greetings from Oz

[the running man]

Yeah I don' gget it when they call us poms,P.O.M.I. means, prisoner of majesty's imperial....which means them not us!

[Geordie bloke]

What is a Sandgroper??????

[Christel]

What is a Sandgroper??????

Insect

[ovenpaa]

[dromia]

What is a Sandgroper??????

Petting down on the beach.

[eljay]

sandgroper: slang for west australian, banana bender: queenslander, cockroach: NSW, mexican: victorian, crow eater: south aussie. seeing as this is a bit more delicate than the aussie forums, what we call people from the ACT shall forever remain a secret, but as that is the seat of the gubbermint, i will leave it to your imagination. ovenpaa, you not on AHN by any chance?

[ovenpaa]

Eljay, I am indeed on AHN although I have never plucked up the courage to ask for access to the 'special' section...

[Sandgroper]

In the ADF (Australian Defence Force) Canberra is known as The Land of Mordor!

Yeah I don' gget it when they call us poms,P.O.M.I. means, prisoner of majesty's imperial....which means them not us!

Urban myth - no-one knows why you're called Poms. The two most likely trains of thought is that it's short for pomegranate (red, rosy sunburnt cheeks - fresh off the boat) or it's short for pompus! :lol:

Well they are all bred form criminals aren't they?

Yep, from good British stock!

[eljay]

ovenpaa, never got on the special section either, but dont need to, there is enough "special" people on the base forum. "land of mordor" fits them to a tee.

[ovenpaa]

Eljay, I visit from time to time when I feel the need for some more spirited less PC views on hunting, plus the jokes of course. Land of Mordor is probably being too kind :lol: I also check out the OZ Fclass from time to time.

We work with Chris of Actionclear hence the Aussie interest.