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Benedict Arnold

What are three things you know about Australia?

Extra credits if you don't mention kangaroos, the Harbour Bridge, or Sydney Opera House.

Posted - February 8, 2017
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  • I'm here, I strongly suspect you're here :) ... And it's time get out the sunscreen again... The+200 type!
      February 8, 2017 4:56 PM MST
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  • It's gonna be a scorcher for the next few days. 

    A Japanese woman once said, "I don't understand you Australians. When it's 30 degrees you say, 'It's warm.' What do you say when it's 40 degrees?" And I told her, "Then it's bloody warm." 
      February 8, 2017 5:03 PM MST
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  • The masters of understatement ... I remember asking a country cousin once how high mount Canobolos outside orange, was ... His reply, after looking at it for a while was "pretty high" ...
      February 8, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • Sounds right. :) 
      February 8, 2017 5:12 PM MST
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  • If you go to Australia, you're gonna get wet.
    If you go to Australia, you're gonna have to learn to say "G'day."
    and they must have a lot of shrimp there, because they just give them away!

      February 8, 2017 5:03 PM MST
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  • I haven't seen that one for a long time.
      February 8, 2017 5:05 PM MST
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  • I have a few of his movies. I like his comedy style.
      February 8, 2017 5:10 PM MST
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  • Lol... That's not comedy ... That's just him :)
      February 8, 2017 5:12 PM MST
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  • He's done some pretty good stuff. He was working as a fitter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge before he broke into comedy.
      February 8, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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  • 2327
    Ned Kelly
    Steve Irwin
    Chopper Reid
      February 8, 2017 5:05 PM MST
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  • I'm not sure how Irwin would feel about being grouped with those two crims. :)
      February 8, 2017 5:10 PM MST
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    He's used to dealing with snakes and crocodiles. I think he'd be able to handle it. 
      February 8, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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    1. Lightning Ridge black opals. Most beautiful in the world
    2. Coober Pedy opals
    3. Uluru.....I really want to see that some day.
      February 8, 2017 5:06 PM MST
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  • A couple of my daughter-in-law's uncle are opal miners at Lightning Ridge. Strange men. Kind of withdrawn. 
      February 8, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • I watched a documentary about the Lightning Ridge miners and they were depicted as being very weird and strange.
      February 8, 2017 8:37 PM MST
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  • These two certainly fit that description. I suppose it's natural enough in such an environment.
      February 8, 2017 9:14 PM MST
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  • They got bogans instead of rednecks

    An outhouse is called a dunnypit

    You grab a bevvie from the esky
      February 8, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • Just dunny ... We never use more white than we have to
      February 8, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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  • I've been meaning to ask if Dun Roaming was Aussie for looking for the restroom.


    Oh y'all got the world's longest fence. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 8, 2017 6:35 PM MST
      February 8, 2017 5:16 PM MST
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  • I had to look up bevvie. In New Zealand they don't have Eskies. They call 'em chilly bins over there. And as for the dunny, well, here's a little Australian culture for you: 

    A silly old fellow from Ryde
    Fell into a dunny and died. 
    Later his brother
    Fell into another
    And they lay there interred side-by-side.
      February 8, 2017 5:17 PM MST
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  • See?  You never heard of it.  I guess my knowledge is less than accurate. lol

      February 8, 2017 5:24 PM MST
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  • 5451
    They drive on the left side of the road!

    Tornadoes rotate clockwise!

    It's the only continent that's its own country!
      February 8, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • Perfect, Livvie. 
      February 8, 2017 5:20 PM MST
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  • That's where Oceanic Flight 815 originated. AC/DC is the official band. That's where Nemo ended up after being captured.
      February 8, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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