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Australian Language Pop Quiz:

1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term "died in the arse"?
2. What is a mole?
3. Are these terms related: Chuck a sickie; Chuck a spaz; Chuck a U-ey?
4. Explain the following passage:
"In the arvo last Chrissy the relos rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo."

So, how'd you go?

( More questions and boring background to the origin of this little quiz in here... )

1. Adelaide, Sam and Nick stayed over last night. Good times were had be all. Bed time was approximately 22:30. Not too bad.
   
   
2. The third State of Origin was played last night. Queensland had already won the series, 2-0, so really it was just a chance for either: 
   a). Queensland to humiliate New South Wales with a white-wash, or
   b).New South Wales to regain a bit of pride.
   Unfortunately, it ended up being the latter with NSW winning 18-4. 
   Melbourne Storm's Dallas Johnson & Greg Inglis were both taken from the field injured and given that I'm a big believer in 'These things happen in threes' I really feared for the safety and well being of the other Storm players out there. I wonder if Storm Coach Craig Bellamy made any frantic phone calls the QLD & NSW coaches in an attempt to get Cameron Smith, Ryan Hoffman & Matt King pulled out of the game... I think I would have. Luckily, they all survived unscathed.
   
   
3. So, the season finale of Heroes was shown in Australia last night. It clashed with Origin so I taped Heroes preferring to watch Origin 'live'. Kids in bed - finally - and Origin over for another year we sat down to watch it and things looked pretty good for all of about 10 minutes. Unfortunately Heroes never returned after the ad break. WTF? Someone must have accidentally changed the Foxtel (cable) channel whilst it was recording and I'd ended up taping a repeat of Malcolm in the Middle. Doh! Time to thank Mr./Mrs./Miss Torrent - again - for making it possible to download everything and anything from the 'net.  Thank you.
   
   
4. When did petrol reach $1.34 per litre???

1. After four days of using public transport (Grrr Argh!) this week I thought I’d treat myself and drive into work this morning. The traffic flowed well until City Road and despite the *rock music plays* sticker on the back of my car I zoomed along listening to country music. Great start to the day!
   
   
2. Looking for country music to listen to in the car this morning highlighted a major oversight on my part. I have very little country on my MP3 player. What's doing there? Sure I have some Keith Urban, a little Dixie Chicks and a Steve Carlson album but no Garth Brooks, no Montgomery Gentry, no Toby Keith, no Billy Ray Cyrus... Looks like I've got some CD ripping to do over the weekend.
   
   
3. Not sure where this came from but in the shower this morning I was thinking if there was a disruption to the space-time continuum and I was transported back to a previous year, what year would I like to re-visit? I decided on 2002. I liked 2002.
   
   
4. It's been so chilly this week. Today I have four layers on in an attmpt to keep warm at the office. It's casual day, as it is every Friday, which usually means a Storm tee-shirt and jacket. However, today I decided to skip the Storm tee and went with my happy shirt instead - my green "No Chick Flick Moments". How can I not be happy wearing Dean & Sammy?
   
   
5. After an extremely bad air day yesterday my hair actually cooperated with me this morning. Awesome.
   
   
6. Cheese Supreme Doritos really are the best snack food.
   
   
7. Happy Friday y'all. Tomorrow it's the weekend!