Re: [GZG] [OT] Army Life

[John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/12/06, Jaime Tiampo <fugugaipan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > ROFL!  There is a US equivalent that's been making the rounds of the
> > internet for years, but I think it's even funnier in Australian.
> >
> > John
>
> It's because they use the word bum isn't it. ;-)

> >> before the Ekka last year. All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable
                      ^^^^^^^

No, but this passage did contain the one totally untranslatable term.

Everything else I can get from context, but WTF is an Ekka?

John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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