't been the same since it became 'politically correct' and polite.

Give me the days of Viv Richards, Dennis Lillie and Rod Marsh anyday. THAT was exciting cricket...Yorkers, bouncers, bats breaking.. :chuckle:

Eh, you're just saying that because auzzie batsmen are better at hitting their own wicket than the ball nowadays...lain:

Sayin that Oz haven't done too bad on the opening day of the ashes...

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Lillee vs Richards

Lillee 8 for 29

 

[Son of Jack]

3:38 later and I haven't a clue what just happened...:idunno:

lain:

 

[Arthur Brain]

3:38 later and I haven't a clue what just happened...:idunno:

lain:

This isn't too unusual for you anyway though is it?

It's called 'cricket', and what you have been subjected to is some colourised footage from 1874 where Australia actually knew how to bowl a ball...

lain:

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Rod Marsh

Cricket is funny

 

[Thunder's Muse]

This isn't too unusual for you anyway though is it?

It's called 'cricket', and what you have been subjected to is some colourised footage from 1874 where Australia actually knew how to bowl a ball...

lain:

Sir Donald Bradman, anyone?


:chuckle:

 

[Arthur Brain]

Sir Donald Bradman, anyone?


:chuckle:

Wasn't he a duck?

Or the guy who got bowled out by one?

:think:

 

[Son of Jack]

...It's called 'cricket'....

I know there were a lot of words before and after this little bit, but all I could think was:

We use them to fish.lain:

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Wasn't he a duck?

Or the guy who got bowled out by one?

:think:

What a way to end it all....

 

[Arthur Brain]

I know there were a lot of words before and after this little bit, but all I could think was:

We use them to fish.lain:

If you were an Eskimo you'd starve...

lain:

 

[Arthur Brain]

What a way to end it all....

If he'd ducked he might have managed to stay in bat...

:roses:



lain:

 

[The Berean]

Why does Elle MacPherson never seem to age? :idunno: