Aussie Terminology...

[Talya]

To understand BadCo.... :D

 

Terminology Aussie Style

 

Log On......Make the barbie hotter

 

Log Off......Don't add any more wood

 

Monitor......Keeping an eye on the barbie

 

Download......Get the firewood off the ute

 

Floppy Disc......What you get lifting too much firewood at once

 

Window......What you shut when it's cold

 

Screen......What you shut in the mozzie season

 

Byte......What mozzies do

 

Bit......What mozzies did

 

Mega Byte......What Townsville mozzies do

 

Chip......A bar snack

 

Micro Chip......What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips

 

Modem......What you did to the lawns

 

Dot Matrix......Old Dan Matrix's wife

 

Laptop......Where the cat sleeps

 

Software......Plastic knives and forks you get at Big Rooster

 

Hardware......Real stainless steel knives and forks from K Mart

 

Mouse......What eats the grain in the shed

 

Mainframe......What holds the shed up

 

Web......What spiders make

 

Web Site......The shed or under the verandah

 

Cursor......The old bloke that swears a lot

 

Search Engine......What you do when the ute won't go

 

Upgrade......A steep hill

 

Server......The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch

 

Mail Server......The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch

 

User......The neighbour who keeps borrowing things

 

Network......When you have to repair your fishing net

 

Internet......Complicated fish net repair method

 

Netscape......When fish manoeuvres out of reach of net

 

Online......When you get the laundry hung out

 

Off Line......When the pegs don't hold the washing up

 

[Elgee]

side splitting !!  ;D

[Jhaenara]

lol...

 

He's also fond of the term budgie smugglers...

[TheMasterDude]

*laughs*

 

now that explains it all

[Talya]

And all of a sudden he stays away...a result I say...Muhahahaha

[eclipse0]

Good Show!

[bad company]

Good show old chap and you did miss budgie smugglers.

 

Floppy disc was especially good

[Talya]

So, just what is a Budgie Smuggler...

 

>.>

 

<.<

 

:)

[bad company]

A budgie smuggler would do you no good over in england and in shorts it's another name for speedos but generally a bit on the small side so something shows much more then is needed in some cases

[Talya]

What do you mean...the sun is shining here...luckily not that warm for anyone to wear those things though, I suppose those types wear a medallion as well... ::)

[bad company]

Sorry that's 70's porn stars not current day aussies

[Talya]

Thought they were one and the same...

[bad company]

We haven't been like that in a long time sorry. We have moved on from ocker aussie

[eclipse0]

That's right, in the 80's you all became like Paul Hogan!

[Talya]

Still makes them Ocker though.... :D

[bad company]

Very few are ocker aussies now. steve Irwin was a rare exception and he's dead now.

[eclipse0]

His daughter is becoming quite famous...

[Tayol]

who?

[eclipse0]

The Crocodile Hunter

[bad company]

And there was another big aussie celebrity death same year. That of the racing driver peter brock.

[Tayol]

ah I know who your talking about now

[bad company]

He did much to present aussie widlife and conservation.

[eclipse0]

Yes, he was a great advocate among his other accomplishments.

[bad company]

However he was a bit of a boof head too

[eclipse0]

Heh, that was my brother's nickname when he was young!