by Toby Ponsenby <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 14, 2008 at 06:01 AM
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:40:17 +1000, John_H blathered on in :
> 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). :)
Real architects call it a 'Bog'.
--
Toby
