RE: [GZG] [OT] Army Life

Oh, if you are REALLY interested, try this info:

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/places_and_meanings/ekka_his
tory/

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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> them again and again.  We're looking for thousands of 
> Persians." --Vita Aureliani
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