Subj : Re: OMX To : James Bradley From : Miles Maxted Date : Fri Apr 15 2005 05:41 am G'morning James, JB> You round up the fillies... Er, Sheilas, and I'll pour the drinks! MM> `Sheilas' ? My very good Sir, dost speak Strine or Noo Zland ? MM> Fosters or Steinlager ? Reveal your knowledge of the South MM> Pacific and I'll get you your very own savaloy... JB> Ahh... It's South of the North Pacific. Cower not, little Neddie, all are welcome Down Under... JB> Could I JB> still qualify for one of them "Savaloy" thingies, or do I JB> need more than one? ...Or should I be careful of what I JB> wish for? [-| Heh-heh... Part of the argot of Australasians (Kiwis and Ockers both) is the concept of equality in everything, expressed as.. "A fair suck of the sav" .... evocative of grubby small children on a beach or bush picnic - with a few precious boiled-up savaloy sausages, dipped in tomato sauce and shared with complete disregard for personal hygiene.... JB> BTW, in Canada, we pronounce our "Z" as "zed", so that'd JB> make you a "Noo Zedlan'r"? `Zealand' is a spelling corruption of the Dutch `Zeeland', and the pronounciation survived - even though "Z" is "Zed" here, too... Visitors talk of `Noo Zeelanders', but both Ockers and the locals term them `Kiwis' - after the small, flightless and near-blind indigeneous bird that survived most of the dinosaurs (we've still got one surviving in our bush called the tuatara) but probably not the humans that arrived a few hundred years ago. Fosters, I've never... JB> Steinlager, sounds interesting! The stoutest I like is an JB> occasional Guiness. Can't say I've tried it warm though. Fosters is a dinky-di Ocker beer, world-famous in Australia as the fluid that courses in the veins of any real Aussie; Steinlager (or perhaps Lion Red - I'm not a beer drinker) is about the equivalent in NZ; both are served at Antarctic temperatures, just like most other liquid refreshments. Guiness (there's some in the frig here) has a local reputation and following - particularly around the 17th of March when the place goes green for a day. And `sheilas' used to be the universal background accessory for all Australasian blokes - but here in NZ now run the place (Governor-General, Prime Minister, Chief Justice ... right up to such worthies as truck drivers, construction and road workers). However, undoubtedly the best thing about NZ is the unlimited supply of local champayne ... the unfettered export drive to get the world happy on NZ wines has excellent methodes in local supermarkets at less than $NZ10 a bottle ... :-)))) ___ MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.45 --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: === Maxie BBS. Ak, NZ +64 9 444-0989 === (3:772/1) .