Scottar
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Hi All.
This showed up in my in box today and in the time honoured tradition of Aussies and Kiwis hanging shit on each other I thought I should pass it on as some of it seems almost relevant. Hope the brothers from across the dutch don't find it too offensive. Apologies if you do.
Rural New Zealand Terminology:
LOG ON: Adding wood to make the barbeque hotter
LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbeque.
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbeque.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the Ute.
HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back home without any cold beer..
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the Ute keys.
WINDOW: What you shut when the weather's cold.
SCREEN: What you shut in the mosquito season.
BYTE: What mosquitos do...
MEGABYTE: What South Island mosquitos do.
CHIP: A pub snack.
MICROCHIP: What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips.
MODEM: What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps..
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives & forks you get on an airplane.
HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart.
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME: What holds the shed up.
WEB: What spiders make.
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the verandah.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the Ute won't go.
CURSOR: What you say when the Ute won't go.
YAHOO: What you say when the Ute does go.
UPGRADE: A steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
MAIL SERVER: The bloke at the pub who brings out the counterlunch.
USER: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things.
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.
INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go.
NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover a hole in the net.
ONLINE: Where you hang the washing.
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough
This showed up in my in box today and in the time honoured tradition of Aussies and Kiwis hanging shit on each other I thought I should pass it on as some of it seems almost relevant. Hope the brothers from across the dutch don't find it too offensive. Apologies if you do.
Rural New Zealand Terminology:
LOG ON: Adding wood to make the barbeque hotter
LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbeque.
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbeque.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the Ute.
HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back home without any cold beer..
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the Ute keys.
WINDOW: What you shut when the weather's cold.
SCREEN: What you shut in the mosquito season.
BYTE: What mosquitos do...
MEGABYTE: What South Island mosquitos do.
CHIP: A pub snack.
MICROCHIP: What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips.
MODEM: What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps..
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives & forks you get on an airplane.
HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart.
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME: What holds the shed up.
WEB: What spiders make.
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the verandah.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the Ute won't go.
CURSOR: What you say when the Ute won't go.
YAHOO: What you say when the Ute does go.
UPGRADE: A steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
MAIL SERVER: The bloke at the pub who brings out the counterlunch.
USER: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things.
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.
INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go.
NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover a hole in the net.
ONLINE: Where you hang the washing.
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough
