hey you aussies.. is this true ?
Austrailian slang
* We get up at 'sparrow fart', not at dawn.
* We eat 'snags', not sausages.
* We have 'bloody galahs', not idiots.
* We have 'blowies', not flies.
* We have a 'bog house', not an outside toilet.
* We have 'carpet grubs', or 'ankle biters', not children.
* We have 'choppers' , not teeth.
* We have a 'dekko' or 'gander' at something, not a look.
* Males have 'dim sims', not testicles.
* We 'do our lolly', not lose our temper.
* We go 'down to the boozer', not visit a hotel.
* We go 'drown some worms', not go fishing.
* We get the 'dry rots', not diarrhea.
* Men have 'face fungus', not beards and moustaches.
* We 'fart a crowbar' if we are annoyed.
* 'Great galloping goanna's' is a phrase of amazement and has absolutely piddly squit to do with animals.
* We 'hit the hay', not go to bed.
* A 'humdinger' has nothing to do with bees - it means excellent.
* A 'Joe Blake' is a snake.
* We buy 'Chew and Spew', not take-out food.
* We say someone has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock, rather than say they are loopy.
* We give someone a 'knuckle sandwich', not a punch in the mouth.
* We get as 'mad as a cut snake', not angry.
* A 'lollypop lady' supervises school road crossings.
* We 'make a proper galah' of ourselves, not look foolish.
* We speak the 'lingo', not the language.
* Men wear 'nut crushers', not underwear.
* We have 'pearlies', not teeth.
* Something is a 'piece of piss' if it is easy.
* We call greyhounds 'rats on stilts.'
* We say 'rattle your dags' if we want you to hurry up.
* We 'shoot a fairy', not fart.
* We call our bathroom a 'thunder box'.
* A 'tinny' is a can of beer.
* We go 'troppo' if we are mad .
* Hard work is referred to as 'hard yakka'.
