My Ill Tin
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todayiamadaisySometimes you just have to phone it in with a meme, stolen from quite a few people.
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
Stupidity? That's not really a thing here. Once a year on muck-up day (that's the last day of school, ever, for Year 12 students), there might be a couple of kids who decorate the fence or garden of their school with toilet paper, and that's called being an idiot.
What is the bug that when you touch it, curls into a ball?
A slater. I think they're cute. I used to think they were insect armadillos.
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
Soft drink, mostly; fizzy drink, sometimes.
What do you call gym shoes?
Runners.
What do you say to address a group of people?
You. The, er, common folk might say 'youse' (sounds like 'ewes'). I love youse all, f-list.
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
Well, this is tricky. There is a type of spider that has very long legs and I call that a daddy-long-legs. I have a couple living in my bathroom. They don't have an oval-shaped body, though, as in the question, which is referring to a different type of daddy-long-legs that I don't think is found in Australia.
What do you call your grandparents?
I only had one set and I called them Gran and Pa. I went to primary school with a family of kids who distinguished their two sets of grandparents by their occupations. I don't remember what one set was called, but I always remember the other was called Ma and Pa Tiptruck.
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
A (shopping) trolley, but I might start calling it a wheeled contraption. The supermarket where I do most of my shopping has recently introduced shallow trolleys. Perfect for older folk who can't carry a basket, or people in wheelchairs who can't bend down to reach into the bottom of a normal trolley, and also for me when I'm not doing a big shop, but have more than will fit into a basket. They just appeared a few weeks ago. Gosh, it was exciting.
Also, the supermarket employee (usually a teenage boy) who has to go out and collect the trolleys and push a long train of them into the supermarket? That is a trolley jockey.
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
A sun shower.
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
The remote (control) or the zapper.
What do you call the area between the two sides of a boulevard?
Assuming this means the grassy bit separating the two directions of a multi-lane road? Specifically, that is the median strip; generally, any grassy bit either between lanes or between the pavement and the road is a nature strip.
Main seating furniture in the living room?
Sofa, usually, or couch, sometimes.
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
Stupidity? That's not really a thing here. Once a year on muck-up day (that's the last day of school, ever, for Year 12 students), there might be a couple of kids who decorate the fence or garden of their school with toilet paper, and that's called being an idiot.
What is the bug that when you touch it, curls into a ball?
A slater. I think they're cute. I used to think they were insect armadillos.
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
Soft drink, mostly; fizzy drink, sometimes.
What do you call gym shoes?
Runners.
What do you say to address a group of people?
You. The, er, common folk might say 'youse' (sounds like 'ewes'). I love youse all, f-list.
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
Well, this is tricky. There is a type of spider that has very long legs and I call that a daddy-long-legs. I have a couple living in my bathroom. They don't have an oval-shaped body, though, as in the question, which is referring to a different type of daddy-long-legs that I don't think is found in Australia.
What do you call your grandparents?
I only had one set and I called them Gran and Pa. I went to primary school with a family of kids who distinguished their two sets of grandparents by their occupations. I don't remember what one set was called, but I always remember the other was called Ma and Pa Tiptruck.
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
A (shopping) trolley, but I might start calling it a wheeled contraption. The supermarket where I do most of my shopping has recently introduced shallow trolleys. Perfect for older folk who can't carry a basket, or people in wheelchairs who can't bend down to reach into the bottom of a normal trolley, and also for me when I'm not doing a big shop, but have more than will fit into a basket. They just appeared a few weeks ago. Gosh, it was exciting.
Also, the supermarket employee (usually a teenage boy) who has to go out and collect the trolleys and push a long train of them into the supermarket? That is a trolley jockey.
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
A sun shower.
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
The remote (control) or the zapper.
What do you call the area between the two sides of a boulevard?
Assuming this means the grassy bit separating the two directions of a multi-lane road? Specifically, that is the median strip; generally, any grassy bit either between lanes or between the pavement and the road is a nature strip.
Main seating furniture in the living room?
Sofa, usually, or couch, sometimes.