by John_H <john4721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 14, 2008 at 07:40 AM
John Hudson wrote:
>
>I think garbage is ok, Old Farts might remember Aussie comedian Mo
McCackie
>(Roy Rene) 1891-1954 in the radio show "McCackie Mansions. One of the
>characters was Spencer the Garbage Man played by Hal Lashwood aka
"Lasho."
>Garbos and Garbologists are part of the Australian idiom as well.
Might depend on where you're from. Frank Hardy (who's nearer to my
era) certainly used all of those... the ****ies and garbos belonged
to the same union IIRC.
Where I grew up, and where I now am (which is the opposite end of
Australia) we still chuck our scraps to the chooks and cart our
rubbish to the rubbish dump (which is clearly signposted as such).
When I was a kid we also had lavatories (at home and at school). None
of those American euphemisms for the ****house ever passed our lips
(toilet still makes me cringe). :)
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John H
