RE: [GZG] [OT] Army Life
From: "Owen Glover" <oglover@b...>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:10:48 +1100
Subject: RE: [GZG] [OT] Army Life
The Royal Queensland Show (or 'Ekka' as it is affectionately referred to
by Queenslanders); (US state fair equivalent I think?).
www.ekka.com.au
OG
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> On 1/12/06, Jaime Tiampo <fugugaipan@spikyfishthing.com> 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
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